BANGALORE: Over the next six months, 60 officers of the Army - from Captain to Brigadier - and their equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force will undergo a Postgraduate Certificate Course in Management for Armed Forces at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) campus here.

Inauguration

Conducted by the IIMB and the Directorate General of Resettlement, Ministry of Defence, the course will be formally inaugurated by Major General Harwant Krishan, Director General of Resettlement, here on Monday.

The course is designed to equip officers with management skills to place themselves in the corporate world after retirement.

Drawn from Short Service and Permanent Commission, the officers include those who have retired and those bound to retire within a year.

The programme aims at enhancing their skills and competencies developed while in service.

They will be introduced to contemporary business models and practices to enable them to develop competence in disciplines and skills associated with general management.

Guidance

They will be provided guidance to think through advanced business strategies with a global perspective.

The officers will also get an opportunity to develop core business skills and competencies in various functional areas.

Discussions

They will have to involve themselves actively in case studies, discussions, role-plays and games.

The Indian Institutes of Management in Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Indore are also conducting similar programmes.

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