3TP: Senior Leaders Programme

The programme is spread over two modules:

Module-I: January 04 - 19, 2027

Module-II: March 15 - 21, 2027

The 3-Tier Concept

The 3-Tier Programme (3-TP) is a set of flagship executive programmes designed, developed and offered by the Indian Institute of Management (IIMA) with the following management philosophy:

Operationally, 3-TP is a set of three executive programmes designed to meet the developmental needs of middle, senior and top executives of medium and large organisations.

The 3-Tier Programmes which have been offered over 66 times in the past have so far attracted over 11,336 participants from public, private, and government sector organisations.

Senior Leaders’ Programme

This programme is positioned at a strategic and senior leadership level and is meant for functional/domain heads and general managers who are involved in both strategy formulation and execution.

Certification and IIMA Alumni Status:

At the end of the Programme, eligible participants will be awarded a Certificate of Participation and Alumni Status from IIM Ahmedabad.

The programme is divided into several interdependent modules, each of which focuses on a different aspect or function of management from a senior management perspective. The programme concludes with an integrated exercise requiring participants to apply their learning from the modules to a real-life case.

Module 1: Functional Leadership

Module 2: Application modules focused on business transformation and turnaround in the age of AI and disruptions

The objectives of the programme are to:

The programme emphasises the decision-making and problem-solving approach through the dominant pedagogy of the “Case Method of Learning”. The approach involves defining problems, specifying objectives, generating criteria, developing options and choosing the best alternative in an uncertain environment. The case method uses real-life situations for discussion, thereby enhancing the applicability of the learning from the pedagogy. Additionally, the programme helps develop leadership skills such as coordination, motivation and inspiration and suggests measures to monitor and control processes and functions.

Certification and IIMA Alumni Status:

At the end of the Programme, eligible participants will be awarded a Certificate of Participation and Alumni Status from IIM Ahmedabad.

A mix of pedagogical tools — cases, lectures, discussions, presentations, audio-visuals and experiential exercises will be used. A typical day will include about five hours of classroom sessions and about six hours of group work and preparation for classroom discussions.