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Second Year

In the second year of the Programme, participants register for elective courses that are, courses of their choice, from a large set of courses offered by various Academic Areas of the Institute. The elective courses are expected to enable a student to gain deeper knowledge and understanding of and to acquire the required skills in specific/chosen areas in management.
Credit Requirement in the second year
Each student must earn a minimum of 48 credits through the courses offered. The Term wise as well as overall minimum credit requirement is as follows:
Second Year Credit Requirements
Term Minimum Credit Maximum Credit
IV
18
21
V
18
21
VI
12
12
Total
48
54
Elective Courses
The elective courses are offered during the fourth, fifth, and sixth Terms of the programme. The final decision on the specific set of elective courses to be offered in each Term rests with the PGP Executive Committee. The PGP Executive committee normally takes this decision based on recommendations of the Academic Areas in the institute. The list of elective courses on offer during the academic year 2020-21 is given below:
Sl. No Course Title Area Term Credits
1
Financial Services (FS)
Accounting & Finance
IV
3
2
International Finance (IF)
Accounting & Finance
IV
3
3
Options Futures and Derivatives (OFD)
Accounting & Finance
IV
3
4
Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (SAPM)
Accounting & Finance
IV
3
5
Game Theory (GT)
Economics
IV
3
6
Brand Management (BM)
Marketing Management
IV
3
7
Consumer Behavior (CB)
Marketing Management
IV
3
8
FMCG Marketing (FMCGM)
Marketing Management
IV
1.5
9
Marketing of Services (MoS)
Marketing Management
IV
3
10
Sales & Distribution Management (SDM)
Marketing Management
IV
3
11
Human Resource Planning
OB & HRM
IV
1.5
12
Industrial Relations & Labour Laws
OB & HRM
IV
3
13
Learning & Development
OB & HRM
IV
1.5
14
Performance Management System
OB & HRM
IV
1.5
15
Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM)
Operations Management
IV
3
16
Project Management
Operations Management
IV
1.5
17
Systems Dynamics (SD)
Policy & Strategic Management
IV
1.5
1
Business Analysis & Valuation
Accounting & Finance
V
3
2
Commercial Banking (CB)
Accounting & Finance
V
3
3
Fixed Income Securities (FIS)
Accounting & Finance
V
3
4
Risk Management in Banks and Financial Institutions (RMBFI)
Accounting & Finance
V
3
5
Big Data Analytics (BDA)
Information System Management
V
1.5
6
Business Analytics using R (BAR)
Information System Management
V
3
7
IT Consulting (ITC)
Information System Management
V
1.5
8
Advanced Marketing Research (AMR)
Marketing Management
V
3
9
E-Commerce Marketing
Marketing Management
V
1.5
10
Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC)
Marketing Management
V
3
11
Marketing Analytics (MA)
Marketing Management
V
1.5
12
Pricing (Pr)
Marketing Management
V
1.5
13
Rural Marketing (RM)
Marketing Management
V
1.5
14
Compensation Management
OB & HRM
V
3
15
Competencies and talent management
OB & HRM
V
3
16
Digitalization in HR
OB & HRM
V
1.5
17
Organization Development and Change Management
OB & HRM
V
1.5
18
Service Operations (SO)
Operations Management
V
3
19
Business Models (BMD)
Policy & Strategic Management
V
3
20
Emerging Business Trends (EBT)
Policy & Strategic Management
V
1.5
1
Financial Analytics using MS Excel and R (FAER)
Accounting & Finance
VI
3
2
FINTECH
Accounting & Finance
VI
3
3
Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A)
Accounting & Finance
VI
3
4
B2B Marketing (B2BM)
Marketing Management
VI
1.5
5
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Marketing Management
VI
1.5
6
Digital Marketing (DM)
Marketing Management
VI
1.5
7
Retail Management Strategy (RMS)
Marketing Management
VI
3
8
Strategic Marketing (SM)
Marketing Management
VI
3
9
Global HRM (GHRM)
OB & HRM
VI
3
10
Strategic HRM
OB & HRM
VI
3
11
Operations Strategy
Operations Management
VI
3
12
Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Operations Management
VI
1.5
Non-Credit Courses
Three skill-based compulsory non-credit courses are offered to the participants to enhance their professional skills apart from the credit-courses. The participants will be evaluated and declared as Pass/Fail in these courses on the basis of their performance. However, the scores of these courses are not included in the computation of CGPA. The participants will not be conferred the final MBA degree till the successful completion, with Pass, of these courses.