Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2017- The Two-year Post Graduate Programme in
Food and Agri-Business Management (PGP-FABM) offered by the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad has been ranked as No. 1 in the world provided by
Eduniversal, Paris, France* (www.eduniversal.com) for the year 2017. The
details of the ranking is online: http://www.best-masters.com/ranking-master-agribusiness-food-industry-management/post-graduate-programme-in-food-and-agri-business-management-pgp-fabm-indian-institute-of-management-ahmedabad.html.
Talking
about the course, Professor Debjit Roy, Chairperson, PGP-FABM said, “To address
todays challenges in food and agri-business sector, participants need to have
cross-functional management exposure and work with teams members from diverse
backgrounds. FABM programme, which attracts participants from diverse
backgrounds such as agriculture and food sciences, engineering, biotechnology,
and life sciences, prepares the participants to take up challenges in this
sector-focused problem solving. The
alumni from this programme are playing a key role in shaping up policies and
addressing the needs of this sector.”
Brief about the PGP -FABM Programme:
The commitment of the Institute
towards socially important sector like food and agri-business dates back to its
inception, when the Institute accepted managerial issues related to
agriculture, food, and other developmental sectors as part of its thrust
areas. In pursuit of this a Post
Graduate Programme with Specialization Package in Agriculture (PGP-SPA) was
started in 1974. In 2000, IIMA revamped the programme after a review of the
Institute’s approach to agri-business management education under changing
economic environment and a Two-year Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business
Management was launched in 2000. More than 1,27,000 candidates apply for this Programme
and only about 46 candidates are selected with a rigorous selection process
administered throughout the country.
The
Post Graduate Programme in Food & Agri-Business Management (PGP-FABM) is a
two-year full-time residential programme.
The PGP-FABM Programme has evolved over the years and expanded beyond
agriculture to other allied areas such as food processing, commodities and
rural development sector, and rural infrastructure. We now have increased our intake to 46
students with inclusion of more industry interaction, Rural Immersion Modules
and have made project-work a significant part of the curriculum than ever
before. The programme attracts
many companies across the supply chain, for academic collaboration, internships
and finally for recruitment.
Content of Course:
The
programme curriculum has a solid managerial foundation, focused on food and
agribusiness marketplace. It includes compulsory management courses in the
first year and is common with the Post Graduate Programme of the Institute. The
second year of the programme includes compulsory as well as elective courses
designed to have specialized multifunction knowledge and skill required by food
and agribusiness sector. Rural Immersion Module (RIM) also helps students to
spend about three weeks in rural areas. The students have the opportunity to
meet the rural community, know their lifestyle, values and help them carry out
project on issues of socio economic nature. The students exchange programme is
also offered in collaboration with four foreign universities, ESSEC B School,
France, University of British Columbia, Canada, Norwegian School of Economics,
Norway, and Antai College, China with a view to enhance the international
exposure for the PGP-FABM students. Students spend about one term (10-12 weeks)
at the foreign university.
Course
Objectives:
The
programme is designed to expand students’ perspective knowledge and skill
necessary for management and leadership in agribusiness, food industry and
allied sectors. It also nurtures in the participant a commitment to integrity,
ethical behavior, and a sense of social purpose.
The objective of the Programme is to
develop young men and women into competent professional managers for the food
and agri-business, rural and allied sectors. Increasing environmental concerns
and challenges of working in a highly market oriented environment requires the
agri-food industry to be dynamic in terms of responses to changes in policies
and managing those changes. Along with
innovative skills, those working in this industry require a range of management
skills, familiarity with the policy environment, and a strategic perspective
and the programme prepares students for the arduous task of leading change in
dynamic industry and managing the process of those changes. The Programme adequately prepares students
for the rapidly changing agri-business sector with specific programme
objectives.
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