Executive Programme in Public Policy and Management

The programme is aimed at a range of professionals, all united by a common goal – driving nation-building. It is ideal for those with the ambition and the passion to achieve transformational results in shaping and driving policy through a modern, multi-disciplinary approach, instead of a traditional, technocratic approach. Those who can benefit include but are not limited to:

Government and NGOs

• All India Civil Services

• State Government Officials

• Public Sector Officials

• Professionals, policy analysts, advisors, managers, strategists, and planners working for state/central government, corporations, NGOs, etc

Institutions and Academia

• Multilateral Agencies (UN, World Bank, ADB, etc)

• Embassy Personnel

• Research Professionals from the development/policy sector

• Faculty Members of State Administrative Training Institutes

Corporate and Public Affairs

• Senior Industry Executives

• Professionals from foundations, think tanks, and consulting firms

• Entrepreneurs

• Media Strategist

Professionals who complete the IIM Calcutta Executive Programme in Public Policy and Management consistently describe it as a perspective-shifting experience — one that replaces narrow functional thinking with a multi-disciplinary understanding of how policy shapes business, governance, and society.

The cohort stands out as a defining feature. With peers from government, consulting, banking, education, energy, and technology, participants find the cross-sector exchange of ideas as valuable as the curriculum itself. For private sector professionals, this is often their first structured exposure to regulatory frameworks, government-corporate dynamics, and policy-driven decision-making — and they describe leaving with a sharper ability to anticipate how policy impacts their organisations.

The combination of IIM Calcutta's academic rigour, a faculty deeply embedded in real-world policy practice, and a capstone project built around live policy challenges makes this programme stand out for anyone working at the intersection of business, governance, and social impact.

• Foundational thinking - Understand the theoretical and practical aspects of policy-making and policy analysis

• Innovative thinking - Innovate by learning best practices in policy formulation and the blueprint of a scientific approach

• Multidisciplinary thinking - Embrace the economic, social, political, legal and cultural contexts in policy-making and implementation

• New-age thinking - Adapt contemporary ideas like strategic policy-making and technology in governance to build a relevant, dynamic understanding of policy

• Executional thinking - Imbibe strategic management, legal frameworks, and quantitative analysis to strengthen implementation

Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will receive the prestigious IIM Calcutta Executive Education Alumni Status.

Participant will become an alumi of IIM Calcutta Executive Education with the following benefits:

• LDP participants who complete the programme successfully become the Alumni of IIMC Executive Education, which currently has over 32,000 members.

• LDP Alumni are given an email-id in the IIM Calcutta domain.

• LDP Alumni can register in the IIM Calcutta Alumni portal either with this email-id or with their personal email-ids. The IIM Calcutta Alumni portal is a common platform for Alumni of all programmes of the Institute to interact with each other and stay connected with the Institute.

• The Institute shares newsletters, important news and articles about the Institute and its activities, the achievements of the Institute's faculty, staff, students and alumni, upcoming events and programmes etc., on the portal.

• Alumni can post their achievements, write about jobs or LIVE project opportunities for other alumni to see.

• The IIM Calcutta alumni network can also be accessed on mobile phones through the mobile app.

• Executive Education Alumni are entitled to a discount of 5% on the programme fee if they opt to do another LDP.

• By using the different features of the IIM Calcutta portal, alumni across programmes can engage with each other in many meaningful ways. It is up to the alumni themselves to leverage the platform.

15 Recorded sessions and resources in the following categories: (Please note: These sessions are not live)

• Resume & Cover Letter

• Navigating Job Search

• Interview Preparation

• LinkedIn Profile Optimisation

Note:

• IIM Calcutta or Emeritus do NOT promise or guarantee a job or progression in your current job. Career Services is only offered as a service that empowers you to manage your career proactively. The Career Services mentioned here are offered by Emeritus. IIM Calcutta is NOT involved in any way and makes no commitments regarding the Career Services mentioned here.

Note:

• The above EMI's are indicative. The EMI's offered by each of the loan providers might vary from the above figures, depending upon tenure and loan amount to be disbursed.

What is it like to learn with the learning collaborator, Emeritus? 

More than 300,000 professionals globally, across 200 countries, have chosen to advance their skills with Emeritus and its educational learning partners. In fact, 90 percent of the respondents of a recent survey across all our programmes said that their learning outcomes were met or exceeded. All the contents of the course would be made available to students at the commencement of the course. However, to ensure the programme delivers the desired learning outcomes, the students may appoint Emeritus to manage the delivery of the programme in a cohort-based manner during the course period the cost of which is already included in the overall Course fee of the course.

A dedicated programme support team is available 7 days a week to answer questions about the learning platform, technical issues, or anything else that may affect your learning experience.