Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management: Public Policy and Management

The objective of the PGDCM Programme is to create business professionals who would know how to apply ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in making a difference in business and economy. The programme is an outcome of the felt need for weaving a general management programme around ICT to develop a business curriculum that would train managers for an increasingly global and information rich future.

The programme covers the following spheres of learning: (a) understanding different domains of organizations and related functional areas of management; (b) understanding the role of ICT in Management; (c) understanding of ICT enabled enterprise systems; and (d) understanding tools and methodologies of business analytics with the aim of using data creatively for better decision making.

In the revised course structure effective from academic year 2008-09, all compulsory courses get over in the first year. The list of compulsory courses is developed around the following five Building Blocks: (i) understanding the basics of disciplines and functions of business management; (ii) understanding human and organization behavior; (iii) understanding the environment and society; (iv) knowing ICT tools well; and (v) knowing application areas of ICT. The core curriculum develops essential skills and knowledge in the areas of economics, organisation behaviour, finance and accounting, management control, marketing, human resource management, information systems and quantitative methods.

In the second year, the students choose electives from functional and ICT-related areas. In addition, they also complete a year long industry/research project on an ICT-related topic. An ICT-related course or topic is one that either dwells on an ICT or discusses usage of ICT in one or more functional area.


The Public Policy and Management (PPM) Group at IIM Calcutta, a diverse multi-disciplinary group of active researchers and teachers, contribute to the making of future managers at one of the best management schools in the Asia-Pacific Region. Members of the Group address challenges of policy innovation, governance for public service delivery, relationship between government and industry, and try to influence public policy through high quality academic research and consultancy for policy analysis and programme evaluation.

The Group's faculty are deeply involved in shaping the understanding of key contemporary debates in public management, with specific focus on Management of Institutions for Urban and Rural Development, Business Solutions for Poverty Alleviation, Environment and Sustainable Energy Policy, Education Management, Healthcare Policy and Management, International Geopolitics, Legal Aspects of Business, Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructural and Social Development, Intellectual Property Rights, Management of NGOs, and Citizen Engagement and Emerging Models of Shared Governance. The Group offers core courses in Indian Economic and Political History, Indian Social Structure, Indian Legal System, and Environment and Development.

Course Carriculum:

Term I

1. BS 101 Behavioral Sciences I
2. EC 101 Microeconomics
3. FI 101 Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis
4. MK 101 Marketing Management I
5. MI 108 Emerging Information Technologies
6. OM 101 Statistics for Management
7. OM 100 Mathematics
8. BC 101 Managerial Communication I
9. MI 100 Basic IT Skills



Term II

1. BS 102 Behavioural Sciences II
2. EC 102 Macroeconomics
3. FI 102 Cost Management
4.OM 302 Operations Research
5.MI 111 Business Decision Modelling
6.MI 110 Business Intelligence Tools and Techniques I
7.MI 113 ICT for Development
8. BC 102 Managerial Communication - II


Term III

1. EC 103 India & The World Economy
2. FI 103 Corporate Finance
3. OM 104 Production and Operations Management
4. MI 110 Business Intelligence Tools and Techniques II
5. SM 110 Strategic Management
6. HR 101 Human Resource Management
7. EN 110 Indian Legal System
8.MI 112 ICT for Organizational Effectiveness
9. MC 301 Business Ethics


Term IV, Term V & Term VI:Public Policy and Management