Professional Certificate
Programme in General Management
from IIM Kozhikode
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IIM Kozhikode’s General Management Programme (GMP) is designed for working professionals who aspire to or are expected to take up higher responsibilities in middle management level and wish to undergo a structured learning intervention in the concepts, theories, practices and developments in the field of management. This programme aims to provide participants with a ringside exposure to the essential building blocks and the core subjects that are usually addressed in greater depth in a typical post-graduate programme in management. This course would be particularly beneficial for executives and aspiring managers and team leaders, who may have functional experience and technical/domain skills, but for various reasons, may not have had the time or opportunity so far to broaden their horizons through academic interventions and training in the field of general management. The programme would allow the participants to learn from and discuss with faculty members of Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, as well as their peer groups across industries. Primarily delivered through an online medium, it would facilitate learning without compromising on their professional commitments.
The participants would be equipped to apply management theory in their areas of work. They would be exposed to management concepts as well as recent developments and advances in the broad field of management. The programme would also seek to expose students to the broad functional fields and would also encapsulate recent advances. Accordingly, core modules related to areas such as marketing, accounting and finance, strategy, operations, and human resource management, would be complemented with sessions on emerging themes like digitization and industry 4.0, and integrative themes such as leadership and responsible business and sustainability. Thus, the participants would be trained to handle business issues that are relevant to the present as well as the future.
The programme is designed to be integrative, and therefore goes beyond instruction in specific management topics. Towards this objective, the programme directors have designed structured interventions with participants at the start, during the course of the programme and also at the conclusion of the programme. An important design element is a weekend in-campus immersion module for participants that will bring them face-to-face with their co-learners and key faculty and experience the typical high-intensity classroom experience that has among other things helped mould some of the most successful managers for Indian industry. Participants will also get the opportunity to soak-in the unique campus environment of one of the most iconic and sustainable management campuses in India, set in the midst of lush green hills and surroundings.
Opportunity to earn a Certificate of Completion from IIM Kozhikode, ranked #3 in India by NIRF Rankings 2024 and globally accredited by EQUIS (EFMD) and AMBA (UK).
Participate in the 3 day In-Campus immersion module providing participants exposure to issues related to responsible leadership that is an increasingly relevant and critical business imperative while experiencing the typical high-intensity classroom and to soak-in the unique campus environment of one of the most iconic and sustainable management campuses in India, set amidst lush green hills and surroundings.
Upon successfully clearing the evaluation requirements of this programme, participants qualify for the Executive Alumni status from IIM Kozhikode.
With entrepreneurship and start-ups gaining more and more prominence, participants would also be exposed to key concepts and lessons in entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.
Gain exposure to and be a part of discussions on emerging themes such as Industry 4.0 and building sustainability and responsible businesses that have the potential to reshape businesses worldwide.
Experience integrative interventions through involved discussions, reflective synthesis and feedback on select and important subjects. Gain hands-on exposure by also participating in an integrative analytical group project.
Lectures from esteemed faculty and industry experts, provide participants with exposure to the essential functional areas of management and business as well as emerging themes relevant to present day business. These lectures are not just informative but also thought-provoking, inspiring participants to think beyond conventional boundaries.
The in-campus module will be held for 3 days covering select topics from the above to provide a sense of live classroom experience for the participants, and to help strengthen their networks. The dates for the in-campus immersion session to be held at IIM Kozhikode will be communicated in due course. Attendance to the in-campus module is MANDATORY for all participants. In case the in-campus immersion cannot be held due to some unavoidable compulsions adequate alternate options will be made available via online sessions.
Over and above the subject-centric and leadership theme-centric modules, there would be introductory and occasional interactions facilitated by the programme coordinators. These modules transcend specific subjects/topics and are aimed at facilitating an integration of learning by participants, reflective synthesis, and feedback. This module will also include an integrative analytical project that the participants will have to complete, typically in small groups.
Evaluation methodology is the discretion of the faculty. A minimum of 75% attendance to the sessions (live as well as on-campus modules) is a prerequisite for the successful completion of this programme.
There would be mid-programme and/or end programme assessments aimed at cementing the learning experience for the participants. The integrative project will also form part of the assessment schema. More details about this will be shared during the orientation sessions. IIM Kozhikode will award the course completion certification to those who complete the assessment components successfully along with the attendance criteria.
The participants will have to secure the minimum pass marks in the respective evaluation components. Participants who successfully complete the same and satisfy the requisite attendance criteria, will be awarded a certificate of completion. Participants who are unable to clear the evaluation criteria but have the requisite attendance will be awarded a Participation certificate.
Live and synchronous instructor led classes imparting interactive and real time learning from eminent faculties from IIM Kozhikode.
Subsequent to the live synchronous classes, participants can access the recorded sessions for review and revision as and when needed.
Gain practical knowledge through case study discussions, class exercises, individual or group activities and peer to peer interactions.
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Lectures imparted by eminent faculty from IIM Kozhikode.
Visit IIM Kozhikode’s breathtaking oxy-rich campus to attend in person classes and network with your faculty and fellow participants.
Live classes are scheduled to suit working professionals.
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Started in 1997 with its Post Graduate Programme (PGP), the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is on high growth trajectory today, offering widest range of academic programmes in the field of management education. These include Fellow Programme in Management, Executive PG Programmes, Management Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programmes. IIMK set up a Satellite campus at Infopark, Kochi, in 2013 dedicated to Executive Education. IIMK has also the unique distinction of launching a PhD (Practice Track) programme for working professionals besides bringing in new dynamic courses like the one-year Post Graduate programme in Business Leadership (2019) MBA in Finance and MBA in Liberal Studies & Management (2020). The institute is also home to IIMK LIVE a first-of-its-kind startup incubation programme and the Indian Business Museum.
IIMK is ranked 3rd as per NIRF India Rankings 2024 and consistently features among the Top 5 B-Schools in the country in various rankings. The institute also features regularly among top global institutes for its flagship MBA (PGP) and EMBA programme (EPGP) in QS World University Rankings. Globally, it is recognized in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, in the 151-200 band for Business & Management Studies. Its flagship MBA (PGP) and EMBA (EPGP) programmes are also featured among top global institutes in these rankings. It is also Ranked No.2 in CFIs (non-Technical) category in the Atal Innovation Rankings (ARIIA 2021) rankings released recently by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, and has the distinction of being the only IIM in the coveted innovation rankings. IIM Kozhikode is globally accredited by EQUIS (EFMD) and AMBA (UK).
IIM Kozhikode also made its debut in the prestigious Financial Times Rankings in 2023 and was recently ranked at #70 among the top-80 Open-enrolment executive programme providers globally for the year 2024. This feat has further consolidated the 28 year’s IIM footing in an exclusive list of the foremost providers of executive education in the world. The institute ranked #68 globally for its full-time MBA programme in the FT Masters in Management (MiM) 2024 rankings. Over the past two decades, IIM Kozhikode has delivered nearly 1300 Management Development Programmes (MDPs), training over 41,000 participants from 150+ organizations, including several Fortune 500 companies.
IIM Kozhikode’s General Management Programme(GMP) is designed for working professionals who aspire to or are expected to take up higher responsibilities in middle management level and wish to undergo a structured learning intervention in the concepts, theories, practices and developments in the field of management. This programme aims to provide participants with a ringside exposure to the essential building blocks and the core subjects that are usually addressed in greater depth in a typical post-graduate programme in management. The participants would be equipped to apply management theory in their areas of work. They would be exposed to management concepts as well as recent developments and advances in the broad field of management. The programme would also seek to expose students to the broad functional fields and would also encapsulate recent advances. Accordingly, core modules related to areas such as marketing, accounting and finance, strategy, operations, and human resource management, would be complemented with sessions on emerging themes like digitization and industry 4.0, and integrative themes such as leadership and responsible business and sustainability. Thus, the participants would be trained to handle business issues that are relevant to the present as well as the future.
This Professional Certificate Programme in General Management is an online programme and classes for this programme are live, virtual and Instructor-led.
The Professional Certificate Programme in General Management extends over a duration of approximately 12 months. All the live classes will be conducted on Saturdays.
This curriculum for the Professional Certificate Programme in General Management course is designed and curated by IIM Kozhikode. After completing the course, you will receive certificate of completion/ participation from IIM Kozhikode.
This programme is offered by IIM Kozhikode in partnership with Veranda HigherEd. All aspects related to admissions, coordination, student relations and support will be managed by Veranda HigherEd.
The live classes for this course will be held on Saturdays, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. IST.
If you miss a live class of this programme, the recording of the same will be made available within the next 24 hours which you can subsequently access 24X7 for the entire duration of the programme. However, in order to calculate your attendance requirement for successful completion, only attendance to live sessions will be considered for calculations.
The classes for the Professional Certificate Programme in General Management will be conducted by eminent faculty from IIM Kozhikode. This course may also include some sessions delivered by Industry professionals as deemed appropriate by the Institute.
Yes. IIM Kozhikode’s Professional Certificate Programme in General Management follows a hands-on approach. Participants experience integrative interventions through involved discussions, reflective synthesis and feedback on select and important subjects. Participants gain hands-on exposure by also participating in an integrative analytical group project.
This programme is conducted in a live and virtual mode and therefore participants are expected to begin and complete the programme with the rest of the batch and so this programme needs to be data completed within the specified duration i.e. 12 months – as per the schedule published from time to time during the course of the programme.
No, this is an executive certificate programme, especially curated for working professionals, offered by IIM Kozhikode in partnership with Veranda HigherEd.
Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will have the opportunity to gain an Executive Alumni status of IIM Kozhikode.
This programme is ideal for mid to senior level professionals including but not limited to
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Speak to Veranda HigherEd’s Programme Advisors to know more about the programme and how it will benefit your career progression goals. The Programme Advisor/Admission Manager at Veranda will do a preliminary eligibility check with the interested candidates. This may include for initial scrutiny against specified eligibility criteria like educational qualifications, years of experience, details of current employment and proficiency in English amongst others. Once eligibility has been established, qualifying candidates may register online at and proceed to pay the first Instalment or the full programme fee online. Candidates will also be required to furnish soft copies of necessary documents for validation and selection. Candidates will be required to pay the programme fee as per the options chosen by the candidate. If you have any questions about the kind of supporting documents that needs to be uploaded, please speak with our Programme Advisor/ Admission Manager who will be able to guide you through the process. All the information and documentation provided by you at the time of enrolment will be duly verified by Veranda and the Institute and if it is determined that the information and/or documentation provided by you is inadequate and/or does not substantiate the entry requirements and prerequisite criteria to the course, then your enrolment to the course will be cancelled with immediate effect and you may run the risk of forfeiting the fee paid.
You can email the Admissions Office at admissions@verandahighered.com or call your Programme Advisor or Admissions Manager.
In order to secure admission to this programme, you will be required to submit soft copies of the following documents
Indian participants will need to pay Rs.2,99,000 + GST as programme fee. Participants residing outside India will be required to pay USD 5400 as programme fees.
The programme fee includes your application fee, tuition charges for all live and synchronous sessions, learning materials, case studies, class exercises, assessment charges as applicable as well as the boarding and lodging charges during the in-campus immersion.
While the campus immersion fee along with the boarding and lodging charges are included as a part of the programme fee, the actual travel related expense will need to be borne by you.
Yes, Veranda has tied up with a financial service providers. Should you require any assistance with financial loans, our Programme Advisor/Admission Manager will be happy to support you with the guidelines for the same. However, the decision to grant the loan will depend on the adequacy of documents submitted and will be at the sole discretion of the respective financing agency/bank. The loan itself will be based on a mutual agreement exclusively between you and the financing agency/bank and Veranda will have no role whatsoever in this financing arrangement between the two parties. In order to proceed with the loan, you will need to complete your online registration with Veranda, pay the Instalment 1 amount and share the necessary documents for validations.
Yes, if your credit or debit card has a payment through EMI option enables, you can choose an EMI option at the time of paying through your credit or debit card. We also have other financing options offered through other financial service providers that you may wish to consider. For more information, reach out to our Programme Advisor/ Admissions Manager.
If you choose to opt out of the course with more than 21 days remaining for course commencement, you may raise the request for the same with our Student Relationship Manager and you will be eligible to get an appropriate refund post deduction of a penalty amount of Rs.5900 if you are an Indian participant & USD 125 if you are a foreign participant. You will not be eligible for any refund if the refund request is received within 21 days or less from the course commencement date.
Veranda, in partnership with an Institute, where applicable, reserves the right to cancel courses at any time owing to reasons like insufficient enrolments, trainer indisposition, pandemic related or force majeure events. In the event that Veranda or the Institute cancels a scheduled course, the participant will receive full fee refund for the same. All refunds, in such cases, will be processed within 30 days from intimation of refund approvals by Veranda.
Valid requests for refund of fees on account of cancellation of enrolment by the participant shall be considered only if such requests are received at least 21 days prior to class start of the programme. On receipt of such valid requests for refund of fees, the down payment or fee paid shall be refunded after deducting a penalty of Rs.5900 for Indian participants & USD 125 for foreign participants. All refunds, in such cases, will be processed within 30 days of receipt of a valid refund request. In all other cases, no refund shall be made.
No, in the normal course, we do not encourage transfers to subsequent batches as it impacts your learning and career goals. Additionally, batches are monitored by the institute and are run as per their standards. However, in exceptional & compelling circumstances, you may raise your concern and transfer request with your Student Relationship Manager (SRM) who will present your case to the Institute for approval. You will be eligible to transfer to a subsequent batch if and only if the request is explicitly approved by the Institute(s). Do note that such batch transfer requests needs to be made at least 21 days prior to the commencement of the programme.
In the event that your transfer request to a subsequent batch is approved, any amount paid by you within the current financial year shall be considered as advance payment towards the next batch. However, you will be required to pay the following additional charges
You can attend the live classes of this programme using a laptop or desktop with basic specifications. However, in order to optimize your learning experience we recommend that you have the following,
Once your admission to the programme is confirmed, dedicated Student Relationship Manager (SRM) will be assigned to you and you may direct all your queries and questions related to the content and delivery to you assigned SRM. Alternately, since the classes are all live and virtual, you will also have the opportunity to raise your academics related questions and doubts with the faculty either real time during the class or offline through our LMS.
Any queries you have regarding the programme or the admission process may be directed to our Admissions team. Once your enrolment to a programme is confirmed, a dedicated Student Relationship Manager (SRM) will be assigned to you and you may raise all subsequent queries and clarifications with the assigned SRM.
