Academics
PGDM dual specialisation at LLoyd Business School offers 26 core and compulsory subjects and 10 electives of each specialisation i.e a student pursuing PGDM will be learning 46 subjects including practicals and projects. Trimester 1 offers all fundamental subjects facilitating students from different domains to understand the basics and decide their specialisations before Trimester 2. Trimester 1st, 2nd & 3rd offers a mix of 72 Credit Courses including 51 core credits and 21 electives and Trimester 4th, 5th and 6th Trimester offers 12 credits of core courses including 4.5 credits of MOOC, 36 credits of Electives and 9 credits of projects i.e. SIP/OJT/Dissertation which makes it a total of 57 Credits. From Trimester 2 onwards in the First Year, students are required to undertake Elective courses.
A student also needs to complete a 6-8 weeks of summer internship worth 3 credits and shall submit a summer internship project report in the 4th trimester. Also for the purpose of field experience the students are given an option to take up On the Job training in 6th trimester, those opting out of OJT shall prepare a final report project worth 3 credits.
Starting from Trimester 2nd the program offers a student an option to opt two specializations to enhance their knowledge. With regards to MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) a student can do courses from SWAYAM, NPTEL, edX, IIMBx, NISM, LMS IBM, etc with the minimum 15 hours for 1.5 credits in trimester 4 and 30 hours for 3 credits in trimester 5.
A student enrolled in the PGDM program is required to complete 129 credits and 4600 Marks in the span of two years spread over 6 trimesters. This can be achieved through a combination of core course, elective courses, MOOC , summer internship project report and On the Job report/Final project report.
| Academic Calendar 2025-2027 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PGDM Batch (2025-2027) | |||
| Total Credits: 129 Total Marks: 4600 | |||
| Trimester I | |||
| Paper Code | Trimester I | Marks | Credits |
| PGD11 | Management Concepts and Indian Value System | 100 | 3 |
| PGD12 | Managerial Economics | 100 | 3 |
| PGD13 | Human Resource Management | 100 | 3 |
| PGD14 | Marketing Management | 100 | 3 |
| PGD15 | Statistics for Decision Making-I | 100 | 3 |
| PGD16 | Financial Accounting for Managers | 100 | 3 |
| PGD17 | Business Communication* | 50 | 1.5 |
| PGD18 | IT Applications in Management | 50 | 1.5 |
| PGD19 | Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management* | 50 | 1.5 |
| Total | 750 | 22.5 | |
| Trimester II | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Code | Trimester II | Marks | Credits |
| PGD21 | Legal Aspects of Business | 100 | 3 |
| PGD22 | Production and Operations Management | 100 | 3 |
| PGD23 | Macro Economics & Global Business Environment | 100 | 3 |
| PGD24 | Organisational Behaviour | 100 | 3 |
| PGD25 | Marketing Dynamics and Trends | 100 | 3 |
| PGD26 | Financial Management | 100 | 3 |
| PGD27 | Corporate Skills I (Soft Skills and Excel) | 50 | 1.5 |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 1 | 50 | 1.5 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 1 | 50 | 1.5 | |
| Total | 750 | 22.5 | |
| Trimester III | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Code | Trimester III | Marks | Credits |
| PGD31 | Digital Marketing | 50 | 1.5 |
| PGD32 | Strategic Management | 100 | 3 |
| PGD33 | Research Methodology for Management | 100 | 3 |
| PGD34 | Corporate Skills II (Soft Skills and Excel) | 50 | 1.5 |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 2 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 3 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 4 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 2 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 3 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 4 | 100 | 3 | |
| Total | 900 | 27 | |
| Trimester IV | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Code | Trimester IV | Marks | Credits |
| PGD41 | Universal Human Values & Professional Ethics | 100 | 3 |
| PGD42 | Project Management | 50 | 1.5 |
| PGD43 | Summer Internship Report & Viva | 200 | 3 |
| PGD44 | MOOC Course | 50 | 1.5 |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 5 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 6 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 7 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 5 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 6 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 7 | 100 | 3 | |
| Total | 1000 | 27 | |
| Trimester V | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Code | Trimester V | Marks | Credits |
| PGD51 | Corporate Governance, Ethics & Sustainability | 100 | 3 |
| PGD52 | MOOC Course | 100 | 3 |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 8 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 9 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 1 - Elective 10 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 8 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 9 | 100 | 3 | |
| Specialisation 2 - Elective 10 | 100 | 3 | |
| Total | 800 | 24 | |
| Trimester VI | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Code | Trimester VI | Marks | Credits |
| PGD61 | OJT/Dissertation | 400 | 6 |
| Total | 400 | 6 | |
| Electives | |||||
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| Electives: Electives: Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (BA&AI) | |||||
| Elective | Trimester | Paper Code | Paper Title | Marks | Credits |
| ELECTIVE I | II | PBA21 | Foundations in Business Analytics | 50 | 1.5 |
| ELECTIVE II | III | PBA31 | Descriptive Analytics | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE III | III | PBA32 | Data Base & Query Language | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IV | III | PBA33 | Data Analysis and Visualization with Python | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE V | IV | PBA41 | Data Visualization using Power BI | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VI | IV | PBA42 | Introduction to AI through Predictive Analytics | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VII | IV | PBA43 | Introduction to AI: Prompt Engineering, Machine Learning | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VIII | V | PBA51 | Advance Statistics and Research Methodology | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IX | V | PBA52 | Cloud Computing | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE X | V | PBA53 | Introduction to Generative AI | 100 | 3 |
| Electives: Banking, Financial Services and Insurance | |||||
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| Elective | Trimester | Paper Code | Paper Title | Marks | Credits |
| ELECTIVE I | II | PBF21 | Securities Market Foundations (NISM SERIES-XII) | 50 | 1.5 |
| ELECTIVE II | III | PBF31 | Equity Derivatives (NISM Series VIII) | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE III | III | PBF32 | Cost and Management Accounting | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IV | III | PBF33 | Research Analyst (NISM SERIES-XV) | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE V | IV | PBF41 | Financial Modelling & Analytics | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VI | IV | PBF42 | Mutual fund Distribution (NISM SERIES-V-A) | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VII | IV | PBF43 | Commodity Derivatives (NISM SERIES-XVI) | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VIII | V | PBF51 | Taxation in Securities Markets (NISM SERIES XX) | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IX | V | PBF52 | Credit Appraisal and Risk Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE X | V | PBF53 | Banking & Insurance | 100 | 3 |
| Electives: Operations and Supply Chain Management | |||||
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| Elective | Trimester | Paper Code | Paper Title | Marks | Credits |
| ELECTIVE I | II | PSM21 | Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management | 50 | 1.5 |
| ELECTIVE II | III | PSM31 | Logistics Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE III | III | PSM32 | Procurement & Vendor Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IV | III | PSM33 | Warehousing Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE V | IV | PSM41 | Supply Chain Performance Measurement | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VI | IV | PSM42 | Quality Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VII | IV | PSM43 | Liner Shipping Business | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VIII | V | PSM51 | Lean and Six Sigma | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IX | V | PSM52 | Strategic Supply Chain Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE X | V | PSM53 | Global Supply Chains Management | 100 | 3 |
| Electives: Human Resource Management (HRM) | |||||
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| Elective | Trimester | Paper Code | Paper Title | Marks | Credits |
| ELECTIVE I | II | PHR21 | Talent Management | 50 | 1.5 |
| ELECTIVE II | III | PHR31 | HR Analytics | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE III | III | PHR32 | Learning & Development | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IV | III | PHR33 | Competency Mapping & Performance Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE V | IV | PHR41 | Compensation & Reward Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VI | IV | PHR42 | Managing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VII | IV | PHR43 | Organisational Development & Change | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VIII | V | PHR51 | Industrial Relations & Labour Laws | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IX | V | PHR52 | Cross Culture & International HRM | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE X | V | PHR53 | Leadership, Power & Politics | 100 | 3 |
| Electives: Entrepreneurship | |||||
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| Elective | Trimester | Paper Code | Paper Title | Marks | Credits |
| ELECTIVE I | II | PEM21 | Entrepreneurship Fundamentals - Leadership Essentials, People, Team Building and Management | 50 | 1.5 |
| ELECTIVE II | III | PEM31 | Entrepreneurial, Sustainable Finance and Accounting for Entrepreneurs | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE III | III | PEM32 | Incubation, Innovation & Start-Up Landscape, Opportunities and Practices in India & Emerging Economies | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IV | III | PEM33 | Convincing Markets and Investors - Fundraising, Pitching & Crowdfunding | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE V | IV | PEM41 | Creating and Leading SMEs and Family Businesses | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VI | IV | PEM42 | Ideation and Design Thinking for Problem-Solution Fit | 100 | |
| ELECTIVE VII | IV | PEM43 | Personal Branding, Digital Marketing & Analytics | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VIII | V | PEM51 | Economic Innovation & Sustainable Entrepreneurship | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IX | V | PEM52 | Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Management Strategies | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE X | V | PEM53 | Innovation Development Process & Readiness Levels (Technology, Market & Investment) | 100 | 3 |
| Electives: Advanced Marketing Management | |||||
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| Elective | Trimester | Paper Code | Paper Title | Marks | Credits |
| ELECTIVE I | II | PMM21 | Consumer Behaviour | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE II | III | PMM31 | Advertising & IMC | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE III | III | PMM32 | Sales & Distribution Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IV | III | PMM33 | Brand Management | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE V | IV | PMM41 | Marketing Analytics | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VI | IV | PMM42 | Service Marketing | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VII | IV | PMM43 | Rural Marketing | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE VIII | V | PMM51 | AI in Marketing | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE IX | V | PMM52 | Retail Marketing | 100 | 3 |
| ELECTIVE X | V | PMM53 | Customer Relationship Management | 100 | 3 |