IIM Sirmaur Conducted MDP for the officials from the Indian Metro Organizations’ Society

A 3-day management development program for the officials from Indian Metro
Organizations’ Society (I-Metro) was organized by Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur
from 13th to 15th December 2023. The title of the programme was “On a fast track to
Success: Leading the change in the VUCA world”. The programme saw participation from
officials from metro organizations across the country, including Kochi, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh,
Chennai, Bangalore, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. The programme was aimed at enriching the
managerial skills of the participants.
The director, IIM Sirmaur Prof. Prafulla Agnihotri, inaugurated the process of co-learning
with the participants with a session on Developing, and Imparting Impactful Training. He
also conducted sessions on Leadership Development as well as Time and Task Management.
Talking about leadership, he highlighted the importance of common sense and empathy in
effective leadership. Prof. Ajay Singhal, Prof. Ashish Goel, Prof. Bhanu Pratap, Prof. Manish
Sarkhel, Prof. Pragya Bhawsar, Prof. Prafulla Agnihotri, Prof. P. Sanjay and Prof. Urvashi
Rathod, were the faculties who facilitated the sessions.
Broadly the sessions were geared towards giving a fresh holistic perspective on management.
Sessions included building a responsible metro organization, Communication and Customer
Service, Organizational Change, Organization Design, and Structure. Sessions also allowed
professionals to explore skills like Agile for C-Suite, Financial Management, Wage,
Industrial Relations, and Change in Codes. Prof. Parijat Lanke and Prof. Advaita Rajendra,
the program directors, concluded the program with conversations on continuous learning
organisations, borrowing from popular allegories, and analogies. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, the
coordinator from I-Metro for this MDP felt that the program added value to the overall
learning pursuit of the metro officials.