Advanced Programme in Digital and AI Business Leadership (APDAIBL)

Programme Overview

Globally industries are witnessing a transformation from the 'digital and AI' shift, a shift that is as palpable in its consequences for business performance and talent as it is difficult to specify. Beginning from finance to manufacturing, from entertainment to education, from IT to agriculture, AI-led digital innovations has transformed over both the operations, as well as, the product and services. We expect that, while technical capabilities would remain to be core components of such a reskilling, it would also involve a review of traditional managerial competencies. Digital and AI enablement initiatives will require firms to nurture business leaders who can sense, think, craft, and act upon digital and AI strategies. It is towards this need for techno-managerial reskilling that the Advanced Programme on Digital Business Leadership seeks to contribute.

Programme Objective

The Advanced Programme in Digital Business Leadership is conceptualized as a programme for business leaders who aim to use digital technologies and AI as the primary base of competitive advantage for their business across sectors, as well as for those aspiring to grow into roles of digital leadership like Chief Digital Officers or Chief Technology Officers. It aims to develop future-ready digitally-inclined business leaders from across industry sectors including IT, Manufacturing, Banking and Financial Services, Consulting, FMCG, Automobiles and Logistics. This program will also be extremely helpful for current or aspiring start-up leaders who would like to develop digital and AI-first products.

The Programme is targeted at roles such as

Technology Leaders in Business Organizations – whose role it is to aid internal organizational users in envisioning opportunities for technology-based offerings, transforming offerings through productization or servitization and support everyday business processes and management control through digital technology environments
Technology-Knowledgeable Business Leaders – whose functional roles require them to co-create digital solutions business problems with their internal IT team and external service providers
Entrepreneurs and start-up founders – who are inclined to take their firms to the next level by offering customer-centric digital products and services
Business-Technology Consultants – in IT services and products industries, whose role it is to help frame and reframe client’s business problems for creating digital solutions

Programme Directors

Professor Abhipsa Pal

Management Information Systems

Professor Anik Mukherjee

Management Information Systems

Who Should Attend

The course is ideal for business heads as well as experienced executives in both Functional and IT departments across industries - BFSI, FMCG, Consulting, Healthcare, Automobiles, Travel & Tourism, Retail, Energy, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Media and Education; Business-Technology Consultants in IT Companies and other tech-inclined business professionals. We expect our participants would have aspirations for leading digital initiatives in their own organizations or in their client firms.

Bachelor’s degree or post-graduation in any discipline with at least 50% marks
Minimum 12 years of work experience

Candidates will be selected on the basis of their academic and professional backgrounds, and the quality of their Statement of Purpose.

Programme Duration and Delivery

The duration of the programme is One year. The online sessions will be primarily delivered on TalentSprint’s interactive D2D platform once a week (Saturdays 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM).

Campus visit will take place twice of 5 days each one at the beginning of the programme and one towards the end of the programme.

Programme Content

Module 1: Sense Digital and AI
- Understanding Disruptive Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence
- Digitalization in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Discovering the Self Amidst Change
- Problem Framing Amidst Ambiguity & Uncertainty
- Opportunities for India to be a leader in AI
- Design Thinking in the age of AI
- Sectoral Perspectives on Digital and AI Business Leadership
Module 2: Think Digital and AI
- Economics of Digital and AI
- Demystifying DeepTech: GenAI applications in Digital Transformation
- Digital Platform Business Models and Eco-Systems
- Customer-Centricity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Module 3: Craft Digital and AI
- Succeeding with Digital and AI Products
- Strategic Thinking Digital and AI Business Models
- Recrafting Marketing in the Digital Era
- Embedding DeepTech and AI in Industry 4.0
Module 4: Act Digital and AI
- Managing Change
- AI in Strategic Leadership
- The Agile Organization
- Storytelling and Strategic Communication in the Digital and AI Era
- Ethics in the Age of AI

Programme Sample Certificate

Alumni Status

LDP participants who complete the programme successfully become the Alumni of IIMC Executive Education, which currently has over 35,000 members.
LDP Alumni are given an email-id in the IIM Calcutta domain.
LDP Alumni can register in the IIM Calcutta Alumni portal either with this email-id or with their personal email-ids. The IIM Calcutta Alumni portal is a common platform for Alumni of all programmes of the Institute to interact with each other and stay connected with the Institute.
The Institute shares newsletters, important news and articles about the Institute and its activities, the achievements of the Institute's faculty, staff, students and alumni, upcoming events and programmes etc., on the portal.
Alumni can post their achievements, write about jobs or LIVE project opportunities for other alumni to see.
The IIM Calcutta alumni network can also be accessed on mobile phones through the mobile app.
Executive Education Alumni are entitled to a discount of 5% on the programme fee if they opt to do another LDP.
By using the different features of the IIM Calcutta portal, alumni across programmes can engage with each other in many meaningful ways. It is up to the alumni themselves to leverage the platform