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NEW DELHI and KOZHIKODE, India, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — TimesProfessional and Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode have launched the Certificate Programme in Management of Social Initiatives to equip learners to be change-makers by boosting their competencies in designing and managing social initiatives.
The 11-month Certificate Programme in Management of Social Initiatives will assist learners achieve conceptual understanding and insights throughout three pillars of social initiatives – company social accountability, not-for-profit ventures, and social entrepreneurship. Participants will be taught to handle social initiatives, have interaction with stakeholders, create affect measurement strategies and processes whereas figuring out funding sources and fascinating in worth creation. The programme can even embody a capstone challenge the place learners will create a social business plan or idea doc for an enterprise or NGO.
The Certificate Programme in Management of Social Initiatives can be carried out through TimesProfessional’s state-of-the-art Interactive Learning (IL) platform and delivered in Direct-to-Device (D2D) mode. It follows a confirmed pedagogy of various instruments and strategies, together with lectures, real-life case research, assignments, quizzes, and many others.
The programme is split into two modules that may assist learners vastly improve their skillsets. The basis modules comprise of topics reminiscent of Managing Social Initiatives, Pathways to Social Initiatives, Understanding Social Issues and Being an Impact Champion, whereas the Advanced Module consists of Creating Social Enterprises, Public Private Partnership, Context of Social Initiatives, Impact Assessment, and the Capstone challenge.
Speaking on the announcement, Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode mentioned, “The social service sector requires management professionals with a thorough grounding in the social ecosystem to ensure efficiency, quality, and sustainability of service delivery to the public. Required management competencies with a social perspective include human resources, finance, fundraising, marketing, organisational management, strategic management, social policy and administration, research and evaluation, the use of information technology in service delivery, etc. This programme designed by world-class faculty at IIM Kozhikode with their cutting-edge thought leadership and industry-leading insights, empower participants to manage and lead complex managerial challenges with confidence and decision-making ability.”
Prof. Priya Nair Rajeev, Head, Center of Excellence for Social Innovation, IIM Kozhikode, added, “There is a significant requirement for management professionals who can develop and execute projects providing sustainable solutions for social causes. They need skills to design and execute social initiatives along with managing multiple and diverse stakeholders. The competencies gained during this programme will equip learners to be successful change makers in the social sector.”
Sunil Sood, Chief Business Officer, Executive Education, TimesProfessional, mentioned, “Organisations are looking to increase their participation in developing the social ecosystem by launching several initiatives. With CSR becoming an important aspect of social outreach, learners must get exposed to strategic concepts to execute large-scale projects. The Certificate Programme in Management of Social Initiatives will make learners aware of various fundamentals in this domain and make its execution impactful and sustainable.”
About TimesProfessional:
TimesProfessional, established in 2013, is a number one Higher EdTech platform devoted to empowering the profession progress of aspiring learners by equipping them with abilities to rise in a aggressive world. TimesProfessional’s H.EdTech programmes are created to satisfy the quickly altering business necessities and have been blended with expertise to make them accessible and inexpensive.
TimesProfessional presents a range of created and curated studying programmes throughout a spread of classes, industries, and age teams. They embody employment-oriented early profession programmes throughout BFSI, e-Commerce, and expertise sectors; government schooling for working professionals in collaboration with premier academic establishments like IIMs and IITs; and organisational studying and growth interventions on the company degree.
TimesProfessional additionally collaborates with India’s main MNCs throughout various sectors to supply upskilling and reskilling options to spice up employability and create a sturdy workforce. TimesProfessional is a Higher EdTech initiative by the Times of India Group.
About Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (www.iimk.ac.in)
Started in 1997 with its Postgraduate Program (PGP), the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is on a excessive progress trajectory immediately, providing widest vary of tutorial packages in the sphere of administration schooling. These embody Fellow Programme in Management, Executive PG Programmes, Management Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programs. IIMK arrange a Satellite campus at Infopark, Kochi, in 2013 devoted to Executive Education. IIMK has additionally the distinctive distinction of launching a PhD (Practice Track) programme for working professionals in addition to bringing in new dynamic programs just like the one-year Post Graduate programme in Business Leadership (2019) MBA in Finance and MBA in Liberal Studies & Management (2020). The institute can also be residence to IIMK LIVE a first-of-its-kind startup incubation programme and the Indian Business Museum. IIMK is ranked 4th as per newest NIRF India Rankings 2021: Management. The institute additionally made its international debut for its flagship MBA and EMBA programme from the 2020 QS World University Rankings. It can also be Ranked No.2 in CFIs (non-Technical) class in the Atal Innovation Rankings (ARIIA 2021) rankings launched not too long ago by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. IIM Kozhikode is globally accredited by EQUIS (EFMD) and AMBA (UK).
