School of Petroleum Management has been set up under Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) as a centre of excellence in industry learning to develop human resources to cater to the any of the functional areas of management. The SPM was established in 2006 by GERMI (Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute), established by GSPC (Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation), for the initial p
urpose of address the issue of aging managerial manpower in the energy sector in general and oil and natural gas sector in particular. However, the programme was then opened up for Energy and Infrastructure sector and now for those also who want to earn MBA degree without sectoral focus but with concentration in any of the functional areas of management. It has developed a rigorous curriculum for the following programmes currently offered:
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) a two-year full-time residential programme
Doctoral Programme (Ph. in Management; a four-year full-time residential programme
Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Management for Executives (PGDPM-X); a two-year part-time modular programme with one-week campus requirement every trimester for eight trimesters
Executive Masters of Business Administration (Executive MBA); a 15-month full-time residential programme
The MBA programme focused on oil and natural gas industry in the initial three years, and recently the curriculum has been thoroughly revised to make it all inclusive. The new MBA programme curriculum allows students to opt for a concentrated study in either energy sector or infrastructure sector, while laying focus on functional area of management, like finance, marketing, operations, human resource management and general management. It also allows students to acquire MBA degree with concentration in any of the functional areas of management. This two year programme is delivered on trimester (quarter) basis, with three quarters every year and an eight week of summer training. The first year courses lay foundation with courses like communication skills, organisational behaviour, economics and mathematics, and also equip students with conceptual knowledge of various functional areas of management like accounting, finance, marketing, operations, human resource management etc. In the second a student can opt for energy track and/or infrastructure track and study track specific core and elective courses and also study advance courses offered in the form of free electives from various functional areas of management. A student has an option of ignoring sector specific track but chose one or more concentration areas from finance, marketing, operations, human resource management etc. And earn the MBA degree without focus on any specific sector. SPM, within a short span, aims to become a premier institution with state-of-the-art facilities, providing world class education, training, research, consultancy and outreach services in the sectors of oil and gas, energy and infrastructure. Apart from the academic programmes, SPM offers short-term executive programmes and certificate programmes for working executives and professionals to keep them abreast the latest managerial issues and topics in the energy and infrastructure sectors. The GSPC, being a promoter organization of SPM, has committed the requisite infrastructure, livewire practical-learning environment and intellectual capital to the budding energy and infrastructure sector management professionals at SPM.
