Looking for lucrative options, a batch of 22 armed forces officers, enrolled for the Post Graduate Course in Business Management (PGCBM) at an institute here, are now planning to move into the corporate milieu.
Companies, coming to the institute for placement are offering them roles in operations, marketing project/programme management, IT, strategic planning, supply chain management, HR and facilities management, with excellent compensation. For the past four years, since the inception of the course, the response to the placement programme of the PGCBM-Defence Batch has been overwhelming, Dean Executive Defence Programme at the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies M C Agarwal said.
The curriculum of the PGCBM is similar to the executive programmes in management and emphasis is on concepts of analytical knowledge for managerial effectiveness and integrates their varied experience with the skills required to excel in the corporate world.
“The present batch comprises of officers selected from Army, Air Force and Navy and are thorough professionals with high degree of discipline and excellent leadership qualities. They are highly qualified and include commandos, doctors, engineers, vets and lawyers with experience ranging from five to 25 years,” a Defence spokesperson said.