MBA Level -Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (PGP-ABM)
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Indian agriculture faces numerous challenges with
rapidly changing business environment, pace of technological change,
globalization, competitive environment and changing role of government.
These challenges will place unparalleled demands on the capabilities of
tomorrow’s managers. IIMA is one of the few management schools in the
world, which offers Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (PGP-ABM)
to prepare managers, business leaders and entrepreneurs in food and
agribusiness sector to respond to the challenges faced by the sector.
The institute's commitment and expertise in agribusiness sector dates
back from its inception when the institute had accepted managerial
issues related to undermanaged and socially important sectors –
particularly food and agriculture - as part of its thrust area.
The Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM) is a full-time two year residential programme specially designed to prepare students for careers in management related to agriculture, food, agri-business, rural and allied sectors of the economy. What makes this sector-specific programme special compared to many other agribusiness management programmes is that it is firmly rooted in IIMA's "management" culture and proficiency as opposed to either technical or economic-based backgrounds and cultures present in other programmes.
The main objective of the programme is to develop young men and women as competent professional managers for agriculture, food, rural, and allied sectors. The programme caters to the needs of enterprises serving these sectors, both domestic and international. The programme specifically attempts to:
These enterprises may be engaged in activities such as:
The Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM) is a full-time two year residential programme specially designed to prepare students for careers in management related to agriculture, food, agri-business, rural and allied sectors of the economy. What makes this sector-specific programme special compared to many other agribusiness management programmes is that it is firmly rooted in IIMA's "management" culture and proficiency as opposed to either technical or economic-based backgrounds and cultures present in other programmes.
The main objective of the programme is to develop young men and women as competent professional managers for agriculture, food, rural, and allied sectors. The programme caters to the needs of enterprises serving these sectors, both domestic and international. The programme specifically attempts to:
- Equip students with requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes for managerial decision making and implementation in the unique context of agri enterprises;
- Encourage entrepreneurial spirit in students to make them effective change agents in the agri enterprise sector; and
- Develop in students capabilities to become leaders and nurture in them a commitment for integrity and ethics informed by social purpose.
These enterprises may be engaged in activities such as:
- Production and Marketing of Inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery and equipment, livestock feed, irrigation, and credit;
- Production, Procurement, Processing, and Marketing of Output such as agriculture (includes crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry, agro forestry, horticulture, dairying) marketing, agro processing, and food processing;
- Providing Services to Agriculture such as export and import, rural
banking, financing agri projects, insurance, logistics, water
management, research and development, and rural energy.
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