PGP in AI-Powered Business Management
By BITSoM Mumbai's Centre for Executive and Professional Development (CEPD).
2–3 live masterclasses with CXOs on the AI decisions you'll actually face.
A selective process keeps every cohort small and serious.
Guidance from a coach matched to where you're headed.
Faculty, peers, and campus — the part a screen can't teach.
Course content and every future update, for life.
Peers, alumni, and faculty — a network that outlasts the program.
Hosted atTaj · GoaFour days on the Goa coast — keynotes, labs, and the cohort in one room.
☀ Goa · Feb 2027Learn how AI decisions get made — from the founders making them.
One week, one real business dataset — build a working AI analytics solution and present it to industry reviewers.
… and a rotating roster of founders, operators and AI leaders across every cohort.
The on-campus immersion brings the cohort to BITSoM's Mumbai campus — modern facilities, world-class faculty, and the kind of corridor conversations that turn classmates into collaborators.
Shubhendu ShishirEx-Amazon9+ yrs experienceLinkedIn
Shubhendu ShishirEx-Amazon9+ yrs experienceLinkedInGo from “I have tried ChatGPT once or twice” to running your week, your research, and your analysis through AI — the baseline every senior leader now needs.
Build a clear mental model of Gen AI, LLMs, and agentic AI, what they can and cannot do, and where value lands in Indian enterprises.
Use structured prompting for real manager tasks like research, analysis, and decision memos, with evaluation discipline built in.
Use Perplexity, Deep Research, and NotebookLM to cut research from days to hours, and know when to trust the output.
Understand what AI agents really are, where they create leverage, and how workflows get rewired without writing code.
Get the data, privacy, and governance basics every Indian manager now needs, from the DPDP Act to hallucination and bias risk.
Build fluency in the first three business domains every senior leader is expected to speak — strategy, finance, and marketing — each taught through Indian cases, with how AI is transforming it as a live layer.
Apply consulting-grade frameworks to real business problems, then use AI to stress-test your own thinking.
Read financial statements, build unit economics, and defend a forecast, then see how FP&A teams run variance and scenarios with AI.
Work through STP, funnels, brand versus performance, and CAC-LTV, then run AI-native campaign and content workflows.
Complete the six domains every senior leader is expected to speak — operations, people, and product — each taught through Indian cases, with how AI is transforming it as a live layer.
Understand what AI agents really are, where they create leverage, and how workflows get rewired without writing code.
Lead teams, give hard feedback, and shape culture while hiring, reskilling, and performance get rebuilt around AI.
Grasp how modern products ship, how data becomes the moat, and how business models change with AI at the core.
Build the in-demand AI leadership skills Indian enterprises are hiring for, then finish with a capstone tailored to your career stage.
Apply consulting-grade frameworks to real business problems, then use AI to stress-test your own thinking.
Lead an AI transformation without losing your team, from reskilling maps to operating-model shifts and CXO buy-in.
Build and defend an AI investment portfolio with value-versus-feasibility mapping, ROI models, and build-versus-buy calls.
Take the leader's view on AI risk, from the DPDP Act and EU AI Act to sectoral rules, bias, and incident playbooks.
Design agentic workflows that actually ship, where humans stay in the loop, and measure the real ROI of an AI workflow.
Present your capstone to BITSoM faculty and industry practitioners — and walk out with a plan you can take into your own organisation. Mid-career professionals build an AI-enabled transformation plan for their team or function — problem, data, workflow redesign, ROI, rollout and change plan. Senior-career professionals architect an AI-first operating model or strategy for their business unit or P&L — market view, a portfolio of bets, build-versus-buy, a 24-month roadmap, a governance pack and a board deck.
Dr. Saravanan Kesavan brings 16 years of distinguished experience from UNC Chapel Hill, where he served as Associate Dean at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. A highly decorated educator, he has won the MBA All Star Teaching Award 14 times and the Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in Teaching. His research is featured in top journals and global media, including Management Science, The New York Times, The Economist, and Forbes. Dr. Kesavan holds a doctorate from Harvard Business School and a B.Tech from IIT Madras.
Daniel Corsten is a Professor of Technology and Operations at IE Business School, previously serving at INSEAD, Wharton, and London Business School. He has collaborated with over 20 Fortune 500 companies across 10 countries, advising major global corporations and startups. Daniel leads a major multi-year big data project for a global CPG company, analyzing shopper and retailer behavior across multiple markets. He is a frequent keynote speaker and co-founder of the annual Everywhere Store Conference in New York. As an award-winning educator, he teaches strategy, operations, scaling, and digital management, and mentors startups through IE’s Venture Lab. He has published 150+ scholarly and managerial works, with research featured in top journals and cited thousands of times.
Prof. Shankar Prakash brings over 20 years of industry experience in IT operations, digital transformation, and service automation. He is a seasoned AI and IoT educator at IIM Udaipur, focusing on how neural networks can drive insights in fintech, investor communication, and capital markets. He holds an MBA from ISB Hyderabad and is pursuing an Executive Fellowship at ISB while mentoring student teams and corporate professionals.He was felicitated by the Deputy Governor of the RBI for his mentorship during an RBI-sponsored global hackathon.
Dr. Sunil Kumar Vuppala is a highly analytical professional with 20+ years of industrial and research experience in AI, ML, IoT, Automation, and Analytics. He has led major data science teams across domains such as telecom, healthcare, smart grids, manufacturing, and BFSI. Currently serving as VP – AI Labs at Aurigo, he previously worked with Oracle, Infosys R&D, Philips, and Ericsson. He has authored 30+ papers, delivered 100+ talks, and holds 40+ patents. Recognized with multiple national and international awards, he is also a senior member of ACM/IEEE and a fellow of IETE/IEI. Dr. Sunil is a visiting faculty at top institutions and an alumnus of IIT Roorkee, IIIT Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, and NLSIU Bangalore.
Dr. Meenakshi Balakrishna holds a PhD in Quantitative Marketing from UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management, specializing in causal inference, time series analysis, and machine learning. Her research spans consumer behavior, policy impact, and market compliance, with publications in leading journals such as the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Before academia, she drove key analytics and merchandising initiatives at Target Corporation, Bengaluru. At BITSoM, she brings her expertise to teach Machine Learning with a strong focus on practical, data-driven decision-making.
Earn a verifiable certificate in AI-Powered Business Management — issued by BITSoM's Centre for Executive and Professional Development.
Who you are, what you'll build.
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31st July 2026 — your first live session.