ISDM - PGP-DM - Academic Structure

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India's First-of-its-kind Development Management
School for Social Sector
FOR YOUNG LEADERS WHO ASPIRE TO BE GLOBAL
CHANGEMAKERS
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ABOUT ISDM
ISDM is Indias First of its kind development
management institution founded to create,
strengthen and establish Development Management,
a domain that transcends the exclusive silos of
development perspectives and management
principles. ISDM recognises the need to
'professionalise the Leading and Managing of
Social Purpose Organisations (SPOs). ISDM
develops leaders for the social sector who can
build manage world-class Social Purpose
Organisations. We are the only research led
institute dedicated to the discipline of
development management.
Study with Indias brightest minds at ISDM, and
be job ready for a leadership career in the
social sector.
Post Graduate Program in Development Management
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ISDM Pedagogy
The courses offered over the year fall into six
clusters 1. Unique Development Management
course offerings with a mix of Development and
Business Management fundamentals Courses include
Perspectives on Society and Development, State,
Market Society, Systems Thinking, Financial
Perspectives, Operations Management for Quality
and Impact, Behaviour Change Communication,
Marketing Management, Human Development in an
Unequal World to Technology and Management,
Corporate Social Responsibility. New age'
electives like Behavioural Sciences in Social
Change, Introduction to Digital Marketing and
Social Entrepreneurship are also offered. 2.
Personal Mastery for Development
Leadership Spread over 7 terms, this is anchored
in the need to inculcate the spirit of curiosity,
courage and compassion in students. It believes
in creating a safe space for teams to flourish
and thrive, encouraging generative conversations
for collaboration, relating with diversities,
acting with positive emotions, emotional
resilience and building attentional focus 3.
Writing in the Discipline It focuses on quipping
students with the skills to communicate
effectively (write, tell and present) with a
clear demonstration of the characteristics of the
development sector. This includes using a
language that is specific and appropriate to the
development sector, including the right choice of
words and a tone that recognises the complex
nature of social change and the emergent nature
of this work. This will be reinforced in sessions
throughout the year. 4. Context-Based
Collaborative Learning (CBCL) A unique offering
at ISDM with experienced bricoleurs working with
students on a one-to-one basis and groups to
discuss individual learning journeys and key
development lenses to differentiate management
for the social sector such as collaboration,
equity and social justice. 5. Specially
curated workshops These cover a range of topics
including Group Dynamics, Radical Transformation
Leadership (RTL) to future-forward workshops on
Networks, Partnerships and Alliances, Fund
Raising, Knowledge Management Systems, Project
Management, and Volunteer Management. 6.
Realising India immersion This is a part of CBCL
as a two-week structured immersion program
planned for the students between Terms 2 and 3.
It enables the students to develop a deep
understanding of people's lives at the district
level, preparing them to design
interventions. Apart from the above, there are
live sessions by established leaders, Harvard
ManageMentor courses and Special Capstone
Projects that students undertake.
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PGP-DM STRUCTURE The 49-week PGP-DM is divided
into 8 Terms, they are mapped in the following
manner Curriculum Term 1 Perspectives on
Society and Development State, Market, and
Society Economic Reasoning and Public
Policy Data Analysis for Development Managers
Term 2 Preparing for Realising India
Participatory Approaches and Processes
Communication in the Discipline
Understanding State Capabilities Two-week
Realising India immersion The two week immersion
in a district that enables the student to engage
with ground realities from multiple
perspectives. Term 3 o Intervention Design for
Social Impact (IDSI) o Purposeful Program Theory
and Monitoring o Monitoring and Evaluation Term
4 o Strategy o Accounting and Financial
Management (including Planning, Budgeting, and
Costing) o Principles of Marketing o Talent
Management Term 5 o Development Evaluation o
Operations Management for Quality (including
Knowledge Management Systems and MIS) o Fund
Raising and Resource Mobilisation Networks and
Partnerships o One Elective
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Term 6 o Corporate Social Responsibility and
Sustainability o Communication in the Discipline
o Technology and Management o Learning from
Leaders o One Elective Term 7 o Social
Development Impact at Scale o Series of courses
by marquee international faculty from top
management schools o One Elective Term 8 o
Technology for Social Impact at Scale o Strategy
and Planning for Scale Minor changes may appear
in the incoming curriculum, and the shared
courses are per Academic Year 2022-23.
CURRICULUM
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CHOOSE TO LEARN FROM THE BEST MINDS IN THE SECTOR
KENWYN SMITH
SEETA PRABHU
SHANKAR VENKATESWARAN
OPERATING PARTNER HEAD ESG, ECUBE INVESTMENT
ADVISORS
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
VISITING PROFESSOR TISS
SOHINI BHATTACHARYA
SUMAN
AMITAB
SRIVASTAVA
BEHAR
CEO OXFAM
DIRECTOR SAMHITA
CEO BREAKTHROUGH INDIA
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SOURAV BANERJEE
ASHRAF PATEL
AAKASH SETHI
COUNTRY DIRECTOR ROOM TO READ INDIA
FOUNDER PRAVAH
CEO QUEST ALLIANCE
AARTI MADHUSUDHAN
ANSHU GUPTA
JAHNVI ANDHARIA
DIRECTOR INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES TRUST
FOUNDER GOVERNANCE COUNTS
FOUNDER GOONJ GRAM SWABHIMAAN
Dean's Desk Development Management is an emerging
and, more importantly, socially relevant field
providing very meaningful and exciting challenges
to the young, dynamic and conscientious graduates
of this generation.
Prof L.S. Murty Founder Director,IIM Nagpur
Mentor, XLRI Jamshedpur
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