Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has introduced a long duration programme on Competing on Digital Mindsets (CDM).
According to Priya Seetharaman, Programme Director, the one-year programme, which will commence in July 2019, is the first of its kind as it has been curated keeping in mind the requirements of people from the IT industry.
“Most of the digital transformation programmes currently on offer address the needs of people from the core sector. This programme has been designed and curated for people from the IT industry only or those in IT-related role in core sectors,” Seetharaman told
The aim of the programme is to equip participants with the ability to think about technology and business differently — such that they can re-wire client organisations enabling them to become agile in technology and business.
As per the Nasscom-McKinsey Perspective 2025, top executives at tech companies believe that by 2020 50-70 per cent of the current staff will need reskilling which could help retain the relevance to this massive proportion of the workforce, she said, highlighting the need for such a programme.
“It has been designed with the belief that the most robust talent in the IT sector shall compete not merely on the basis of digital technologies, digital capabilities, or digital experience but, more importantly, on the basis of a carefully cultivated digital mindset,” said a press release from IIM-C.
The programme will have one session of three hours every week for a period of 11 months. The sessions will be delivered through direct to desktop mode. It will also include three campus visits.
The candidates should have a work experience of at least seven years post graduation to enrol for the programme.
“Gone are the days when IT professionals were only expected to develop, implement and maintain IT applications. Today, they also need to be more aware of different business domains, envision the changes and be able to visualise and create new digital experiences for their immediate and end customers. The CDM programme aims to provide participants with the technical, business and soft skills to achieve this transformation,” she said.