In a business geography decreasingly defined by rapid-fire technological advancements, profitable misgivings, and global request volatility, organisations are recognising the critical need to equip their technology leaders with the tools and perceptivity needed to navigate dislocation effectively. To address this demand, the Indian School of Business( ISB) Executive Education, in cooperation with Emeritus, has launched a Chief Technology Officer( CTO) Programme aimed at preparing elderly technology leaders to guide their organisations through a fleetly evolving digital frugality. 

The programme comes at a time when India’s frugality is projected to grow at 6.5 – 7 in 2025, reflecting robust domestic demand and adaptability despite global headwinds, according to a common report by TransUnion CIBIL, WEP( NITI Aayog), and MicroSave Consulting. This positive profitable outlook underscores the significance of icing that businesses are equipped to respond to accelerating technological change while strategically investing in unborn-ready enterprise. In this environment, CTOs have come vital in shaping organisational strategy, driving invention, and icing sustainable growth. 

ISB has a long-standing character for combining academic rigour with real- world connection, fostering transformational education, allowed

leadership, and invention. The new programme leverages this moxie to offer elderly technology and operations leaders including Chiefs, Directors, and Heads across IT, Engineering, R&D, and Consulting — a structured path to strengthen their strategic and functional capabilities. It caters to professionals from sectors similar as Technology, BFSI, Engineering, Telecommunications, Consumer Goods, and Consulting. 

Structured over 24 weeks, the CTO Programme integrates theoretical literacy with practical operation, covering critical areas similar as product development, scalable technology armature, generative AI integration, invention portfolio operation, and force chain analytics. It also focuses on cultivating the strategic mindset necessary to leadcross-functional organisational metamorphosis. The programme is delivered through further than 150pre-recorded videotape lectures by encyclopedically recognised ISB faculty, supplemented by two to three live interactive sessions and domicile exchanges, offering actors a comprehensive and flexible literacy experience. 

The literacy trip includes a one- day on- lot absorption at ISB, five to seven masterclasses led by assiduity experts, and hands- on engagement through three action literacy systems and a guided culmination design. Actors will also explore over twelve case studies and gain networking openings through office hours, masterclasses, and interactive sessions across the 24- week programme. The class encompasses modules on strategic leadership and invention, technology armature and development, and other critical areas applicable to leading technology- driven organisations. 

Speaking on the launch, Avnish Singhal, Executive Vice President, Head – India & APAC, Emeritus, stressed the programme’s applicability, stating, “ As technology reshapes business at a rapid-fire pace, CTOs play a critical part in driving growth and invention. This programme, in cooperation with ISB Executive Education, equips elderly technology leaders with the strategic perceptivity and practical chops demanded to lead confidently in a fleetly evolving digital frugality. ” 

Actors completing the programme are anticipated to gain a strategic perspective on technology and its influence on organisational strategy, estimate arising technologies, and understand how technology can transfigure force chains and operations. The programme also aims to help leaders align investments with business strategy and navigate organisational changes to maintain a competitive advantage through technology. 

The CTO Programme is designed for educated professionals with a minimum of ten times of work experience and a graduate or parchment qualification. The course will commence on December 30th, 2025, and combines online literacy with live sessions, masterclasses, office hours, and a one- day lot absorption. The programme figure is INR, and successful actors will admit a digital instrument of completion from ISB Executive Education. 

By bridging academic sapience with assiduity practice, the programme intends to prepare elderly technology leaders to respond effectively to arising technological dislocations, drive invention within their organisations, and lead strategic metamorphoses that enable sustainable growth in a dynamic global request. It reflects a growing recognition among Indian businesses that strategic leadership in technology is pivotal to maintaining competitive advantage and capitalising on the openings offered by the digital frugality.