MBA (Forestry Management) - earlier PGDFM (Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry Management)- is one of its kind in this part of the world that prepares professionals for sustainable management of natural resources. The programme integrates application of management concepts, theoretical frameworks, techniques and tools for sustainable management of natural resources for conservation, ecological balance, and development.
The MBA (Forestry Management) is a fully residential two-year Post Graduate level programme. The programme focusses in the first year on core management education related to developmental, social, environmental and forestry concerns. Emphasis is also given in the programme on core skills and concepts in all the classroom terms of first year and in term four of the second year. The students can choose five credit elective courses each in term four and five, based on the interest of students where students want to concentrate and specialize. In addition to the classroom courses, one summer internship, one project work and one field work components are also included in the curriculum for experimental learning. The programme focusses on open learning through new elective courses added in the curriculum as per requirements.
Over the last three decades, IIFM has established itself as a leader in sectoral management education in India. IIFM has remained a pioneer in nurturing business managers committed to the credos of Triple Bottom Line - People, Planet & Profit. Apart from training students on standard areas of business viz. Strategy, Marketing, Operations, Human Resource, and Finance, the residential management program at IIFM Bhopal prepares them to look at broader perspectives and helps them to transform into socially conscious and responsible business managers. The flagship program- MBA in Forestry Management has all the ingredients of a standard MBA program together with a unique extension to Environment, Social Development, Sustainability, and Rural Markets.
The Award of Degree
All the students will be awarded Masters in Business Administration in Forestry Management’. The elective choice of the students will be shown in the transcripts.
The graduates of this Degree are working in diverse sectors viz. corporates/industries, financial institutions, consulting firms, international organizations, government and non-government organizations, and academic institutions. Some of the recruiters include PWC, KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Intellecap, World Bank, Oxfam GB, KANTAR, HSBC, HP, EnKing International, Arabesque, Aron Global, Winrock International, ABT Associates, Arvind Limited, ITC Ltd, BILT, JK Paper, Adani, Aditya Birla Fashions, Grasim Industry, Hindalco, Infosys, HCL Technologies, NABARD, UTI Bank, Wharton Business School, Yale University, Duke University, Coady International Institute (Canada), Central European University and others.
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