- Collaboration
- IIM Ranchi × PSPA
- Venue / format
- Residential executive programme
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- Executive Programmes

Faculty dialogue during SSLP Cohort 01 · IIM Ranchi
Cohort 02 · Applications open
Join the next residential programme at IIM Ranchi on 6–8 December 2026.
Executive learning grounded in school leadership
The Strategic School Leadership Program brings school leaders into a faculty-led residential learning environment at IIM Ranchi. It creates space to step back from daily demands, examine leadership choices and learn with peers from different school contexts.
The inaugural cohort was held on 6–8 August 2026. Its 54 participants from 11 states brought a national range of professional experiences into the learning community.
Read IIM Ranchi’s introduction to the inaugural SSLP (6–8 August 2026) ↗ on the institute’s official website.
Six connected leadership domains
Self-leadership and personal mastery
Reflect on your leadership practice, professional purpose and the choices that shape your work.
Strategic direction and future readiness
Connect school priorities with a considered view of change and the future needs of education.
Academic leadership excellence
Explore the leadership of teaching, learning and academic practice.
Transformational learning systems
Consider how learning environments and institutional processes support students and educators.
Organisational culture and leadership
Reflect on people, relationships and the professional culture of a school.
Governance, innovation and growth
Explore institutional purpose, decision-making and the conditions for meaningful development.
Learning with faculty and peers
Faculty interaction, professional dialogue and reflective conversations connect academic ideas with the experience of leading a school. Specific curriculum, eligibility and arrangements are confirmed with each cohort announcement.
Explore the first cohort
Cohorts
IIM Ranchi × PSPAStrategic School Leadership Program · Cohort 01
Completed54 school leaders from 11 states joined IIM Ranchi and PSPA for three days of personal, academic and organisational leadership learning.
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IIM Ranchi × PSPAStrategic School Leadership Program · Cohort 02
Applications openA three-day residential executive programme for school leaders at IIM Ranchi, 6–8 December 2026. Applications are open and reviewed by PSPA before payment.
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