MMA launches PG course in business management

Madras Management Association (MMA), in partnership with the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), has launched a postgraduate certificate programme in business management (PGCBM).

Addressing a press conference, P K Mohapatra, president of MMA, said that the PGCBM will be a one-year course with 360 class hours conducted every Saturday. The curriculum will involve four modules.

R Kannan, director, IFMR, said that the minimum prerequisite to join the business management programme will be a bachelor's degree and a minimum of two years of experience. The candidates will have to pass the entrance exam as satisfying criteria to join the course, he said.

The course fee will be Rs 60,000 and Rs 50,000 for corporate sponsoring individuals taking up PGCBM, Kannan added.

The programme offers joint certification by MMA and IFMR. Mohapatra said that two different sessions of PGCBM will be conducted, one at IFMR and the other at the MMA facility. Each session will have 40 seats each.

Mohapatra said that 10 students have already joined the course and 15 corporates have evinced interest in the course on sponsoring their employees.