A Doctor of Business Administration for business owners and industry leaders. Over three years, turn real business challenges into AI-driven efficiencies, digital transformation and global growth strategies. Build your doctoral research around measurable business impact and earn a distinguished doctoral qualification.
Class photo of PGCP in Cosmetics and Perfumery ManufacturingSuccessful defence awards an EU-accredited DBA at EQF Level 8 — a lifetime prefix of authority.
Built for founders and Industry Leaders — applied research on your own business, not academia.
Awarded with Woolf University and listed on the EU’s EUROPASS — recognised in 60+ countries.
Executive presence and high-stakes decisions, coached by CXO mentors and military veterans.
Collaborate with founders, CXOs and investors across industries and geographies — network is networth.
Access 500+ AI tools and digital platforms worth over $1M to scale your enterprise.
The Manufacturing DBA helps business owners and industry leaders integrate AI, innovation, digital transformation and global best practices into established manufacturing organizations while earning the prestigious “Dr.” title and joining a global community of industry leaders.
The brochure frames the Doctor around original research inside a real business: build the CXO foundation, develop a thesis with senior-industry mentorship, then complete the thesis and viva voce.
Year 2 is built around research run inside a real business; each month ships an artefact that contributes to your body of work.
Designed alongside founders, manufacturers, mentors and industry partners shaping modern manufacturing.
Academic, manufacturing, technology and ecosystem partners.
Access premium tools across AI productivity, HR, marketing, automation, design and business operations.
Learn from manufacturing industry CXOs, founders and professors from top global universities.
Selected employers and businesses represented in our institution-wide participant profiles.
Start with the Year 1 CXO Foundation track that fits your goal, work closely with dedicated mentors and complete hands-on missions designed to drive the outcome you aim for — inside your own business.
Senior leaders, founders and Industry Leaders in manufacturing who want to sharpen their leadership, business-building and decision-making lens while they plan their doctoral journey.
Aspiring founders, second-generation Industry Leaders and professionals preparing to launch or lead a manufacturing venture alongside their research.
Existing manufacturing and family-business owners modernizing operations while completing an applied doctoral research plan inside their own company.
Curriculum is structured like an implementation journey, not textbook theory — build, test, pitch and research through the Year 1 CXO foundation sprints.
Build AI-powered ventures and no-code systems capable of improving reporting, operational efficiency and manufacturing processes inside your organization.
Outcome: Identify a venture opportunity, ship an MVP with AI/no-code tools and design the revenue and unit economics behind it.
Frame high-impact problems inside your own manufacturing business before building AI-enabled solutions through a user-centred, iterative process.
Outcome: Turn an ambiguous business problem into a framed, testable challenge with prototypes and experiment results.
Real-world investor pitching, financial decision-making and due-diligence practice — not textbook theory.
Outcome: Build a pitch deck and financial model, run due diligence and negotiations and learn how to minimise dilution.
Advanced research planning grounded in a real business problem — the gateway from Year 1 into your DBA thesis.
Outcome: Produce a 6-part, externally examined Research Plan with a sharp question, methods and data-integrity controls.
Mental toughness, resilience and people leadership for senior operators — alongside an ex-Global HR Head of a Thai MNC.
Outcome: Develop discipline, high-performance habits and decision-making capability for leading transformation at scale.
Combine venture building, design thinking, pitching and leadership learning into the plan that clears Year 1.
Outcome: Leave Year 1 with a mentor-reviewed Research Plan anchored to a transformation inside your own business.
Consolidate the venture, design, pitch and leadership sprints into an applied transformation project inside your own manufacturing business — the seed of your DBA thesis.
Outcome: Ship a mentored project artefact with before-and-after metrics that feeds directly into your doctoral Research Plan.
Position yourself as a Doctor-holding manufacturing leader — executive presence, strategic influence and a differentiated professional brand that carries the title you are earning.
Outcome: Build the executive presence, thought-leadership narrative and public profile expected of a DBA-credentialed industry leader.
Lead the organization-wide transformation your DBA thesis will study — high-performance leadership, people management and decision-making for manufacturing organizations at scale.
Outcome: Build the change-leadership capability to run the transformation you will research, measure and defend in your thesis.
Fund and measure the transformation inside your DBA research — practical corporate finance, budgeting and financial decision-making for manufacturing businesses.
Outcome: Build the financial modelling, capital and reporting fluency to quantify the ROI your doctoral research will defend.
Sprints are not sequential and may not follow a particular order.
Each project ships an artefact that becomes part of your doctoral Research Plan.
Identify operational bottlenecks inside your plant and implement AI-driven systems to improve manufacturing efficiency, reporting and productivity.
Output: a deployed workflow that saves measurable hours and rupees per month.Build a modernisation roadmap covering automation, ERP systems, digital workflows and smart manufacturing transformation.
Output: a 24-month plan with funded milestones, vendor short-lists and ROI maths.Develop export, international distribution and global market-entry strategies for scaling a manufacturing business.
Output: a country-by-country prioritisation, regulatory map and channel strategy.Turn your problem, evidence and method into the Research Plan that clears Year 1.
Output: a 6-part, externally examined Research Plan.Mentors — Industry eaders and Professors specialists from across the manufacturing ecosystem — guide every cohort.
Vice Chancellor, UGC Professor, Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
President & CEO Danssen Consulting
Danssen Consulting
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Former Professor and Dean
Sardar Patel University
Emeritus Professor of Eminence in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Head of Research & Technical Development
Quintessence Fragrances Private Limited
Padma Bhushan Awardee - Professor Emeritus in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Former Professor & Head of Department of Biosciences
Sardar Patel University
Padma Vibhushan & Padma Bhushan Awardee
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Founder & Director
Microfilt (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Sr. Vice President
Fine Organics Industries Limited
Head of Department in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Whole-time Director - Operations
Alkyl Amines Chemicals Limited
Vice Chancellor
University of Mumbai
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
Founder
Wisdom
Founder
Red Carnelian Consulting
Product Innovation, Strategy & Commercialization Consultant
Independent Advisory
Cofounder
Kaynta Labs Private Limited
Vice President - R&D
FMCG
Former Professor and Head of Department of Biosciences
Sardar Patel University
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Director
HPC Enterprises
Bharat Petroleum Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Vice Chancellor, UGC Professor, Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
President & CEO Danssen Consulting
Danssen Consulting
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Former Professor and Dean
Sardar Patel University
Emeritus Professor of Eminence in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Head of Research & Technical Development
Quintessence Fragrances Private Limited
Padma Bhushan Awardee - Professor Emeritus in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Former Professor & Head of Department of Biosciences
Sardar Patel University
Padma Vibhushan & Padma Bhushan Awardee
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Founder & Director
Microfilt (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Sr. Vice President
Fine Organics Industries Limited
Head of Department in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Whole-time Director - Operations
Alkyl Amines Chemicals Limited
Vice Chancellor
University of Mumbai
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
Founder
Wisdom
Founder
Red Carnelian Consulting
Product Innovation, Strategy & Commercialization Consultant
Independent Advisory
Cofounder
Kaynta Labs Private Limited
Vice President - R&D
FMCG
Former Professor and Head of Department of Biosciences
Sardar Patel University
Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Director
HPC Enterprises
Bharat Petroleum Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
General Manager - HPC
Azelis
Professor in Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
CEO
Dr. Seth
Co-founder & CEO
Legend 1942
Founder & Director
Alps Beauty Group
Assitant Professor in Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Founder & Principle Consultant
5 Elements Consultancies
Executive Vice President
High Media Laboratories
Vice President - South Asia
DyStar India Limited
Head of Department in Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Former Professor - Head & Advisory Board Member
The Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development
Global Technical Lead - Personal Care - SA, SEA & ANZ
Nouryon
Technical Advisor
Wool Research Association
Head Product Development - Premium Personal Care
Marico Limited
Former HOD - Dyes and Specialty chemicals
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Business Head - Auxiliary
Meghmani
CEO Research and Innovation, Corporate Quality Assurance
Emami Limited
Director of the Centre for Material Innovation and Future Fashion
RMIT University, AUS
WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR
Nishant Aromas Private Limited
Director Jalna Campus
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Professor
Texas Tech University, USA
Quality lead
BluWin
Research Consultant & Coach
Academic & Research Consulting Service
Chairman
Nimkartek Technical Service
Chief Operating Officer - Textiles
Zydex Industries
Chairman
Textile Association (India)
General Manager - HPC
Azelis
Professor in Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
CEO
Dr. Seth
Co-founder & CEO
Legend 1942
Founder & Director
Alps Beauty Group
Assitant Professor in Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Founder & Principle Consultant
5 Elements Consultancies
Executive Vice President
High Media Laboratories
Vice President - South Asia
DyStar India Limited
Head of Department in Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Former Professor - Head & Advisory Board Member
The Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development
Global Technical Lead - Personal Care - SA, SEA & ANZ
Nouryon
Technical Advisor
Wool Research Association
Head Product Development - Premium Personal Care
Marico Limited
Former HOD - Dyes and Specialty chemicals
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Business Head - Auxiliary
Meghmani
CEO Research and Innovation, Corporate Quality Assurance
Emami Limited
Director of the Centre for Material Innovation and Future Fashion
RMIT University, AUS
WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR
Nishant Aromas Private Limited
Director Jalna Campus
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Professor
Texas Tech University, USA
Quality lead
BluWin
Research Consultant & Coach
Academic & Research Consulting Service
Chairman
Nimkartek Technical Service
Chief Operating Officer - Textiles
Zydex Industries
Chairman
Textile Association (India)
Chief Operating Officer
Calibre Chemicals
Global Senior President - Super Systems
Archroma
Head of Department - Fibres & Textile Processing Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
President | CHRO
Atul Limited
Chief Operating Officer
Aarti Industries Limited
Cluster Manufacturing Head
UPL Limited
Chief - Manufacturing Operator
Pidilite Industries Limited
Director
Rossari Biotech Limited
President
Atul Limited
Head of Department - Speciality Chemicals Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Independent Director
Rossari Biotech Limited
Director & Group HR Head
Meril
Training Coaching, Consultancy
Self-employed
Chief Operating Officer
Grauer & Weil (India) Limited
Advisory Board of Member
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
President
Atul Limited
Director of Research & Development (R&D)
Meril Life Sciences Private Limited
President
Navin Fluorine International Limited
CHRO & Head Sustainibilty
Silox India Private Limited
Vice President
Pidilite Industries Limited
Chief Technology Officer
Novopor Advanced Science
Executive President, Whole Time Director
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Advisor to Management Board, Sovereign Pharma
Dadachanji Group of Companies
Associate Vice President
Godrej Industries Limited (Chemicals)
Chief Operating Officer
Calibre Chemicals
Global Senior President - Super Systems
Archroma
Head of Department - Fibres & Textile Processing Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
President | CHRO
Atul Limited
Chief Operating Officer
Aarti Industries Limited
Cluster Manufacturing Head
UPL Limited
Chief - Manufacturing Operator
Pidilite Industries Limited
Director
Rossari Biotech Limited
President
Atul Limited
Head of Department - Speciality Chemicals Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Independent Director
Rossari Biotech Limited
Director & Group HR Head
Meril
Training Coaching, Consultancy
Self-employed
Chief Operating Officer
Grauer & Weil (India) Limited
Advisory Board of Member
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
President
Atul Limited
Director of Research & Development (R&D)
Meril Life Sciences Private Limited
President
Navin Fluorine International Limited
CHRO & Head Sustainibilty
Silox India Private Limited
Vice President
Pidilite Industries Limited
Chief Technology Officer
Novopor Advanced Science
Executive President, Whole Time Director
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Advisor to Management Board, Sovereign Pharma
Dadachanji Group of Companies
Associate Vice President
Godrej Industries Limited (Chemicals)
Executive Director & Chief Manufacturing Officer
Deepak Nitrite Limited
Sr. Vice President (COO)
Anthea Aromatics Limited
Chairman
Mahad Industrial Association
Head HSE, MR-ISO and Lead onePSS (Operational Excellence)
Bayer Vapi Private Limited
Vice Chancellor
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU)
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology
Sr. Vice President - Chief Product Devp. & Innovation Officer
DCM Shriram Chemicals Limited
Vice President
Cohizon Life Sciences
Site Head
SRF Limited
Founder & CEO
School Of Manufacturing
Director
K-JHIL Sciences Private Limited
Whole Time Director & Vice President - Technical Mfg.
Crystal Crop Protection Limited
Senior Director - Health & Safety
Jubilant Ingrevia Limited
Site Head
Birla Opus Paints, Grasim Industries Limited (Aditya Birla Group)
President (Works)
Vinati Organics Limited (Mahad)
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology
Head - Quality
Galaxy Surfactants Limited
Site Head
Excel Industries Limited
Global Head (Safety, Health)
UPL Limited
Chairman & MD
Elppe Chemicals Private Limited
Site Head
Deccan Fine Chemicals (P) Limited
Chief Operating Officer
PI Industries Limited
Unit Head
UPL Limited (Jhagadia)
President
Lote Parshuram Industries Association
President - Manufacturing
Laxmi Organic Industries Limited
Vice President - Manufacturing
Excel Industries Limited
Vice President - Operations
Hikal Limited
Vice President
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Sr. VP, Technology & Operations
Atul Limited
Senior VP-Technical
GVS Cibatech Private Limited
President
Deepak Group
Deputy General Manager HR
Laxmi Organic Industries Limited
Executive Director & Chief Manufacturing Officer
Deepak Nitrite Limited
Sr. Vice President (COO)
Anthea Aromatics Limited
Chairman
Mahad Industrial Association
Head HSE, MR-ISO and Lead onePSS (Operational Excellence)
Bayer Vapi Private Limited
Vice Chancellor
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU)
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology
Sr. Vice President - Chief Product Devp. & Innovation Officer
DCM Shriram Chemicals Limited
Vice President
Cohizon Life Sciences
Site Head
SRF Limited
Founder & CEO
School Of Manufacturing
Director
K-JHIL Sciences Private Limited
Whole Time Director & Vice President - Technical Mfg.
Crystal Crop Protection Limited
Senior Director - Health & Safety
Jubilant Ingrevia Limited
Site Head
Birla Opus Paints, Grasim Industries Limited (Aditya Birla Group)
President (Works)
Vinati Organics Limited (Mahad)
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology
Head - Quality
Galaxy Surfactants Limited
Site Head
Excel Industries Limited
Global Head (Safety, Health)
UPL Limited
Chairman & MD
Elppe Chemicals Private Limited
Site Head
Deccan Fine Chemicals (P) Limited
Chief Operating Officer
PI Industries Limited
Unit Head
UPL Limited (Jhagadia)
President
Lote Parshuram Industries Association
President - Manufacturing
Laxmi Organic Industries Limited
Vice President - Manufacturing
Excel Industries Limited
Vice President - Operations
Hikal Limited
Vice President
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Sr. VP, Technology & Operations
Atul Limited
Senior VP-Technical
GVS Cibatech Private Limited
President
Deepak Group
Deputy General Manager HR
Laxmi Organic Industries Limited
Snapshots from masterclasses, mentor sessions and immersion days.
Day 1 Reel
Panel Speakers · Leadership Summit
Inauguration Panel
Keynote Address
Mentor Moment
Expert Lecture
GenAI Masterclass
Research Methods Lecture
Speaker Felicitation · Summit
Faculty Discussion
Panel Speakers · Leadership Summit
Inauguration Panel
Keynote Address
Mentor Moment
Expert Lecture
GenAI Masterclass
Research Methods Lecture
Speaker Felicitation · Summit
Faculty Discussion
Real stories from learners, alumni, industry professionals and founders who are shaping the next era of manufacturing.
Most Doctors end with research nobody reads. Ours is designed to be applied, published, and platform-ready from the first day you start writing it.
Mumbai joins the programme’s industry immersion destinations. Contact admissions for the confirmed schedule, duration, visits and package inclusions.
Understand how AI is actually applied across startups, investing, operations and modern businesses through hands-on workshops, an AI Agent Buildathon, prototype pitching and LaunchTank — pitch your project to real investors.
Factory and R&D walkthroughs at manufacturing OEMs, Marina Bay brand HQs, closed-door networking with founders and Industry Leaders, access to SWITCH Singapore and curated mentorship at universities including NUS.
Awarded by the prestigious Woolf University (subject to regulatory approval). A Woolf-accredited EQF-8 credential is a clean signal on a cross-border CV — it sits next to INSEAD / LBS / Oxford on the same accreditation ladder, without the three-year, $200K opportunity cost.
The same qualification level as INSEAD or Oxford post-doctoral degrees.
The most widely recognised academic credit framework in the world.
Headquartered in California and Wisconsin, with an advisory council including founders of ISB, Minerva and Foundry College.
Your complete three-year tuition, shown as one total. The Industry Immersion Package is listed separately. All amounts exclude 18% GST.
GST: The amounts shown exclude 18% GST; GST is additional on programme tuition and the immersion package. Prices reflect the supplied brochure. Confirm current fees, inclusions and terms with admissions.
Answers to common questions about the program, research, eligibility, fees, accreditation and outcomes.
Asia’s #1 Experiential Doctor of Business Administration — a part-time, hybrid Doctor for senior leaders, founders and Industry Leaders that combines a Global CXO Foundation, mentor-guided research missions, global immersions and an applied transformation thesis.
Senior leaders, founders and Industry Leaders of established manufacturing organisations who want to integrate AI, innovation, digital transformation and global best practices into their business while earning the “Dr.” title.
Three years, part-time: Year 1 builds your CXO Foundation and research planning, Year 2 matches you 1:1 with a senior industry leader to build your thesis, and Year 3 completes the thesis, viva voce and graduation.
An EU-accredited DBA at EQF Level 8, awarded in academic partnership with Woolf University (subject to regulatory approval) and listed on the EU’s EUROPASS, recognised in 60+ countries.
Yes. Learners may choose to exit once at key milestones: after 12 months receive the School of Manufacturing PGP in Global Leadership and Innovation credential (non EU-accredited); after 24 months receive the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree based on committee approval; after 36 months complete the full DBA degree.
Cosmetic & Business, Flavour & Fragrance, and Nutraceuticals. Discuss your industry experience and proposed research focus with admissions to identify the right specialization.
The DBA is designed as a three-year, part-time, hybrid programme. Research is grounded in a real business, allowing you to connect your professional responsibilities with your doctoral work. Confirm attendance and workload expectations with admissions.
A glimpse into our world. Factory visits, mentor sessions, product showcases, events, learner moments and partner experiences.
Media features, mentor moments, partner announcements and ecosystem updates from the School of Manufacturing.
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