The management education at IMDR focuses on the approach to education and the teaching learning processes \ practices on the campus. It is significantly different from the conventional approach the students are familiar in their undergraduate courses, which are geared primarily towards examinations and marks. 

IMDR strives to create an academic environment, where it is important to learn the processes of  “managing”, when the student is learning management subjects. We, at IMDR believe, that this ability to manage our own learning is as important as acquiring knowledge of different subjects of management like Marketing, Finance HR and so on.

The institute has designed the curriculum around the principles of this mode of self-learning wherein the student is the center of all the teaching- learning processes. This new learning system is called Self-Driven Learning System (SDLS).

Basically, SDLS means taking charge of your learning in your own hands (with necessary guidance of resource persons or faculty) by cultivating effective study habits.  Hence learning processes on the campus are designed in such a way that it prepares the student for managing self and his \ her career as a life long process.

In brief the student learns to set personal goals in terms of level or depth of mastery over the subjects offered or selected by him/her; and also plans his/her learning in terms of reading, field visits, discussion, and problem solving meetings. Finally the student reviews the progress and modifies the plan.

The Academic inputs at IMDR are based on a unique curriculum based on Instructional Design Systems. The classroom teaching of subjects in each trimester \semester is oriented by the learning objectives mentioned in the curriculum document. These objectives are designed on the expected level of comprehension, analysis and synthesis of knowledge, delivered and learned. Importantly, classroom learning of concepts is supplemented by field assignments to gain knowledge of the context in which the knowledge is embedded. The faculty guides the student to select the focus or topic of the assignment based on the learning goals.

The academic inputs of curriculum also include the co-curricular activities like guest lectures, seminars, summer\winter internships and placements; where students can test and develop their learning and managerial skills. In short, the institute provides enough space and appropriate climate to enable the students to engage with learning processes, which are essential for the development of management professionals.