Amritsar / New Delhi, May 9

361 Degree Minds, one of India’s pioneering online program management (OPM) companies, has signed a deal with IIM-Amritsar, for its Executive/ certification courses in business management and emerging areas such as Analytics, Data science and AI/ML.

Ranked among the Top management institutions in India, the IIM – Amritsar, will be offering these programs from July 2024, according to Prof Nagarajan, Director of the Institute.

He added, “We at IIM Amritsar, are excited to partner with 361DM which is part of CL Educate, a listed entity. We are conceptualizing robust online programs for young working professionals and aspiring managers, ensuring them to learn the difficult/complex concepts in the simplest way that would provide the right push to accelerate their careers.”

“IIM Amritsar wants to mentor young professionals into becoming leaders of such a fast-growing economy, even while ensuring that their knowledge and skills remain contemporary and futuristic. This partnership with 361 Degree Minds sure would benefit a large number of such professionals,” he added.

To begin, IIM Amritsar is associating with 361DM to launch 11 months certification courses in Advanced Business Management and Data Science & Business Analytics and a 4 month certification in Analytics for business professionals.

Prof Gurbir Singh, Chairman MDP programs said ‘The programs will enable professionals to apply simple concepts in their current profession, thus helping them achieve insightful results to accelerate business decisions in a streamlined manner. Real world application would be underlying principle of all learning. The 11 month learning includes a 3 day immersion at the Amritsar campus to enable learners get a feel of the Institute and network with peers.”

Founded and run by BITS Pilani alumni 361 Degree Minds is part of CL Educate, one of Asia’s leading EdTech companies (listed on BSE and NSE), and owner of popular brands Career Launcher and Kestone.

Prof Sadagopan who has taken over as Chairman of 361DM said “A country that aspires to become the world’s third largest economy requires lakhs of professionals with specific management and domain capabilities, and this partnership with IIM Amritsar is a first step towards it. In the long run, India has the capability to take its high quality courses and programs to a global audience.”

Director of 361 Degree Minds, P Ram Mohan said ‘The company is already working with top ranked universities such as SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Jain Online, Manipal, offering OPM services to offer online degrees. The tie ups with IIM Amritsar and few more in the future plan would further strengthen 361DM’s position across the higher education space in India and beyond.’