IIM-K challenges to have trendsetter curriculum

Updated on: Friday, August 06, 2010

The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) is in the process of revamping its curriculum for its two-year flagship post graduate programme (PGP). The process, which will take six months to complete, began a month-and-a-half back.It is taking tips from Stanford, Harvard and MIT for the revamp.
IIM-K has set up a committee comprising the Deans of a Singapore and Canadian business school besides a faculty member from IIM-K and the director himself to update the new curriculum.
The curriculum will include suggestions from global faculty members of the likes of Standford, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The 13-year old institute last updated its curriculum two years ago and plans to incorporate far more realistic topics to tackle future business agenda this time.

The institute intends to design a curriculum that would not only be futuristic but also instill values in students. IIM-K will have a trendsetter curriculum which will include new economic scenario of the world. Keeping that in mind, the hallmark of the curriculum will be â€˜perspectiveâ€™ building. Students will be much more socially-sensitive and environmentally-committed.
It will be more realistic, will create a better sense of responsibility and will deliver value for future businesses which would demand a lot more from the managers of tomorrow. IIM-K will unfold the new curriculum in the 2011-12 academic year.

IIM-K challenges to have trendsetter curriculum

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