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PROSPECTUS 2013-15
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE
DEEMED UNIVERSITY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)
Vision
To be an academic Centre of Excellence in the area of international business and a well-networked institution committed towards delivering globally competitive business education, training and research to individuals, corporate bodies, government organizations and the society.
Mission
Strengthen, sustain and professionalize business knowledge through creative research and teaching, highlighting the significance of learning and by collaborating with organizations, institutions and universities both within and well beyond the national boundaries.
IMPORTANT DATES
Last Date for obtaining Prospectus through post : Last Date for obtaining Prospectus across the counter at IIFT Last Date for receipt of Applications Last Date for obtaining Prospectus and receipt of Applications for Foreign Nationals/NRIs/ Children of NRIs Written Examination : Monday, 20th August 2012 Monday, 3rd September 2012 Monday, 3rd September 2012 Friday, 15th February 2013
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Sunday, 25th November 2012 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon
PRICE
From the Director
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MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
About the Institute
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was established in 1963 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to contribute in the skill building for the external trade sector of India. It has come a long way to successfully develop into a unique institution involved in imparting knowledge through research and training in international business and trade. The Institute was granted “Deemed University” status in 2002. Over the years, IIFT has emerged as the national university with focus on International business Management and Strategy, and such focus is reflected in all three major activities of the Institute: Research, Training and Education. The Institute's portfolio of long-term programmes is diverse, catering to the requirements of aspiring International Business executives and mid-career professionals alike. These are:
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• Programme at Delhi and Kolkata. Ph.D. • Two-year MBA (International Business) at New Delhi and Kolkata. • Three-year MBA (International Business) (Part-Time) at New Delhi and Kolkata. • Two-year MBA(International Business) (Part-Time) at Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania). • c u t ive Po s t G ra d u a t e D i p l o m a i n E xe International Business at New Delhi and Kolkata. • Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Marketing at New Delhi. • Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Capital & Financial Markets at New Delhi. • c u t ive Po s t G ra d u a t e D i p l o m a i n E xe International Business (through VSAT), in 91 cities across India. • Post Graduate Diploma Programme in International Business Strategy (thru NIIT Imperia Platform). • Certificate Programme in Export Management On Campus (New Delhi & Kolkata) and Online.
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• Certificate Programme in Capital and Financial Markets -On Campus (New Delhi) and Online. • Certificate Programme in Global Trade Logistics & Operations at New Delhi. • Certificate Course in International Business Language (French & Spanish) at New Delhi.
NETWORKING & REACH
In order to retain its position as a top B-school and a highly rated research organization, IIFT has been successfully strengthening its relationship with regional as well as international organizations by signing MoUs, participating in interactive sessions and improving the networking among the institutions.
MEMBERSHIP
The Institute is a Member of the following international and regional organizations : • Academy of International Business (AIB), USA. • Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, India (A Division of Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, London, United Kingdom). • Eduniversal Official Selection. • European Foundation For Management Development (EFMD), Brussels. • International Association of Trade Training Organizations (IATTO), UK. • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoUs)
IIFT has also entered into MoUs with the following institutions:
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK Foreign Trade Training Centre (FTTC), Egypt Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
Foreign Trade University Hanoi, Vietnam
NewCastle University, Newcastle, UK
Alliance 4 Universities, A4U, Spain
German Development Institute (GDI), Tulpenfeld, Bonn, Germany
Nyenrode Business University, Straatweg, The Netherlands
Atenco Graduate School of Business, The Philippines
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Oakland University, USA Grenoble School of Management, France
Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
HENKEN Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland
Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA (Virginia Tech) Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
IECS- Strasbourg Graduate School Of Management, Université Robert Schuman, STRASBOURG CEDEX, France
School of Public Policy George Mason University, USA
Centre for Globalisation and Sustainable Development, Columbia University
IESEG – School of Management, Lille Catholic University, France The International University in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
CERAM Sophia Antipolis, France
Institute for Trade Studies & Research (ITSR), Iran
Edhec Business School, Lille Cedex and Nice Cedex, France Export Edge Business College (EEBC), Dublin, Ireland
Institute of Finance Management (IFM), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Universitá Commerciale L. Bocconi, Italy International Institute for Trade and Development, Bangkok, Thailand
ESC Rennes School of Business, France
Keio University, Japan
Universität des Saarlandes, Germany MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
Campus & Facilities at IIFT
DELHI CAMPUS
Located in the Qutab Institutional Area in close vicinity of JNU and IIT, spreading over six acres of land and overlooking green ridge and historical Qutab Minar, the Campus provides an ideal environment for academic excellence. The facilities available on the campus include, centrally air-conditioned lecture halls with modern audio-visual aids, conference halls for round-table conferences, an auditorium of 450 seating capacity, gymnasium, indoor games, besides quality residential facilities for the students.
HOSTEL FACILITIES
The MBA (International Business) is a fully residential programme. There is a separate wing for the girl students.
LIBRARY FACILITIES
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A fully automated Foreign Trade Library is a vast knowledge bank with an impressive collection of more than 1,00,000 Book-volumes and above 600 Periodicals. In addition to these, its collection comprises of Research Reports, Company Reports, CD-ROMs, Video-Cassettes in the field of Management, Foreign Trade and WTO related issues. Further, the Library continuously enriches itself with the publications from National and International Organizations such as United Nations Agencies, ITC/UNCTAD/WTO, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Ministries and Departments of Government of India.
The 'WTO Resource Centre' is the most recent addition to the Foreign Trade Library which exclusively provides information on WTO and related issues. The Centre has collected a number of books, periodicals, reports, documents, newspapers, videocassettes & CD ROM's on WTO published by WTO and government/non-government and international organizations. It has also added to its collection a large number of subject files and press clippings on issues under WTO which are culled out from newspapers, books, periodicals being received by the Library. The subject areas include Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties; Bilateral Trade; Dispute/ Dispute Settlement; Countries Seeking Accession to WTO; Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights; Trade in Services; Trade Related Investment Measures; World Trade Law; Government Procurement; Electronic Commerce and WTO; Social Clause and Labour Standards; Trade and Environment; Trade and Technology; Trade in Textiles; and WTO in General, etc. In order to facilitate online access to information, the Library has also subscribed to trade related online and offline databases like Blackwell Synergy (31 E-Journals), Capataline Plus, CMIE databases (Prowess, India Trade and Industry Analysis Service), Commodity Price Bulletin, DGCIS Statistics, EBSCO, Emerald Management Extra, Epharmail, India Stat.com, Inside Trade.com, ISI Emerging Market (World Services), JSTOR, Nextlinx, ProQuest, Suns Magazine, Trade Map, World Bank Online Databases, World Trade Atlas, WITS.
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COMPUTER FACILITIES
The state-of-the-art infrastructure facility at IIFT includes well equipped computer centre which caters to the students and faculty member's specific requirements. Most of the activities which require IT support revolve around the training and research activities pursuits. The computer labs for the students are open 24 hours with adequate number of desktop connections. This facility also houses the provision to conduct online assessment activities by the faculty. In addition to the above, more than 300 desktop computers (Core 2 duo and i5) with Windows OS and colour monitors have been installed in the campus. These are fully supported with OS/Application software such as Novell Groupwise, Microsoft Live Communication, Oracle, VB, Microsoft project, Java, SPSS, E-Views, SAS, etc. IIFT has its Data Centre equipped with Unified Storage, Virtualized Server Environment, Web Servers, Email Servers, etc. for the use at the Institute. For its internet requirements IIFT avails 24 MBPS leased line with three backup ISP on load balancing. Apart from this, IIFT also uses video conferencing facility to connect to a global audience spread across Africa, Europe and South East Asia. IIFT's recent foray extensively in the online education platform has been possible with the stateof-the-art IT infrastructure support being provided for the conduct of these online programmes which has enabled IIFT to conduct online sessions on a real time basis using broadband facility. The Institute has a multi tiered network infrastructure in place. Buildings inside the campus are well connected with fiver network. The network infrastructure is at layer 3 switching level that helps to interconnect all components together on one platform. Institute's network is also supplemented with managed WiFi supporting 802.11n and standards. Over 1000 users have access to this network. Apart from this, classrooms are adequately equipped with LCD projectors and PCs. IIFT has developed several enterprise applications in-house using .NET, ASP, Oracle and SQL platforms.
These applications cater to on-campus as well offcampus programmes of the Institute. This includes developing the indigenous Campus 360 solution, which is a fully integrated platform that provides convergence facility to the faculty with the students and the program office. The Campus 360 enables online attendance, sharing of courseware, result processing, online quiz, opinion polls, assignment submission and many more related activities.
PUBLICATIONS
The research carried out by the Institute is widely disseminated in the form of study reports, monographs and occasional papers. The major beneficiaries of these research findings are academicians, policy-makers, trade and industry, multilateral organizations, researchers and NGOs. In addition, the Institute publishes a quarterly journal Foreign Trade Review laying emphasis on international trade, finance, trade blocs and marketing. Focus WTO, a bi-monthly journal published by the Institute focuses exclusively on WTO related issues. Each issue of the journal is thematic. An electronic magazine, viz. TradeTechnology E-Zine is also published by the Centre for International Trade in Technology of IIFT. It is uploaded on IIFT website www.iift.edu every week.
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KOLKATA CAMPUS
IIFT Kolkata Campus is currently functioning from a rented premises in a building located at J-1/14, EP & GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 091. The facilities available at Kolkata Campus include well-equipped lecture halls with modern audiovisual aids, computer centre, library, etc.
HOSTEL FACILITIES
Hostel accommodation, in leased premises, within a radius of about 3 kms has been arranged along with transport facility by IIFT. Students' cooperative mess facilities are also available. A plot of about 10 acres has been allotted to IIFT by the Government of West Bengal in South Kolkata near Ruby Hospital and the campus at Kolkata with similar facilities as at Delhi including residential facilities, is expected to be ready in two years.
MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
MBA (International Business)
MBA (International Business) is a six trimester general management programme with a focus on International Business for developing a competent cadre of business executives to meet the country's growing requirements for trained personnel in the field of International Business Management. Developments in the international market on the one hand and the consequential impact of the same on India's domestic market on the other, call for an increasingly professional approach and sensitivity to international business environment.
OBJECTIVES
The MBA (IB) aims at imparting professional education and training in modern management techniques for handling international business operations in a highly dynamic and competitive environment. The specific objectives of the Programme are: • familiarize the participants on the To fundamental concepts of management. • expose the participants to the challenges in To the emerging competitive business environment in an increasingly globalized world. • relate the management concepts to business To situations and help the participants to develop analytical and decision skills so as to evolve effective National and International Business Strategy. • develop socially responsive managers for To International Business and help in shaping up their personality.
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• e q u i p fo r c a re e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n To International Business. The Programme aims at providing a comprehensive coverage incorporating all the important subject areas and disciplines relevant to international business. Equal emphasis has been placed on the quantitative and analytical approach to the study of International Business Management. It also attempts to provide comparative perspectives in many facets of International Business by covering methods of doing business as well as trade and business practices, procedures and documentation in other countries. Besides, effective use of computers and modern information technology is made in pedagogy. Recognizing the importance of communication in international business, special attention is given to developing proficiency in one of the three foreign languages, currently under offer, namely French, Spanish and Mandarin.
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COURSE STRUCTURE
The course structure of MBA (IB) is as follows: Trimester-1 • Accounting for Managers • Business Communication • Business Statistics • Introduction to IT • Marketing Management • Micro Economics & Maths for Economics • Principles of Management • Psychology for Managers Trimester-2 • Business Research Methods • Financial Management • International Marketing Management • International Trade Operations • Macro Economics • Management Information System • Operations Research • Organizational Behaviour Trimester-3 • Consumer Behaviour • Financial Management - II • International Economics • International Financial Management • Applications in Management IT • Production & Operations Management • Social Awareness Programme • Strategic Management • Languages (Spanish/French/Mandarin) • Comprehensive Viva
Trimester -4 Development of the World Economy • • Global Sourcing & Business Development • International Business Law • International Business Strategy • International Trade Logistics • Supply Chain Management • Languages (Spanish/French/Mandarin) • Summer Project Viva Trimester - 5
• Business Ethics • Indian Economy & Trade Policy • Research Project • Languages (Spanish/French/Mandarin)
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Trimester - 6
• Research Project Viva
Field Visits :
Sea Port Visit (compulsory)
In addition, every student is required to opt for eight elective papers to be chosen from a large number of subjects that will be offered. The electives will be th th th taught in 4 , 5 and 6 Trimesters. Note: Course Structure subject to revision by the Institute's Academic Council from time to time.
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Admission Procedure
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Fee Structure
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General Information
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RECRUITERS OF 2012
• Al Ghurair • Amazan Agro • Archer Daniels Midland Agro • Auto Limited Bajaj • Airtel Bharti • BOI • Bristlecone • Britannia Industries Ltd • CBI • Citibank • Cognizant Technology Solutions • Daimler India • Deugro • Deutsche Bank Operation International • Duferco • Emami Limited • Flipkart • Gadhia Solar • GAIL • E-Procure Global • Goldman Sachs • Technologies Ltd HCL • Bank HDFC • MotoCorp Hero • Hindustan Petroleum Corpn Ltd • Tricon Energy HSBC •Media HT • Bank IDBI • Cellular Idea • Valley Partner Indus • Infosys Technologies • Interglobe • Limited ITC • Steel & Power Jindal • Johnson & Johnson Medical • Electronics Jumbo • KPMG • FS L&T • Larsen & Toubro • Madura F&L • Cash & Carry Metro • Michael Page • MMTC • Neilsoft Limited • Nokia • Nomura Holdings · Novartis • International Olam • Finance Corpn Power • Procter & Gamble • Raymonds • Reckitt Benckiser • Religare • Bosch India Rovert • Miller Sab • Sonalika • Renuka Sugars Sree • Sri City • STC • Stemcor • Capital Tata • Consultancy Services Tata • Hitachi Tata • Housing Tata • Motors Tata • Steel Tata • Technopak • Industries Titan • Energy Tricon • Bank of India Union • International Usha • Valency International • Vodafone • Limited VVF • Welspun Group • Wilson International • Ecoenergy Wipro • Technologies Ltd Wipro •Bank Yes • Zycus
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Faculty & Administration
Director K.T. Chacko Chairpersons Rakesh Mohan Joshi Ravi Shanker Satinder Bhatia Sunitha Raju Vijaya Katti Head, Kolkata Campus K. Rangarajan Professors Abhijit Das Ashok Kapoor Deepak Bhatnagar Harkirat Singh Madhukar Sinha O.P. Wali Radhika Prosad Datta Rajiv Mohan Srivastava Ranajoy Bhattacharya Rohit Mehtani Sajal Mathur Shashank Priya Associate Professors Biswajit Nag Dipankar Sinha Gautam Kumar Dutta Jayanta Kumar Seal M.Venkatesan Murali Kallumal Niti Nandini Chatnani Nitin Seth Pinaki Dasgupta Pooja Lakhanpal Prabir K. Das Rajendra Prasad Sharma Rajesh Kumar Singh Ram Singh Ruppal Walia Sharma Saikat Banerjee Sanjay Rastogi Saswati Tripathi Sheeba Kapil V. Raveendra Saradhi Assistant Professors Ashim Raj Singla Areej Aftab Siddiqui Basanta K. Sahu Bibek Ray Chaudhuri Debashis Chakraborty Himani Gupta Jacqueline Symss Jaydeep Mukherjee Mridula Savitri Mishra Parul Singh Pratap C. Mohanty Sailja Singh Sachin Kumar Sharma Sonu Verma Sweta Srivastava Malla Tamanna Chaturvedi T.P. Ghosh Consultants/Research Associates/ Program Associates Akanksha Dua Amar Chanchal Amrita Mishra Animesh Kumar Anwesha Bannerjee Ashish Gupta Bhaswati Dutta Chetan Bundela Debarati Sarkar Dinesh Kumar Gargi Basu Hari Maya Gurung Jinusha Panigrahi Madan Lal Meghna Dasgupta Namrata Maheswari Nidhi Chaturvedi Paramanand Rajwar Parshant Atkaan Pinki Chaturvedi Pradyut Kumar Pyne Praveen Ranjan Pravin G. Jadhav Pritha Saha Pritish Kumar Sahu Priyanka Chakraborty Priyanka Sinha Rachit Ranjan Rajesh Biswas Rakesh Joshi Richa Dua Riya Khare Shankar Saleem Shilpi Tripathi Shweta Chaturvedi Shukla Sootrisa Basak Suman Grover Sweta Gupta Udipi Ghosh SUPPORT SERVICES Placement & Corporate Adviser Munish Bhargava Joint Placement & Corporate Advisor Sanjay Verma Systems Manager Bimal Kumar Panda Asstt. Systems Manager S. Balasubramanian Computer Programmers Anirban Chakraborty Neha Vinayak Editor Anil Kumar Kanungo Deputy Librarian B. Pankti Assistant Librarians Amita Anand Nirmala R.S. Meena ADMINISTRATION Registrar R. K. Mitra Dy. Registrar Girish Chawla Sr. Administrative Officers Gaurav Gulati S.K. Batra Sr. Finance Officer Rajeev Talwar Finance Officer Deepa P.G Administrative Officers Amit Kumar Ghosal Bhuwan Chandra Desh Raj S.K. Verma Section Officers Anil Kumar B. Prasannakumar Bratin Sarkar Kavita Sharma Lalita Gupta Meena Vij Meenakshi Saxena Nalini Meshram P.K.Khanna Sumita Marwaha
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CHAIRMAN Shri S.R. Rao Commerce Secretary, Government of India
IIFT BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
CHAIRMAN Shri K.T. Chacko, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016. MEMBERS Dr. Anup K. Pujari, Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110 011 Shri J. K. Dadoo, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110 011. Shri J.S. Deepak, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110 011. Shri Prabhat Kumar, Joint Secretary (ES & ITP), Ministry of External Affairs, Room No. 3055, A-Wing, Jawaharlal Nehru Bhavan, 23-D, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001. Dr. Anjan Mukherji, 177, National Media Centre, NH-8, Shankar Chowk, Gurgaon-122 002. Dr. Atul Sood, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences (SSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067. Shri S. Sridhar, A-409, Indira Apartments, BSD Marg, Deonar, Mumbai-400 088. IIFT FACULTY Dr. Radhika Prosad Datta, Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, J-1/14, EP&GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 091. Dr.(Mrs) Vijaya Katti, Chairperson, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016. Dr. Biswajit Nag, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016. Dr. K. Rangarajan, Head, Kolkata Campus, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, J-1/14, EP&GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 091. Secretary – Dr. R. K. Mitra, Registrar
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(DEEMED UNIVERSITY) DELHI CAMPUS : B-21 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016. Phones : 011-26857908 (Direct), 26965051, 26965124, 26965300, 26966563 Fax : 011-26853956, 26867841, 26867851 E-mail : [email protected] KOLKATA CAMPUS : J-1/14, EP & GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700 091. Phones : 033-23572853, 23572854, 23572859 Fax : 033-23572855 website : www.iift.edu
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PROSPECTUS 2013-15
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE
DEEMED UNIVERSITY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)
Vision
To be an academic Centre of Excellence in the area of international business and a well-networked institution committed towards delivering globally competitive business education, training and research to individuals, corporate bodies, government organizations and the society.
Mission
Strengthen, sustain and professionalize business knowledge through creative research and teaching, highlighting the significance of learning and by collaborating with organizations, institutions and universities both within and well beyond the national boundaries.
IMPORTANT DATES
Last Date for obtaining Prospectus through post : Last Date for obtaining Prospectus across the counter at IIFT Last Date for receipt of Applications Last Date for obtaining Prospectus and receipt of Applications for Foreign Nationals/NRIs/ Children of NRIs Written Examination : Monday, 20th August 2012 Monday, 3rd September 2012 Monday, 3rd September 2012 Friday, 15th February 2013
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Sunday, 25th November 2012 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon
PRICE
From the Director
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MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
About the Institute
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was established in 1963 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry to contribute in the skill building for the external trade sector of India. It has come a long way to successfully develop into a unique institution involved in imparting knowledge through research and training in international business and trade. The Institute was granted “Deemed University” status in 2002. Over the years, IIFT has emerged as the national university with focus on International business Management and Strategy, and such focus is reflected in all three major activities of the Institute: Research, Training and Education. The Institute's portfolio of long-term programmes is diverse, catering to the requirements of aspiring International Business executives and mid-career professionals alike. These are:
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• Programme at Delhi and Kolkata. Ph.D. • Two-year MBA (International Business) at New Delhi and Kolkata. • Three-year MBA (International Business) (Part-Time) at New Delhi and Kolkata. • Two-year MBA(International Business) (Part-Time) at Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania). • c u t ive Po s t G ra d u a t e D i p l o m a i n E xe International Business at New Delhi and Kolkata. • Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Marketing at New Delhi. • Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Capital & Financial Markets at New Delhi. • c u t ive Po s t G ra d u a t e D i p l o m a i n E xe International Business (through VSAT), in 91 cities across India. • Post Graduate Diploma Programme in International Business Strategy (thru NIIT Imperia Platform). • Certificate Programme in Export Management On Campus (New Delhi & Kolkata) and Online.
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• Certificate Programme in Capital and Financial Markets -On Campus (New Delhi) and Online. • Certificate Programme in Global Trade Logistics & Operations at New Delhi. • Certificate Course in International Business Language (French & Spanish) at New Delhi.
NETWORKING & REACH
In order to retain its position as a top B-school and a highly rated research organization, IIFT has been successfully strengthening its relationship with regional as well as international organizations by signing MoUs, participating in interactive sessions and improving the networking among the institutions.
MEMBERSHIP
The Institute is a Member of the following international and regional organizations : • Academy of International Business (AIB), USA. • Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, India (A Division of Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, London, United Kingdom). • Eduniversal Official Selection. • European Foundation For Management Development (EFMD), Brussels. • International Association of Trade Training Organizations (IATTO), UK. • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoUs)
IIFT has also entered into MoUs with the following institutions:
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK Foreign Trade Training Centre (FTTC), Egypt Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
Foreign Trade University Hanoi, Vietnam
NewCastle University, Newcastle, UK
Alliance 4 Universities, A4U, Spain
German Development Institute (GDI), Tulpenfeld, Bonn, Germany
Nyenrode Business University, Straatweg, The Netherlands
Atenco Graduate School of Business, The Philippines
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Oakland University, USA Grenoble School of Management, France
Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
HENKEN Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland
Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA (Virginia Tech) Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
IECS- Strasbourg Graduate School Of Management, Université Robert Schuman, STRASBOURG CEDEX, France
School of Public Policy George Mason University, USA
Centre for Globalisation and Sustainable Development, Columbia University
IESEG – School of Management, Lille Catholic University, France The International University in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
CERAM Sophia Antipolis, France
Institute for Trade Studies & Research (ITSR), Iran
Edhec Business School, Lille Cedex and Nice Cedex, France Export Edge Business College (EEBC), Dublin, Ireland
Institute of Finance Management (IFM), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Universitá Commerciale L. Bocconi, Italy International Institute for Trade and Development, Bangkok, Thailand
ESC Rennes School of Business, France
Keio University, Japan
Universität des Saarlandes, Germany MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
Campus & Facilities at IIFT
DELHI CAMPUS
Located in the Qutab Institutional Area in close vicinity of JNU and IIT, spreading over six acres of land and overlooking green ridge and historical Qutab Minar, the Campus provides an ideal environment for academic excellence. The facilities available on the campus include, centrally air-conditioned lecture halls with modern audio-visual aids, conference halls for round-table conferences, an auditorium of 450 seating capacity, gymnasium, indoor games, besides quality residential facilities for the students.
HOSTEL FACILITIES
The MBA (International Business) is a fully residential programme. There is a separate wing for the girl students.
LIBRARY FACILITIES
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A fully automated Foreign Trade Library is a vast knowledge bank with an impressive collection of more than 1,00,000 Book-volumes and above 600 Periodicals. In addition to these, its collection comprises of Research Reports, Company Reports, CD-ROMs, Video-Cassettes in the field of Management, Foreign Trade and WTO related issues. Further, the Library continuously enriches itself with the publications from National and International Organizations such as United Nations Agencies, ITC/UNCTAD/WTO, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Ministries and Departments of Government of India.
The 'WTO Resource Centre' is the most recent addition to the Foreign Trade Library which exclusively provides information on WTO and related issues. The Centre has collected a number of books, periodicals, reports, documents, newspapers, videocassettes & CD ROM's on WTO published by WTO and government/non-government and international organizations. It has also added to its collection a large number of subject files and press clippings on issues under WTO which are culled out from newspapers, books, periodicals being received by the Library. The subject areas include Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties; Bilateral Trade; Dispute/ Dispute Settlement; Countries Seeking Accession to WTO; Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights; Trade in Services; Trade Related Investment Measures; World Trade Law; Government Procurement; Electronic Commerce and WTO; Social Clause and Labour Standards; Trade and Environment; Trade and Technology; Trade in Textiles; and WTO in General, etc. In order to facilitate online access to information, the Library has also subscribed to trade related online and offline databases like Blackwell Synergy (31 E-Journals), Capataline Plus, CMIE databases (Prowess, India Trade and Industry Analysis Service), Commodity Price Bulletin, DGCIS Statistics, EBSCO, Emerald Management Extra, Epharmail, India Stat.com, Inside Trade.com, ISI Emerging Market (World Services), JSTOR, Nextlinx, ProQuest, Suns Magazine, Trade Map, World Bank Online Databases, World Trade Atlas, WITS.
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COMPUTER FACILITIES
The state-of-the-art infrastructure facility at IIFT includes well equipped computer centre which caters to the students and faculty member's specific requirements. Most of the activities which require IT support revolve around the training and research activities pursuits. The computer labs for the students are open 24 hours with adequate number of desktop connections. This facility also houses the provision to conduct online assessment activities by the faculty. In addition to the above, more than 300 desktop computers (Core 2 duo and i5) with Windows OS and colour monitors have been installed in the campus. These are fully supported with OS/Application software such as Novell Groupwise, Microsoft Live Communication, Oracle, VB, Microsoft project, Java, SPSS, E-Views, SAS, etc. IIFT has its Data Centre equipped with Unified Storage, Virtualized Server Environment, Web Servers, Email Servers, etc. for the use at the Institute. For its internet requirements IIFT avails 24 MBPS leased line with three backup ISP on load balancing. Apart from this, IIFT also uses video conferencing facility to connect to a global audience spread across Africa, Europe and South East Asia. IIFT's recent foray extensively in the online education platform has been possible with the stateof-the-art IT infrastructure support being provided for the conduct of these online programmes which has enabled IIFT to conduct online sessions on a real time basis using broadband facility. The Institute has a multi tiered network infrastructure in place. Buildings inside the campus are well connected with fiver network. The network infrastructure is at layer 3 switching level that helps to interconnect all components together on one platform. Institute's network is also supplemented with managed WiFi supporting 802.11n and standards. Over 1000 users have access to this network. Apart from this, classrooms are adequately equipped with LCD projectors and PCs. IIFT has developed several enterprise applications in-house using .NET, ASP, Oracle and SQL platforms.
These applications cater to on-campus as well offcampus programmes of the Institute. This includes developing the indigenous Campus 360 solution, which is a fully integrated platform that provides convergence facility to the faculty with the students and the program office. The Campus 360 enables online attendance, sharing of courseware, result processing, online quiz, opinion polls, assignment submission and many more related activities.
PUBLICATIONS
The research carried out by the Institute is widely disseminated in the form of study reports, monographs and occasional papers. The major beneficiaries of these research findings are academicians, policy-makers, trade and industry, multilateral organizations, researchers and NGOs. In addition, the Institute publishes a quarterly journal Foreign Trade Review laying emphasis on international trade, finance, trade blocs and marketing. Focus WTO, a bi-monthly journal published by the Institute focuses exclusively on WTO related issues. Each issue of the journal is thematic. An electronic magazine, viz. TradeTechnology E-Zine is also published by the Centre for International Trade in Technology of IIFT. It is uploaded on IIFT website www.iift.edu every week.
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KOLKATA CAMPUS
IIFT Kolkata Campus is currently functioning from a rented premises in a building located at J-1/14, EP & GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 091. The facilities available at Kolkata Campus include well-equipped lecture halls with modern audiovisual aids, computer centre, library, etc.
HOSTEL FACILITIES
Hostel accommodation, in leased premises, within a radius of about 3 kms has been arranged along with transport facility by IIFT. Students' cooperative mess facilities are also available. A plot of about 10 acres has been allotted to IIFT by the Government of West Bengal in South Kolkata near Ruby Hospital and the campus at Kolkata with similar facilities as at Delhi including residential facilities, is expected to be ready in two years.
MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
MBA (International Business)
MBA (International Business) is a six trimester general management programme with a focus on International Business for developing a competent cadre of business executives to meet the country's growing requirements for trained personnel in the field of International Business Management. Developments in the international market on the one hand and the consequential impact of the same on India's domestic market on the other, call for an increasingly professional approach and sensitivity to international business environment.
OBJECTIVES
The MBA (IB) aims at imparting professional education and training in modern management techniques for handling international business operations in a highly dynamic and competitive environment. The specific objectives of the Programme are: • familiarize the participants on the To fundamental concepts of management. • expose the participants to the challenges in To the emerging competitive business environment in an increasingly globalized world. • relate the management concepts to business To situations and help the participants to develop analytical and decision skills so as to evolve effective National and International Business Strategy. • develop socially responsive managers for To International Business and help in shaping up their personality.
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• e q u i p fo r c a re e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n To International Business. The Programme aims at providing a comprehensive coverage incorporating all the important subject areas and disciplines relevant to international business. Equal emphasis has been placed on the quantitative and analytical approach to the study of International Business Management. It also attempts to provide comparative perspectives in many facets of International Business by covering methods of doing business as well as trade and business practices, procedures and documentation in other countries. Besides, effective use of computers and modern information technology is made in pedagogy. Recognizing the importance of communication in international business, special attention is given to developing proficiency in one of the three foreign languages, currently under offer, namely French, Spanish and Mandarin.
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COURSE STRUCTURE
The course structure of MBA (IB) is as follows: Trimester-1 • Accounting for Managers • Business Communication • Business Statistics • Introduction to IT • Marketing Management • Micro Economics & Maths for Economics • Principles of Management • Psychology for Managers Trimester-2 • Business Research Methods • Financial Management • International Marketing Management • International Trade Operations • Macro Economics • Management Information System • Operations Research • Organizational Behaviour Trimester-3 • Consumer Behaviour • Financial Management - II • International Economics • International Financial Management • Applications in Management IT • Production & Operations Management • Social Awareness Programme • Strategic Management • Languages (Spanish/French/Mandarin) • Comprehensive Viva
Trimester -4 Development of the World Economy • • Global Sourcing & Business Development • International Business Law • International Business Strategy • International Trade Logistics • Supply Chain Management • Languages (Spanish/French/Mandarin) • Summer Project Viva Trimester - 5
• Business Ethics • Indian Economy & Trade Policy • Research Project • Languages (Spanish/French/Mandarin)
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Trimester - 6
• Research Project Viva
Field Visits :
Sea Port Visit (compulsory)
In addition, every student is required to opt for eight elective papers to be chosen from a large number of subjects that will be offered. The electives will be th th th taught in 4 , 5 and 6 Trimesters. Note: Course Structure subject to revision by the Institute's Academic Council from time to time.
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Admission Procedure
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Fee Structure
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General Information
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Faculty & Administration
Director K.T. Chacko Chairpersons Rakesh Mohan Joshi Ravi Shanker Satinder Bhatia Sunitha Raju Vijaya Katti Head, Kolkata Campus K. Rangarajan Professors Abhijit Das Ashok Kapoor Deepak Bhatnagar Harkirat Singh Madhukar Sinha O.P. Wali Radhika Prosad Datta Rajiv Mohan Srivastava Ranajoy Bhattacharya Rohit Mehtani Sajal Mathur Shashank Priya Associate Professors Biswajit Nag Dipankar Sinha Gautam Kumar Dutta Jayanta Kumar Seal M.Venkatesan Murali Kallumal Niti Nandini Chatnani Nitin Seth Pinaki Dasgupta Pooja Lakhanpal Prabir K. Das Rajendra Prasad Sharma Rajesh Kumar Singh Ram Singh Ruppal Walia Sharma Saikat Banerjee Sanjay Rastogi Saswati Tripathi Sheeba Kapil V. Raveendra Saradhi Assistant Professors Ashim Raj Singla Areej Aftab Siddiqui Basanta K. Sahu Bibek Ray Chaudhuri Debashis Chakraborty Himani Gupta Jacqueline Symss Jaydeep Mukherjee Mridula Savitri Mishra Parul Singh Pratap C. Mohanty Sailja Singh Sachin Kumar Sharma Sonu Verma Sweta Srivastava Malla Tamanna Chaturvedi T.P. Ghosh Consultants/Research Associates/ Program Associates Akanksha Dua Amar Chanchal Amrita Mishra Animesh Kumar Anwesha Bannerjee Ashish Gupta Bhaswati Dutta Chetan Bundela Debarati Sarkar Dinesh Kumar Gargi Basu Hari Maya Gurung Jinusha Panigrahi Madan Lal Meghna Dasgupta Namrata Maheswari Nidhi Chaturvedi Paramanand Rajwar Parshant Atkaan Pinki Chaturvedi Pradyut Kumar Pyne Praveen Ranjan Pravin G. Jadhav Pritha Saha Pritish Kumar Sahu Priyanka Chakraborty Priyanka Sinha Rachit Ranjan Rajesh Biswas Rakesh Joshi Richa Dua Riya Khare Shankar Saleem Shilpi Tripathi Shweta Chaturvedi Shukla Sootrisa Basak Suman Grover Sweta Gupta Udipi Ghosh SUPPORT SERVICES Placement & Corporate Adviser Munish Bhargava Joint Placement & Corporate Advisor Sanjay Verma Systems Manager Bimal Kumar Panda Asstt. Systems Manager S. Balasubramanian Computer Programmers Anirban Chakraborty Neha Vinayak Editor Anil Kumar Kanungo Deputy Librarian B. Pankti Assistant Librarians Amita Anand Nirmala R.S. Meena ADMINISTRATION Registrar R. K. Mitra Dy. Registrar Girish Chawla Sr. Administrative Officers Gaurav Gulati S.K. Batra Sr. Finance Officer Rajeev Talwar Finance Officer Deepa P.G Administrative Officers Amit Kumar Ghosal Bhuwan Chandra Desh Raj S.K. Verma Section Officers Anil Kumar B. Prasannakumar Bratin Sarkar Kavita Sharma Lalita Gupta Meena Vij Meenakshi Saxena Nalini Meshram P.K.Khanna Sumita Marwaha
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CHAIRMAN Shri S.R. Rao Commerce Secretary, Government of India
IIFT BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
CHAIRMAN Shri K.T. Chacko, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016. MEMBERS Dr. Anup K. Pujari, Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110 011 Shri J. K. Dadoo, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110 011. Shri J.S. Deepak, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110 011. Shri Prabhat Kumar, Joint Secretary (ES & ITP), Ministry of External Affairs, Room No. 3055, A-Wing, Jawaharlal Nehru Bhavan, 23-D, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001. Dr. Anjan Mukherji, 177, National Media Centre, NH-8, Shankar Chowk, Gurgaon-122 002. Dr. Atul Sood, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences (SSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067. Shri S. Sridhar, A-409, Indira Apartments, BSD Marg, Deonar, Mumbai-400 088. IIFT FACULTY Dr. Radhika Prosad Datta, Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, J-1/14, EP&GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 091. Dr.(Mrs) Vijaya Katti, Chairperson, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016. Dr. Biswajit Nag, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016. Dr. K. Rangarajan, Head, Kolkata Campus, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, J-1/14, EP&GP Block, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 091. Secretary – Dr. R. K. Mitra, Registrar
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