New Delhi: With the aim of enhancing their business skills and gear up for the challenges posed by private sector, many government employees are enrolling in IIMs' two-year post graduate programme in management. Delim Hussain is one of them. During his four-year stint at the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Hussain used to split his time between the air-conditioned lab and the scorching heat of the test fields tucked away in the Thar desert in Rajasthan, but now is in IIM-Lucknow to explore the private sector in coming days. He is set to join Mahindra Satyam as a programme manager for its aerospace and defence vertical, liaisoning with domestic as well as global clients, report Shreya Biswas and Mahima Puri of Economic Times. Hussain is not the only case. At IIM Kozhikode (IIM-K), 21 such students will graduate from the 2010 batch as against 16 in the previous year, but unlike Hussai everyone is not here to explore the private sector. While some want to reskill themselves and start their own ventures, others look for exposure to the private sector so that they can go back to their respective departments and implement those ideas. Then there are those who feel that an IIM tag will help their career regardless of where they work, even with the government. Gali Sreedhar, who joined IIM-C after he realised the need to enhance his finance and management skills while executing crucial road projects for the ministry of road transport and highways. "The MBA will help me understand how the private sector works. This will help me execute ideas better," says the executive engineer, who had signed a three-year bond to stick with the government, failing which he had to pay back 8 lakh, equal to his two years' salary. There are others like Deepak Arya, who was a deputy manager-electronic warfare at BEL, and joined IIM-K to start his own venture. Even private sector players welcome these people. The years spent by them understanding the processes of a government ministry and the edge acquired at the IIMs makes these people ideal picks for some firms. Talking to Economic Times, Dhananjay Bansod, Chief People Officer, Deloitte India said, "If someone has spent a few years in a government job, he would have a deeper insight and wider perspective of the government's working, besides knowledge of regulatory affairs. In case such a person is brought on board, it helps our firm service the clients better."