The Indian Institute of Management Shillong (IIM-S), through its Centre for Development of North Eastern Region (CEDNER), launched a six month certificate course on Developing Managerial Skills for Entrepreneurs of the region on Saturday under the course directorship of Prof Keya Sengupta.
Thirty students from the North Eastern Region have been selected for the course after a thorough screening process. IIM-S has a tie-up with the union ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) for this short-term course.
The CEDNER, which was formerly known as the Accelerated Learning Centre (ALC) of IIM-S, offers short-term courses for the young entrepreneurs, businessmen and women, business executives and officers of the region. The Centre has already offered a series of such practice oriented management courses.
"We have pioneered, and I am proud to say that we have been consistent in our efforts to bring about alleviation of poverty with an inclusive notion of growth and development within the region, and CEDNER today has become a sought after entity by various stakeholders in the North Eastern Region simply because of its committed stance and efforts aimed at responding to the local needs." said Prof AK Dutta, director of IIM-S.
Past programmes carried out under CEDNER were ‘Effective Judicial Administration for the Judges’ under the administrative control of the Guwahati High Court, ‘Certificate Course on Health and Hospital Management’, ‘Management Program for Local Entrepreneurs’ and ‘Promoters of Entrepreneurial Activities’.
The Institute had also worked with the traffic department of the police of Meghalaya to work on traffic management in Shillong, besides suggesting Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) ways and means to improve turnover and profitability.