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CEO Excellence Programme (Batch 1)

Programme Dates
Start Date: 19 Nov 2026
End Date: 21 Nov 2026
Registration Deadlines
Early Bird Deadline: 29 Oct 2026
Last Date for Registration: 09 Nov 2026
Programme Fee
(Residential)
Early Bird Fee: ₹1,03,950 + GST
Regular Fee: ₹1,15,500 + GST
Programme Fee
(Non-Residential)
Early Bird Fee: ₹89,100 + GST
Regular Fee: ₹99,000 + GST
* GST applicable at 18%

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Contact Us

Vinitha Vandana
Mobile No. +91 8951974078
Email: vinitha.vandana@iimb.ac.in

Mode
In-Person
Starting In
June-Nov
Level
CXO
Duration
Short Duration
International Travel
No
Alumni Status
No

Programme Overview 

The role of the CEO has evolved dramatically in recent years. Today’s leaders must navigate disruption, stakeholder complexity, governance expectations, digital transformation, and rapid competitive shifts, all while delivering sustainable growth and organizational resilience. 

Most leadership programmes focus on functional or mid-level leadership skills. However, the CEO role requires a fundamentally different mindset ,one that integrates enterprise thinking, boardroom effectiveness, strategic judgment, and people leadership at scale. 

What makes this programme unique is that it is designed and delivered by distinguished professors who also conduct Board of Directors ,Best Practices  and Independent Directors Certification programmes.  

This three-day immersive programme provides participants with frameworks, tools, and experiences to strengthen their leadership effectiveness at the CEO and enterprise level. 

 

Programme Objective 

The programme is designed to support senior leaders and executives in transitioning from functional or business leadership roles to enterprise leadership roles with CEO-level impact. 

The key objectives are to help participants: 

  • Develop a CEO mindset and enterprise perspective 
  • Strengthen strategic thinking and decision-making capability 
  • Enhance effectiveness in working with Boards and stakeholders 
  • Understand governance, risk, and accountability expectations 
  • Lead organizational transformation and innovation initiatives 
  • Build high-performance leadership teams and cultures 
  • Improve leadership presence, influence, and communication 

The programme integrates organizational, strategic, governance, and leadership perspectives to equip participants with practical insights applicable immediately in their roles. 

Key Benefits / Takeaways 

Participants will gain: 

  • CEO-level strategic frameworks and perspectives 
  • Stronger decision-making confidence under uncertainty 
  • Enhanced boardroom effectiveness and governance understanding 
  • Improved stakeholder influence and leadership presence 
  • Tools for leading organizational transformation 
  • Insights into building high-performance teams and culture 
  • A personalized leadership development roadmap 

Long-term impact includes: 

  • Improved organizational performance and alignment 
  • Stronger leadership credibility and stakeholder trust 
  • Greater readiness for CEO and enterprise leadership roles 
  • Enhanced ability to drive sustainable growth and innovation 

 

Pedagogy 

The programme uses a highly interactive and experiential learning approach including: 

  • Real-world CEO and boardroom case studies 
  • Group discussions and peer learning 
  • Leadership reflection exercises 
  • Executive coaching inputs 
  • Experience sharing among senior participants

    Who Should Participate 

    This programme is designed for senior leaders preparing for or currently in enterprise leadership roles. 

    Target Participants 

    • CEOs, Managing Directors, and Business Heads 
    • CXOs and Senior Executives 
    • Senior Functional Leaders transitioning to enterprise roles 
    • Entrepreneurs and Promoters 
    • Family Business Leaders 
    • Successor Leaders preparing for top leadership positions 

    Participants should have responsibility for organizational outcomes, strategy, or leadership of large teams. 

Programme Directors

Dr. S Raghunath, Professor of Corporate Strategy and Policy at IIM Bangalore, specializes in analyzing and advising on business negotiations. He teaches post-graduate and doctoral courses in Alliance Management, Strategic Networks and Corporate Strategy and leads IIMB executive programmes on Negotiations. He has offered programmes on Negotiations to foreign diplomats from Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, Russia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. For the past 17 years he has offered senior management programmes in business negotiations to over 256 companies both domestic and multinational. He is an author of a number of academic and popular articles as well as field case studies and teaching materials.

 

Professor Anil B. Suraj, at IIM Bangalore delivers core courses on – Public Administration and Law for the Fellow students, and Business Law for the MBA Programme, and for the Executive Management Programmes. Suraj has jointly coordinated the Phase-IV Mid-Career Training Programme in 2008, 2009 and 2010 for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers, and regularly delivers technical, sessions to Mid-career programmes of various All India Services on “Judicial Review of Policy making”, “WTO & TRIPS”; and “Intellectual Property Rights & Data Protection”.

Prior of joining IIM Bangalore in March 2007, Suraj was a Research Fellow at the National Judicial Academy, India, wherein he coordinated training courses for senior District Judges and High Court Justices on various topics, including – Economic Analysis of Law and Adjudication of Economic Laws. At the Academy, Suraj was involved in coordinating the first ever initiative of a course module and a training programme on Court Management and Judicial Administration in India. Suraj has also been a Member of the first Working Group of the Planning Commission for Union Minister of Law and Justice for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017).

Since graduating from the National Law School Bangalore in 2000, and completing doctoral study on the theme of “Defensive Mechanisms under the WTO”, the range of research themes pursued by Suraj includes – Public Contract Law; Citizen-centricity of Regulatory Governance; Anti-dumping policy in India and the EU; Legal impact of WTO/TRIPs on small-scale industries; Access to justice for the Poor and the Disadvantaged; and Judicial Impact Assessment Models.

Suraj has also co-authored a research paper titled “Redesign of Government Business Relations in India and the Role of Legal Process” presented at, and published by, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, at the Stanford University. Suraj has also published a paper on – “Transfer of Technology in India; Interface of IPRs and Competition Policy” and completed research on the theme – “Emerging jurisprudence of Public Contract Law in India”.

Programme Charges

Programme Fee
INR 1,15,500/- Residential and INR 99,000/- Non -Residential (+ Applicable GST) per person for participants from India and its equivalent in US Dollars for participants from other countries.

Early Bird Discount
Nominations received with payments on or before 29 October 2026 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.
Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 1,03,950/-(+ Applicable GST)
Early Bird Fee (Non-Residential) INR 89,100/-(+ Applicable GST)

Group Discount
Group Discount of 5% percentage can be availed for a group of 3 or more participants when nominations received from the same organization.

Please Note

  • All enrolments are subject to review and approval by the programme director. Joining Instructions will be sent to the selected candidates 10 days prior the start of the programme.
  • The programme fee should be received by the Executive Education Office before the programme commencement date.
  • In case of cancellations, the fee will be refunded only if a request is received at least 15 days prior to the start of the programme.
  • If a nomination is not accepted,the fee will be refunded to the person/ organisation concerned.
  • A certificate of participation will be awarded to the participants by IIMB.
  • Kindly do not make your travel plans unless you receive the offer letter from IIMB.

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