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Post Graduate Diploma
in Retail Management

Duration: 2 Year

COURSE STRUCTURE 2025 - 2027

PGDM-RM PROGRAMME® (Batch 2025-27)

1 Total Marks of the Programme 3800
2 Total Courses (1st & 2nd Year) 41
3 No. of Core Courses (1st & 2nd Year) 21
4 No. of Retai Specific Courses 11
5 No. of Elective Courses 7
6 No. of Open Elective Courses 2
1 Total Credits of the Programme 113.0
2 Credits I Year 64.5
3 Credits II Year 48.5
1 Credits Core Courses 46.5
2 Credits Retail Specific Courses 31.5
3 Credits Elective Courses 21
4 Credits SIP (6), SDL (6) 12
5 Credits Open Elective 2
Trimester I
Trimester I
Managerial Economics
Quantitative Techniques
Marketing Management -I
Organisational Behavior
Accounting for Managerial Decision
Legal Aspects of Business
Principles & Concepts of Retail
Fundamentals of Operations Management
Business Communication
Trimester II
Trimester II
Macroeconomics for Managers
Human Resource Management
Marketing Management -II
Merchandising & Category Management
Financial Management
Optimization Techniques
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management
Data Visualisation & Modeling
Managerial Communication
Trimester III
Trimester III
Retail Store Operations
Business Research Methods
Financial Institutions & Markets
Contemporary Technologies in Retail
Visual Merchandising
Business Intelligence & Decision Making
Executive Communication
Electives
Marketing
Sales Management & Retial Selling Skills
Consumer Behavior
Finance
Financial Statement Analysis & Credit Appraisal
Financial Modelling-I
Trimester IV
Trimester IV
Retail Analytics
Retail Supply Chain Management
Retail Strategic Management
Global Practices in Retailing
Specialization
Summer Internship Report Plus Viva Voce
Trimester V
Trimester V
Luxury Retail
Mall Management
Corporate Ethics, Values & CSR
Specialization
Trimester VI
Trimester VI
Open Electives (2 course) *
Self Directed Learning (SDL)*

SPECIALIZATION ELECTIVES COURSES 2025-27

MARKETING (Major)

S.No. Trimester IV
1 Services Marketing
2

Brand Management

3 B2B Marketing
4 Digital Marketing
5 Distribution Management
6 AI in Marketing
7 -
S.No. Trimester V
1 International Marketing Management
2 Integrated Marketing Communication
3 Marketing Analytics
4 Contemporary Practices in Marketing
5 Customer Relationship Management in the Digital Age
6 Rural & Social Marketing
7 Marketing Simulation

FINANCE (Major)

S.No Trimester IV
1 Security Analysis & Portfolio Management
2 Strategic Financial Management
3 Personal Financial Planning
4 Financial Modelling - II
5 Behavioural Finance
S.No Trimester V
1 Business Valuations & Corporate Restructuring
2 Corporate Tax Planning & Management
3 International Finance & Risk Management
4 Financial Derivatives
5 Fintech

Self-Directed Learning (SDL)

Project Based Learning (SSO, Experiential Project, Entrepreneurship Project, Family Business Project) - 6 Months duration
MOOCs
Live Projects
Research Papers Presentation
Research Paper Publications
NISM / NCFM / Any other Certification

Open Elective*(OE)

International Retail Markets
E-Commerce
Customer Centricity
Design Thinking
AI in Retail
AI in Finance
Retail Finance
Legal Framework of Retail Business
Global Capability centers Business Model
CRM in Retail
* 2 course of 1 credit each offered in each trimester to be announced at the beginning of the trimester

Open Electives (To be offered as 1 credit, contact hours-10, to be announced at the beginning of trimester)

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