The Executive Program in Technology Leadership & Innovation equips working professionals with the strategic, technological, and leadership skills to drive digital transformation and innovation. The program enables participants to leverage emerging technologies, lead cross-functional initiatives, manage change, and align technology with business goals to create sustainable organizational value.
Online
9 Months
IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation
Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of IIT Madras
and
Accredian
(For Indian Residents)
₹2,20,000+ GST
Prof. Vimal Kumar & Industry-Experts
• Evolving role of enterprise tech leaders
• CTO vs CIO vs CDO power dynamics
• Technology leadership mindset in volatility
• Decision-making in high uncertainty
• Presenting technology strategy to boards
• Influencing CEO, CFO, COO & business heads
• Political navigation in enterprise transformation
• Executive presence & strategic storytelling
• Translating business strategy into tech architecture
• Technology moats: platforms, data, ecosystems
• Build vs Buy vs Partner vs Acquire
• Avoiding over-engineering & innovation theatre
• Technology portfolio prioritization
• CapEx vs OpEx decision frameworks
• ROI of platforms vs products vs infrastructure
• Cost optimization vs innovation investment balance
• Enterprise architecture as strategic capability
• Platform architecture & API ecosystems
• Data, cloud & integration architecture choices
• Standardization vs agility balance
• Digital transformation operating models
• Business–technology integration at scale
• Scaling change across functions & geographies
• Avoiding transformation fatigue and failure
• Enterprise AI & GenAI portfolio strategy
• AI operating models & governance
• AI productivity economics
• Human–AI collaboration at scale
• Innovation types: incremental to disruptive
• Venture-style innovation funding inside enterprises
• From experimentation to scalable advantage
• Technology as a growth engine
• Product vs project operating philosophy
• Platform ecosystems & API economy
• Customer-centric digital experience design
• Scaling digital products enterprise-wide
Participants will design a board-ready enterprise technology strategy for a real or simulated organization. The project integrates technology investment decisions, digital architecture choices, AI adoption strategy, innovation roadmap, and organizational design. Learners will present transformation priorities, value cases, risk governance, and execution model—demonstrating readiness to lead enterprise-wide technology-driven growth at the C-suite level.