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PROSPECTUS
2013-15
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE
DEEMED UNIVERSITY
(DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)
MBA
(International Business)
MBA
(International Business)
IMPORTANT DATES
Vision
Mission
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.
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.
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Last Date for obtaining Prospectus through post : Monday, 20 August 2012
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Last Date for obtaining Prospectus across the : Monday, 3 September 2012
counter at IIFT
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Last Date for receipt of Applications : Monday, 3 September 2012
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Last Date for obtaining Prospectus and receipt : Friday, 15 February 2013
of Applications for Foreign Nationals/NRIs/
Children of NRIs

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Written Examination : Sunday, 25 November 2012
10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon
PRICE
From the Director
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MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
•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.
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.
NETWORKING & REACH
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:
•Ph.D. Programme at Delhi and Kolkata.
•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).
•E xecu t ive Po s t G raduate D i p l oma in
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.
•E xecu t ive Po s t G raduate D i p l oma in
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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About the Institute
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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:
MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
Foreign Trade University Hanoi, Vietnam
German Development Institute (GDI),
Tulpenfeld, Bonn, Germany
Grenoble School of Management, France
HENKEN Swedish School of Economics and
Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland
IECS- Strasbourg Graduate School Of
Management, Université Robert Schuman,
STRASBOURG CEDEX, France
Institute for Trade Studies & Research (ITSR), Iran
IESEG – School of Management,
Lille Catholic University, France
Institute of Finance Management (IFM),

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
International Institute for Trade and Development,
Bangkok, Thailand
Foreign Trade Training Centre (FTTC), Egypt
Keio University, Japan
NewCastle University, Newcastle, UK
Oakland University, USA
Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University, USA (Virginia Tech)
Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany
School of Public Policy George Mason University, USA
The University of Newcastle, Newcastle,
NSW, Australia
Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
The International University in Geneva, Geneva,
Switzerland.
Nyenrode Business University, Straatweg,
The Netherlands
Universitá Commerciale L. Bocconi, Italy
Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Centre for Globalisation and Sustainable
Development, Columbia University
CERAM Sophia Antipolis, France
Edhec Business School,
Cedex, France

Lille Cedex and Nice
Alliance 4 Universities, A4U, Spain
Atenco Graduate School of Business,
The Philippines
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Export Edge Business College (EEBC),
Dublin, Ireland
ESC Rennes School of Business, France
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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.

The MBA (International Business) is a fully
residential programme. There is a separate wing for
the girl students.
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.
HOSTEL FACILITIES
LIBRARY FACILITIES
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, video-
cassettes & 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 state-
of-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 off-
campus 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.
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. Trade-
Technology E-Zine is also published by the Centre
for International Trade in Technology of IIFT.
It is uploaded on IIFT website every
week.
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 audio-
visual aids, computer centre, library, etc.
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.
PUBLICATIONS
HOSTEL FACILITIES
www.iift.edu
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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.
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:
•To familiarize the participants on the
fundamental concepts of management.
•To expose the participants to the challenges in
the emerging competitive business environment
in an increasingly globalized world.
•To relate the management concepts to business
situations and help the participants to develop
analytical and decision skills so as to evolve
effective National and International Business
Strategy.
•To develop socially responsive managers for
International Business and help in shaping up
their personality.
OBJECTIVES
•To e qui p for career opportunities in
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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MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
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
•IT Applications in Management
•Production & Operations Management
•Social Awareness Programme
•Strategic Management
•Languages (Spanish/French/Mandarin)
•Comprehensive Viva
Trimester -4
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•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)
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
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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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MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
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Fee Structure
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General Information
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MBA (IB) PROSPECTUS 2013-15
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• Al Ghurair
•Amazan Agro
•Archer Daniels Midland Agro
•Bajaj Auto Limited
•Bharti Airtel
•BOI
•Bristlecone
•Britannia Industries Ltd
•CBI
•Citibank

•Cognizant Technology Solutions
•Daimler India
•Deugro
•Deutsche Bank Operation International
•Duferco
•Emami Limited
•Flipkart
•Gadhia Solar
•GAIL
•Global E-Procure
•Goldman Sachs
•HCL Technologies Ltd
•HDFC Bank
•Hero MotoCorp
•Hindustan Petroleum Corpn Ltd
•HSBC Tricon Energy
•HT Media
•IDBI Bank
•Idea Cellular
•Indus Valley Partner
•Infosys Technologies
•Interglobe
•ITC Limited
•Jindal Steel & Power
•Johnson & Johnson Medical
•Jumbo Electronics
•KPMG
•L&T FS
•Larsen & Toubro
•Madura F&L

•Metro Cash & Carry
•Michael Page
•MMTC
•Neilsoft Limited
•Nokia
•Nomura Holdings
· Novartis
•Olam International
•Power Finance Corpn
•Procter & Gamble
•Raymonds
•Reckitt Benckiser
•Religare
•Rovert Bosch India
•Sab Miller
•Sonalika
•Sree Renuka Sugars
•Sri City
•STC
•Stemcor
RECRUITERS OF 2012
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE
•Tata Capital
•Tata Consultancy Services
•Tata Hitachi
•Tata Housing
•Tata Motors
•Tata Steel
•Technopak
•Titan Industries

•Tricon Energy
•Union Bank of India
•Usha International
•Valency International
•Vodafone
•VVF Limited
•Welspun Group
•Wilson International
•Wipro Ecoenergy
•Wipro Technologies Ltd
•Yes Bank
•Zycus
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
Faculty & Administration
SUPPORT SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
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
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
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE
(DEEMED UNIVERSITY)
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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