Management Development Institute

Management Development Institute (MDI) is private business School in India. It was established in 1973 by Industrial Finance Corporation of India and is located in Gurgaon, a commercial hub near the Indian capital of New Delhi.[3]

Management Development Institute
MottoYogāh Kārmāsu Kaushālām
Motto in English
Perfection in action is Yoga
TypePrivate business school
Established1973 (1973)
ChairmanShri Rajnish Kumar[1]
DirectorProf. Sangeeta S. Bhardwaj (Acting Director)[2]
Location
Gurgaon
,
Haryana
,
India
CampusUrban
Websitewww.mdi.ac.in

Rankings
Institute rankings
Business/Management – India
NIRF (2020)[4]10
Private colleges: 
Outlook India (2020)[5]3

MDI was ranked 10th among management schools in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020,[4] 3rd in India by Outlook India's Top 150 Private MBA Institutions" of 2020.[5]

Campus

MDI has its own campus spread over 37 acres (150,000 m2) in Gurgaon. The campus is about 12  km. from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. MDI has a campus with red brick buildings and trees. The buildings have been given names such as Gurukul, Lakshaya, Scholars, Renaissance, Parthenon etc.[6]

Library

The MDI library has a collection of over 60,000 books, in addition to electronic resources which include e-books, journals, databases, audio-visual materials, CDs/DVDs, e-journals, reports, case studies, conference proceedings, training manuals etc.[7]

Academics

The institute offers various post graduate diploma programmes. These include full-time post graduate programmes in management and part-time programmes such as executive programmes.. It also offers fellowship research programmes.[8]

History and Launch of India’s first Executive PGDM Program

Management Development Institute was set-up in 1973 as an institute for training, consulting, and research activities.[9] In 1986, Lt. Gen. ML Chibber, a Padma Bhushan, was appointed as its director.[10] The same year, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, along with HRD minister P. Chidambaram visited the MDI campus and discussed with Lt. Gen. ML Chibber about unifying leadership amongst private, public, and government sectors.[11]

Thus, India’s first full-time Executive PGDM program, called ‘National Management Programme (NMP)’ was created with a 15-month curriculum.[12] The core objective of the program was to develop appreciate mindsets across the three sectors and provide opportunity to learn from each other.[13] Additionally, Rajiv Gandhi conferred the following awards to the program: Prime Minister’s gold medal for topper of the course, Finance Minister’s gold medal for topper in finance, HR Minister’s gold medal for topper in HR, and ITC gold medal for topper in marketing. [14]

The program drew top government officers as well as private sector organisation executives that had the potential to attain top leadership positions.[15] The program, originally restricted to top executives nominated by their organisations, eventually became open for general public applications also, and was MDI’s flagship programme till 1994.[16]

National Management Programme (NMP) was rechristened as ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Business Management’ (PGDM-BM) in 2021, has been open for general applications for Executive PGDM [17] and is currently running its 36th edition at MDI Gurgaon.[18] The AICTE-approved program is accredited as a full-time MBA by the Association of MBAs, UK (AMBA) and has been revised for duration (18 months), content, and corporate exposure as well.[19]

MDI launched its 2-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management programme in 1994, making it as the new flagship programme.[20] Thereafter, MDI added part-time PGDM (erstwhile EMP), PGDM- International Business, PGDM - Human Resource Management, Online PGDM, and fellowship programs to its list of courses offered.[21]

Exchange Program

MDI Gurgaon has one of the largest exchange programmes in the country where one out of every 5 students enrolled in the post graduate programmes get an opportunity to study abroad for one or two terms. It has partner institutes in more than 34 countries [22] with institutes such as EDHEC Business School,[23] Copenhagen Business School,[24] HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management,[25] Bocconi University, RSM Erasmus University, ESCP Europe.[26]

Notable Alumni

Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Business Management (PGDM-BM) (Erstwhile NMP): Executive 18 Month full-time MBA

Post Graduate Diploma in Management: 2 Year full-time MBA

Initiatives

MDI Gurgaon has many initiatives and platforms run by current students and alumni:

  • MDI Megaminds: It is a startup pitch event hosted by MDI Gurgaon alumni that allows startups to showcase their venture to investors & mentors. Since November 2018, it has been conducted once in every 2 months - 100+ startups have presented, many have got funding, and all got visibility and networking opportunities. It is open to all to present, invest, and join. Website: www.mdimegaminds.com/ [33]
  • Student run clubs include academic clubs like Marquity, Monetrix, HR Direction, Impulse, ThinC, Strategist, Opsession; activity clubs include Sanskriti, MART, SAMARITIANS, IBEX, MILE, FOCUS; Event Clubs include Samvaad, Illumina, Imperium, Delphique, TEDxMDIGurgaon[34]
  • Student committees are for corporate communications, alumni communications and events, campus facilities and more.[35]

References
  1. "Board of Governors of MDI Gurgaon". MDI. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. "MDI Director". MDI. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. "MDI Murshidabad".
  4. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Management)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  5. "Outlook-ICARE MBA Rankings: Top 150 Private MBA Institutions Outlook India Magazine". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  6. Behl, Vinod (25 June 2003). "Serious business". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  7. "The Telegraph: MDI, Gurgaon". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  8. "Post Graduate Programmes". www.mdi.ac.in. Retrieved 15 March 2018. Click on "Programmes".
  9. "Innovating to Conquer". Business Today. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  10. "Lt. Gen. (Retd) Dr. M. L. Chibber". Smash Words. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  11. "Cradle of Leadership-9 : For the Executive Class". Corporate Citizen. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  12. "Cradle of Leadership-9 : For the Executive Class". Corporate Citizen. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  13. "Shaping Business Leaders: What B-Schools Don't Do". Google Books. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  14. "Cradle of Leadership-9 : For the Executive Class". Corporate Citizen. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  15. "Enterpreneurship Development". Google Books. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  16. "What Makes NMP (2018-19) Cohort at MDI Gurgaon Net An Average 19 Lacs at Placements?". One Year MBA. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  17. "Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Business Management (PGDM-BM)". MDI. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  18. "MDI Gurgaon Welcomes Its 36th Batch of PGDM-BM". Campus Sutra. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  19. "PGDM National Management Programme". Careers 360. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  20. "Milestones @ MDI". MDI. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  21. "Milestones @ MDI". MDI. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  22. "International Relations Collaborations". Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  23. "International Academic Partners". Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  24. "Partner Universities". Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  25. "International Partners". Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  26. "ESCP students in the Master in Management Programme have the opportunity to take part in an exchange programmes with one of our over 130 partner universities in Europe and the World". Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  27. "MDI Gurgaon Holds Panel Discussion Sheds Light On The Need For Self Transformation Power Of Change". Business News This Week. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  28. "Maha Metro List of Directors". Maha Metro. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  29. "Shri Manoj Joshi Takes Over As New General Manager Of Metro Railway Kolkata". Rail Analysis. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  30. "Dr S. K. Mahapatra". People Matters. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  31. "Ex DG CPWD Gets Cabinet Minister Rank In Andhra Pradesh". Indian Mandarins. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  32. "CPWD DG Prabhakar Singh Chosen For Eminent Engineer Award 2019". Indian Bureaucracy. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  33. "MDI Gurgaon Fosters Entrepreneurial Fervour Through Its Megaminds Initiative". India Education Diary. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  34. "Student Clubs at MDI Gurgaon". MDI. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  35. "Student Committees at MDI Gurgaon". MDI. Retrieved 10 September 2023.

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