“I have a Vision”. “I have a dream”. So said Martin Luther King. Similarly MMA had a Vision. MMA had a dream. The dream of a flower that blooms. The dream of starting a nationally renowned `B’ School. On par with the IIMs.

With that dream in mind, the Post-graduate Certificate in Business Management was started in collaboration with IFMR – a nationally renowned management institute. With a high profile Advisory Board headed by none other than Mr N Kumar (Vice Chairman, The Sanmar Group) the course was tailored to suit the needs of working executives.

A two-year MBA programme was modified to one year without compromising on content and quality. The curriculum was designed by IFMR. Classes are held on Saturdays to suit the convenience of working executives. The faculty are all drawn from IFMR.

The USP of the programme is mentoring by senior corporate management professionals. No other management programme in the country has this concept. Each participant is mentored by a senior executive who guides the participant on various aspects of management. This has proved really helpful to the students as is evident from the feedback.

Though there were teething problems, these were overcome. The course continues to be very popular. Now we are in the fourth batch. Waiting to start the next batch from Jan ’08.
The experience gained by MMA in designing and running this programme will help MMA in converting its dream of starting of a ‘B’ School in Chennai into reality very soon?

Feedback from Students
“I joined the programme because I did not have a formal qualification in management. I wanted both – a qualification and knowledge. I got both through this programme” says Mr Abubucker Siddique of Kings Institute (participant of IInd Batch).

“I always wanted to do a course in management. But somehow I could never. Either the course was full-time or the institute too far away. Or the institute was not reputed. At the MMA-IFMR PGCBM I got everything. A well-structured course on week-ends. The best was the mentoring by senior industry professionals. I learnt a lot” says Mr Vijay Krishnan of Lucas-TVS (participant of IInd Batch).