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Senior Management Programme in Business Analytics

A senior management course built for experienced professionals
who need real-time insights to shape business outcomes

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  • Triple
    Accreditations    AMBA, EQUIS
    AACSB
  • 8 Months
    Case study
    driven learning
  • 3 campus
    visits     Each visit is of
    5 days
  • Exec. Edu.
    Alumni Status

The 4X Leadership Advantage

  • IIM Calcutta
    Prestigious Certification
    • #1 in FT 2025
  • Unique learning path
    for leaders
    • 3 campus visits spread across 8 months
    • Data-first approach focused on business outcomes
  • World Class
    Faculty
  • Executive Education
    Alumni Status
    • 32,000+ Alumni
    • Networking opportunity with
      senior leaders

Applications Open

+91-7331112138 / Whatsapp

Become an Executive Education Alumni
of IIM Calcutta

Gain IIM Calcutta Executive Alumni Status

  • Get an IIM Calcutta Email address after your course completion
  • Access to Alumni Portal to stay connected with the elite IIM Calcutta
    Executive Alumni Network of 32,000 members
  • Network with all IIM Calcutta Executive Education Alumni
  • Get updates on Alumni Achievements, Jobs and LIVE Project opportunities
  • Be entitled for a discount of 5% on programme fee on opting for other
    IIM Calcutta Executive Programmes

Trusted by Diverse Industry Leaders

Foundations of Data-Driven Leadership

  • Assess analytics maturity and business value
  • Build and lead high-performance data teams
  • Apply statistical thinking for smarter decisions

From Insight to Impact

  • Guide data preparation and visual storytelling
  • Uncover patterns to solve business challenges
  • Apply analytics across functions

Strategic Foresight with Advanced Tools

  • Predict trends and future scenarios
  • Use simulation and optimization for decisions
  • Apply game theory for strategic advantage

Future-Ready with GenAI & Agentic AI

  • Use GenAI for business storytelling and insights
  • Drive scale through AI-powered decisions
  • Lead automation with agentic AI systems

What is unique about the senior management course?

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Analytics for Strategic Leadership

  • Built for business impact, not technical depth
  • Focus on decisions, direction, and outcomes
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75% On-Campus Learning

  • Structured, high-engagement format
  • Peer learning and faculty-led sessions
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IIM Calcutta’s Legacy in Analytics

  • First IIM with a dedicated analytics centre
  • Deep expertise in leadership-focused analytics

Unique Learning Pedagogy

  • On-Campus
    Immersion 1

    Set strategic context and build peer network

    December

  • Online
    Learning

    Apply concepts to real business scenarios

    Jan – Mar

  • On-Campus
    Immersion 2

    Explore analytics across functions

    April

  • Online
    Learning

    Advance with AI tools and strategic prep

    May – Early July

  • On-Campus
    Immersion 3

    Lead future-ready decisions with an SMPBA from IIM Calcutta.

    Mid-July

About IIM Calcutta

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta was established as the first national institute for Post Graduate Studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961, in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation, and the Indian Industry. Over the years, IIM Calcutta has grown into a mature institution with a global reputation, imparting high-quality management education. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalizing Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level Programmes, Executive Training Programmes, Research and Consulting Activities. For more information, please visit www.iimcal.ac.in.

  • Triple Accreditation First B-School in India to get accreditation by EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB
  • Member of CEMS Only Indian B-School to be part of this global alliance of leading business schools, multinational companies and NGOs
  • Ranked #1 BT-MDRA Best B-School 2023, Fortune India Best B-School Survey 2023, Open Magazine's Best B-School Survey 2024
  • Ranked #1 in FT 2025
  • Ranked #5 India Ranking by NIRF 2024
  • Ranked #65 QS Global MBA Rankings

Senior Management Program in
Business Analytics Curriculum

Built for senior leaders, the curriculum develops strategic analytics capabilities to turn data into business decisions to create scale and impact.

  • Assessing analytics readiness in your business
  • Building high-performance data science and analytics teams
  • Competing with data and analytics
  • Building a data-driven organization

  • Applying statistical thinking to business decision-making
  • Using applied probability for managing uncertainty
  • Inferring population insights through data sampling
  • Capturing variable relationships with regression analysis

  • Identifying data sources and filtering raw data for modelling
  • Extracting, cleaning, analyzing outliers and reducing dimensionality in datasets
  • Performing exploratory data analysis for empirical insight generation
  • Creating effective data visualizations for decision support
  • Designing experiments and preprocessing for business analysis and testing
  • Applying causal inference to interpret observational data
  • Interpreting statistical summaries for business relevance

  • Applying forecasting techniques for business planning
  • Using supervised learning and classification models in decision-making
  • Applying unsupervised learning and clustering to discover patterns
  • Conducting time series analysis for data-driven forecasting
  • Enhancing decisions with supervised machine learning models
  • Leveraging neural networks and deep learning for business intelligence

  • Using simulation models to explore decision outcomes
  • Applying decision analysis for individual and group choices
  • Solving complex problems using optimization models
  • Understanding strategic behavior with game theory and network effects

  • Applying people analytics for planning workforce productivity and effectiveness
  • Using marketing analytics to optimize customer engagement and ROI
  • Leveraging financial analytics for better forecasting and optimization decisions
  • Improving organizational process efficiencies through operations analytics
  • Enhancing supply chain performance with analytics-driven insights

  • Exploring the business impact of GenAI and agentic AI systems
  • Using GenAI to enhance business analytics and storytelling
  • Generating and refining data visualizations with GenAI tools
  • Designing agentic AI systems to support or automate business decisions

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Key Outcomes of the Senior Management Program

  • Make data-driven decisions Leverage analytics to guide high-impact business choices
    with confidence.
  • Solve challenges through business insights Interpret analytics to address real-world business
    problems effectively.
  • Scale business using analytics Apply analytics to drive growth, efficiency, and
    enterprise-wide transformation.
  • Leverage GEN AI in analytics Utilize Generative and Agentic AI to enhance business
    decision-making.

Leverage the expertise of IIM Calcutta’s renowned academia

Prof. Uttam Kumar Sarkar Professor, Management Information Systems,
IIM Calcutta

Expertise: Data-driven technologies, Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Discrete Optimization

Prof. Uttam Kumar Sarkar is an esteemed academician with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering....


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Prof. Peeyush Mehta Professor, Operations Management,
IIM Calcutta

Expertise: Analytics, Decision science, Operational excellence

Prof. Peeyush Mehta is a professor of Operations Management at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta since 2012.


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Learn from Experts, Beyond Theory

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Learn from experts
  • 8-month programme
  • Live interactive sessions
  • Face to face learning
  • Taught by IIM Calcutta faculty
...
Immersive leadership format
  • Case studies
  • Group work
  • Simulations
  • 3 campus visits to IIM Calcutta
  • Capstone Projects

Ideal for

  • Senior professionals looking to lead strategic initiatives using analytics.
  • Business leaders aiming to solve challenges and drive growth through data.
  • Startup founders and entrepreneurs leveraging analytics for smarter decision-making.

Eligibility

  • Graduate with a minimum of 8 years of work experience
  • Minimum 50% in Graduation/Post Graduation

How do I enroll for this programme?

  • Apply for
    programme
  • Submit
    documents
  • Selection by
    IIM Calcutta Committee
  • Join
    programme

Fee with Flexible Payment Options

What is My Investment?*

Application Fee*
₹2,500

Installments Amount* Schedule
Registration fee ₹20,000 As per selection email
1st Installment ₹1,80,000 As per selection email
2nd Installment ₹2,00,000 5th March 2026
3rd Installment ₹2,00,000 5th June 2026
Total Fee* ₹6,00,000
*18% GST extra as applicable *Includes boarding and lodging for 10 days campus visit at IIM Calcutta

*Fees paid are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Special Program Fee for Corporate Nominations** **Applicable only for enterprises nominating their employees as a group

Modes of payment available

  • Internet Banking
  • Credit/Debit Card
  • UPI Payments

Easy Financing Options

Interest-Based Schemes

EMI as low as ₹25,419/Month

EMI Options

Loan Partners

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Frequently Asked Questions

Analytics is no longer a back-office function — it’s central to how modern businesses compete. For leaders, analytics:

  • Informs strategic choices with real-time, evidence-based insights
  • Challenges intuition with facts, reducing overconfidence or bias in high-stakes decisions
  • Helps frame the right questions instead of just reacting to data outputs
  • Enables better resource allocation by identifying high-impact opportunities
  • Supports performance visibility across departments and outcomes
  • Drives alignment between business goals and execution, especially in complex environments

In today’s data-saturated world, leaders can’t afford to delegate critical thinking about data. Upskilling now enables leaders to:

  • Stay relevant in a rapidly digitising and AI-enabled economy
  • Effectively guide data teams and evaluate insights with a strategic lens
  • Ask sharper questions that steer analysis toward business priorities
  • Drive innovation by integrating analytics into product, process, and people decisions
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives with confidence in data-backed planning
  • Build a data-first culture that starts at the top of the organisation

The SMPBA is designed to empower senior professionals to translate analytics into business outcomes. It prepares leaders through:

  • Blended, application-first learning on-campus immersions and real-world case work
  • Curriculum aligned with leadership challenges not just technical execution
  • Exposure to cross-functional analytics in marketing, operations, HR, finance, and strategy
  • Focus on strategic tools like forecasting, simulation, and optimization
  • Integration of GenAI and agentic AI, preparing leaders to adopt future-ready tools
  • Leadership reflection and peer learning in a structured, immersive environment

Data-driven leaders are better equipped to navigate uncertainty. This programme helps reduce risk and bias by enabling leaders to:

  • Use statistical reasoning to uncover patterns and validate assumptions
  • Replace gut-feel decisions with evidence-backed frameworks
  • Model future scenarios to weigh possible outcomes and trade-offs
  • Detect cognitive biases such as confirmation bias or overconfidence
  • Align decisions with business goals, not just anecdotal inputs
  • Create accountability structures using dashboards and performance metricst/li>

This programme is ideal for senior professionals, business heads, and entrepreneurs with 8+ years of experience who want to drive growth, solve strategic problems, and lead transformation using analytics.

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IIM Calcutta Senior Management Course Overview

The Senior Management Program in Business Analytics by IIM Calcutta Executive Education is a 8-month immersive course tailored for senior professionals seeking to lead with data-driven strategies. Designed by the first IIM to establish a dedicated analytics centre, the program reflects IIM Calcutta’s deep expertise and global recognition through triple crown accreditations (AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB).

This senior management course blends strategic insights with practical application emphasizing business outcomes over technical depth. With 75% on-campus learning, three 5-day campus immersions, and case-driven sessions, participants benefit from high-touch peer learning and faculty engagement.

The curriculum equips leaders to solve real-world business challenges, scale impact using analytics and GenAI, and drive enterprise transformation. Entrepreneurs, business leaders, and senior executives will emerge with the tools to make confident, insight-led decisions. Graduates earn the prestigious Executive Education Alumni Status from IIM Calcutta.