Programme Director              :   Dr. Nagasimha B Kanagal

Start Date                                :   16-Mar-26

End Date                                 :   18-Mar-26

Area                                        :   Marketing

Programme Directors             :   Dr. Apurva Sanaria & Deepak Goyal

Start Date                                :   12-Mar-26

End Date                                 :   14-Mar-26

Area                                        :   Strategy & General Mgmt.

Programme Directors             :   Dr. U Dinesh Kumar & Naveen Kumar Bhansali

Start Date                                :   02-Mar-26

End Date                                 :   06-Mar-26

Area                                        :   Business Analytics, Quantitative Techniques

Programme Directors             :   Dr. Shainesh G & Prof. S Raghunath

Start Date                                :   02-Mar-26

End Date                                 :   04-Mar-26

Area                                        :   Strategy & General Mgmt.

Designed for functional managers aspiring to move into general management roles, the Executive General Management Programme (EGMP), a certificate programme, helps them develop core business skills and competencies for cross-functional areas. This programme is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, frameworks and managerial perspective required to lead and make strategic decisions. A diverse cohort enables great peer learning and offers networking opportunities to the participants. Faculty from IIMB teach in the programme and use case studies, role-play, and more. Topics such as Business Environment, Individual and Organizational Competencies, Functional Knowledge (Key Business Areas) and Strategic Perspective are covered, blending conceptual understanding with practical applications, preparing participants for broader leadership responsibilities and senior management roles.

Commencement date: 26^th March 2026

Programme end date: 27^th January 2027

Last date to apply: 2^rd February 2026

The Independent Directors Certificate Programme (IDCP) is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, principles, insights and practical understanding required to effectively discharge their duties as Independent Directors, Non-executive Directors and researchers in the field of Corporate Governance. Blending academic perspectives with real-world cases and practitioner insights, it examines governance structures and policy, board behavior, accountability, risk management and ethical decision-making, enabling participants to contribute meaningfully to board deliberations and governance outcomes. Overall, the programme provides an integrated perspective on company law, regulatory frameworks, board processes and the role of Independent Directors in guiding and overseeing organizations in a dynamic governance environment.

Commencement date: 7^th March 2026

Programme end date: 29^th August 2026

Last date to apply: 10^th February 2026

Programme Directors: Prof. S Raghunath and Dr. Anil B Suraj

The Leading Digital Transformation (LDT) programme is a part-time certification programme offered by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in cooperation with Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Germany. This programme has been conceived, designed and developed to address the question of building transformational business models using technological advances. The LDT programme focuses on understanding technologies that inspire change and the ability to lead organizational transformation. The programme includes a week of immersion in Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) of Germany.

Commencement date: 23^rd February 2026

Programme end date: 15^th July 2026

Last date to apply was: 31^st January 2026

Programme Directors: Dr. R Srinivasan, IIMB; Prof. Kathrin M Moslein, FAU; Prof. Angela Roth, FAU and Prof. Alexander Pflaum, Fraunhofer IIS

The Executive Programme in Personal Finance and Wealth Advisory (PFWA) is a certificate programme that has been structured to equip professionals to start a business in Financial Planning.

The programme is offered in collaboration with Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB), the global standards-setting body for the financial planning profession and owner of the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® certification programme.

This programme is designed to equip participants with the knowledge, tools and entrepreneurial mindset required to excel in the rapidly evolving field of financial planning. Blending theory with practical applications, it covers the foundations of finance, advanced planning techniques and business strategy to prepare participants for careers as independent financial advisors, wealth managers or founders of financial planning ventures. 

Commencement date: 27^th March 2026

Programme end date: 13^th February 2027

Last date to apply: 23^rd February 2026

Programme Directors: Dr. Nitin Vishen, Dr. M Jayadev, Aishwarya Krishna

The Advanced Management Programme (AMP) is a long-duration certificate programme, with a two decade-long history in transforming leaders and organizations. In today’s fast-evolving global landscape, leaders must combine strategic insight, functional mastery and personal leadership to drive meaningful impact, and the AMP empowers senior executives to achieve the same. It is designed for professionals with around 15-plus years of experience, including at least eight years in managerial roles.

Commencement date: 23^rd February 2026

Programme end date: 21^st November 2026

Last date to apply: 1^st February 2026

Programme Directors: Dr. Sourav Mukherji, Dr. Ashok Thampy, Dr. PD Jose, Dr. Ananth Krishnamurthy

Prof. G. Sabarinathan, Retd. Professor of Finance and Accounting at IIM Bangalore and current Programme Director of the Fintech Programme, engages with Nandini Vijayaraghavan’s Rare: Investing the Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Way to offer up his well-rounded and unbridled review of the biography of a celebrated investor. The richly documented narrative of India’s market transformation, with scholarly precision and practitioner insight, explores how Jhunjhunwala’s journey mirrors the evolution of Indian finance, offering readers both a study in investing and a concise history of a defining economic era, notes Professor