Eligibility
Admission to this diploma at the Mohali campus runs through the Indian School of Business's own selection process rather than a shared entrance test. Applicants are generally expected to hold a graduate degree in any discipline from a recognised university, and since the format is aimed at working professionals, relevant work experience is usually taken into account alongside academic record. The institute reviews applications and profiles, with shortlisted candidates typically going through a further assessment or interview before a seat is confirmed. The exact minimum qualification, any experience requirement and the standard used for shortlisting are decided by the institute afresh for each admission cycle, so applicants should check the current year's criteria directly with the school rather than assuming an earlier cycle's terms still hold.
About Advanced Diploma in Operations Management
The Advanced Diploma in Operations Management at the Indian School of Business, on its Mohali campus in Punjab, is built for professionals who want a structured, practitioner-focused grounding in how operations are actually run, rather than a broad general management survey. The diploma works through process design, capacity and inventory planning, quality management, procurement and logistics, together with the analytical tools now used to support operations decisions, and pairs classroom teaching with case discussions drawn from manufacturing, retail and service settings. The programme suits engineers and functional specialists moving into managerial responsibility, operations professionals who have learned the job through experience and now want the underlying frameworks, and managers from other functions who regularly work with operations teams and want to speak the same language. Teaching combines lectures, simulations and applied exercises so that participants test tools such as lean thinking, demand forecasting and supplier evaluation against realistic operating problems rather than only theory. Faculty bring both ISB's management research and industry experience to keep the material grounded in current practice. Admission runs against a sanctioned intake that the institute allocates across categories and quotas under its own admission policy, and because the category-wise seat matrix is published afresh in the admission notice each session, applicants should check the version issued for the year they are applying to rather than an earlier one.
