The Executive Post Graduate Programme in E-Governance (EPGP-
EG) of IIM Indore intends to create a pool of skilled
professionals in e-governance domain who can be
instrumental in ensuring good governance in the country
either through government initiatives or through private
participations. EPGP-EG is an effort to bridge the
growing gap between demand of skilled and relevant
manpower and their availability. It is an intensive
one-year residential programme designed to inculcate
skills in management, governance, and IT enabled
administration. Supported by the National Institute of
Smart Government (NISG) and Department of Information
Technology (DIT), Government of India, the programme is
expected to build manpower that can take leadership role
in private and government organizations in
conceptualizing, designing, and implementing
e-governance projects.
All
participants of EPGP-EG of 2013-14 batch are privileged
to be the first batch under the auspice of Executive
Post Graduate Program in E-Governance conducted by IIM
Indore. In the first year of its launch, the program was
rated by Outlook Business, one of the top 30 courses for
rising managers in India and Overseas.
Course
Design:-
The design of curriculum is an important aspect of
ensuring relevant and updated content delivery to the
participants. To ensure that the program helps the
participants in conceiving, planning, implementing, and
evaluating e-governance projects in both Government as
well as private sectors, the course content focuses on
three aspects: (a) domain knowledge of related and
relevant fields (b) hands on project experience and (c)
interaction with experts and field visits. The course
design therefore is a judicious mix of management,
technical, and governance concepts complemented with a
significant internship module. While Terms I and II
cover basic and advanced level courses in management,
technology, administration, and governance, Term III
comprises of elective courses that participants can
choose from a portfolio of courses. These elective
courses are offered in view of the participants’ needs
and the industry feedback collected apriori.
The EPGP-EG program is designed in two parts: the
academic part and the internship part. It is
a fully residential program and therefore participant is
need to be available in the campus during the academic
part comprising the three terms of eight weeks each and
the finishing school. The lodging and boarding will be
arranged by IIM Indore during the in-campus academic
part. Participant will be provided with all
infrastructural facilities available for students during
your stay in the campus.
The internship process is an important aspect of the
program. All participants need to complete their
internship in an organization (either government or
private) working in the broad area of e-governance. The
choice of the organization and finding a suitable
organization to do internship rests with the
participants. However, IIM Indore will provide
logistical help and counseling on need basis to find a
suitable organization for this purpose.
In a nutshell, the programme comprises of four phases:
Foundation courses in management and e-governance (two
terms), Specialized courses (one term), Internship and
Finishing School. The participants, after successful
completion of the course, will be awarded Executive
Post-Graduate Diploma in e-Governance. They will also be
given alumni status of IIM Indore.
Term
Content
Duration
Credits
Term –1 : Core courses
Management tools and techniques, Basic e-governance
and IT concepts, Communication.
8 Weeks
24
Term Break
1 Week
Term – 2: Core courses
Public policy and technology enabled administration,
Advanced courses related to e-governance.
8 Weeks
24
Term Break
1 Week
Term –3: Elective Courses
Project Management, and Specialized courses in
management and e-governance.
8 Weeks
24
Internship
Participant initiated internship in e-governance or
related projects.
20+1 Weeks
20
Term –4: Finishing School
1 Week
4
Total=
48 weeks
96
Course
Structure & Faculty:-
Term-I: 04/03/2013 to 27/04/2013 + Term Break
28/04/2013 to 05/05/2013
As mentioned in the offer letter of EPGP-EG, IIM Indore along with NISG provides
career counseling on need basis to participants for finding an appropriate job
at the end of the course. Placement related activities at IIM Indore is a
student driven activity and IIM Indore will encourage all participating students
to take advantage of the facilities provided by IIM Indore to conduct a
successful placement season. As placement is a student driven activity, the
responsibility of finding a suitable job rests with the participating students.
The institute’s role is limited to providing logistical support for student
driven in-campus placement related activities.
Participants of EPGP-EG 2013-14 had opportunity for internship mainly in
organizations like NISG, Hyderabad, Government Organizations implementing
Mission Mode Projects or e-Governance projects at central or state level, NeGD,
New Delhi, NISG, New Delhi and SeMT, Mumbai. Further consultancy firms like E&Y,
PWC, KPMG, GT (Grant Thornton) etc. also provided opportunity of internship and
some of them resulted in absorption as employee after completion of course. But
this should not be generalized as it is highly dependent on performance of
participant. I do not have correct detailed information of all participants of
2013-14 batch, but I can say that most of private candidates are working at good
position in consultancy organization and government sponsored candidates are
working on e-Governance project from Government side.
Presentations Delivered during
EPGP-EG at IIM Indore, 2013-14
