IIM Kozhikode and Stanford University Collaborate for EPGP Programme

One of the top-ranked IIMs in India, IIM Kozhikode announced a significant collaboration with Stanford University as a part of its EPGP course. As a part of the collaboration, Stanford University will deliver five interrelated webinars through a live virtual platform, i.e., TSW or The Second Wind. TSW is an initiative of Times Professional Learning for working executives. The initiative is exclusively designed for working professionals so that they can reach their career goals.

The Masterclass Webinar Series in Design Thinking and Innovation developed by Stanford Centre for Professional Development (SCPD) provides a cohesive educational experience tailored to the goals of working professionals/ executives. The webinar series adds crucial value to the students of EPGP course at IIM Kozhikode.

IIM Kozhikode is the first premier management institute in the country to collaborate with Ivy League University in an Executive Education course. The participants of the webinar series will receive individual certificates of participation from Stanford University.

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The webinar series will introduce participants to the nature of creativity and innovation. The participants will be trained to apply design-thinking process to scale and promote innovation within their organisations.

On the other hand, the participants of the webinar series will learn the process to support innovative practices and ideas, identify pockets of innovation and excellence, design teams to foster innovative projects and create processes that reveal innovative solutions to the customer or organisational issues.

The contribution of IIM Kozhikode in the field of Executive Education is very significant. The premier management institute has been constantly upgrading its curriculum to provide the best to the participants of the EPGP course. Collaboration with Stanford University is another vital step towards taking executive education to a new horizon.

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The Stanford webinar series will help the working professionals from diverse fields gain leadership and competency skills to fast track their career growth in their respective organisations.

Dean of Extension Programmes at IIM Kozhikode, Professor C Raju hoped that the strategic alliance with Stanford University would give outstanding exposure to the latest Design Thinking Techniques to the participants of EPGP course.