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Strategic Leadership Programme For IT Companies [Batch 22]

Program Dates

Start Date: 10 Dec, 2026
End Date: 12 Dec, 2026

Register By

Early Bird: 19 Nov, 2026

Register By: 30 Nov, 2026

Pricing excluding GST (Residential)

Early Bird: Rs. 95,850

Regular Fee : Rs. 1,06,500

Pricing excluding GST      (Non-Residential)

Early Bird : Rs.81,000

Regular Fee : Rs. 90,000

 

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Important Deadlines

Venue : IIMB Campus

Early Bird Discount Date : 19 Nov, 2026
Last date for registration: 30 Nov, 2026

Mode
In-Person
Starting In
Nov-Dec
Level
Senior Leaders
Duration
Short Duration
International Travel
No
Alumni Status
No

Programme Overview

AI is Rewriting the Rules of Competition

For over three decades, the IT services industry competed on scale, talent, quality and execution. Today, those foundations are no longer sufficient.

Generative AI, Agentic AI, intelligent automation, digital platforms, hyperscalers and Global Capability Centres are reshaping how value is created, delivered and captured. Clients are demanding business outcomes rather than technology implementation. Competitive advantage is shifting from execution excellence to strategic reinvention.

The question facing every technology leader is no longer:

“How do we execute better?” It is “How do we reinvent our business before the market reinvents it for us?”

This programme is designed to help senior leaders answer that question.

Why Senior Leaders Choose This Programme

Participants learn how to

  • Discover the next wave of profitable growth
  • Build AI-enabled business strategies
  • Compete in increasingly uncertain markets
  • Create businesses rather than merely deliver projects
  • Lead organisation-wide transformation
  • Translate strategy into measurable execution
  • Build organisations capable of sustained competitive advantage

A Leadership Journey Built Around Four Strategic Questions

Where Will Growth Come From?

• Emerging markets

• New business models

• AI-enabled services

• Platform businesses

• Ecosystem strategy

How Will AI Change Competitive Advantage?

• Generative AI

• Agentic AI

• Intelligent enterprises

• Strategy in an AI-first world

• Business model disruption

How Must Organisations Change?

• Leadership for transformation

• Organisation design

• Strategic agility

• Innovation capability

• High-performance cultures

How Do Great Strategies Become Great Results?

• Strategy execution

• Alignment

• Resource allocation

• Governance

• Leading strategic change

Learn Through World-Class Business Cases

Participants analyse contemporary strategic challenges through globally recognised business cases and executive discussions.

Each discussion focuses not simply on what these organisations did, but on how leaders made strategic choices under uncertainty and how those lessons apply to IT products and services companies.

 

Participants Will Leave With

A practical strategic leadership toolkit for navigating the AI era, including

✓ Frameworks for identifying growth opportunities

✓ Methods for evaluating strategic choices

✓ Approaches to AI-enabled transformation

✓ Tools for organisational alignment

✓ Models for sustainable competitive advantage

✓ Action plans for immediate application within their organisations

Who Should Attend

This programme is designed for

• Business Unit Heads

• Delivery Leaders

• Practice Heads

• Consulting Leaders

• Digital Transformation Leaders

• General Managers

• Account Directors

• Technology Leaders

• Senior Project and Programme Managers

• High-potential executives preparing for enterprise leadership roles

The IIM Bangalore Advantage

Participants benefit from

Rigorous strategic thinking

Frameworks grounded in decades of research and executive practice.

Contemporary relevance

Learning built around the strategic challenges facing technology companies today.

Peer learning

Meaningful discussions with experienced leaders from leading technology organisations.

Immediate applicability

Ideas, frameworks and tools that can be implemented from the first day back at work.

Join Leaders Who Shape the Future

The organisations that will lead the AI era will be those that combine strategic imagination with disciplined execution.This programme is designed for leaders who aspire not merely to manage change—but to shape it.

Contact Us

Ms. Sandhya
Mobile: +91-9036548064
Email: sandhya.saravanan@iimb.ac.in

Pedagogy

Through a combination of lectures, role-plays, round table discussion and case studies.

Programme Directors

Professor Raghunath is among India’s leading thought leaders in Corporate Strategy and Strategic Leadership. A Visiting Scholar at Stanford Graduate School of Business, he has offered his professional services to global technology companies. His executive programmes are recognised for combining rigorous strategic thinking with immediately applicable managerial practice.

 

Professor Anil B. Suraj brings deep expertise in governance, regulation, public policy and business law. His work enables leaders to understand how strategic decisions are shaped by legal, regulatory and institutional environments—an increasingly critical capability in the AI era.

Participant Benefits

Participant Benefits
As a participant of this Short Duration Programme, you will be able to enjoy some exclusive benefits other than the outcomes such as skills and knowledge enhancement and building specific competencies that can help shape your career growth.

Some of the exclusive benefits of attending this programme are listed below –

  • Receive Executive Education eNewsletters
  • Invitation to share articles to the EEP blog (subject to a shortlisting process)
  • Participate in EEP webinars on various topics
  • Invitation to curated events and programs by the EEP office

Programme Charges

Programme Fee
INR 1,06,500/- Residential and INR 90,000/- 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 19-Nov-26 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.
Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 95,850/-(+ Applicable GST)
Early Bird Fee (Non-Residential) INR 81,000/-(+ 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.

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