College of Defence Management
The College of Defence Management (CDM) is an Indian defence service training institution imparting management training to defence servants. CDM is entrusted with the responsibility of instilling contemporary management thoughts, concepts and practices in the senior leadership of the three services. It is an educational institute sponsored by India's Ministry of Defence, which provides scientific and management education to Indian Armed Forces officers. The institute, considered as the only exclusive college in Asia for defence management training to the Armed Forces, is run under the management of the Indian Armed Forces and is located in  Sainikpuri in Secunderabad, in the recently formed Telangana State of India. Profile. The College of Defence Management had its origin in December 1970 under the name, the Institute of Defence Management (IDM), as a part of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), with Brigadier V. Dhruva as the founder Director, for providing the Defence Services officers with modern management training. CDM started its first batch of Long Defence Management Course (LDMC) in March 1971 with 44 students. This has since been upgraded to cover three levels of courses, at Masters, MPhil and doctoral levels. By 1978, the  college had four functional faculties such as Faculty of Organization Behavior, Faculty of Decision Analysis, Faculty of Research and Consultancy and Faculty of Training Support (the Faculty of Information Systems was added in January 2004). In 1983, CDM was accepted as a cooperating member of the All India Management Association. CDM was re-designated, in April 1985, as the College of Defence Management. In 1986, the All India Management Association certified the LDM Course as an Advanced Course of Instruction in Defence Management. Osmania University, in August 1994, gave accreditation to CDM courses and, in March 2005, recognized it as  a national centre for conducting research in management studies. The college provides research and consultancy services to the three services as well as undertakes projects on behalf of them. It also serves the public and private sector by holding management sessions. Mandate. The college was established with a dual set of mandates with regard to the two lines of management studies. Higher Defence Management Course Senior Defence Management Course Courses and affiliations. CDM is affiliated to Osmania University for its Masters, MPhil and PhD programs. Efforts are on to set up an Indian National Defence University (INDU) which will soon  bring all the Indian defence related institutions under its umbrella. Master of Management Studies: The course was started as "Long Defence Management Course" (LDMC), later upgraded to "Higher Defence Management Course" (HDMC), and was open to selected senior officers of the armed forces, para military forces, MOD and friendly foreign countries. The course envisaged to hone the management skills through knowledge transfer of management concepts and their applications. On 14 August 1994, CDM entered into an agreement with Osmania University whereby the course was recognized as post graduate degree with the title, "Master of Management Studies" (MMS), awarded by Osmania  University. MPhil: This is a faculty development program and is aimed at the faculty posted at the college, who can pursue their studies at MPhil level as per Osmania University curriculum. National Center for Research: CDM is an Osmania University recognized centre for doctoral research in management studies, leading to the degree of "Doctor of Philosophy" (PhD). The program was started on 23 March 2005. Departments. The college has five functional departments attending to various affairs of the institution. Behavioural science. The Faculty of Behavioural Sciences is responsible for the various courses and programs conducted by CDM and covers two  areas of functions, each managed by a department. Department of Organisational Behaviour: The department has set mandates to develop and conduct courses and programs in Organizational Behaviour. Department of Strategic Management: The department acts as a nodal agency for the promotion of strategic concepts in the Armed Forces with regard to national and military security. Resource management. The Faculty of Resource Management takes care of the training of the officers of the three services in the field of Resource Management with special emphasis on Finance Management and Supply Chain Management. The faculty was started in 1974 as "Faculty of Management  Techniques" and, through a series of name changes, became the Faculty of Resource Management (FRM) in 2011. Decision sciences. Originally started in 1977 as the department of Decision Analysis, the department was rechristened as the Faculty of Decision Sciences in 2004. The Faculty's activities are consolidated under three separate departments. It was through the effort of this faculty, CDM was accorded the status of institutional member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Research and consultancy. The Faculty of Research and Consultancy looks after the functions of drafting and implementation of organizational set up which include development of organization 's mission, vision and objectives, policies and plans and resource allocation for implementation of policies, plans, projects and programs and evaluation of progress. Personnel, administration and training. PAT Department attends to the administrative matters which include personnel, infrastructure, budget, welfare and sports. It coordinates the training and curricular activities. Joint training exercises. CDM has organized or hosted several joint training exercises under various mandates. Exercise Aman Sena: Exercise Aman Sena was conducted from 21 May to 29 May 2009 under the mandate of Peace Support Operations (PSO), a United Nations mandated platform with India as the coordinating nation. The exercise  aimed at streamlining and formalizing joint planning and conduct of UN mandated Multinational Peace Support Operations. The exercise was attended by 80 officers from the armed forces of 14 countries and was a support activity of UN Peace Support Operations. Exercise Raksha Yojna: Exercise Raksha Yojna is a training exercise on strategic planning, optimization of resources and preparation and implementation of perspective plans. Exercise Yudh Abhyas (Trishul): This exercise is a war game for the participants of HDMC (MMS) programs and is conducted by the Higher Command Wing of Army War College (AWC) Mhow. The purpose of the exercise is  to enable the participants to apply management tools and techniques in pragmatic decision making. The exercise, original started as "Exercise Yudh Abhyas" has since been renamed as "Exercise Trishul". Exercise Parivartan: Exercise Parivartan is a war game open to the participants from the three services of the armed forces, devised with the objective to train the participants to use modern management tools and techniques in the tactical planning and execution of offensive and defensive operations. Exercise Parivartan: Exercise Parivartan is a research based exercise where the participants undertake project studies on organizational problems and their solutions. Publications. The CDM has  a regular publication by name "Defence Management Journal" which had its first issue released in January 1974. The Journal is now released biannually.