IIM Ahmedabad welcomes 15th batch of the Armed Forces Program (AFP-19)

Indian
Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) welcomes the fifteenth batch of its
Armed Forces Programme (AFP).  The launch
of yet another cohesive batch demonstrates IIMA’s deep commitment to the Armed
Forces in their endeavour to reorient and transit to the corporate world.

The AFP is a
unique selection based six month programme which is tailor made for the Armed
Forces personnel. The programme synergizes the experience of the participants
with the skill-set identified by the IIMA faculty as the discriminator of
excellence in the present corporate setup.

The
innovative curriculum has been designed by the faculty of IIMA by extracting
the essence from their years of research, consulting and understanding of industry
requirements from their global exposure.

The pedagogy
which is globally renowned and recognized as the gold standard builds on the
strengths of the participants to make them organizational enablers in a world
which looks for diversity in ideas and experience.

The batch of
AFP comprises of officers from all the three wings of the Armed Forces (Army,
Navy and Air Force) with the average age of 40 years. The admitted students
have varied work experience from project management, operations, engineering,
finance, logistics and medicine. Combined with their inherent skillset of
adaptability, discipline and tenacity they represent a potent mix of go getters
who are a potential asset to any organization.

The AFP
programme at IIMA is unique in that the participants are selected through a
rigorous entrance exam. The AFP batch has 58 participants which comprises of 35
engineers, 18 operations personnel, 3 each from logistics and finance
background and 2 doctors. The officers mirror the diversity of our country and
have the innate ability to understand the intricacies of cross cultural
proliferation. They have won laurels ranging from gallantry in action,
commendation cards to research papers