Ten weeks, 150 hours and 45 participants: that is the scale of the second batch of IIM Jammu's Operational Management Programme for serving Armed Forces personnel.
What the programme is
The Tribune reports that the programme is run by IIM Jammu under the Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) of the Ministry of Defence, on the IIM Jammu campus. The second batch began on August 10 and ran for ten weeks; Dr Ashish Kumar, Co-Chairperson of Executive Education and Consultancy at IIM Jammu, put it at 150 hours. The article does not give the closing date.
Why it exists
The stated aim is to give personnel contemporary management knowledge, industry-focused learning and hands-on insights to help them move into second careers after service.
At the valedictory
Brigadier H.S. Billing, Chief Engineer of 16 Corps, was chief guest and Lt Col Angad Behl, Joint Director at the Resettlement Directorate North, guest of honour. Dr Kumar described the programme as the beginning, rather than the end, of the participants' learning journey. Lt Col Behl urged participants to step beyond their comfort zones and pursue jobs and entrepreneurship, and Brigadier Billing expressed hope that they would take up entrepreneurial ventures and contribute to the civilian economy.
What it means for readers
For Jammu's many service families, it shows a structured route from uniform to civilian work, run on a city campus. The report does not say how personnel are selected, what the programme costs, or whether further batches are planned.
Source: The Tribune, October 29, 2026.
