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The Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC) was established by
JRD Tata Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was a French- Indian aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and chairman of Tata Group. Born into the Tata family of India, he was the son of noted businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy ...
in the year 1966. Located in Pune, it was awarded the ''Golden Peacock National Training Award'' (2007–08) in the field of Training & Development. TMTC focuses on Management and Development. It has disseminated over 50 publications including management briefs, manuals, research papers, and case studies. Shubro Sen, the former director of TMTC, described it as follows: "It is not purely an academic institution. But it functions at the intersection of learning and practice".


History

TMTC is housed in a structure designed by architect
George Wittet George Wittet (1878-1926) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in Mumbai, India. Biography George Wittet was born in Blair Atholl, Scotland in 1878. He studied architecture with a Mr. Heiton of Perth, Scotland, and worked in Edinburgh ...
, on rambling grounds surrounded by leafy trees, lawns, pathways and flower beds. The 15 acres of land on which TMTC stands once belonged to F. E. Dinshaw. In 1918, Dinshaw acquired the services of Wittet, the then consulting architect to the Government of
Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the '' de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the sec ...
, to build him a country home. Later, additional suites were designed and constructed by Daraius Batliwala and Rustom Patell of Patell Batliwala & Associates. In the 1960s, it was restored and turned into a residential training center although the original layout remains the same. The institute can house 60 people within its residential facilities; it also has two lecture halls and two seminar rooms along with a library of management books, journals and films. Besides residential and academic spaces, TMTC has facilities for indoor and outdoor sports. Its facilities have been utilized by other specialized training institutes, including the
Indian Institutes of Management The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are central government-owned-public business schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of busi ...
(Ahmedabad and Calcutta), the Administrative Staff College of India (Hyderabad), the All India Management Association and the Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences.


Training

Offering around 250 programs a year, conducted by in-house senior faculty from academics and business, supported by experts from other Indian and international B schools. TMTC started its e-learning programs in 2009. Every year, more than 4,000 Tata Managers and Leaders go through training programs. Leadership development programs include * Tata Group Strategic Leadership seminar * Tata Group Executive Leadership seminar * Tata Group Emerging Leaders seminar E-learning programs include * Live e-classroom * Live video broadcast and * Self-paced e-learning programs A self-paced program is conducted named 'TATA – Harvard Manage Mentor self-paced e-learning program' by Harvard Manage Mentor, in association with
Harvard Business School Publishing Harvard Business Publishing was founded in 1994 as a not-for-profit, wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University (distinct from Harvard University Press), with a focus on improving business management practices. The company consists of thr ...
, providing 44 different programs for Tata employees.


Objectives

TMTC objectives include: *Improvement of organizational performance through the dissemination of the latest knowledge and skills among practicing managers *Facilitation of attitudinal and behavioral changes *Facilitation solutions for organizational issues *Development of learning organizations *Training methodology


Practice areas

Its practice areas include *Finance, Ethics *Leadership and Organization *Markets and Customers *Strategy and Innovation It also uses over 120 external faculty. TMTC hosted training programs for the
Indian Administrative Service The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. Considered the premier civil service of India, the IAS is one of the three arms of the All India Services along with the India ...
(IAS), the
Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service ( IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became Partition of India, independent from the British Raj. Along with the Indian Administ ...
(IPS) and the
Indian Foreign Service The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is the diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. The Foreign Secretary is the head of the service. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is the 34th and the ...
(IFS).


Partners

TMTC partners with a number of organizations, which include Centre for Creative Leadership (CCL), the Conference Executive Board (CEB), the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and the Goldratt Schools.


References

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