IPE Profile - Institute of Public Enterprise

New Initiatives
ONGC Subir Raha Chair on Corporate
Governance
The CCG has been set up by IPE to
build and disseminate knowledge of
corporate governance through research
publications, seminars, conferences and
workshops. The NFCG has granted adhoc
accreditation status to IPE. ONGC
Limited has instituted a ‘Subir Raha Chair
on Corporate Governance’ to:
• Identify and formulate criteria
and indicators of good corporate
governance.
• Integrate and standardize the
existing body of knowledge, systems,
structures, models and mechanisms
associated with different forms of
corporate governance.
• Derive mutually agreed-upon
corporate governance practices
beneficial to all stakeholders.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell
The EDC prepares students as Leaders
to take on global challenges and opt for
self-employment. It provides services to
budding entrepreneurs by conducting
awareness, programs both in-house and
in other institutes; enhancing Industry
– Institute interaction through guest
lectures and industry visits, conducting
programs on idea generation, business
plan preparation and skill development.
Center of Excellence
The Institute has set up this Center
to foster industry-academic interface
and imparting necessary skills to IPE
students to increase their employability
and making them job-ready. The
Center nurtures the students for higher
proficiency in Finance and HR Modules.
Wage and Salary Studies Cell
The ‘Wage and Salary Studies’ (WSS)
Cell has been constituted in IPE with
the aim of working on the lines of
Hewitt Associates, Hay Group and
Mercer, to develop a compensation
database pertaining to public, private
and multinational corporations and to
bring out occasional papers on various
connected issues and carry out research
and consultancy studies.
CCSR
The Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE)
has been part of the Department of
Public Enterprises (DPE), Government
of India initiative on introducing
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as
an element of the performance matrix
in Central Public Sector Enterprises
(CPSEs). IPE was invited to attend the
meetings of the Working Group on CSR
in 2007-08 and 2009.
Entrepreneurial Innovation Module by
RSM /Erasmus University Professors
For all the IPE students, Prof Felix
Janszen (Erasmus University, The
Netherlands) and Prof Murthy Halemane
(Rotterdam School of Management
Studies, The Netherlands) conducted
a 10-day course titled ‘Entrepreneurial
Innovation’ at the IPE campus in August
2011. The module aimed at making the
students ‘innovation-ready’, so that they
contribute to the competitive advantage
of the companies post placements. The
students were also assigned projects
centered around innovative products /
services as a business proposition and
were made to submit a Project Report
which was evaluated for their grading.
MoU with University of Primorska,
Slovenia
The MoU enables formulation of new
study programs and joint research
projects; joint publications / books;
seminars / discussions on topics of
common interest; mobility of academic
/ research staff and students; and
sharing of library facilities.
MoU with Center for Management
Education & Research (CMER)
Under the MoU, Center for
Management Education and Research
(CMER) will organize consultancy /
training sessions for various functional
departments of IPE.
MoU with National Stock Exchange
IPE and NSE have jointly launched
the NSE-Certified Capital Market
Professional (NCCMP) Course of
4-6 months duration to upgrade the
knowledge of youth in Securities
Market-related subjects.
MoU with Central University of
Rajasthan, Ajmer
The MoU promotes faculty research and
improves the educational environment
through development of study program
teaching methods, student and staff
exchange, industry research and
consultancy.
MoU with Malaysian Directors Academy
The MoU was signed in July 2011
to collaborate for organizing Board
Level Training in India & Malaysia to
professionalize the working of public
sector enterprise. The MoU was signed
by Dato’ Abdul Aziz Abu Bakar, CEO/
Executive Director, Malaysian Directors
Academy and by Prof RK Mishra, Director,
IPE at Kuala Lumpur.
MoU with Universiti Tun Abdul Razak
(UNITAR), Kuala Lumpur
IPE and UNITAR will undertake
collaborative research / training, have
student / staff exchange programs,
exchange academic papers /
publications, and assist each other in
organizing seminars / conferences /
workshops.
MoU with U21 Global
IPE and U21 Global have signed an MoU
to launch an on-line, 15-week Joint
Executive Education Program, which will
be conducted in the e-Learning mode.
The joint certificate program will result in
the award of an Executive Certificate in
the relevant course chosen.
Consultancy Projects
The Government of Assam has awarded
a management consultancy project to
IPE, after going through a meticulous
selection process in which eight bidders
had participated which comprised
prime management institutions and a
few reputed consultancy organizations.
The Service Agreement was signed on
behalf of Director, IPE by Dr SK Mathur
(Project Leader from IPE) and the Hon’ble
Minister for Power, Public Enterprises,
Industry and Commerce, Mr Pradyut
Bardoloi for the Government of Assam
on 20 July 2011. As many as 13 corporate
undertakings / public enterprises are to
be studied.
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