PGP Handbook - Institute of Public Enterprise

Management education is transforming
business enterprises across the globe and adding
to the prosperity of mankind through innovations,
creativity and value add. India is emerging
as the hub of management education. Hyderabad
is a leading management education center in India.
Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), located in
Hyderabad has many distinct advantages in offering
the management education, during the last
four and half decades of its working, IPE has distinguished
itself as a center for learning. Besides
its access to policy making institution, it networks
with enterprises in the public and private sectors,
NGOs and global institutions. A strong team of
55 faculty members and over 100 visiting professors
support its intellectual base. The administrative
support is rendered by well-trained supporting
staff. The Board of Governors of the Institute,
comprising eminent policy makers, highly experienced
CEOs drawn from public and private enterprises,
internationally known researchers provides
the policy direction to the Institute and monitors
it’s functioning. The Institute is well-linked to the industry
which is actively involved in the design and
implementation of its various long term courses
and also in its placement programme. The course
contents are frequently revised to bring them in line
with the requirements of the industry. The Institute
has identified soft skills as an important component
of management education. Many databases on
economy and industry have been acquired to help
the students in completing their short term and long
Director’s Message
term projects and assignemtns. Enough room is
provided for personality development and learning
through interaction in seminars, conferences, conclaves
and sports. A wide variety of teaching methods
are used including case studies, role plays,
field visits, management games, computer aided
exercises and group discussions. The Institute’s
state-of-art infrastructure includes digital library,
Wi-Fi campus; Computer Labs and latest multi media
computers and peripherals, 4 Mbps Internet, air
conditioned classrooms with the latest audio-visual
equipments. IPE library is world-class in terms of
collection of management books, reports and journals.
IPE provides holistic management education
based on its long experience in management research,
education, training and consultancy.
The students are expected for the effective
utilization of resources and to enhance cultural,
intellectual, leadership, personal, and professional
development. An effective manager is the one
who sets himself as a role model for others. As
the Institute is on a mission to build prospective
managers, it attaches great importance to integrity
and discipline. A sense of responsibility, humility
and a high degree of maturity which benefits
prospective managers, are expected as a matter
of course from every student, both within and
outside the campus.
R K Mishra
Director
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