As businesses face increasing volatility and competition, agility and innovation have become essential for staying ahead in today’s marketplace. The pressure to differentiate and create impactful products is higher than ever, and organisations are seeking product leaders who can navigate this complexity. With over 2,000+ CPO job openings currently listed on LinkedIn, the demand for this role is surging globally.
Core responsibilities of a CPO:
A CPO leads a company's product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals. They oversee product roadmaps, manage cross-functional teams, and drive product development from concept to launch. CPOs leverage data to make informed decisions, identify market trends, and optimize product life cycles. Their focus is on encouraging innovation and delivering products that create value for both customers and the business.
Introducing the Chief Product Officer (CPO) Programme by IIM Kozhikode
To address this evolving role, IIM Kozhikode (IIMK) presents its Chief Product Officer (CPO) Programme. This 12-month live online programme is designed for new and aspiring product leaders with over 8 years of work experience. This programme will offer you a tactical and strategic guide to help you foster strategic thinking, customer empathy, effective communication and leadership abilities. You will learn how to lead with vision, break through a noisy market, and deliver customer-centric products.
Participants will benefit from live sessions led by IIMK faculty and industry experts, real-world case studies, a capstone project, masterclasses from practicing CPOs, and a three-day campus immersion. Participants who successfully complete the programme earn IIM Kozhikode Executive Alumni Status.
Global Perspective with Kellogg Executive Education
This programme uniquely integrates two online certificate courses from Kellogg Executive Education: ‘Data Strategy for AI Platforms’ and ‘AI Strategies for Business Transformation'. Kellogg’s global perspective enhances the programme’s impact as it equips the participants with product analytics and leadership skills.
Programme benefits:
Strategic growth mindset: Develop and implement product strategies for prioritisation, digitalisation, and life-cycle management, ensuring long-term business growth.
Product finance mastery: Gain insights into product finance and performance control, optimising product operations for increased efficiency.
Cross-functional collaboration: Improve cross-team dynamics and portfolio efficiency using agile methodologies and innovative approaches.
Product leadership enhancement: Strengthen leadership skills and leverage advanced digital analytics for better product marketing, positioning, and overall success.
Product innovation development: Navigate dynamic challenges and foster a resilient leadership style to effectively handle unforeseen risks and drive product innovation.
Global Insights: Gain a global perspective on AI and growth strategies from Kellogg’s online certificate courses.
Who Should Enrol: This programmeis ideal for current and aspiring CPOs and product leaders with over 8 years of experience, seeking to enhance their strategic product leadership capabilities. It is also suited for experienced product leaders aiming to develop strategic thinking, customer empathy, effective communication and leadership abilities.
Programme details:
Start date: 28 June 2025
Fee: INR 6,09,000 + GST
Duration: 12 months|Live online sessions with IIMK faculty + 3-day campus immersion at IIMK | Two online certificate courses from Kellogg Executive Education
As the CPO role continues to evolve, the IIM Kozhikode CPO Programme, complemented by Kellogg Executive Education’s online certificate courses, offers a distinctive opportunity to advance your product leadership skills and stay ahead in the industry.
For more information and to apply, please visit here.

Started in 1997 with its Post Graduate Programme (PGP), the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is on a high growth trajectory today, offering a wide range of academic programmes in the field of management education. These include the Fellow Programme in Management, Executive PG Programmes, Management Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programs. IIMK set up a Satellite campus at Info park, Kochi, in 2013 dedicated to Executive Education. IIMK has also the unique distinction of launching a PhD (Practice Track) programme for working professionals besides bringing in new dynamic programmes such as the one-year Post Graduate programme in Business Leadership (2019) MBA in Finance and MBA in Liberal Studies & Management (2020). The institute is also home to IIMK LIVE a first-of-its-kind start-up incubation programme and the Indian Business Museum.
IIMK is ranked 3rd as per NIRF India Rankings 2024: Management. The institute also features regularly among top global institutes for its flagship MBA (PGP) and EMBA programme (EPGP) in the QS World University Rankings. The institute has leapfrogged 100 spots to be placed in the Top 151-200 Institutes in Business & Management Studies globally, as per the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024. IIM Kozhikode is also globally accredited by EQUIS (EFMD) and AMBA (UK) and is on the verge of a triple-accreditation crown.
IIM Kozhikode also made its debut in the prestigious Financial Times Rankings in 2023 and was recently ranked #70 among the top-80 open-enrolment executive program providers globally for the year 2024. The feat has further consolidated the 28-year’s IIM’s footing in an exclusive list of the foremost providers of executive education in the world. The institute had also entered in global top-100 at Rank #77 for FT Masters in Management (MIM) 2023 Rankings, for its full time MBA programme. IIM Kozhikode has successfully delivered close to 1300 MDP programmes over the past two decades, training more than 41,000 participants from 150+ organisations, which also includes several Fortune 500 companies in the process.
About Kellogg Executive Education
Kellogg Executive Education empowers business leaders to foster growth in themselves, their teams, and their organisations. Their renowned faculty, consisting of the world’s best researchers, educators, and practitioners, provide practical insights that participants can apply as soon as they return to work. Providing a collaborative, immersive environment for their executive development programmes, Kellogg Executive Education serves a variety of businesses and executives from a myriad of industries and geographies.
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AGRA: A Dalit wedding procession was allegedly attacked by some members of an upper-caste community for playing loud music and passing in front of their houses at a village in Agra on Wednesday night. The groom, Rohit Kumar, 22, was pulled off the mare, abused, thrashed and his gold chain forcibly taken away.
The accused men came out of their houses with sticks and sharp objects, causing panic among the groom's family and guests, which included many women and children. Some of the guests sustained injuries and were shifted to the nearest hospital. After the attack, the baraatis, who had come from a neighbouring village, quickly switched off the music and lights and rushed to the wedding hall out of fear, locals said. Two persons have been detained so far.
SHO Anand Veer said, "The incident took place at Garhi Rammi village in Khandauli area of Agra district. A case was registered under BNS sections 191-3 (rioting with weapons), 190 (unlawful assembly), 115-1 (causing hurt), 127 (wrongfully confined), 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman), 352 (intentional insult), along with SC/ST Act against nine named -- Ajit Tomar, Ajay Tomar, Saurabh Tomar and Pradeep Tomar and their aides -- and 20 unidentified persons after a complaint by the bride's mother."
ACP Piyushkant Gupta added, "The dispute erupted over loud music. We have started an investigation, and a case was registered. Further probe is on."
In a similar incident at the same village on March 11, another Dalit wedding procession came under attack from some upper-caste men. A case was subsequently registered against three persons for allegedly pulling off the 22-year-old groom from the mare at gunpoint.

AGRA: A case has been lodged by a 28-year-old woman against Divyansh Chaudhary, 29, grandson of an ex-UP minister, for allegedly driving recklessly and colliding with her vehicle.
In her complaint, she stated the incident took place on Monday night on Agra's MG Road while she was returning from Meerut. The vehicle was being operated by her driver. "When my car passed the Hariparwat crossing, a car driven by Divyansh Chaudhary, struck my vehicle at least five times. My vehicle sustained damage," she stated.
Police on Tuesday said that an FIR has been registered at Hariparwat police station under BNS sections 281 (rash driving) and 324 (4) (mischief), and a probe is on. The CCTV footage is being examined, police added.

Notably, last April, a case was filed against Divyansh on a complaint by the same woman's father, who alleged that he tried to mow her down with his car. An FIR was registered against Divyansh for "attempt to murder" and "criminal intimidation" at Shahganj police station. Divyansh surrendered in an Agra court in July 2024, and was granted bail by Allahabad HC.
The woman's father said "his daughter and Divyansh were friends, but he pressured her to get married, following which, she distanced herself from him".