Higher Defence Management Course begins at College of Defence Management

Secunderabad: The 160 select officers of the rank of colonels from the Army and their equivalent from Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, including 12 officers from friendly foreign countries from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Ghana, Kenya, Brazil, Jordan, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Rwanda commenced their journey of learning as participants of 44 weeks long prestigious Higher Defence Management Course (HDMC) Serial 15 at College of Defence Management (CDM) Secunderabad. Lieutenant General PC Thimmaya, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Army Training Command (ARTRAC) delivered the inaugural address for the course.

CDM, Secunderabad is a premium tri-services institution acknowledged as centre of excellence for imparting training in Defence Management. The college has made significant strides in aligning and integrating management philosophy with operational planning.

HDMC is a flagship programme of CDM, Secunderabad and course curriculum covers various management subjects related to Behavioural Science, Decision Science, Resource Management and Research Methodology. The course is pitched at the directional and conceptual level with focus on application of management tools and techniques at operational and strategic level.

The experimental aspects of the course content include visit to field formations in forward areas, the Management Education Tour (MET) to private and public sector establishments, and an International Strategic Management Tour (ISMT) to understand the nuances of geopolitics and imbibe international best practices. In the culminating phase of the course, participant officers carry out an application based "Project Study" with an aim to find solutions to the live challenges being faced by Armed Forces.

After successful completion of the course, participant officers are awarded degree in Master of Management Studies (MMS) from Osmania University and a Certificate of Advance Course in Management by All India Management Association (AIMA). The international and tri-services flavour to the course allows varied and unique learning experience for the participant officers.