Program Structure

Starting with a short pre-term startup session, you will be allotted your program specialization at the beginning of the program, based on your choice and a career assessment test that will help you decide what specialization suits your profile. Once this is done, you will be assigned into a cohort of students who will remain together throughout the program duration. With this, the first academic term of the program commences. This term, called “The Initialization” is of six months duration and delivers a set of 8 courses, which include core courses and specialization courses.

The Insight Sessions

In parallel, you will begin a journey towards an enduring and rewarding career through the Insight Sessions. Insight is a range of workshops, seminars, field experiences and other sessions that will prepare you in ways that an academic program cannot- challenging you to build your attitudes, holistic management, character building, communication skills, analytical capabilities and more.

Finally, you will engage in a co-curricular NGO/CSR live project with an NGO, NPO or Charitable Association to build your sensitivity to the harsh realities of the real world and understand what it means to be socially responsible.

Next comes the radically different part of the ITM PGDM program, the iConnect Core. iConnect Core is a 6-month industry immersion, but its designed to be much more than an extended summer project or internship. As part of a student team, you will be placed with companies to work on specific projects, and to support functional teams within the company and in the field. ITM faculty members, who will be embedded alongside you at the internship company will provide guidance and insight. They will support your work at the company, and will also mentor and train you when you are back in the classroom.

The Regroup Sessions

iConnect Core is designed to integrate industry and academics into a seamless experience. To make this happen, iConnect Core is structured to accommodate a set of 1 week academic interventions, called the Regroup Sessions, for every 4 weeks spent working full-time with the project company.

During these 5 one-week “Regroup” sessions, students will attend one very intensive full-time course each week. In addition, each student’s performance of the last 4 weeks will be assessed via feedback from the Internship Manager and the embedded faculty.

Note: In some cases, based on project/company requirements, up to two Regroup Sessions may be clubbed to give you an uninterrupted 8 weeks of industry immersion. The entire industry immersion, including the Regroup Sessions will be subject to concurrent evaluation by both the faculty and the project company, and will determine your overall performance in the ITM PGDM iConnect program.

Once iConnect Core is completed, you will take up the next full-time academic term, called ‘The Consolidation’ from July – December 2013. In this session, you will take 6 advanced courses to complete your specialization focus and a second tranche of the Insight Sessions, designed to prepare for final placement. Final placement begins in October with recruiting companies coming onto campus for Pre-Placement Talks and short listing of candidates.

The final session of the ITM PGDM iConnect is The Capstone. True to its name, The Capstone is a real-world multi-disciplinary project taken up by teams of students, designed challenge their understanding of the various courses taught in the preceding terms and their proficiency in business analysis and strategy.

The Radically Different ITM PGDM ends with a life-long connection to the people who have made your experience so enriching, as you pursue your ambitions and professional goals. As an Alum of the ITM Group, you will get numerous opportunities to reconnect with your cohort and your faculties and help to extend the iConnect experience far beyond the boundaries of your business education. Besides, through our EEC programs that are offered all over India, you are always linked in with hundreds of executives across all functions in many corporations across India.

In addition to a thorough theoretical understanding of business, PGDM: FM students engage in practical aspects of financial market through the proven case-based learning methodology, capstone project and ITM-sponsored seminars, which encourage extensive industry interaction with leading professionals in India.

Business Simulation Lab is the first of its kind in India. Training program participants get to experience a real-time, live market environment simulation. This Lab encourages students to get a feel of real-world situations in Securities, Derivatives, Commodities and Foreign Exchange Trading. Also Best-in-class charting Software tools provide the students in the program practical training in Technical analysis.

Together, these help students appreciate the complexity of business through experiential learning.

Summer Internship Project Experience.

Sandeep Agrawal

Project Title: Risk Management- BASEL II (ICAAP)

“I have always been attracted towards the Risk Management field and I got a very good opportunity to work as a Risk Management Trainee in Aptivaa Consulting. When I started I only knew the basic aspects related to the Risk Field but getting a corporate experience helped me immensely understanding what Risk Management actually means It was a wonderful experience living corporate life and also understanding the practicality of things. Also you get to learn how to interact with clients, how to deal with problems when they arise and also how to be sincere towards the work. I also learnt greatly from the CEO and founder of the company Mr. Alok Tiwari. He helped me immensely and also gave me motivational ideas.

Lastly, the most important thing I learnt is that “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe”

Gautami Rayapudi

Project Title: Suggestions to confirm with RBI policy for Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts

“I had the opportunity to not just meet, but truly build relationships with top level executives who are all the prime example of why this company is such an amazing place to work" Gained high in depths from incredible mentors as well as peers, in addition to learning more during my tenure as intern.

My Overall experience was very beneficial to my career as I got to see a different aspect of research. I saw in physical form the result of my work this summer on the project suggestions to confirm with RBI policy on foreign exchange forward contracts where in I got the entire support of Foreign exchange team in Union Bank Of India.”

Nikkitasha Kothari

Project Title:Corporate Debt Restructuring in Indian Pharmaceutical Companies.

“My internship at IDBI Capital offered me an opportunity to learn about the restructuring process and its outcome. It helped me to increase my knowledge as I learned about the concepts, structure, its advantages to debt ridden companies and also to the creditors, eligibility criteria for the companies to get its debt restructured, etc. I was required to work on pharmaceuticals companies to understand and analyze the reason behind the restructuring and also to see the result of Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) mechanism. I understood how CDR mechanism helps the debt ridden company to move on its path of revival. It acts as a useful tool and gives these sick companies a fresh opportunity to overcome its financial difficulty.

All the members of the CDR department treated me with care and respect and also welcomed questions from me. They were always available to clear my doubts and provided me a helping hand in accomplishing my project. Working with IDBI Capital this summer, was truly a great learning experience for me. I was lucky to gain valuable hands on exposure of the world of restructuring, cooperative environment and a motivating workplace.”

Khirod Swain

Project Title:Working Capital Management

“I was fortunate enough to work in NALCO, which is a prestigious Public Sector Undertaking and a NAVRATNA status holder. My experience of 2 months was very handy and at the same time, challenging. My mentor at the company and his other colleagues were so kind and cooperative, which helped me in understanding the concept from the practical point of view, like what are their policies, how do they decide it, how do they manage it, etc. They also helped me in understanding the work culture over there and imparted me practical knowledge on other key financial areas or concepts. Being a fresher, who had least idea about corporate life, it was a sort of trailer, which would help me in making myself more competitive and get prepared to take up the challenge in the real corporate world.”