Noida (Uttar Pradesh): The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) yesterday inaugurated the first batch of the General Management Programme (GMP) for Defence Personnel at its Noida campus.

Major General, SG Chatterji, VSM, Director General Resettlement inaugurated the programme.

Prof. Punam Sahgal, Dean- Noida Campus, Prof. S.C. Bansal, Programme Director, Prof. Ajay Singh, Chairman MDP and Corporate Interaction Committee addressed the guests and the participants.

"Management education to defence personnel contributes to providing defence officers a second career choice after retirement. But the larger role in the national interest is to prepare a disciplined and responsible citizen to play important roles in today's competitive business scenario", said Prof. N. K. Gupta & Prof. S.C. Bansal, Programme Director.

The 24-week programme is the fourth in a series of Management Programmes for defence officers organized at IIM Lucknow and the first at IIM Lucknow's Noida Campus.

The idea behind the programme is to familiarize the officers with the requisite analytical tools and techniques and develop a holistic perspective and global mindset to understand issues of an enterprise.