Post Graduate Certificate in Management

Post Graduate Certificate in Management is a Certificate program and consists of 5 trimesters of 3 months each. First 4 terms are of learning modules and 5th term is a three-month period of supervised training in retail sectors leading to the submission of a dissertation.

Post Graduate Certificate in Management Ist term includes, core modules set out the establish a sound comprehension of the retailing concepts, fundamentals, economic and organizational context to studies.

In the 2 nd term & 3 rd terms, students to increase their knowledge by individual skill as well as develop sound knowledge of various managerial functions of retailing business.

In 4the term, students will concentrate on making strategic level decisions, which drive retail businesses forward. Furthermore students can either devise a project or examine any issue that interests him in retailing career.

In 5 th term, student will devote to a period of supervised work experience in Retail Company. This can vary from store management responsibilities merchandising, customer service, tariffs, barriers & other retail functions.

The retailing sector in India is highly fragmented (12 million retail outlets) and predominantly consists of small independent. Owner-managed shops. Besides, the county is also dotted with low-cost kiosks and pushcarts. There has been a boom in retail in India in last few years. Owing to a gradual increase in to be around Rs. 9, 30,000 crore. Out of this, organized retailing industry is around Rs. 35,000 crore, which commerce & industry, the retail sector in India is expected to grow 7% per annum.

The organized retail sector in India is poised for an emphatic phase of growth. Retailing is well past the stage of infancy where only a handful of players like the German retailer Nanz bought international formats to virgin Indian Territory and that too. With limited scale and operations.

During the last 1990s, Indian retailers underwent an experimentation phase wherein new formats (department stores like Shoppers’ Stop and pantaloon) and product categories (consumer durables retailing. Music retailing etc) were introduced. As the country marched into the new millennium, the organized retailing scenario began to stabilize, specially over the last 3-4 years when players like Big Bazaar, Barista, Pizza Hut, Shoppers, Stop etc became successful in establishing a national footprint. This was also the stage when international retailers like McDonald’s, Subway etc adopted a mix of global and India-specific strategies in order to entice the local population.

India is now ready to leapfrog into the next stage of evolution where a large number of Indian and international build scalable models with a pan-India appeal with a view to be sustainable in the long term. Already, players are becoming profitable after having gone through their respective learning curves indicating the viability of organized retailing across formats. Opportunities are abundant, across formats and categories, as the new Indian consumer has clearly demonstrated a readiness for all organized retailing segments. Moreover, as has been the case in retail markets across the globe, the influx of foreign brands into India shall transform the retail landscape as domestic players grow bigger and become more innovative in the face of enhance competitive pressures.

Program Objectives

To develop skill sets required to manage to modern retail format.

Combining industry knowledge with analytical rigor.

To provide students with qualifications to enter the exciting and dynamic industry of retailing.

Pedagogy

The course uses lectures, case study method, intensive reading, seminars, discussion and interactions to develop integrated learning. The fully enabled lecture theatres with state –of-the-art audio-visual tools help our students present all aspects of a study. Regular presentations help them to become both knowledgeable individuals and persuasive speakers. The institute follows a case based teaching methodology and provide the students a glimpse of situations faced in the real world. Our course includes industry internship, which helps students to keep abreast with the latest developments and techniques in management.