AFP 17 Brochure

ALUMNI AND INDUSTRY TESTIMONIALS

The AFP Course is very well structured The Armed Forces Programme is a full Armed Forces Programme (AFP) at IIM
and much needed course to immersion experience, helping to Ahmedabad was a transforming
complement the leadership and facilitate a military-to-corporate skill- experience. The programme gave a
managerial experiences of any Armed set transition. In addition to the Armed corporatized view on management
Forces Officer. The ecosystem of armed Forces ethos of loyalty, ethics, integrity, subjects taught by some of the finest
forces, though train every officer for commitment to excellence and work faculty in the country. The case study
delivering results to precision within discipline, this management based programme provided hands on
available resources even beyond the call programme provides them with experience in solving real life challenges
of his duty, what it doesn’t prepare the exposure to the core areas of business faced by industries.
officer is to understand the industry management there by equipping them
processes and business requirements. with the necessary knowledge required While my experience in the Indian Navy
The well-conceived syllabus along with to serve and excel in a corporate provided a structured, process based
world class faculty & facility and IIMA’s environment. Hiring leaders who are and systematic way of working, AFP put
time tested case study methodology of focused, multi-skilled and experienced that experience in the right framework
teaching, enables the officers to prepare is always a huge challenge for the of the corporate world. On completion
well for the transition to the corporate organizations. It’s a great opportunity of the course, I joined Goldman Sachs
sector. The intense classroom for the organizations for being able to through “Armed Forces Integration
discussions and learning session with recruit competent men and women Program,” that followed a full time
outstanding faculty, widened my from the Indian Armed Forces. employment opportunity at the firm in
outlook and perspective. The learnings the Operations division.
were immensely helpful in adapting to
the corporate sector. The broad-based learning at IIM
Ahmedabad helped me navigate
through the initial corporate challenges
and be impactful at work.

JS Gavankar AFP Batch 2015-16 Harinath K AFP Batch 2013-14 Anup Sharma AFP Batch 2013-14

Associate Vice President, Head Admin, Facilities, Safety & Security, Vice President,
Goldman Sachs
Adani Defence and Aerospace Tata Power SED (Vemagal)

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The Armed Forces Programme at Indian Participants of Armed Forces The participants of AFP at IIM,
Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Programme at Indian Institute of Ahmedabad possess the potential to
is an exemplary programme which Management, Ahmedabad, provide a take on business roles in India. They
prepares armed forces officers for diverse pool of talent which have been carry rich experiences from highly
undertaking roles in Industries and groomed by the highest ranked disciplined and focused service which
Corporate World. These officers come management institute in the country. It coupled with the business orientation
with a unique background which is is a matter of great comfort that each programme from one of the leading B
otherwise difficult to find and the one of these participants have been Schools in India positions them for
Institute through its specially designed selected post rigorous selection corporate success. Our experience with
curriculum helps them to groom into process, thus ensuring high standard of the hires from AFP batch has been
professionals for Industry. The students participating in the course as largely positive. They have taken up
healthcare industry specifically requires well as the ability to pitch the course varied business roles from leading
leaders with high administrative content at a higher level. Those who manufacturing facilities, Planning,
capacity and ability to deal with complex have joined us in the past have reflected Learning Project Construction & Project
situations yet have a caring attitude. this high quality of personal and Execution to name a few. KEC
This program at IIM is able to combine managerial skills. International is a unique organization
the strengths of armed forces and the with expertise in the EPC space, coupled
management mantra of IIM. We at Fortis I wish the participants of AFP, IIM with the ability to execute projects
are happy to have them as part of our Ahmedabad best of luck. ahead of time in extreme terrains. As a
Administrative leadership pipeline. “Great Place to Work” Certified
Brig Atul Wahi (Retd) organization, we ensure that our work
I wish participants of AFP 2017-18 good culture is contemporary and enables our
luck and an exciting second innings. President & Group Head (India) talent to outperform!
Admin & General Affairs, Welspun
Ranjan Pandey Vasudevan Narsimhan

Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Executive Director, Human Resources
Fortis Healthcare Limited KEC International Limited

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PLACEMENT
PROCEDURE

Companies are encouraged to visit the campus for the Interviewing rooms / spaces will be provided. In
placement process which includes pre-placement talks addition accommodation for the recruiting team
and interviews. The specific placement periods wherein could be provided at the IIMA Campus subject to
interviews can be planned are shown below: availability.

(a) 14-16 Feb 18 and Candidates are responsible for finalizing offer details
including, but not limited to, salary, location, perks and
(b) 05-09 Mar 18 title directly with recruiters. In order to streamline the
process, companies are requested to communicate the
Additionally, candidates will be available on any of the following details to the PLACOM via email (copy
evenings of any of the working days & weekends forwarded to candidate).
beginning Jan, preferably avoiding the term break from
28 January to 04 February 18. • Indication that an offer has been made to a candidate
and salary details.
The AFP Placement Committee (PLACOM) will be
coordinating all activities associated with the placement • Confirmation of acceptance or rejection of an offer by
process. Companies are requested to coordinate with a candidate.
the PLACOM. In addition, for administrative
convenience, each company will be assigned a • In both communications, provision of CTC details is
Relationship Manager for further coordination. optional.
Companies desirous of having pre- placement talks
are requested to indicate their convenience to the There are no placement charges on companies
Relationship Manager to arrange a specific time slot. recruiting from the campus.

Companies are welcome to communicate with the
Relationship Manager or PLACOM on any issues beyond
those listed above.

All concerned will be kept informed of any subsequent
amendments or changes to these rules.

The contact email and Mobile Numbers of the
Placement Committee members are listed on the last
page.

Kindly visit www.iima.ac.in/afp17/ for full details of
the AFP 2017 batch and the Placement Process.

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BROCHURE PLACEMENT TEAM
DESIGN TEAM
Student Placement Committee IIMA Placement Office Design & Concept: Ace Advertising +919825029199 | [email protected]
Milind Gogate
Amit Dalvi Kanwarjit Chadha (Coordinator) Prof. Parvinder Gupta
Siddharth Maurya Chairperson, Armed Forces
Rahul Sinha Mobile: 9855666665 Programme
Shivam Rathore Phone: +91 79 6632 4872
Abhay G Bhavsar (Coordinator) Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 8800391229
Mr Somnath Bhattacharya
Sushant Chhibber (Asstt Coordinator) Relationship Manager,
Mobile: 9650404126 Placement Office
Phone: +91 79 6632 4666
VK Sharma (Global Outreach) Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 9479776388 Mobile: +91 9879106225

Sandeep Sinha (North Zone Outreach) Mr Girish K Makwana
Mobile: 9650977348 Programme Coordinator,
Phone: +91 79 6632 4463
Vishal Anand (South Zone Outreach) Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 8890059316 Mobile: +91 9227793144

G Raghavan (West Zone Outreach)
Mobile: 8415923778

K Arun (South West Zone Outreach)
Mobile: 9310361592

Manash Boruah (Rest of India & Data Admin)
Mobile: 9969942715