8 July 2022 
Traditional leadership is being replaced. The next generation of business leaders should be ready to take advantage of the changes driven by globalization and digital transformation while anticipating major disruptions in their industries. According to a study by O.C. Tanner, 2021, “Modern leaders use mentoring, connection, and employee recognition to inspire 86% more great work.” This means that as the world digitizes and globalizes, leaders should also manifest a global outlook, prudence, right timing, resilience, and stability to thrive.
To meet this emerging need for global-ready business leaders, IIT Bombay and Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) have partnered to offer an Executive MBA (EMBA).
Business education with worldwide impact
This joint Executive MBA is the first and one of a kind in India. Through sessions at the IIT Bombay Campus, along with a two-week international residency at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC and at Washington University in St. Louis, this program will help you make a bigger impact within your organization.
You will become more strategic, collaborative, and adaptive while learning how to cultivate a global perspective in your business outlook. Through modules like cost analysis, data modelling & decision making, macroeconomics, organizational behaviour, strategic management, and negotiation skills, you will learn how to make more effective decisions, and prepare yourself to take on more responsibilities and leadership roles.
Who is this programme for?
Whether you are beginning an entrepreneurial venture, looking to grow within your existing organization, or planning to take your career to the global stage, this groundbreaking program will be an ideal choice for you. It will equip you with the right mindset, network, and well-rounded internationally recognized skills to grow your business, harness technological advances, and anticipate change.
Currently, in its eighth batch, this is a highly sought-after programme attended by CEOs, CIOs, CXOs, Presidents, Directors, VPs, AVPs, and Business Heads with a strong drive to succeed, an ability to adapt, learn and apply new knowledge in varied situations.
“This is the best investment I could offer myself,” Naresh Bhasin, managing director of a fashion apparel company said. “Our professors are the best brains in the field. Everything I’ve learnt in the class, whether it’s the competitive strategy or a problem formulation report, average simulation, financial ratios, I’ve been able to apply immediately on going back to the office,” he added.
Taught through an immersive and flexible learning journey, this programme will help you metamorphose into a newer and better leader – a more confident, competent, and consistent professional or entrepreneur.
An EMBA with a global connect
A key distinguishing factor of this programme is its global impact and reach. Not only will you benefit from a globally-recognised curriculum, but you will also be able to enjoy lifelong alumni benefits from both universities. “What happens in this programme is that you get the power of IIT alumni and you suddenly have a network that you can access in India, Australia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Europe,” Manjunath Dudyala, a past participant said. “Then there’s the WashU alumni which come as the icing on the cake together with the IITB alumni. It may sound like an exaggeration but they’re all trying to back you up in what you want to achieve.”
You will also learn under the top faculty of both IIT Bombay and WashU — gaining dual perspectives on business and leadership from two of the world’s largest markets.
Towards the end of your programme, you will put your skills to test and elevate your potential through a two-week capstone project. An integral part of the program, the capstone project, will help you build on the learnings from the modules to solve real-world business challenges. You will receive hands-on learning as well as regular faculty guidance to sharpen your understanding to integrate the theoretical concepts with practical business applications.
Such holistic and well-rounded learning makes this programme a perfect fit for all ambitious leaders who want to fast-track their journeys. Deepa Thakre, a former participant of the programme, said, “I was looking for a programme where I could hone my skills and take it from just surviving to making it big.”
Finally, upon successful completion of the program, you will become an alumnus of both IIT Bombay and WashU. In fact, the top 20% of the class would join the global Beta Gamma Sigma network.
Program details:
Program start: Jan 2023
Program fee: INR 42 Lakhs (Fee is non-refundable, no additional GST applicable)
Program duration: 18 Months
Join this programme to learn how to think strategically, act effectively, and lead empathetically while driving growth and building a solid organizational culture. If you’re an aspirational leader, eager to take your career to the next level of whatever you want to do – be it in your own career or to establish yourself as an entrepreneur, this is the programme for you.
Disclaimer: This article has been produced on behalf of Erulearning by Times Internet’s Spotlight Team.
This article was first published on Times of India.
