Special MBA programme for L&T construction executives in Tirupati

Sri City/Tirupati: The IFMR Graduate School of Business, KREA University (IFMR GSB) has curated a special Executive MBA programme with specialisation in Finance, Supply Chain, Human Relations & Industry Relations for executives of L&T Construction. This unique programme has been carefully designed to combine concepts and principles of management disciplines with relevant practical aspects in different functional areas.

The customised executive MBA programme, which will be conducted at IFMR GSB's Sri City campus would include periodic stints of residential in-campus sessions followed by online sessions over WebEx TM for each trimester and would be supplemented by self-paced learning. The first batch would comprise of 45 handpicked executives across various divisions of the company, working in different parts of the country.

Delivering the welcome address, Dr. Anantha Nageswaran, Dean IFMR GSB said, "Technology brings with it a host of exciting challenges in the workplace and business environment. This well-crafted MBA Programme will immensely benefit the selected executives to cope with and excel in their relevant fields of work."

In his inaugural address, Dr. Sundar Ramaswamy, Vice Chancellor, KREA University said, "L&T Construction is known for its contribution not only in terms of infrastructure but also in terms of growth of the economy. In order to continue to be able to contribute, we need to reskill ourselves, mainly due to the paradigm shift in human-machine interactions, human-human interactions and human-nature interactions. This special arrangement for executives of L&T construction will address the concern of upskilling and prepare them for the future."

The content, mode of deliver and selection of executives for the programme is uniquely structured so as to bring out demonstrable transition in skills, knowledge and capabilities of the participants. The programme has been carefully designed to combine the concepts and principles of management disciplines with relevant practical aspects in different functional areas. It will include comprehensive core courses, a wide range of elective courses in the participants' areas of expertise, workshops, and individual masters' dissertations.

Venkatesh, Head – Indirect Taxation, Divisional Corporate, L&T Construction said, "The aim of this arrangement with IFMR GSB is to sensitise our executives to the importance of management knowledge and principles and to issues like working capital management, project costing etc.