diff --git a/src/nemo_run/core/execution/slurm.py b/src/nemo_run/core/execution/slurm.py
index 623ce361..a7aebfd2 100644
--- a/src/nemo_run/core/execution/slurm.py
+++ b/src/nemo_run/core/execution/slurm.py
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ class ResourceRequest:
         env_vars: dict[str, str] = field(default_factory=dict)
         srun_args: Optional[list[str]] = None
         job_details: SlurmJobDetails = field(default_factory=SlurmJobDetails)
+        het_group_index: Optional[int] = None
 
     account: str
     partition: Optional[str] = None
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ class ResourceRequest:
     monitor_group_job: bool = True
     monitor_group_job_wait_time: int = 60
     setup_lines: Optional[str] = None
+    het_group_indices: Optional[list[int]] = None
 
     #: Set by the executor; cannot be initialized
     job_name: str = field(init=False, default="nemo-job")
@@ -355,6 +357,21 @@ def merge(
 
         main_executor = executors[0]
         main_executor.run_as_group = True
+
+        if main_executor.het_group_indices:
+            assert (
+                main_executor.heterogeneous
+            ), "heterogeneous must be True if het_group_indices is provided"
+            assert (
+                len(main_executor.het_group_indices) == num_tasks
+            ), "het_group_indices must be the same length as the number of tasks"
+            assert all(
+                x <= y
+                for x, y in zip(
+                    main_executor.het_group_indices, main_executor.het_group_indices[1:]
+                )
+            ), "het_group_indices must be equal or increasing than previous"
+
         main_executor.resource_group = [
             cls.ResourceRequest(
                 packager=copy.deepcopy(main_executor.packager),
@@ -367,10 +384,13 @@ def merge(
                 gpus_per_task=main_executor.gpus_per_task,
                 srun_args=main_executor.srun_args,
                 job_details=copy.deepcopy(main_executor.job_details),
+                het_group_index=main_executor.het_group_indices[0]
+                if main_executor.het_group_indices
+                else None,
             )
         ]
 
-        for executor in executors[1:]:
+        for i, executor in enumerate(executors[1:]):
             main_executor.resource_group.append(
                 cls.ResourceRequest(
                     packager=copy.deepcopy(executor.packager),
@@ -383,6 +403,9 @@ def merge(
                     gpus_per_task=executor.gpus_per_task,
                     srun_args=executor.srun_args,
                     job_details=copy.deepcopy(executor.job_details),
+                    het_group_index=main_executor.het_group_indices[i + 1]
+                    if main_executor.het_group_indices
+                    else None,
                 )
             )
 
@@ -803,8 +826,25 @@ def materialize(self) -> str:
         sbatch_flags = []
         if self.slurm_config.heterogeneous:
             assert len(self.jobs) == len(self.slurm_config.resource_group)
+            final_group_index = len(self.slurm_config.resource_group) - 1
+            if self.slurm_config.het_group_indices:
+                final_group_index = self.slurm_config.het_group_indices.index(
+                    max(self.slurm_config.het_group_indices)
+                )
+
             for i in range(len(self.slurm_config.resource_group)):
                 resource_req = self.slurm_config.resource_group[i]
+                if resource_req.het_group_index:
+                    assert (
+                        self.slurm_config.resource_group[i - 1].het_group_index is not None
+                    ), "het_group_index must be set for all requests in resource_group"
+                    if (
+                        i > 0
+                        and resource_req.het_group_index
+                        == self.slurm_config.resource_group[i - 1].het_group_index
+                    ):
+                        continue
+
                 het_parameters = parameters.copy()
                 het_parameters["output"] = parameters["output"].replace(
                     original_job_name, self.jobs[i]
@@ -824,7 +864,7 @@ def materialize(self) -> str:
                 )
                 for k in sorted(parameters):
                     sbatch_flags.append(_as_sbatch_flag(k, het_parameters[k]))
-                if i != len(self.slurm_config.resource_group) - 1:
+                if i != final_group_index:
                     sbatch_flags.append("#SBATCH hetjob")
         else:
             for k in sorted(parameters):
@@ -934,7 +974,12 @@ def get_container_flags(
                 _srun_args.extend(self.slurm_config.srun_args or [])
 
             if self.slurm_config.run_as_group and self.slurm_config.heterogeneous:
-                het_group_flag = [f"--het-group={group_ind}"]
+                het_group_index = (
+                    self.slurm_config.resource_group[group_ind].het_group_index
+                    if self.slurm_config.resource_group[group_ind].het_group_index is not None
+                    else group_ind
+                )
+                het_group_flag = [f"--het-group={het_group_index}"]
             else:
                 het_group_flag = []