Accelerate your leadership development and become an effective negotiator with the ability to design competitive growth strategies in India’s shifting markets and across the globe.

  • Dates

    Jan 13 – Sep 5, 2025

  • Status

    Accepting Applications

  • Format

    In-Person

  • Location

    HBS Campus, Boston, US; and Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India

  • Fee

    ₹40,00,000 plus Goods and Services Tax (GST)

  • Application Due

    Nov 30, 2024

The program fee covers tuition, program materials, accommodations, and most meals.

India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. To seize opportunities and sustain success under shifting global business conditions, executives need to be confident decision-makers, skilled strategists, global thinkers, and effective change agents.

The Senior Executive Leadership Program—India empowers you to look critically at your business as a whole and make the bold moves that foster growth. After attending a series of modules in Boston and Mumbai, you’ll leave ready to take your leadership skills and your career to the next level.

Key Program Features

Key Topics

  • Deepen your understanding of the most pressing issues facing today’s leaders in India and beyond

  • Seize growth opportunities and compete successfully in a complex global economy

  • Foster innovations that deliver value to customers and drive corporate success

  • Align your company's operations to achieve strategic objectives and deliver value to customers

  • Expand your ability to define, measure, and monitor performance

  • Lead authentically and ethically at all levels and foster a culture of accountability across the organization

  • Become a more agile leader and refine your negotiation skills

  • 3
    modules
  • 3
    weeks on the HBS campus
  • 4
    weeks of in-person learning in region
  • 45–50
    hours of pre-program work

Our distinctive format program maximizes learning and the development of a global perspective, while minimizing consecutive days away from home and work.

Participants will receive a detailed schedule and case materials approximately two weeks before the program starts.

Module Details

Module 1Jan 13 – 24, 2025Full-TimeTaj Lands End, Mumbai, India
Module 2Apr 14 – 25, 2025Full-TimeTaj Lands End, Mumbai, India
Module 3Aug 17 – Sep 5, 2025Full-TimeHBS Campus, Boston, US

This program is intended for:

  • Senior executives, senior functional leaders, or general managers from successful, established companies in India or South Asia who are preparing to assume new responsibilities or drive growth initiatives

  • Entrepreneurs with established start-ups and executives planning to establish or expand their presence in South Asia or India

Ideal organizations include:

  • Large, established companies

  • Entrepreneurial ventures

  • Family businesses

  • Multinational firms

  • Nonprofit organizations

  • Government agencies—especially those that work closely with the private sector

Top Countries Represented

Diverse group of executive concentrated on the lecture in the classroom
80%
India
7%
Philippines
2%
Sri Lanka
2%
United States of America
1%
Singapore
1%
United Arab Emirates

Top Industries Represented

  • 17%

    Financial

  • 13%

    High Technology

  • 12%

    Professional Services

  • 6%

    Health Care

  • 5%

    Chem/Pharma/Bio

  • 5%

    Manufacturing

  • 4%

    Agriculture

  • 4%

    Communications

  • 4%

    Real Estate / Construction

  • 4%

    Utilities/Telecommunications

Experience

Years Worked

  • 6%

    Less than 10 years

  • 8%

    10-14 years

  • 31%

    15-19 years

  • 27%

    20-24 years

  • 18%

    25-29 years

  • 8%

    30-34 years

  • 2%

    35-39 years

Companies That Have Participated

  • Aditya Birla Group
  • Cisco
  • Citibank
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Godrej
  • HBSC
  • Mahindra & Mahindra
  • Microsoft
  • TATA Group
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Walmart

All our executive education programs are developed and taught by a team of widely recognized HBS faculty. Many are skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

Faculty Chair

This is a blended program that alternates in-person and virtual elements. Our regional programs feature modules in relevant major cities around the world in addition to modules at our storied campus at the heart of Boston's vibrant business, academic, and technology hubs.

Every detail of our HBS campus is carefully calibrated to drive your success. Living arrangements and classrooms that spark connection. Unrivaled academic resources. And rejuvenating fitness, dining, and cultural amenities.

We admit applicants on a rolling, space-available basis, so you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

The selective admissions process is based on professional achievement, organizational responsibility, and the admissions criteria for each program as described in Who Should Attend. There are no formal educational requirements for HBS Executive Education programs.

Learn more about the admissions process and requirements.

Admission Rounds

You may apply in one of the following admission rounds:

  • Round 1 application due: May 31, 2024; Notified by: June 14, 2024

  • Round 2 application due: July 31, 2024; Notified by: August 16, 2024

  • Round 3 application due: September 30, 2024; Notified by October 18, 2024

  • Final applications due: November 30, 2024

Submission of an application after the final deadline will be considered on a rolling, space-available basis.

Program content, dates, schedule, fees, technology platforms, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.