message from vice chairman
Thanks for your interest in the Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) at IEMR, a program designed by highly experienced and relevant experts to develop managers that would become the next generation of leaders in the dynamic global energy sector.
The Energy sector globally is at an inflexion point with realization everywhere that status quo is not sustainable. Energy Security and Climate Change are on every country's policy agenda. While developed countries are investing heavily in green energy and introducing regulations to change their energy source mix, developing countries such as India are fighting hard to meet the energy demand to sustain their growth and investing in all forms of energy. In particular, the Power and Renewable Energy sectors in India are witnessing unprecedented investments and participation of private players, both domestic and international.
In such a scenario, the lack of suitably trained and knowledgeable human capital poses a major threat to the fructification of these investments. As owners, investors, managers and consultants, the founding team and advisors of IEMR have experienced this challenge first hand. Given that traditional business school curricula do not address the Energy sector, we felt the need for a specialized management program tailored to the Energy sector, resulting in the development of the PGPM at IEMR. The PGPM is unique in its vision, content, exposure and experience and will produce the most industry-ready managers for the Energy sector in India with the knowledge and skills required to contribute meaningfully to their future employers from day one itself.
Additionally, right from its inception, IEMR has benefited from the support of key stakeholders such as the Ministry of Power and MNRE, regulators such as CEA and CERC and our Corporate Partners who have helped design the curriculum, participated in guest speaker sessions, hosted students at operational projects, etc. Our Corporate Partners include well known multinational and domestic firms across the spectrum of the energy industry including equipment manufacturers like Andritz and Wartsila, Utility IT companies like Ferranti, and developers like Athena, Asian Genco, Navyuga, Indbharat and Clean Energy Companies like Moser Baer. This support of both Industry thought leaders and Corporates is an affirmation of the Institute's vision, relevance, timeliness and goal to be the leading leadership and management development institute for the Energy sector.
A key highlight of the PGPM experience is the Industry lecture series which brings in Thought Leaders, Career Role Models, Entrepreneurs and Leadership Trainers to the class, one every week to facilitate student's learning, exposure and help them understand their own interests better. By such regular interactions, participation in many industry conferences and live projects at companies, our candidates develop relevant practical knowledge and networks that would greatly contribute to their careers. They also undergo focused training on essential skill areas like financial modelling and project management.
IEMR PGPM candidates are passionate about the Energy sector and its future and are highly motivated to pursue impactful careers that this talent-hungry high growth sector offers. With an average pre-business school work experience of over two years and two years of highly targeted and high quality learning, they would be ready to take up challenging positions of responsibility in dynamic organizations in the Energy sector.
Mohan Lakhamraju
Mr. Mohan Lakhamraju has over 10 years of experience as an entrepreneur and private equity investor. He has been actively involved with the education sector for the past five years and his passion for quality education led to the genesis of IEMR. Most recently, Mr. Lakhamraju served as a Managing Director at Tiger Global, a global investment firm headquartered in New York, where he set up and managed their India office. Earlier, Mr. Lakhamraju was an Associate at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a premier Venture Capital firm based in Silicon Valley, California, where he was responsible for their India investments. Prior to that, he was a founding member of Stratify, a software technology company based in Mountain View, California, which was acquired by Iron Mountain, a NYSE listed information services company. Mr. Lakhamraju received a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
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