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Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI

Learn to Lead Enterprise AI Transformation Without Coding

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5 Months

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Graduates | Diploma Holders with min. 3 years of Work exp | No coding exp required

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Key Value Propositions

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Note:

  • Schedule for faculty masterclass will be shared post programme orientation.

  • The weekly live sessions will be conducted by domain experts/ industry leaders.

  • This programme does not offer any placement/ salary guarantee

From AI Pilots That Stall to Enterprise Transformations That Scale—Learn to Lead Without Building

What You Will Learn and How

PILLAR 1: Strategic Business Thinking PILLAR 2: AI Evaluation & Governance PILLAR 3: Enterprise Adoption Frameworks PILLAR 4: Leading Transformation

From AI Awareness to AI-Driven Business Models

Understand how AI reshapes competitive advantage, operating models, and value creation. Move from "AI is important" to "Here's where AI creates the most strategic impact for us." You will learn:

  • How business models change with AI (new revenue streams, competitive advantage, platform economics)

  • Enterprise transformation fundamentals (digitization → digital transformation → AI-native enterprises)

  • Why 95% of AI pilots fail (hint: it's not the technology)

  • How to build a strategic AI narrative for your board

You deliver: A one-page Strategic AI Brief identifying your highest-impact AI opportunities

The Leadership Gap in AI Transformation

Digital transformation has been rewriting how enterprises operate for years. Generative and Agentic AI have just made the pace unforgiving. The pilots are running. The board wants results. But across most organisations, leaders turning AI into business outcomes are navigating without a map.

The stats tell the story:

83%

of CEOs believe AI will be the most significant technology impacting their industry in the next three years. Yet only 26% rate their own C-suite peers as confident and proficient in AI.
Source: Gartner, 2025

89%

of operations leaders say their digital transformation investments haven't fully delivered expected results.
Source: PwC, 2026

95%

of generative AI pilots fail to deliver measurable business impact. Most stall before they ever reach scale.
Source: LHH C-Suite Research, 2026

The gap is not in the technology. It is in the leadership.

The Solution: A Leadership Framework Built for Enterprise Scale

The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI from iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee is a five-month live online programme designed for professionals who are expected to drive AI transformation across their organisations, not just understand it.

Through a structured, leadership-first curriculum built around real enterprise challenges, you will develop:

  • Strategic thinking

    about how AI reshapes business models and competitive advantage

  • Governance frameworks

    to evaluate, approve, and scale AI responsibly

  • Operating model designs

    that make enterprise transformation stick

  • Execution capability

    to lead adoption across functions, manage change, and deliver measurable business value

The programme costs ₹1,30,000 + GST / AED 5,789, requires no prior coding experience, and is taught by domain experts with IIT faculty masterclasses.

You will leave with a board-ready AI transformation strategy and a 12-month roadmap you can implement immediately in your organization.

What Makes the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI Programme Stand Out?

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Leadership-First Curriculum

20 weeks covering enterprise AI strategy, GenAI, Agentic AI, and transformation governance—built around decisions leaders face, not technical implementation. No coding required.

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GenAI and Agentic AI, Built for Leaders

Two dedicated modules teach you what these systems do, where they fail, and what responsible deployment requires—deep enough to evaluate and govern them.

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Two Industry Tracks

Choose your sector: Track 1: AI in Traditional Sectors (BFSI, healthcare, insurance, government) or Track 2: AI in Technology & Digital Business (tech, IT services, e-commerce). Sector-specific strategies, not one-size-fits-all.

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100% Live Online, Learn Without Leaving Work

Twice-weekly, 3-hour sessions scheduled for working professionals. Stay in your job while transforming your leadership capability.

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Exclusive IIT Faculty Masterclasses

Learn through exclusive live online masterclasses delivered by IIT faculty members.

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Hands-On Learning Experience

Apply 9+ tools and 4 projects: AI maturity assessments, business model design, workflow redesign, and strategic road mapping with real enterprise tools.

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Capstone Project: Your Transformation Blueprint

Build a comprehensive AI transformation strategy, operating model, governance structure, and 12-month implementation roadmap for your organization.

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Optional Campus Immersion

Experience in-person faculty interactions, peer networking, and hands-on strategy workshops at iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee (Noida) at an additional cost.

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iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee Certificate

Earn a recognized credential from IIT Roorkee's Technology Innovation Hub, established under India's National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems.

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5 Months to a Deployable AI Blueprint

You don't graduate with just a certificate—you graduate with a board-ready transformation strategy and roadmap you can implement immediately.

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Career Services and Professional Growth

Access 15+ career development sessions (resume, LinkedIn, interview prep) plus networking with peers and faculty in AI leadership roles.

  • The entire programme curriculum will be taught by Domain Experts and will also include a select live exclusive masterclasses by IIT faculty.

  • All programme highlights stated in this section and across the programme are subject to change at the discretion of iHUB, DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee and Emeritus.

  • Only participants who have successfully completed the programme will be allowed to visit the campus.

  • Overall, 50% attendance required for live sessions to achieve programme completion. Live sessions include both domain expert sessions and lead faculty masterclasses.

  • Domain expert is the programme leader responsible for conducting weekly live sessions.

  • The immersion will only be conducted with a minimum number of learners signing up.

  • Schedule for faculty masterclass will be shared post programme orientation.

About iHub DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee

iHub DivyaSampark is a Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Roorkee established under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The hub advances emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, drones, and data analytics through research, innovation, and workforce development. By bringing together academia, industry, and entrepreneurs, iHub DivyaSampark bridges cutting-edge research and real-world impact, contributing to India's digital transformation agenda.

What Makes It Credible?

  • Established under NM-ICPS by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

  • Focuses on AI, Industry 4.0, Healthcare 4.0, and sustainable smart cities

  • Coordinated by a high-level interministerial committee headed by the CEO of NITI Aayog, with participation from MeitY, DST, and other Central Ministries

Who Should Enrol in the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI?

Business & Functional Leaders

You lead business units or functions such as marketing, operations, finance, HR, customer experience or strategy. You are expected to leverage AI to drive growth, efficiency and business outcomes but have not yet had the structured frameworks to do so with confidence.

Digital & Transformation Leaders

You are responsible for digital initiatives, enterprise transformation, technology adoption or innovation programmes. You have run pilots. Some worked. None scaled. You are looking for the frameworks to lead AI-driven change at enterprise scale, not just experiment with it.

Consultants & Strategy Professionals

You advise organisations on business transformation, technology strategy, innovation or digital initiatives. Your clients are asking harder AI questions and you want the depth to answer them, evaluate opportunities and lead AI transformation engagements with credibility.

Innovation, Product & Technology Leaders

You evaluate emerging technologies, drive innovation initiatives or develop digital products. You understand the technology landscape but want the strategic and governance frameworks to translate AI potential into competitive advantage for your organisation.

Minimum Eligibility: Bachelor's degree or higher. Diploma holders with 3 years of work experience are eligible. No coding experience required.

The Skills You Gain from the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI

Area

Where You Are Today

Where You'll Be After 20 Weeks

Evaluating AI proposals

You can't always tell which AI proposals are credible and which are well-packaged demos.

Evaluate AI proposals with technical grounding and know what a credible RAG architecture and strong agentic AI governance actually look like.

AI strategy & roadmapping

You know AI should be part of your strategy but lack a structured way to sequence it.

Have a prioritised AI transformation blueprint with sequenced initiatives, operating model changes, and KPIs tied to business outcomes.

Moving from pilot to scale

Your pilots have worked, but none have scaled and you're not sure why.

Have a framework for why pilots fail at scale, and what governance, change management, and executive sponsorship enterprise adoption actually requires.

Operating model & governance

AI governance feels like a compliance exercise, not a leadership one.

Design human-AI operating models and change readiness frameworks, and lead the people side of AI adoption, not just the technology.

Cross-functional AI investment

You evaluate AI function by function, with no way to compare or prioritise.

Prioritise cross-functional investment across marketing, finance, operations, workforce, and decision systems with a common framework.

Credential & credibility

AI transformation is on your agenda, with no demonstrated ability to lead it end-to-end.

Hold a Executive Certificate and a capstone AI transformation blueprint

What AI Tools Will You Work With?

Gain hands-on experience with widely adopted AI tools used to support research, analysis, communication, and transformation initiatives throughout the programme.

Notes:

  • The programme leverages free tools; paid versions of tools are not provided as part of the programme.

  • All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Their use does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.

  • The tools covered may be updated, replaced, or substituted with equivalent alternatives based on evolving industry practices and programme requirements.

  • There will be no virtual lab as part of this programme.

  • Tools will be covered through hands-on application.

Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI — Curriculum

A five-month curriculum designed to help leaders build capabilities across AI strategy, GenAI, governance, and enterprise transformation.

Module 1: The New Enterprise in the AI Era

  • Evolution from digitisation to digital transformation to AI-native enterprises

  • Changing operating models and platform economies

  • Digital disruption patterns and enterprise reinvention using AI

  • Transformation maturity frameworks and AI-driven competitive advantage

Module 2: Strategic Thinking for AI-Led Businesses

  • Business model innovation and AI-first value propositions

  • Digital ecosystems, network effects and AI-enabled customer experience transformation

  • Data monetisation opportunities and enterprise transformation roadmaps

  • AI-led growth strategies

Module 3: AI Systems for Business Leaders

  • Enterprise AI fundamentals for leaders, predictive vs generative vs agentic AI

  • Enterprise AI lifecycle and AI capability mapping

  • Structured vs unstructured data and AI feasibility assessment

  • Where AI succeeds vs fails in business

Module 4: Generative AI and Enterprise LLMs

  • LLM ecosystem, prompting frameworks and multimodal AI

  • Enterprise copilots, embeddings and vector databases

  • RAG concepts, fine-tuning approaches and hallucination management

  • AI reliability and enterprise GenAI architectures

Module 5: Agentic AI: How AI Systems Think and Act

  • What makes AI agentic, AI agents vs traditional software vs GenAI

  • How agents reason, remember and plan

  • Autonomous task execution for leaders

  • AI orchestration at the enterprise level

Module 6: Agentic AI in the Enterprise: Use Cases, Governance and Oversight

  • Real enterprise agentic AI use cases across BFSI, healthcare, retail and IT services

  • Multi-agent collaboration in enterprise workflows

  • Human-in-the-loop systems and agent governance frameworks

  • Risk, accountability, guardrails and leader's checklist before deploying agentic AI

Module 7: AI-Powered Decision Systems

  • AI-assisted decision making and forecasting and scenario planning

  • KPI intelligence systems and executive dashboards

  • Optimisation concepts and risk sensing

  • AI-powered business monitoring and decision augmentation frameworks

Module 8: Designing the AI-Ready Enterprise

  • AI-native operating models and enterprise transformation layers across people, process, technology and data

  • Characteristics of AI-ready organisations

  • Centralised vs federated AI structures and enterprise capability mapping

  • AI transformation maturity models and aligning AI initiatives with business strategy

Module 9: Enterprise Data, Architecture and Technology Strategy

  • Data readiness for enterprise AI and modern enterprise data architectures

  • Enterprise AI stack for business leaders and APIs and enterprise integrations

  • Cloud and hybrid AI infrastructure concepts

  • Build vs buy vs partner AI decisions, scalability and interoperability

Module 10: AI Transformation Blueprint and Strategic Roadmapping

  • Building an enterprise AI transformation strategy

  • Identifying high-value transformation opportunities and prioritising AI initiatives across functions

  • Transformation sequencing and roadmap design and capability-building strategies

  • Operating model redesign and aligning AI transformation with business KPIs

Module 11: From AI Pilots to Enterprise-Scale Adoption

  • Why enterprise AI pilots fail and experimentation and pilot frameworks

  • Scaling successful AI initiatives and value realisation and adoption metrics

  • Governance mechanisms for scaling AI and managing organisational resistance

  • Enterprise-wide adoption playbooks

Module 12: Human-AI Operating Models, Governance and Change Readiness

  • Human-AI collaboration frameworks and redesigning workflows around AI systems

  • AI-enabled productivity and decision systems

  • Transformation governance structures, executive sponsorship and stakeholder alignment

  • Workforce readiness, change management and responsible AI innovation culture

Module 13: Marketing, Sales and Customer Intelligence

  • AI-driven personalisation and customer journey analytics

  • Conversational AI and AI-powered campaign optimisation

  • Customer insight engines and AI for growth strategy

  • Customer engagement transformation

Module 14: Finance, Risk & Strategic Planning

  • AI in FP&A, fraud analytics and risk intelligence

  • AI-driven forecasting and financial automation

  • Strategic decision modelling and enterprise performance management

  • Scenario-based planning

Module 15: Operations, Supply Chain and Intelligent Enterprises

  • AI-enabled planning and autonomous supply chains

  • Procurement intelligence and logistics optimisation

  • Demand sensing and resilient operations

  • Control towers and enterprise operational intelligence

Module 16: Workforce Transformation and Human-AI Collaboration

  • Human-AI collaboration models and workforce transformation

  • AI adoption resistance and capability building

  • AI-enabled talent strategy and future of work

  • Organisational redesign in AI-enabled enterprises

Module 17: Leading Enterprise AI Transformation

  • Personal leadership of AI transformation and executive sponsorship and accountability structures

  • Board-level AI communication and AI investment prioritisation and portfolio thinking

  • AI business case construction and ROI modelling and transformation metrics

  • Vendor evaluation, AI procurement strategy and cost-benefit frameworks for AI initiatives

Track 1: AI in Traditional sectors  Relevant for: BFSI, healthcare, insurance, government, infrastructure, energy

Module 18: Applications and Use Cases

  • AI-enabled citizen services and public administration

  • Intelligent healthcare operations & clinical decision support

  • AI in banking and insurance for underwriting

  • Fraud detection & customer service

  • Predictive maintenance for infrastructure & utilities

  • AI-driven asset management

  • Demand forecasting & planning

  • AI for compliance

  • Safety and operational efficiency across regulated industries

Hands-on: Identify and map one high-impact AI opportunity in your organisation—define the business problem, stakeholders, required data, expected outcomes, implementation considerations and success metrics.

Module 19: Transformation Strategy, Governance & Enterprise Adoption

  • Modernising legacy systems with AI

  • Balancing innovation with regulatory compliance

  • Responsible AI in highly regulated industries

  • Data governance & privacy

  • AI risk management and human oversight

  • Public-private AI ecosystems

  • Vendor evaluation for enterprise AI

  • Organisation-wide adoption strategies

  • Sector-specific AI transformation roadmaps

Hands-on: Develop a one-page AI transformation roadmap for your organisation, outlining priority use cases, governance considerations, implementation phases, expected business value and key risks.


Track 2: AI in Technology and Digital Business  Relevant for: Tech, IT services, e-commerce, media, D2C, GCCs, digital enterprises

Module 18: Applications and Use Cases

  • AI-native SaaS product strategy and AI in software development lifecycle and developer productivity

  • GCC evolution with agentic AI and AI-driven personalisation and customer intelligence

  • Platform business models and AI and data-as-a-product and monetisation models

Hands-on: Map one AI opportunity in your product or service, capability needed, build vs buy decision, competitive advantage

Module 19: Strategy, Ecosystems and Transformation

  • Ecosystem orchestration and network effects with AI and AI disruption, incumbents vs digital natives

  • AI ethics, IP and data ownership and talent and org design for AI-first tech companies

  • AI in omnichannel and D2C strategy and AI transformation roadmap for tech and digital enterprises

Hands-on: Draft a one-page AI transformation brief for your organisation, opportunity prioritisation, ecosystem play, and key risks

Module 20: Cross-Functional AI Transformation Project

  • Enterprise AI roadmap design and AI operating model blueprint

  • AI opportunity prioritisation and transformation execution planning

Note:

  • Modules/topics are indicative only, and the suggested time and sequence may be dropped/modified/ adapted to fit the total programme hours.

  • Learners will select either Track 1: AI in Traditional Sectors or Track 2: AI in Tech & Digital Business. Only one track is to be completed during this period.

  • The live session timings during the two Industry Track weeks will differ from the regular live session schedule.

What Hands-On Projects Will You Complete?

Apply AI concepts through practical exercises, business frameworks, and enterprise use cases.

AI Maturity & Readiness Assessment 

Assess your organization's AI maturity using structured frameworks and identify gaps across people, processes, technology, and data.

AI-First Business Model Design 

Evaluate your current business model, identify AI opportunities, and define the expected customer impact.

Applied AI with Enterprise Tools 

Gain hands-on experience with leading AI tools to generate insights, validate outputs, and support strategic decision-making.

Human–AI Workflow Redesign 

Redesign business processes using Human–AI collaboration frameworks while addressing adoption and change management.

AI Transformation Roadmap & Business Case 

Build a 12-month AI transformation roadmap, including prioritised initiatives, implementation sequencing, ROI assumptions, governance, and risk assessment.

What Is the Capstone Project in the Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI Programme?

Integrate your learning into a comprehensive AI transformation strategy.

The capstone project enables participants to apply programme learnings to a real organizational challenge by developing an executive AI transformation strategy.

Participants will create:

  • Enterprise AI transformation strategy

  • Transformation roadmap

  • Operating model blueprint

  • Governance considerations

  • Implementation approach

  • Executive presentation and report

The capstone demonstrates strategic thinking, governance awareness, and implementation planning capabilities.

What Are the Outcomes of the Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI Programme?

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A Capstone AI Transformation Blueprint, End to End

You will design a roadmap and operating model for a real transformation challenge in your organisation, covering opportunity prioritisation, sequencing, governance, and risk. Not a framework exercise. Your own blueprint.

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Capability Across Five Business Functions

By the end, you will have evaluated AI opportunities across marketing, finance, operations, workforce, and decision systems, and be able to prioritise cross-functional investment with a common framework rather than function by function.

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Fluency in AI Governance and Decision-Making

Evaluate GenAI and Agentic AI use cases, know what credible vendor proposals look like, and design human-AI operating models and governance structures, so you can govern AI without delegating that judgement to technical teams.

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Stronger Career Positioning and Earning Potential

Professionals with AI skills earn up to 56% higher wages compared to peers in similar roles. Leaders who can translate AI into enterprise outcomes are among the most sought-after profiles in the market today.

PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2025

Note:

Neither Emeritus nor iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee promises or guarantee placements, career opportunities, or salary hikes. This programme is designed to build knowledge and leadership capability. Career outcomes are indicative of broader market trends and not a commitment by the programme or its partners.

Why Learners Choose iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation & AI for Leaders Programme?

Differentiators

Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation & AI for Leaders

Generic AI Leadership Programme

Generic Digital Transformation Programme

Programme Outcome

Build an enterprise AI transformation roadmap and implementation blueprint through the capstone project.

Typically focuses on AI concepts and strategy discussions.

Focuses on digital transformation frameworks without deep AI implementation.

AI for Business Leaders

Covers enterprise AI, GenAI, Agentic AI, AI decision systems, and AI operating models.

Primarily focuses on AI fundamentals and GenAI concepts.

AI is usually covered as one part of broader digital transformation.

Enterprise AI Adoption

Learn how to identify opportunities, prioritise initiatives, govern AI, and scale adoption across the enterprise.

Often focuses on AI use cases with limited emphasis on enterprise adoption.

Covers transformation principles but not enterprise AI implementation in depth.

Functional Transformation

Learn how AI can transform marketing, finance, operations, HR, customer experience, and industry-specific functions. Also, get an opportunity to choose your industry track.

Functional AI applications are usually covered at a high level.

Focus is typically on digital transformation rather than AI-led functional change.

Leadership & Governance

Covers AI governance, responsible AI, operating models, investment decisions, vendor evaluation, and executive leadership.

Governance is generally limited to responsible AI discussions.

Leadership focuses on digital transformation rather than AI governance.

Industry Context

Dedicated industry tracks embedded in the programme Track 1: AI in Traditional sectors and Track 2: AI in Technology and Digital Business

Usually uses cross-industry examples without dedicated tracks.

Industry context varies by programme.

Meet The Faculty 

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Prof. R. Balasubramanian

Professor (HAG) & Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Roorkee

Prof. R. Balasubramanian is a Professor (HAG) and the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Roorkee. He also serves as Joint Faculty at the Mehta F...

Note:

  • Programme faculty might change due to unavoidable circumstances, and revised details will be provided closer to the programme start date.

  • Only Select-live masterclasses would be conducted by IIT faculty, the weekly live sessions will be conducted by domain experts/ industry leaders.

 Certificate Awarded Post Completion of the Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI Programme

Certificate Awarded Post Completion of the Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI Programme

  • Complete all graded mini projects (assignments) and achieve a minimum overall score of 50%

  • Score at least 50% in the Capstone Project

  • Maintain a minimum of 50% attendance throughout the programme

On successful completion, participants will be awarded the iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee Certificate of Completion.

Note: Sample certificate is indicative. The Institute reserves the right to revise it.

Emeritus Career Services

Alongside developing expertise in digital transformation and AI leadership, learners gain access to career resources that support professional growth. These recorded sessions focus on helping you showcase your skills, strengthen your online presence, and prepare for future opportunities.

15 Recorded Sessions and Resources in the Following Categories  (Please note: These sessions are not live):

  • Resume & Cover Letter

  • Navigating Job Search

  • Interview Preparation

  • LinkedIn Profile Optimisation

Note:

  • This service is available only for Indian residents enrolled in select Emeritus programmes.

  • iHub DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee or Emeritus do NOT promise or guarantee a job or progression in your current job. Career Services is only offered as a service that empowers you to manage your career proactively. The Career Services mentioned here are offered by Emeritus. iHub DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee is NOT involved in any way and makes no commitments regarding the Career Services mentioned here.

  • iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee does not provide placement assistance for this programme.

Frequently Asked Questions About The Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI

The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI is a 20-week, 100% live online programme offered by iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee. It is designed for senior professionals who are expected to lead AI-driven digital transformation in their organisations. The curriculum covers enterprise AI strategy, Generative AI, Agentic AI, enterprise operating models, AI governance, and functional transformation across marketing, finance, operations, workforce and decision systems.

The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI is designed for business leaders, functional heads, digital transformation leaders, senior consultants, and innovation professionals who are responsible for driving AI adoption and transformation outcomes in their organisations. It is particularly relevant for professionals in India's BFSI, technology, e-commerce, GCC, and enterprise sectors looking to lead AI-driven change.

Yes. The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI requires no coding experience or technical background. It is built specifically for business leaders, not technologists. A bachelor's degree and relevant professional experience are all you need to apply, making it suitable for professionals looking for an AI course for non-technical leaders.

Most AI and digital transformation courses in India build awareness. The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI builds leadership capability. It includes three dedicated weeks on Generative AI and Agentic AI, five weeks on functional AI transformation across business functions, and two industry tracks: Track 1: AI in Traditional Sectors and Track 2: AI in Technology and Digital Business. None of these are standard in other AI leadership courses in India available today.

The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI dedicates three weeks specifically to GenAI and Agentic AI with a leader's lens. Week 4 covers Generative AI and Enterprise LLMs including prompting frameworks, RAG concepts, hallucination management and enterprise GenAI architectures. Week 5 covers how Agentic AI systems think, reason, plan and act autonomously.

Week 6 covers Agentic AI in the enterprise including real use cases across BFSI, healthcare and retail, agent governance frameworks, risk, accountability and guardrails, and a leader's checklist before deploying agentic AI in your organisation. This makes the programme particularly relevant for professionals looking for an AI strategy course for leaders.

Week 11 of the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI is dedicated entirely to why enterprise AI pilots fail and what it takes to scale them successfully. Participants leave with a framework covering governance mechanisms, adoption metrics, organisational resistance management, and enterprise-wide adoption playbooks that can be applied immediately in their organisations.

The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI covers the evolution from digitisation to digital transformation to AI-native enterprises, alongside enterprise AI strategy, Generative AI, Agentic AI, AI-powered decision systems and transformation governance. The 20-week curriculum is designed around decisions leaders face, rather than technical implementation, and does not require coding experience.

The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI covers AI applications across marketing and sales, finance and risk, operations and supply chain, workforce transformation, and decision systems. Participants learn to identify high-value AI opportunities, prioritise initiatives across functions, align AI transformation with business KPIs, and develop an enterprise AI transformation roadmap.

The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI combines a leadership-first curriculum with two dedicated industry tracks, 100% live online learning, exclusive live masterclasses by IIT faculty, hands-on projects and an executive capstone. Participants choose between AI in Traditional Sectors or AI in Technology and Digital Business and complete an AI transformation strategy, operating model blueprint, governance considerations and implementation approach as part of the capstone.

After completing the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI you will be able to evaluate AI proposals with technical grounding, build an enterprise AI transformation roadmap, govern Generative AI and Agentic AI responsibly, apply AI across marketing, finance, operations and workforce functions, and present a board-level AI business case with real ROI logic to senior stakeholders and boards. The programme builds capabilities relevant to an AI course for business managers in India.

The fee for the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI is INR 1,30,000 plus GST| AED 5789 . Payment can be made in instalments. For detailed payment schedule information, please contact the programme advisor.

The Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI includes more than 10 hands-on exercises using real AI tools including ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM, Copilot, Perplexity, Miro, Gamma, Napkin, and Claude. The programme culminates in a capstone AI transformation blueprint built around a real challenge from your organisation

Upon successful completion you will receive the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI from iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee, a Technology Innovation Hub established under the Government of India's National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems. The certificate is awarded upon completing all graded exercises with a minimum score of 50%, achieving at least 50% in the capstone project, and maintaining a minimum attendance of 50% throughout the programme.

Yes. An optional on-campus immersion at IIT Roorkee is available to participants who successfully complete the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI. Campus immersion and networking events may be available at an additional cost.

Participants in the Executive Certificate in Digital Transformation for Leaders with AI should expect to dedicate approximately 8 to 10 hours per week, including two live online sessions of 3 hours each, plus assignments and project work. The programme is designed to fit a working professional's schedule with no career breaks needed.

Elevate your career with this programme!

Flexible payment options available.

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