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Postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDM HRM)
The Institute offers a two-year full time Programme in Human Resource Management on the completion of which, students are conferred with Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management. The HRM course is the oldest and the most prestigious of the Institute's teaching programmes. Ranked as the best programme in India and the Asia-Pacific region, it aims to equip the students with the knowledge and skills required for managing HR in a way that contributes to the development of individuals and organizations.

The major thrust areas are Human Resource Planning, Human Resource Information Systems, Selection, Performance Management, Training and Development, Compensation Administration and fostering harmonious employer - employee relationships in the framework of state regulations. This programme has produced some of the top HR professionals in the industry today.
Besides the courses directly related to HRM, the programme also includes a series of courses in various functional areas of management. Being a specialized programme it does not provide for further specialization. Students choose an appropriate mix of elective courses according to their preferences. Graduates of this programme are qualified for executive positions in Human Resources Development, Personnel Management, industrial Relations, Labour Welfare and other related areas. The alumni are occupying senior level positions in private and public sector organizations and in multinational companies in India and abroad.
Programme Design and Requirements
- Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
- Managerial Economics
ECONOMICS- Accounting for Management
- Basic Financial Management
FINANCE- Managerial Communication
- Managerial Ethics [2 credits]
- Social Research Methods
GENERAL MANAGEMENT- Employment Relations Laws: Law of Industrial Relations
- Employment Relations Laws: Law of Social Security
- Fundamentals of Human Resource Management [1.5 credits]
- Fundamentals of Industrial Relations
- Fundamentals of Labour laws [1.5 credits]
- Human Resource Planning [2 credits]
- Performance Management and Appraisal
- Wage Determination and Administration
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT- Management Information System
INFORMATION SYSTEMS- Marketing Management
MARKETING- Individual Behaviour in Organization
- Group Behaviour in Organization
- Organizational Structure, Design & Change
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR- Production Management
- Quantitative Techniques for Human Resource Management
PRODUCTION, OPERATIONS & DECISION SCIENCES- Business and Sustainability
- Strategic Management
- Industrial Economics and Competitive Strategies [also ECO]
- International Management
- Management Consulting Practice
- Managing Innovation
- Public Policy and Business Strategy
- Resource Based Strategy
- Strategic Implementation through Simulation
- Strategic Leadership and Governance
- Strategies for Grand Challenges
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
