Placement Brochure 2014-15 - IIFT

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Placement Brochure 2014-15

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Contents

ContentsDirector’s Message 01

IIFT- A Glorious Journey 03

Academic Excellence at IIFT 04

MBA (International Business) 07

Course Structure 08

International Collaborations 10

Student Exchange Programme 11

Social Awareness Programme 12

Student Activities 14

Summer Placement 2013-15 16

Final Placement 2012-14 18

Domain-wise Details 21

a) Trade Operations and Policy 21

b) Marketing 27

c) Consulting & Strategy 32

d) Finance 36

e) Operations 41

f) Technology & IT 44

Placement Details for 2014-15 47


It is my great pleasure to introduce our MBA (IB) batch of 2013-15 who are ready to take up managerial positions in this era of globalization with values of both excellence and ethics honed to meet the challenges of future.

With the completion of 50 years as a centre for providing high quality education to meet the growing needs of internationalization and globalization, IIFT constantly strives to raise the bar every year in terms of quality of students as well as the course curriculum. At IIFT, the course content and curriculum are reviewed regularly in order to align them to recent developments in various disciplines and cater to the needs of the industry.

The students of our flagship programme of MBA (International Business) go through a series of foundation courses in their first two trimesters where they equip themselves with the tools to understand the advanced courses in various domains. Moving ahead, they undergo core courses in Finance, Marketing, Strategy and trade coupled with substantive courses in International Business. Thus, with a robust foundation of knowledge acquired, the students then choose the elective courses to specialize in the various sectors like Finance, Marketing, Operations, Strategy and International Trade. The Student Clubs ensure that the domain knowledge is enhanced through various competitions and corporate interactions providing students an all-round perspective.

I take this opportunity to extend a cordial invitation to the esteemed recruiters to visit IIFT to see for themselves our young professionals who are full of zeal and enthusiasm and are ready to make a mark in the world of trade and industry.

Dr. Surajit Mitra, IAS (Retd.)Fellow, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford

Ph.D., University of Cambridge

dIreCtor’s Message


Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was set up on 2nd of May 1963 with the vision of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as an Institution with a focus on foreign trade related research and training. Since its inception, the Institute has evolved and undergone major transformations and has, over the years, broadened the scope and dimensions of its academic activity that now encompasses the full spectrum of international business.

Today, the Institute, in its 51st year of existence, is widely recognized for its knowledge and resource base, its rich heritage and strong alumni network both in India and abroad. An organization like IIFT grows from within but only after taking the nourishment from its environment. The more numerous and difficult the challenges thrown up by the surrounding system, the greater has been the effort to come up to the level to meet the emerging tasks. The ever evolving character of the foreign trade sector continuously throws up new opportunities and challenges which the Institute in its own way attempts to face by re-delineating the contours of its activities.

LocationNew Delhi Campus: Located in Qutab Institutional Area, overlooking green ridge and historical Qutab Minar, the

IIft – a gLorIous JourneY

IIFT Campus is considered to be one of the finest in the country. The campus spread over 6.5 acres of land houses two academic blocks and two residential blocks for students and visiting faculty. Be it the imposing structure of the “atrium”, the mystic beauty of the architectural design called “eye of the universe”, or the splendor of the campus in full bloom in winter, it never fails to impress the visitors.

Kolkata Campus: IIFT Kolkata Campus is currently operating from Sector 5, Salt Lake City. However, IIFT’s own Campus is located in South Kolkata near Ruby Hospital. The Campus is expected to be operational very soon.

Release of Postage Stamp on IIFTThe Prime Minister had released the Golden Jubilee Stamp to commemorate the legacy which IIFT has carved in its rich existence. It became exclusive educational institute to be accorded this privilege and shows the trust that the nation has put in IIFT.


ResearchResearch occupies a crucial place in IIFT’s spectrum of activities because of the institutional emphasis on a strong and pervasive interface between research and training. The Institute has so far brought out over 700 research studies and surveys. In addition, it has developed substantial consulting capacity in analyzing international business situations and developing appropriate corporate strategies. Prominent institutions, national and international organizations that have been consulting the Institute on issues related to international business include: RBI, FICCI, CII, FIEO, CID, QCI–Harvard University, European Union Office, USAID, UNDP, ESCAP, Commonwealth Secretariat, German Development Institute, IFC-World Bank and Central & State Governments of India. IIFT has over the years undertaken path-breaking research studies in association with organizations like the WTO, World Bank, UNCTAD and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Strong research and consultancy capabilities of IIFT faculty with multi-disciplinary focus lead to creation of cutting edge knowledge with implications for policy and development action.

Current portfolio of research includes: Trade Policy Research, Functional Research, Preferential & Foreign Trade Agreements, Survey Research and Database Development. Some of the major research papers in hand are:

1. Study on the Destination Specific Elasticity of Demand for Top 10 Commodity Groups Exported to Top 10 Countries having Trade Surplus and Trade Deficit.

2. Ensuring India’s Energy Security: Preparation of a Matrix of Energy and Fertilizer Products and Identifying Export Opportunities to Finance the Imports.

3. Project Survey Report on Indian Accountancy Sector – Potential to become Global Hub.

4. India’s Trade Potential.

5. Advisory Services to Kolkata Port Trust.

6. Project Management Consultancy for Netaji Subhas Dock of Kolkata Port Trust.

Over the years, IIFT has broadened its academic framework by providing management education and PhD courses. Its endeavour should not only be to produce successful managers, business leaders and academic thinkers but also to prepare them as socially conscious citizens who have the capacity and willingness to respond and contribute to our society’s needs.

-Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India, May 02, 2013 (Golden Jubilee Foundation Day, IIFT)

aCadeMIC exCeLLenCe at IIft

International ConferenceIIFT organizes an International Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade & Finance every two years. The Fourth Conference will be organized in December 2014 at the Delhi Campus.

The MSME CentreKeeping in view that the MSME sector would continue to play a crucial role in our globalizing economy towards national development, the Institute had set up the MSME Centre in May 2005 in order to provide continuous support to the MSME sector by carrying out activities which can broadly be classified into conducting Training Programmes, provision of Business Intelligence services through comprehensive information hub and acting as a catalyst for interfacing with other concerned and associated institutions and organizations.

Centre for International Trade in Technology (CITT)With the primary objective of actualizing India’s potential in technology trade and addressing the complexities involved, IIFT had set up CITT in 2001 with financial and technical support from the DSIR, Government of India.

It is a unique institutional arrangement in which roles of active players in international technology trade, especially those of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and Ministry of Science & Technology are being synthesized. It is well recognized that building up of technology trade requires sustained efforts over a period of time.

The objectives of the Centre for International Trade in Technology are to:

(a) Sensitize Government to the importance of technology exports and need for an enabling and proactive regime;

(b) Support the corporate sector by providing access to relevant global, commercial intelligence and analytical review of market potential of priority markets;

(c) Develop a cadre of experts and trainers to make available specialized training to the industry and for policy-making.

Centre for WTO StudiesThe Centre for WTO Studies was established in IIFT in 2002 to provide research, analytical and informational

support pertaining to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to the Department of Commerce, Government of India on a continuous basis. Over the years, the Centre has undertaken detailed research on various issues including agriculture, industrial tariffs, trade remedies, trade facilitation etc., which has provided a strong foundation for India’s engagement at the WTO. The Centre has also provided significant technical support to the Department of Commerce in various WTO disputes. In addition, the Centre has undertaken cutting edge research on some of the emerging areas of international trade such as climate change.

Management Development ProgrammesIIFT offers a wide spectrum of MDPs in different areas of international business such as international marketing and trade operations, soft skills, international financial management, international logistics and global supply chain, international business and negotiations, WTO and trade policies in India and abroad, for the executives of the industry, and policy-makers in the Government.

These MDPs are structured keeping in mind the changing global business environment and international standards which help in developing the skills and competency of the participants.

In addition, certain important Government Departments and trade promotion agencies have also sponsored programmes for their officials. Prominent among them are Coir Board, Council for Leather Exports, National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics, Marine Products Export Development Authority, Spices Board, Tobacco Board, Tariff Commission, Sports Goods Export Promotion Council, Department of Personnel and Training, Office of the Development Commissioner(Handicrafts), India Trade Promotion Organization, Directorate-General of Resettlement, Department of AYUSH, RCVPN Academy of Administration and Management (Madhya Pradesh), Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Defence, Central Statistical Organization, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of External Affairs, Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Bombay Chamber of Commerce, etc. Some of the other clients for Sponsored MDPs are as follows:

Mitsubishi Corporation, Sony India, TATA Power, Exxon Mobil, ABN Amro Bank, Rockefeller Foundation, Itochu Corporation, Ranbaxy, Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals


Ltd., CIMMCO International, Indian Sugar and General Engineering Corporation, SIEL, Interocean, Indian Aluminum Company, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Dena Bank, Castrol India Ltd., Power Grid Corporation, NALCO, SAIL, PEC Ltd., ONGC, ECGC, STC, MMTC, NIS/ NIIT, RICEM, NABARD, NSIC, KVIC, IITTM, NHDC, SIPARD, etc.

IIFT also conducts the following online open programmes besides normal on-campus short term open MDPs:

a) 1 year Executive Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (VSAT)

b) 1 year Executive Post Graduate Diploma in International Business Strategy

c) 4 months Certificate Programme in Export Import Management

d) 6 months Post Graduate Certificate Programme in International Marketing

The Africa InitiativeInternational Projects Division (IPD) of IIFT has been conceived to internationalize the reach of the Institute to the need of other countries and to work as a catalyst to the Indian Government and corporate sector for deepening their economic relationship with partner countries.

This Division helps IIFT in achieving the position of a Centre of Excellence in imparting education, training and conducting research in other parts of the world in the area of International Business and Trade. One of the key objectives of the IPD is to train government officials, diplomats, entrepreneurs, exporters, corporate sector and civil society members to develop broader understanding of issues related to international business and its implications on trade policy. As a part of decisions taken at India-Africa Forum Summit, 08-09 April 2008, the Institute has been entrusted with the responsibility:

• To conduct customized Capacity Building Programmes on International Business in various parts of Africa

• To establish the Pan African India-Africa Institute of Foreign Trade (IAIFT) at Kampala, Uganda.

MBA (International Business) at IFM, TanzaniaIIFT started MBA (International Business) Programme with the Institute of Finance Management (IFM), Tanzania in the year 2000 to assist Tanzania for filling the gap of trained personnel for the external sector and to enable the country to emerge competitive in international markets.

MBA in International Business at Dar-es-Salaam has now become the Pan-Africa Programme and is the most sought after course in African region. The MBA (IB) Programme is rich in content and customized for African participants to take on the challenges and complexities of global business.


MBa (InternatIonaL BusIness)

The ever-changing global and domestic environments and their interactions with each other have necessitated a structured understanding of the International Business Environment for any global manager. The MBA (International Business) is a foundation course that provides a professional and structured approach to develop candidates into competent business executives who can satisfy the ever-growing requirement for professionals who are qualified to function as International Business Managers.

MBA (IB), the flagship programme of IIFT, spans over a period of two years and is a fully-residential programme. IIFT is known for its academic rigor with courses laying equal emphasis on international implications of every concept. This very aspect of the curriculum at IIFT gives the participants an edge over other management students wherein they are sensitized about international issues and develop into global managers. The courses at IIFT are structured and intertwined in such a manner so as

to provide the perfect blend of each and every aspect of the management curriculum. This is further supplemented by port visits, summer projects, live projects, a social awareness programme, symposia, cultural events, community service activities, sports and different club activities each of which adds to the hands-on knowledge and provides the candidates the opportunity to apply various concepts in the real life situation.

Admission ProcedureAny institution can surpass itself only if it continues to provide an unparalleled learning environment for students to learn and grow. This becomes even more crucial when an institute offers a Master’s degree. At IIFT, we strive to achieve the same through a rigorous admission procedure involving an intensive written exam, group discussion, essay writing and an interview. The same is reflected in the 1:300 students to applicant ratio that has been maintained at IIFT.

• 6thRankamongstthebestIndianB-Schools,asreportedbyTheWallStreetJournalIndia,18thMay2013

• 21st Rank across Asia Pacific region in the QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012 based onrecruiters’opinion,1of6Indiancollegesinthelist

• 7th Rank in amongst Top Government B-Schools in Outlook-MDRA ranking of India’s Best BusinessSchools,2012

• A***—ThehighestB-SchoolRatingbyCRISIL,awardedtoIIFTin2012

• 7thRankinBusinessToday’sBestB-SchoolsSurvey,2011

• TOP10Rankin“PAGALGUY”,thepopularonlineMBAcommunity,2014

• 8thRankonIndustryInterfaceinCNBCTV-18’sBestB-SchoolSurvey,2013

Ourefforthasbeenrecognizedacrossthespectrum:


The course structure at IIFT gives a strong grounding of international perspectives. The first year of the programme helps in building a strong foundation and equips students with the basics of Finance, Marketing, Trade, Strategy and Entrepreneurship. It also introduces the students to the concepts of HR, Operations and Economics. All research findings at IIFT are carefully incorporated in the curriculum. Students are also provided with an exposure to

international aspects of each domain. The course is also complemented by strategy courses which provide students with acute business acumen. Finally, the students undergo soft skills courses enabling them to become complete in the business sense.

The second year requires the students to specialize in a domain by opting for a preferred combination of 10 electives in addition to the core courses offered.

Course struCture

“We in IIFT Nurture Excellence” – Dr. Surajit Mitra

Director, IIFT

IIFTMBA(IB)CURRICULUM

Strategic Management

General Management and Personality Development

International Business

Management Function

Foundation Courses


• Managing Change & Transformation • Fundamentals of International Management

• Management of Strategic Alliances • Strategy Execution & Tools • Competitive Strategy • New Venture Creation & Start-ups

• Psychology for Managers • Human Resources Management • Corporate Ethics & Governance • Organizational Behaviour • Legal Aspects of Business

• International Financial Management • International Trade Operations & Documentation • Trade Analytics • Port Visit • International Marketing Management • International Business Strategy • International Trade Logistics • International Economics • India & World Economy • Management of Global Sourcing

• Managing Global Compliance in Exports • Custom & Excise Management • Agri-Commodity Trading (ACT) • Green Strategy for Global Operations and Logistics • Sectoral Strategies for International Business (Seminar Course) • Financing of International Trade • Management of Pricing (including Transfer Pricing) • Market Access Issues • Management of Shipping Services • Applied Econometrics

• Finance: • Financial Accounting • Financial Management – I & II• Marketing: • Marketing Management • Consumer Behaviour• Operations & IT : • Operations Research • Production & Operations Management • Supply

Chain Management• Finance: • Financial Derivatives & Risk Management • Mergers & Acquisitions • Project

Appraisal & Finance • Security Analysis & Portfolio Management • Financial Risk Management • Financial Modeling • Management of Financial Services

• Marketing: • Digital Marketing • Management of Pricing • Advertising & Promotion Management • Sales & Distribution Management • Brand Management • Strategic Market Planning & Decision Making • Retail Management • Marketing of Services • B2B Marketing

• Operations & IT: • Advanced Supply Chain Management • Advanced Forecasting Techniques for Business Applications • TQM & Six Sigma • Green Strategy for Global Operations and Logistics • Procurement & Material Management • Enterprise Resource Planning Systems • IT Project Consultancy & Management • Online Business & E-Commerce

• Business Economics • Business Statistics • Macro Economics • Managerial Communication-I & II• Business Research Methods • IT Applications in Management- I & II

Strategic Management

GeneralManagement & Personality Development

International Business

Management Function

Foundation Courses

• Core course • Elective course


IIFT has collaborations with more than 27 Universities/ B-schools throughout the world. The key areas of collaboration with partner institutes include the following:

• Student Exchange

• Faculty Exchange

• Training programmes/Study tours

• Joint research

InternatIonaL CoLLaBoratIons

FRANCE SKEMA Business SchoolIESEG – School of ManagementESC Rennes School of BusinessGrenoble School of ManagementIECS- Strasbourg Graduate School of Management

ITALYUniversity of Insurbia

Università Commerciale L. Bocconi

GERMANY Universität des Saarlandes

FINLAND HANKEN- Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration

NETHERLANDS Nyenrode Business Universiteit

SPAIN Allianza 4 Univesidades

BANGLADESH Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute

CHINA University of International Business and Economics

SINGAPORE Singapore Management University

CANADA Brock University

TANZANIA Institute of Financial Management (IFM)

The Institute is a member of the following International and Regional Organizations:

I. Academy of International Business (AIB), USA

II. European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Brussels

III. International Association of Trade Training Organizations (IATTO), UK

VI. Association of Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)


IIFT Student Exchange Programme is an outcome of the Institute’s academic collaboration with some of the leading institutions across the world. The programme helps the participant gain international exposure in a multi-cultural setting. Upon completion of the programme the participants gain from multicultural peer group interactions as well as exposure to world class and renowned international faculty and from

the unique and rigorous pedagogy of the concerned institution.

IIFT also conducts customized programmes in the area of “Doing Business in India” for various international Universities. These programmes have had participation from students as well as corporate executives. IIFT has already conducted programmes for Universities in Germany, Netherlands and New Zealand.

student exChange PrograMMe


Individuals with a sense of responsibility to the society are the catalysts for social enterprises and corporate changes. Realizing this, IIFT has taken the initiative to sensitize its students and make them socially responsible corporate citizens. The Social Awareness Programme, part of the

curriculum of MBA (IB) Programme, brings students face-to-face with the major issues that concern our society. Under this initiative, students are affiliated with more than 40 different NGOs where they learn how to transfer academic knowledge into real-world practice to bring about social change.

soCIaL aWareness PrograMMe

PartnerNGOsDELhI

• Aarohan

• Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan

• Astha

• Abhivyakti Foundation

• Bhartiya Navdeep Samiti

• Development Alternatives Group

• Family Planning Association of India

• HelpAge India

• Humana People to People India

• Joining Hands

• Muskan Foundation

• Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre

• SOS Children’s Villages of India

• Salaam Baalak Trust

• Foresight Society of HRD

• Sukanya

• Smile Foundation

• Sum Drishti Education Society

• Udayan Care

• United Way of Delhi

• Vigyan Vijay Foundation

KOLKATA• Tomorrow's Foundation

• AIWC, East Calcutta Constituency

• Don Bosco Ashalaya

• Sanlaap

• Tiljala Society for Human and Educational Development

• Hope Foundation

• Save the Children

• The Calcutta Samaritans

• Loreto Day School, Sealdah

• Helpage India

• Child in Need Institute (CINI)

• Ramkrishna Mission Lok Shiksha Parishad (JFM)

• Jabala Action Research Organisation

• City Level Programme of Action (CLPOA)

• Prantakatha

• SASHA

• Rehabilitation Centres for Children

• Kolkata Konsultant

• Bikash Bharati Welfare Society


These NGOs address various issues of the society such as Child Education & Health Care, Old Age, Disability, Environment, HIV/AIDS Awareness, Poverty, Population & Family Welfare, Community Development, Female Foeticide, Women Empowerment and Income Generation.

At IIFT, students have been working to improve the conditions of the underprivileged, adding momentum to the increasingly growing belief that business is interlinked with society. The success of this programme lies in sensitizing the students on social issues and in

the valuable experience they carry with them into the corporate world.

KOSHISH–TheSocialAwarenessClubKOSHISH excels in cultivating social responsibility amongst the management students. It sensitizes the students towards the problems of the society at large. Members of the club actively involve themselves in promoting child education, organizing blood donation camps and visiting old age homes and orphanages.


student aCtIvItIes

IMFInternational Management Forum (IMF) is the official student body at IIFT. It coordinates and provides administrative support to various student bodies and activities. The five-member body consists of the President, the General Secretary, the Media coordinator, the Cultural secretary and the Alumni coordinator.

E-CELLThe entrepreneurship cell strives to drive the entrepreneurial spirit among the IIFT community. It acts as a catalyst and an incubator of new ideas.

QUINTESSENTIAL-TheQuizClubQuintessential is a platform for ardent quizzers and

quizmasters alike and hosts a number of quizzing events every year. Bizdom and Inquizition are the flagship events organized by Quintessential.

QUO-VADISQuo-Vadis is the 3 day annual Management and Cultural Festival of IIFT which is organized during the third week of January at the Delhi campus. Major attractions include flagship events such as Shastra, Consigliere, Operazor, corporate quiz and domain specific events like Novus Visum, Markopediaetc which draw participation from all top Business schools across the country. The event has also been a platform for many companies to float live case study competitions for the students and for several other forms of real time engagements.

S No. Events Location Dates1 The Big Fight Delhi 21st – 26th Jan, 20142 Foundation Day Delhi 2nd May 3 City meets Delhi May 4 Foundation Day-Kolkata Campus Kolkata 16th July5 E-Summit Kolkata 16th August 6 Trade Winds Delhi 21st-22nd August 7 Koshish Club events Delhi Throughout the year 8 National IT Conclave Kolkata 30th August9 Dubai Trade Conclave Dubai 25th September 10 UWL Delhi 27th Oct-5th November 11 Trade Symposium Kolkata 8th November 12 Grand Alumni Meet Delhi 15th November 13 Quo Vadis 14’ Delhi 23rd-25rd January, 2015

EventsCalendar2014-15:


StudentAchievements:FromPastYears

AchievementsataGlance• 1st, Great Innovation Challenge, Intaglio, IIM Calcutta• 2nd, M&A Frenzy, I-Banking Event, IIM Ahmedabad• 2nd, Murphy’s Laugh, Business Quiz, IIM Calcutta• 1st, SERI Mark Masters, Education Sector Case Study, IIM

Lucknow• 1st, Shodh, Finance Case Study, Religare, IIFT• 1st, UTTHAN, Teach for India Case Study, Aircel Fiesta, FMS• 1st, Bindaas Andaaz, Marketing and ROI plan, IIM Lucknow

and PrintBindaas• 2nd, Chakravyuh, General Management Strategy Event, IIM

Ahmedabad• 2nd, Chanakya, Public Policy Event, IIM Calcutta• 1st, White Knight, B-Plan Competition, IIM-K 2011-12• Best Speaker, Rural Roulette, Flagship Marketing Event, IIM

Kozhikode• 2nd, Photography Competition, IIM Calcutta and NMIMS• 2nd, Consigliere – I banking Competition, IIFT• 2nd, The Consulting Guru, Consulting Challenge, IIFT

• 1st, Operazor, Strategy Event, IIFT• Runners-up, Consillum, the Consulting Club Event, ISB

Hyderabad• 1st, Agriwatch Sectoral Analysis of Commodities, Agriwatch,

IIFT• 1st, Article Writing Competition (Finance), FMS• 1st, Pallas Athena, General Management Event, XLRI• 2nd, Mercatus Maximus, SIBM Pune• 2nd, ETHOS-Teach for India Case Study Competition, XLRI

Jamshedpur• 2nd, Last Man Standing, SIBM• 1st, FinQ, Finance Quiz, IIM Shillong• 1st, Nutcracker Marketing, Flagship Event of IIT Delhi• 2nd, Inceptum, B-Plan Competition, IIFT 2011-12• 2nd, Cultify, Marketing Case Study Competition, MICA• 2nd, Rural Roulette, Flagship Marketing Event, IIM Kozhikode• 2nd, In Greed we Trust, I-Banking Event, SIBM Pune• 3rd, Niveshak, Sector Report Writing Competition, IIM Shillong


suMMer PLaCeMents 2013-15

Sales & MarketingSales & Marketing offers continued upward trend at IIFT and the institute yet again attracted the biggest names in this domain.

• FMCG: ITC, Godrej Consumer Products, Colgate-Palmolive, L’Oreal, Kellogg’s, Hector Beverages, SAB Miller, McNroe and Amway offered their coveted Sales & Marketing profiles

• Vodafone was the major telecom player that offered diverse roles across this domain

• Pharma powerhouses Eli Lilly, Stryker and Zimmer offered marketing roles

• TATA Steel & Croda Chemicals offered its B2B Marketing profile

• Google & Flipkart offered its online marketing profile

• Automobile sector: Eicher and Tata Motors offered profiles across this domain

Philips, Madura Fashion & Life-style, Titan, Law & Kenneth, McCann Erikson and Daikin offered profiles like Sales & Marketing, Advertising, Market Research, Brand Management, Brand Servicing and Digital Marketing.

Strategy&GeneralManagement• Robert Bosch, with its General Management profile was

the largest recruiter in this domain

• Larsen & Toubro offered its coveted Corporate Strategy role

Airtel, Mahindra, RPG, Godrej Properties Ltd, Philips and Raymond were some of the conglomerates who recruited for their key leadership and strategy positions.

Consulting

There was greater representation in the consulting space this year at IIFT. A total of about 20% students chose to intern in this domain.

• Global Executive Search firms Alexander Hughes & Russell Reynolds recruited exclusively from IIFT

• Corporate Executive Board offered its niche member-based advisory services role, offered at very few B-schools in India

Cognizant Business Consulting, KPMG, Interglobe, Hewlett Packard, Aricent Group, HCL, TCS and Wipro were some of the key recruiters for their various practices.

FinanceAround 20% of the batch bagged offers from the financial sector.

• Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, HSBC and Nomura recruited students for the Investment Banking profile.

• Royal Bank of Scotland offered its coveted Risk Management role.

• Citibank offered its Consumer Banking profile whereas Langham Capital & Singhi Advisors offered private equity market roles


• HDFC offered its prestigious role in retail trade and forex services

• Flipkart, Philips, Vodafone and Cargill offered their Corporate Finance roles.

Other prominent organizations like TATA Capital, Evalueserve, Amway, Edelweiss, ICRA, IL&FS, Diners Club International and SREI were among the many recruiters who offered roles in Finance

OperationsOperations & SCM was a significant focus too with some of the biggest names in the industry offering prestigious profiles.

• Biocon offered its coveted Supply Chain role to the students

• Dabur International offered its prestigious operations profile, based out of Dubai

Other reputed organisations offering this role include JSPL, Tata Steel, Stryker, AT Foods, Sterlite Technologies, DSCL and Mahindra Comviva

Trade & International Business• Cargill & Noble Group are the largest recruiters in this

domain

• Louis Dreyfus offered a total of 3 profiles viz. Cotton, Sugar and Grains

• FMCG major ITC offered its niche Agri-trade profile

• Global Trade major Adani Wilmar visited IIFT and offered its profile in Commodity Trading

WTO, US Embassy, Hero Motocorp, Rockfort International, Torero Corporation and STC were some of the prominent companies in this domain offering trade and international business roles to the students.

Sector-wiseBreak-up

Domain-wiseBreak-upConsulting, 19%

Finance, 22%

General Management, 11%Operations & SCM, 8%

Sales & Marketing, 30%

Trade & International Business, 10%

Automotive, 2%Technology & E-Commerce, 4%

Telecom, 4%

Others, 9%

Media & Advertising, 3%

Manufacturing, 4%

IT/ITeS, 10%

Healthcare, 4%

Trade, 7%

BFSI, 19%

Conglomerate, 6%

Consulting, 7%

Consumer Goods, 6%

Executive Search, 2%FMCG, 13%


fInaL PLaCeMents 2012-14

Trade & International BusinessThis particular domain has always been IIFT’s forte and this year saw three of the Global top four trading firms, namely Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus offering commodity trading profiles exclusively at IIFT.

• Trimex Group, a renowned name in the oil drilling industry made three offers for its coveted International Business Development role.

• International offers were also made by Tricon, Valency International and Triton Group. International Business roles were further offered by Tolaram Group and Torero Corp.

Sales & MarketingSales and marketing continued to be one of the most vibrant domains with a huge variety of roles across brands and sectors being offered to the students.

• The most number of offers were made by ITC. FMCG majors like Reckitt Benckiser, ITC, Britannia, Godrej Consumer, SAB Miller and Emami reiterated their faith in the consistent quality of students at IIFT.

• SAP India recruited for its International Sales Academy Programme.

• In the Pharma sector, we saw majors like Abbott and Eli Lilly and medical devices companies Medtronic and Stryker offer sales and marketing roles.

• Other notable stakeholders included Philips, Madura F&L (ABG), Hennes & Mauritz and Vodafone with marketing profiles in consumer goods, lifestyle and telecom sectors respectively.

• The Automotive sector saw Bajaj Auto and Tata Motors offering international and domestic marketing roles.

• Marketing roles were also offered by HT Media and Mogae Media in the Media domain.

FinanceThe slowdown in the economy seemed to have no effect on placements at IIFT with many investment banks and financial institutions offering excellent profiles at IIFT.

• Goldman Sachs was the highest recruiter with 8 offers.

• Investment banking profile was offered by Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, HSBC and Nomura Holdings.

• Citibank offered its Banking Operations profile at IIFT.

• Risk Management and Treasury profiles were offered by RBS and HSBC.

• Corporate Finance roles were also offered by Flipkart, Trident and Wipro.

ConsultingThe consulting domain at IIFT made great headway with a number of industry leaders showing renewed interest along with new recruiters.

• Russell Reynolds, among the world’s Top 5 Executive Search Firms, offered its research profile for the first time in India at IIFT.

• Cognizant Business Consulting emerged as the largest recruiter with 9 offers.

• Consulting roles were also offered by KPMG, Deloitte

“The strong performance of the students can be attributed to the recent course re-structuring that IIFT has undertaken. And the continued support of the corporate world further strengthens IIFT’s resolve to tend to the evolving needs and requirements of the industry.”

– Dr. Surajit MitraDirector, IIFT


and EY. Other notable recruiters included Corporate Executive Board, Interglobe, MEC Intelligence, Avalon Consulting, Axtria and Technopak.

TechnologyStudents of IIFT have had a flair for technology and the same was reflected in the placements this year.

• Google, Amazon and Flipkart together made 18 offers on campus.

• The other recruiters in this domain were Aricent, TCS, Wipro, ITC Infotech, HCL, KPIT Cummins and Sproxil.

OperationsThe Operations and Supply Chain domain saw marquee recruiters offer their coveted roles to the students at IIFT. Nokia offered its coveted Procurement Specialist role at

Sector-wiseBreak-up

Domain-wiseBreak-up

IIFT. TATA Steel, JSPL, Mahindra Comviva, Flipkart and Trident also made offers to students in this domain.

GeneralManagement&StrategyThe rigorous academic curriculum at IIFT with a balance of subjects helps students develop their expertise in various domains, thus enabling them to excel in the General Management profiles.

• The Corporate world continued to put its faith in IIFT for their General Management roles. Conglomerates like RPG, Mahindra & Mahindra and Trident Group offered their prestigious group management profiles.

• L&T, Cipla, Apollo hospitals, ACG-PAM, Philips and TATA NYK also offered their strategy and leadership roles.

• Airtel and Robert Bosch offered their leadership and general management roles.

Automotive, 2%Trade, 11%

Technology & E-Commerce, 4%

Telecom, 13%

Others, 1%

Media & Advertising, 1%

Manufacturing, 6%

BFSI, 17%

Conglomerate, 4%

Consulting, 7%

Consumer Goods, 2%

FMCG, 7%

Healthcare, 6%IT/ITeS, 19%

Consulting, 21%

Finance, 20%

General Management, 10%

IT, 6%

Operations & SCM, 6%

Sales & Marketing, 23%

Trade & International Business, 14%


Some of Our Past Recruiters:


doMaIn-WIse detaILs

“IIFT since its inception 50 years ago has been at the forefront of training young talent in international trade. Louis Dreyfus Commodities Asia counts many Alumni from IIFT in its senior management and young talent pool both in India and abroad. I strongly believe in IIFT’s expertise in shaping today’s and tomorrow’s successful managers and business leaders.”

– Rohit AggarwalCEO of Louis Dreyfus Commodities Asia (IIFT Alumnus)

(a) TRADEOPERATIONSANDPOLICY

A pioneer in the field of Management Studies, IIFT’s excellence in the field of trade and international business remains unparalleled across India. IIFT has kept pace with the growing business environment and its well-designed course structure has played a pivotal role in that. The dynamic course curriculum, which is reviewed time-to-time keeping in mind the industry demand exposes the students towards the areas of International Business, Trade and Logistics.

Students are groomed not only through classroom teaching, but are also provided with ample interactions with industry stalwarts and academicians. During these discussions, the contemporary issues in the field of trade are discussed in depth. The excellence in the field of trade exhibited by our alumni speaks volumes about the competence of IIFT in the area of trade.

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” -Vince Lombardi


FacultyThe students are guided through the different facets of Trade and International Business by experienced faculty whose pedagogy is filled with intellectual insights and encourages lateral thinking.

PROF.VIJAYAKATTIProf. Vijaya Katti is a Professor & Chairperson (MDP) and has over 30 years of work experience in the academia. She has been with IIFT for the past 24 years and her areas of interest are Global Business Environment, India’s Trade with

SAARC, Textiles & Clothing, Trade in Services and WTO related issues.

PROF.D.SUNITHARAJUProf. Raju, Professor & Chairperson (Graduate Studies Division), has a wide experience and expertise in the fields of Economics (Agriculture), Micro Economics, Economic Environment and Policy, Industrial Economics, Trade/Fiscal

& Monetary Policies and Environmental Analysis.

PROF.RANAJOYBHATTACHARYYAProf. Bhattacharyya, PhD in Economics, a recipient of the Fulbright Scholar in Residence Award in 2007, is a Professor at IIFT and has served as a Visiting Professor in universities abroad. His research interests lie in the areas of International

Trade and Environmental Economics.

DR.BISWAJITNAGDr. Nag, an Associate Professor at IIFT, has been with IIFT for the past 15 years and has a wide range of publications in the areas of Industrial Economics, Applied Econometrics and International Trade & Finance. He has worked in

consulting assignments with esteemed organizations like UN-ESCAP, ADB, Finance Commission of India and others.He has done extensive research on Trade Policy & Development including WTO, Private Sector Development, International Production Network, Trade Facilitation issues, and International Business including Strategy issues.

DR.RAMSINGHDr. Singh, Associate Professor, is a pioneer in the field of International Business, Operations, Logistics and Export Documentation and Procedure. His areas of specialization include International Business, International Trade Operations,

International Trade Logistics and Export Documentation and Procedure.

DR.TAMANNACHATURVEDIDr. Chaturvedi is an Assistant Professor at IIFT and Consultant with the Center for MSME Studies. Her area of specialization is WTO, Trade Policy issues and Economics (Agriculture).

DR.BASANTAK.SAHUDr. Sahu, an Assistant Professor at IIFT, holds a PhD in Economics. He is also a Visiting Professor at various universities in India and abroad. His areas of interest are Household Risk Coping, Drought, Water & Food Insecurity, Agriculture,

Microfinance, Economics of Gender, and Poverty & Rural Livelihood Issues in which he has published many research papers. Some of his research projects are funded by the World Bank, ADB, IRRI, ICSSR, and Planning Commission of India.

DR.BIBEKRAYCHAUDHURIDr. Chaudhuri, an Assistant Professor at IIFT, holds a PhD in Economics. He taught Economics at various universities in India and abroad. His research areas are Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Policy and Firms, Trade Data analysis,

Productivity Analysis, Applied Econometrics. He is involved in Consulting assignments with various firms.

DR.DEBASHISCHAKRABORTYDr. Chakraborty, an Assistant Professor at IIFT, is a PhD in Economics. He has a wide range of publications in the areas of International Trade, Indian Economic Development, WTO, Environmental Economics and Anti-dumping. He has

worked on various projects with Ministry of Commerce, World Bank, ITC Ltd., CII, Commonwealth Secretariat UK, etc.


DR.JAYDEEPMUKHERJEEDr. Jaydeep, an Assistant Professor at IIFT, is a PhD in Economics, and has taught various courses on Economics at various institutes in India. He is involved with various Research Projects and MDPs commissioned by institutions

like IFC (World Bank), Ministry of Health & Welfare, Ministry of External Affairs, etc. His areas of research are Financial Sector and Real Sector Economy Interlinkage, Open Economy Macroeconomy, Macroeconomic Policy, Econometrics Applications in Macroeconomics and Finance.

MS.AREEzAFTABSIDDIQUIMs. Siddiqui is pursuing her Ph.D. Jamia Millia Islamia. She is a gold medallist in Masters of International Business from Jamia Millia Islamia and B.A. (Hons) Economics from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. Her areas of

Specialization are International Business, International Trade Operations, International Trade Logistics and Export Documentation and Procedure.

PortVisitAs a part of the fourth trimester, students visit a sea port to get a first-hand experience of the system. It helps students to understand the application of the knowledge they gain over the preceding three trimesters and relate it to the curriculum.

Ports that the students visited in 2013 are:

• Mumbai

• Visakhapatnam

• Kolkata

• Cochin

• Dubai

• Singapore

• Malaysia

Areas Covered• Port Operations

• Customs

• Export Processing Zones

• Chambers of Commerce

• Clearing and Forwarding Agents


Student InitiativesBLASH-TheInternationalTradeClub,IIFTBLASH, The International Trade Club at IIFT is the acronym for Buy Low and Sell High. The club carries the legacy of IIFT’s excellence in trade. It is one of the oldest clubs in IIFT which every year attracts the highest membership amongst all the clubs of IIFT.

Some of the activities carried out by BLASH are:

• TradeWinds: The club publishes TradeWinds, the trade magazine at IIFT regularly which provides insights to the latest happenings in the world of International Trade. It includes articles written by industry stalwarts, alumni, faculty and students.

• Club Sessions: The club regularly conducts sessions to facilitate knowledge transfer through various pedagogical methods.

• Simulation Trading: Students are exposed to the nuances of trading in commodities, derivatives and forex so that they get a feel of the various trading platforms.

• Visiting Trade-Related Hubs: Visits to the local mandis and ports are organized to facilitate the learning of the students.

• Workshops and guest lectures: Eminent speakers from the industry as well as trade experts are invited to conduct workshops and guest lectures.

CompetitionsThe club organizes a number of intra and inter B-School competitions on trade and related activities. Some of the competitions organized recently include:

• Mandi Live: A live commodity simulation competition played on NCDEX trading platform.

• The Next Small Idea-MSME Financing Challenge: As a part of Quo-Vadis, the annual management fest of IIFT, the students were required to bring forward their analytical skills on how Indian MSME/Start-ups financing could be improved.

• Commodity Analysis Challenge: An intra-IIFT competition on the analysis of various commodities.

International Trade ConclaveIIFT organized its annual international trade conclave on September 28, 2013 at Hotel Dhow Palace, Dubai. The conclave’s theme was “Trade and Investment: RecentChallengesand Implications forWorldEconomy”. The event was professionally conducted and brought together eminent resource persons from Industry, Financial Institutions, Policy Makers, Academicians, and Researchers to deliberate on the trade and investment policies for dealing with this global uncertainty. Our illustrious panelists at the conclave included:

• Mr. Sanjay Verma, Consul General of India

• Mr. Rajesh Somani, Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprise Pte Ltd

• Mr. Dilip S. Kumar, Al Gurg Steel Group

• Mr. Sujat Shetty, GBMT Group

• Capt. Vivek Kapur, Glimpex Group

• Mr. Rajiv Nigudkar, Al Ghurair Resources

• Mr. Vincent Valladares, Citibank MENA region


• Dr. R. Durga Doss Aiyer, S.T. Bhatias

• Mr. Dilip Hiremath, Mashreq Bank

Head Start Guest Lecture Series: An interactive, year round guest lecture series that sees executives from leading Companies in diverse fields share their insights and experiences with us. Some such luminaries who have visited the campus over the last year include

• Mr. Siraj Chaudhry, Chairman, Cargill India

• Mr. Girish Aivalli, Ex-Country General Director, Archer Daniels Midland

• Mr. Sunny Wajid, Global Head Steel Raw Material , Iron Ore, Swiss Singapore

• Mr. Amit Pant, Tata Global Beverages

National Trade SymposiumIIFT conducts National Trade Symposium with a view of providing a platform to the executives from diverse backgrounds every year to share their views on the burning issues of Trade. This year, the Symposium was conducted on 7th February, 2014 and covered the theme “EmergingTrade Order: Strengthening & Transformation of Fundamental Pillars of Trade” that would address the intriguing issues concerning our Nation.

NTS 2014 had lectures and discussions by eminent leaders including:

• Mr. Sanjeev Nandwani, Development Commissioner - SEZs, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, GOI

• Mr. Tabrez Ahmad, Ex-Director – Policy, Microsoft India

• Ms. Gauri Chakravarthy (Trade Consultant, DIFC)

• Mr. Ompriya Arya, VP, HSBC

• Mr. N. Ramchandran, CEO, Mel Systems & Services

• Mr. R. Ajay,Head- Space Planning, Future Group

• Mr. Sandeep Dutta, SBU Head, TCS

Live Projects1. FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organizations):

India’s Trade Relations with SAARC Nations-Analysis, Scope & Potential of Export of Principle Commodities

2. Nyenrode University: Study and opportunity assessment of Floriculture exports to Europe

3. Center for WTO Studies: India’s Bilateral Investment Treaties

4. Ministry of Commerce: Export Potential Survey of Punjab

5. DBC Port Logistics Limited: Indian Ports & Logistics’ Hubs-Challenges & Opportunities

6. Microsoft/ Center for MSME Studies: Trade opportunities to Indian manufacturing exports in light of the new Unfair Competition Act in the USA

Alumni• Mr. Siraj Chaudhry, Chairman, Cargill India Pvt Ltd

• Mr. Rohit Aggarwal, CEO - Asia at Louis Dreyfus Commodities

• Mr Govind Ambady, CEO, Golden Agri Resources India Pvt. Ltd.

• Mr. Guru Prasad Rao, Regional Director-Gulf & APAC, Noble Group

• Mr. Santosh Pillai, Managing Director – West Africa, Wilmar International

• Mr. Gaurav Grover, VP Asia & Country Head Middle East – Olam International

• Mr. Rahul Gopinath Nair, Head, Africa – Armajaro Holdings Limited

• Mrs Amita Khurana, Head Exports-Ferro Alloys & Minerals Division, Tata Steel

• Mr. Sabyasachi Mishra, Head-Minerals (Singapore), TATA International

• Ms Swati Shukla, Head-Sugar, Cargill India

• Mr Manek Gupta, Director, Glencore Grain BV

• Mr. Arvind Srivastava, Director, Frost International Limited


Recruiters• ADM Agro

• Al Ghurair

• AWB

• Backes & Strauss

• Bertling Logistics

• Bunge

• Cargill

• Duergo

• Duferco

• Gadhiya Solar

• Gateway Rail

• Glencore

• ICEX

• IKEA

• Interglobe

• ITC-ILTD

• Louis Dreyfus Commodities

• Maersk

• Mitsui Trading

• MMTC

• MSC Cruises

• NCDEX

• Noble Group

• Olam International

• SARA Group

• Shree Renuka Sugars

• STC

• Stemcor

• Swiss Singapore

• Tata International

• Tolaram Group

• Torero Corporation

• Tricon Energy

• Trimex International

• Triton Group

• US Embassy

• Valency International

• VVF

• Welspun

• Wilmar

• Wilson International

• World Trade Organization (WTO)


“the best way to predict the future is to create it”.

– Peter DruckerEmbracing this simple yet undeniable philosophy, IIFTians are constantly pushing the envelope when it comes to making inroads in the world of marketing. Supported by illustrious faculty members, our students know no limits when it comes to innovation and taking things to the next level; an absolute necessity in today’s dynamic and ever changing world.

FacultyPROF.RAKESHMOHANJOSHI

Prof. Joshi is a Professor and Chairperson at IIFT and has over 23 years of experience. His areas of expertise include International Business, International Marketing and Global Business Strategy. Prof. Joshi has a scholarly aptitude and a

flair for writing. He has written many books on marketing and has also published numerous case studies and papers on marketing strategies and export development.

PROF.RAVISHANKERProf. Ravi Shanker has over 3 decades of academic experience. He has also taught at leading institutes such as IIM-Lucknow, FMS and MDI. His areas of interest include Services Marketing and Marketing Strategy. He has authored textbooks such as “Services Marketing: The Indian

Perspective” and “Managing Distribution” which are quite popular in Indian management schools.

DR.RUPPALWALIASHARMADr. Sharma, Associate Professor, is a Ph.D. in Brand Management from BITS Pilani, and has an MBA (IB)

from IIFT Delhi. She has a more than 18 years of work experience in the corporate and academic domains. Her areas of specialization are Brand Management, Marketing Effectiveness, and Strategic Marketing.

DR. R.P. ShARMA Dr. Sharma, Associate Professor, is an MA, MBA & Ph.D.

and has more than 33 years of experience in the corporate and academic domain. His areas of specialization include Sales and Distribution Management, Services Marketing, Retail Management and Strategic marketing. He is a regular visiting faculty at a host of management

institutes in India. Focus areas of his research include multi-channel distributions and services industry.

DR.SAIKATBANERJEEDr. Banerjee, Associate Professor, is an MBA, PGDPR, PhD and

also attended “Global Business Management Programme” at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona, US. He has a rich experience of more than 10 years in teaching and multiple years of experience in the industry.

DR.MRIDULASAVITRIMISHRADr. Mishra, Assistant Professor, is a Ph.D. from BITS-Pilani and has more than 9 years of exposure both

in academia and industry. Her areas of expertise are in the field of Retail and Distribution Management, Market Research, Advertising, Sales Promotion B2B Marketing and Digital Marketing. She has also published several research papers

and a book in the area of retailing.

(b)MARKETING


Student InitiativesBrandwagon: Brandwagon, the marketing club at IIFT, one of the most active clubs in the B school circuit, serves as a breeding ground of tomorrow’s doyens in the field of Sales and Marketing. It aims to impart holistic and field-based knowledge through the many activities that it conducts year round. It organizes national symposia and corporate interactions and helps students unleash their creativity thorough various competitions.

Markmantra: The mouthpiece of the club, containing insights and analysis of the latest developments in the field, it has an estimated reader base of a few thousand and counting.

CompetitionsBrandwagon believes in encouraging learning through the test on-field knowledge and witness large-scale participation from other top B Schools across India. At the annual fest-Quo Vadis, several competitions were organized. Srijan was a chance for participants to come up with a marketing strategy for brand extensions which defy conventional logic. There was also a competition known as InsightsJob organized by the Market Research Cell which

tested their skills and creativity as they had to develop a product that would find market in ‘Dilli ki Sardi’ – Winters in Delhi.

Other than these, there were also intra-college competitions. Kayakalp was a Re-Branding competition that required the participants to come up with a 360-degree Marketing Campaign to relaunch a brand on its ‘decline’ in the market. A competition known as Inquest was also held where participants were required to conduct an actual field survey, collect and analyse data, and present the findings on a brand.

National Marketing SymposiumThe annual national marketing conclave is conceptualized with the aim to encourage industry-institute interactions which enables students to learn from experience and insights from esteemed industry experts.

Theme: ‘The rising power of the consumer’ The Greatest brands in the world do their thinking

for the consumer as well, but the consumer being diversified, could the pro-activeness backfire? Examples of Co-Branding exercises were discussed with a focus on various failed attempts at co-branding


Speakers:

Mr. D. Shivakumar, CEO, Pepsico India (Former Managing Director, Nokia India, Middle East & Africa)

Mr. Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director, International Marketing, Maruti Suzuki

Ms. Sujatha V Kumar, Category Director- Marketing, Coca-Cola India

Mr. Suhas Misra, Co-founder and Director, Hector Beverages Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Kenny Abraham, Sales Director, Kellogg Company

Mr. Pran Khanna CEO, KPA Consultants

Ms. Babita Baruah, Executive Business Director, JWT India

Mr. Sumeet Pahwa, GM – Marketing, Tata DoCoMo

Ms. Priyadarshini Narendra, Vice President PQR- India, IMRB

HeadStartGuestLectureSeries:• Mr. Vivek Gambhir, Managing Director, Godrej Consumer

Products Ltd.

• Mr. Rehan A. Khan, Managing Director, Abbott India

• Mr. Kingshuk Hazra, Ex-Head Marketing - India at Amazon Web Services

• Mr. Shivaraj Subramaniam, Director – Corporate Marketing & Consumer Practices, Madura Fashion and Lifestyle

• Mr. Viresh Oberoi, MD & CEO at Mjunction Services

• Mr Bhaskar Sharma, General Manager India at Redbull

• Mr Sanjiv Navangul, Managing Director at Janssen India

• Mr. Ramkumar Narayanan, GM and Head of India, Product Development Center for eBay

• Mr Anoop Prakash, Managing Director Harley-Davidson India

• Mr. Erick Haskell, Managing Director-Adidas India

• Mr. Pratiman Kumar, Global Marketing Lead, Nestle

• Mr. Paritosh Arora, GM & Country Head- India & South Asia, Lumenis

• Mr. Shankar Gupta, CEO, ACG PAM

• Mr. Antarpreet Singh, APAC Director, Alcatel-Lucent

• Ms. Ruchi Agarwal, Director, Partner Strategy and Marketing, Microsoft India

• Mr. Sandeep Nagpal, Marketing Director-SME Segment, Channels and Cloud Solutions, SAP India

Live Projects:• Emami: To interact with 75-100 consumers – including

Vasocare users, non users, lapsers and understand from them their buying habits, Vasocare experience, feedback on Vasocare, communications in various media (which will be specified), reasons for switching to Vasocare or lapsing from Vasocare.

• Philips: Project was on End2End BMC Transformation - Hair Care India. End2End is a global initiative of transforming high potential categories in selected markets.

• Raymond: Project was on Opportunity Evaluations of African Countries. It included learning opportunities in International Marketing, Research and Trade.

• healthee: To analyse the scope, size and potential of e-commerce business in the health, fitness, sports & nutrition supplements market in India and examine if there’s scope for doing a zappos-like-model in India in the health space.


• TNS Global Ltd: The project was in the ‘Brand & Communication’ space to provide the company with support for their global clients.

• The club also organized Knowledge Transfer sessions for the junior batch and worked towards generating interest and encouraging discussions in Marketing by initiatives such as ‘Theme of the week’ on facebook and ‘Jargon of the Day’ and ‘Brand Gyaan’.

Student AchievementsWhen it comes to competitions, be it corporate or inter-collegiate, IIFTians have made it a point to consistently feature on top. This goes to show how well they are able to use their classroom knowledge to solve real world marketing problems. In an age when talent and intellect are not rare, such skills set the IIFTian apart.

• National Semi-Finalists, L.I.M.E, Hindustan Unilever Limited

• Mahindra War Room 2013, Presidential Round – One amongst the top 7 teams in India

• Pepsi BIAC, National Finalists amongst top 20 teams in India

• First Runners Up, Madura Pinnacle, National Level B-School Competition organized by Madura Fashion & Lifestyle

• Two out of 8 winners from 763 applicants, Godrej Loud – a dream based pan India B-School competition

• 2nd, Strepsils Case Study Competition, Reckitt Benckiser

• Winner of Hyundai Global Youth Marketing Camp 2013, represented India at Korea

• Regional Finalists North Zone, Philips Blueprint, Philips India Limited

• National Finalists, Nielsen ISB Consumer Insights Challenge, Indian School of Business(ISB)

• National Winners, Equinox, National level Brand Resurrection Challenge by IIM Raipur

Alumni• Mr. Manu Sawhney, Director, Manchester United

• Mr. Pratiman Kumar, Global Marketing Lead, Nestle

• Mr. Soumava Sengupta, General Manager - Foods, GlaxoSmithKline

• Mr. Mohit Malhotra, CEO, Dabur International

• Mr. Dinesh Jain, Ex-CEO, Hover Automotive India-Nissan

• Mr. Kenny Abraham, Director – Sales, Kellogg Company

• Mr. Milind Pant, Managing Director, Yum Foods


• Mr. Vishal Khurma, VP – Sales, PepsiCo

• Mr. Surajit Banerjee, Associate Director-BD & Pricing (Asia Operations), Eli Lilly

• Mr. Rajiv Kapur, VP, Whirlpool India

• Mr. Rajesh Sharma, VP, Wockhardt

• Mr. Harmeet Lamba, Senior Director Marketing (Emerging Markets) – Dr. Reddy’s

• Mr. Aseem Puri, Sr.Marketing Director, Fabric Care Asia at Unilever

• Mr. Rama Tadepalli, Regional Director – Consumer Products, Visa

• Mr. Shashi Ranjan, Group Manager (Asia-Pacific), Johnson & Johnson

• Mr. Vikas Agarwal, Marketing Head, Middle East - Marico Kaya Ltd.

• Mr. Sudhir Rehgarh, Business Head, Marico – Middle East

• Mr. Projnan Jana, Head, Marketing Insights, Asia Pacific, British Petroleum

• Mr. Alokedeep Singh, Head - E-Commerce Business, Titan Industries

• Mr Aditya Bhutani, GM-Sales Operations, Castrol India

• Mr. Manu P. Dhagat, Head, Factory Sales – India, Avery Dennison

• Mr. Kingshuk Hazra, Ex-Head (Marketing), AWS, Amazon Sellers Services India

• Mr. Shubhranshu Singh, Senior Vice President & Head-Marketing, Sports at Star India

Recruiters• Airtel

• Bajaj Auto

• Britannia Industries

• Cairn India

• Cardiac Science

• Castrol

• Colgate-Palmolive

• ConAgra Foods

• Dabur International

• Eli Lilly

• Emami

• General Motors

• Godrej

• Hero Motocorp

• Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages

• HT Media

• Idea Cellular

• ITC

• Johnson and Johnson Medical

• Kellogg’s India

• L’Oreal

• Madura Fashion and Lifestyle

• Mahindra & Mahindra

• Maruti Suzuki

• McCann Erickson

• McCann Erickson

• Medtronic

• Perfetti van Melle

• Philips

• Procter and Gamble

• RedBus

• Reckitt Benckiser

• Robert Bosch

• Sentiss Pharma

• TATA Motors

• TATA Steel

• TATA Teleservices

• Titan Industries

• TVS Motors

• Vodafone

• Whirlpool

• Yum! Brand


“IIFT has come a long way from being an institute for promoting research and education for developing India’s foreign trade to become a premier management institute. IIFT exemplifies what an institute can become if it evolves its curriculum and profile in step with changing economic environment and industry requirements.”

– Siraj ChaudhryChairman, Cargill India Pvt. Ltd. (IIFT Alumnus)

“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.”

– Sun Tzu FacultyPROF.K.RANGARAJAN

Prof. Rangarajan is Head, IIFT-Kolkata Centre and also, Head, Centre for MSME Studies. He is an Accredited Management Teacher (AMT conferred by AIMA) and is a member of several professional bodies including AIMM (Australia). His expertise

includes Business Strategy and Strategic Planning.

PROF. ROhIT MEhTANI Prof. Rohit Mehtani, an alumnus of IIFT, holds a Master’s Degree in Global Political Economy from the University of Hull, England. He is also an MBA in Technology Management from Deakin University, Melbourne/Victoria, Australia, and an

M.S./M.Phil in Consultancy Management and Practice from BITS Pilani. He is an Accredited Management Teacher and a Certified Management Consultant. His areas of interest include Global Political Economy, International Business Strategy and Regional Economic Integration.

DR.M.VENKATESANDr. M. Venkatesan, Associate Professor, holds a BA and M.A. in Psychology from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, M.Phil and Ph.D from JNU, New Delhi and Post-Doctoral Research Associate, IIT, Kharagpur. His areas of interest

include Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management. He is also in-charge for assessment and development centre at IIFT.

DR.POOJALAKHANPALDr. Lakhanpal, Associate Professor, is University Gold Medalist, BA, MA (Psychology), University of Mumbai (1989–1991), Ph.D., IIT Mumbai. She was invited to attend a 6 months programme & research sponsored by Ministry of

Economic Cooperation and development, Germany on Managing Global Governance 2011. She has over 20 years of experience in corporate and academics.

DR.GAUTAMDUTTADr. Dutta, Associate Professor, is a mechanical engineer with Masters in Business Management. He has completed doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and completed GCPCL from Harvard Business School. Prior

to that, he served as Director of Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship and Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, Sikkim Manipal University. He has about 28 years of experience in post graduate teaching in management, training, research and project consultancy on SME enterprise development and trade promotion in India and abroad. He teaches Marketing, International Marketing and Entrepreneurship at IIFT.

DR.SWETASRIVASTAVAMALLADr. Sweta S. Malla, Assistant Professor, holds a Ph.D. and her areas of specialization include Organizational Justice and Business Ethics.

(c)CONSULTINGANDSTRATEGY


Student InitiativesSocrates:Socrates, the consulting and strategy club of IIFT is a platform where students who are passionate about making a career in consulting come together and learn the different facets of the world of consulting. The club aims to complement classroom learning and present a wider view of the consulting domain to its members in order to broaden their horizons.

Events:Tradewinds 2013 (Annual Business Summit of IIFT)-National Leadership Summit:

Theme for the Summit was “Role of Strategy in Leading Transformation”. There were three sessions with several business leaders as the panelists:

Session I: Challenges of Business Leadership today

Session II: Consultancy and business partnerships in a dynamic business scenario

Session III: Data Analytics and Technology for business competitiveness

Speakers from last year’s Summit are:

• Dr B.S. Beniwal - General Manager, Delhi Milk Scheme

• Mr Ashit Ranjan - VP – HR, Tecnova India Pvt. Ltd.; Director – AR Consult; Director – WIAL India

• Mr Himanshu Saxena - Head Strategy Alignment and Leadership Management, TCS

• Mr Abhishek Singhal - Director, Strategy and Business Development, Philips

• Mr Rajesh Jha - Head, Marketing , Max Speciality Films

• Mr Amulya Patnaik - Associate Director, PwC

• Mr Anil Kumar - Founder and CEO, Redseer Consulting

• Mr Sumit Dhar - Independent Consultant, Ex-VP, Decision Analytics, EXL

• Mr Anuj Kumar- Director, CPG, Fractal Analytics

Eternity’s call: Inter-B-school case study competition organized at Quo-Vadis, in which many teams from across the country participated, including several IIMs.

Stratanalysis: Intra-IIFT sectoral analysis competition judged by Mr. Raveesh Bhatnagar, consultant at McKinsey

HeadstartGuestLectureSeries• TheBostonConsultingGroup- Mr. Kaustav Mukherjee,

Partner & Managing Director

• Oliver Wyman- Mr. Atul Khosla, Senior Partner and Head


• VedantaGroup- Mr. Anil Agarwal, Executive Chairman

• Aditya Birla Group – Mr. Dev Bhattacharya, Group Executive President (Corporate Strategy and Business Development)

• TataStrategicManagementGroup- Mr. Susnato Sen, Practice Head-Infrastructure

• RelianceIndustriesLimited- Mr. Souvik Chakraborty, Chief Talent Officer

• Roland Berger – Mr. Rahul Gangal, Principal

• AT Kearney – Mr. Rathin Rawal, Consultant

• Schneider Electric- Dr. Shalini Sarin, VP & Country Partner-HR and CSR

• DuPont- Mr. Vijay Srinivas, Global Corporate Strategic Account Manager

• ThomsonReuters-Mr. Rantej Singh, Head Strategy

• CairnIndia- Mr. Sanjay Singh, Director-HR

• IBM Global Business Services - Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee, Senior Strategy Consultant

• Cognizant Business Consulting- Mr. Ashish Chawla, Senior Director-Information, Media & Entertainment

• McKinsey Knowledge Centre – Mr. Punit Puri, Head HR

• Honeywell- Mr. Ajay Kukreja, Country HR Director

• DBSchenker-Ms. Renu Bohra, Director-HR

• TecnovaConsulting- Mr. Ashit Ranjan, Vice President (Human Resources)

Live Projects• Big Data and Analytics projects with Mr. Sumit Dhar

–ExVP,EXLIndia

• Market Analysis for ‘Feasibility of Potential Agricultural Micro-nutrients’ –UnitedDeltaChemicals(P)Ltd

• Content Development in different functional areas (Operations, Finance, Technology) –AmbitionME

• Analyse and Benchmark the performance of key automotive segment suppliers – Redseer Consulting

Student Achievements• North Zone Winners in Deloitte Mavericks

• National Grand Finalist in Mahindra War Room

• National Runner-ups in GSK Stratedge National Case Study Competition

• Regional Finalist in Philips Blueprint

• National Runner-ups in E&Y Knowledge Quiz

Alumni• Mr. Anil Matai, CEO, Novartis India

• Mr. V. Shashikanth, President, UB Global

• Mr. Sushant Upadhyay, Partner & MD, Aon Hewitt Hong Kong

• Mr Rahul Gangal, Principal, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

• Mr. Sachin Bhatia, Sales Director, Accenture US

• Mr. Anand Panchapagesan, Director, Deloitte

• Mr. Mohit Singh, Director, AstraZeneca

• Mr. Vikrant Wadhwani, Principal, Accenture Strategy

• Mr. Chandru Chawla, Head- New Business Ventures, Cipla

• Ms. Anjali Rai, Associate Director, Ernst & Young

• Mr. Rakesh Kaul, Partner, PwC

• Mr. Praveen Arora, Principal, Accenture Strategy

• Mr. Mallikarjun Chityala, Head API Sales & Marketing-EIC, Mylan Laboratories

• Ms. Saloni Nangia, President, Technopak India

• Mr. Nitin Nandrajog, Associate Director & Head, KPMG

• Mr Sumit Khanna, Head of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking India, PwC

• Mr Vikas Vij, Global Head of API Business, Ranbaxy

• Mr Arnob Saha, Partner, PwC

• Mr Som Kapoor, Senior Manager, Business Advisory, EY

• Mr Alok Bardiya, Country Director, India and ANZ, Corporate Development, Cisco

Recruiters• Accenture Management Consulting

• ACG-PAM Worldwide

• Aditya Birla Group

• Alexander Hughes

• Amrop India

• Apollo Hospitals

• Arthur D. Little

• Avalon Consulting

• Axtria

• Bristlecone

• Cipla

• Cognizant Business Consulting


• Corporate Executive Board

• Deloitte S&O

• Emergent Ventures India Pvt. Ltd.

• Global eProcure

• i-maritime Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.

• IMRB

• Indus Valley Partners

• JSPL

• KPMG

• L&T

• Mahindra & Mahindra

• Michael Page International

• Murugappa Group

• MEC Intelligence

• Punj Lloyd

• Pylon Management Consulting

• Raymond

• Russell Reynolds

• PwC

• Religare

• Robert Bosch

• RPG Group

• Sab Miller

• Tata Administrative Services

• Tata Advanced Systems Limited

• Tata NYK

• Technopak Advisors

• Technova Global Consulting

• Wipro Eco Energy


“IIFT has played a pioneering role with respect to training and research on International Business. The training programmes have met with extraordinary success and the Institute has emerged as a leading institution of learning in this area.”

– Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council at EIITF Conference (January, 2013)

(d) FINANCE

“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.”

-Warren Buffett

Empowered with an international perspective, IIFTians are guided through the different facets of finance by experienced faculty who develop a pedagogy that is laden with intellectual insights and encourages lateral thinking. IIFTians have deep insights and different perspectives on relevant issues in the financial world. This is portrayed best by our alumni, who boast of top–notch positions in the industry.

FacultyPROF. SATINDER BhATIA

Prof. Bhatia is a Professor & Chairperson and has a vast experience in the academia in the area of Finance. She handled multiple courses in the Finance domain and her interest lies in policy based research on International Trade. Her areas of specialization are Managerial Accounting,

Project Appraisal & Finance, Financial Management and International Financial Management.

PROF. AShOK KAPOORProf. Kapoor has over 26 years of work experience in the BFSI sector and provides consulting to various leading financial institutions in India. His areas of specialization are International Financial & Forex Management, Banking & Financial Services.

PROF.HARKIRATSINGHProf. Singh has over 25 years of active experience in International Banking and his expertise in International Finance is sought by premier management institutions in India and abroad. His

areas of specialization are International Financial & Forex Management.

PROF.RAJIVMSRIVASTAVAProf. Srivastava has an MBA in Finance from FMS, Delhi. He has over 35 years of work experience in Banking & Corporate Finance. His areas of expertise include International Financial & Forex Management, Derivatives & Risk

Management, Security Analysis & Portfolio Management & Corporate Finance.

DR. ShEEBA KAPILDr. Kapil is an Associate Professor at IIFT and has over 16 years of teaching experience. Her areas of specialization are Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis, Mergers & Acquisition and Business Valuation. She has authored

books on Financial Management, Fundamental of Financial Management published by Pearson Edu.

DR. NITI NANDINI ChATNANIDr. Chatnani is an Associate Professor at IIFT and has over 20 years of teaching experience. Her areas of specialization are Commodity Markets & Derivatives, Corporate Finance and Investment

Management. She has authored a popular book titled “Commodity Market: Operations, Instruments and application” that is published by McGraw Hill Education India (P) Ltd.

DR.JAYANTAKUMARSEALDr. Seal is an Associate Professor at IIFT and has over 21 years of teaching experience. His areas of interest are Accounting for Managers, Corporate Finance, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management,

Derivatives, Risk Management and International Finance.


DR.V.RAVEENDRASARADHIDr. Saradhi, Associate Professor, is a Fellow from IIM Ahmedabad. He has rich experience of more than 10 years in teaching and his areas of specialization are International Trade and Finance, Financial Management, International

Financial Management, Management Accounting and Investment Management.

DR.T.P.GHOSHDr. Ghosh is an Assistant Professor at IIFT. Having worked in the BFSI domain for about 6 years, he has handled areas like Risk Management, Project Financing and Fixed Income Securities. He has also handled many corporate training and

consultancy assignments.

DR.JACQUELINESYMSSDr. Symss is an Assistant Professor at IIFT. She has a Ph.D. in Commerce with specialization in Financial Services. Her areas of interest include Financial and Managerial Accounting, Financial Services and Investment Banking.

Student InitiativesCapitalCapital, the Finance and Investments Club at IIFT, operates to ensure that students at IIFT become well versed in the field of finance and gain maximum exposure in the same

during their two years of education. Capital organizes many competitions such as:

• Shodh: Equity Research Competition

• The Pitch: An Investment Banking competition which requires participants to prepare a full buy side pitch

• Economy–Industry–Company Analysis: An extensive strategic analysis competition

The Equity Research Cell complements the role of Capital by bringing the students face to face with the dynamics of the investment domain, especially the stock markets. It also organizes competitions throughout the year such as:

• Equity Mob: A simulated stock–market portfolio management event based on economic scenarios and sector news

• StockMind National Level Contest: A competition in collaboration with ICICI Direct, where students invest in the stock market through the use of virtual money

• Tezi Mandi: A commodity trading floor outcry competition

The Capital Blog further seeks to provide an online forum for a healthy exchange of perspectives on different finance related issues.

InfineetiInfineeti is the monthly finance magazine. With significant contributions from the industry and the student community, the magazine is a monthly wrap up on everything finance.


In addition to this, the Equity research Cell comes out with sector analysis reports on selected sectors of Indian economy every quarter.

Workshops• Workshop by Multinational Investment Banks

like Goldman Sachs, Nomura and HSBC (Strategic Transactions Group)

• Financial Modeling Workshop by Coursebrew on Integrated Financial Models and Business Valuation

• Workshop on Pillars of Equity Investments by ICICI Direct

One of the major activities of the club is to organize the National Finance Symposium, bringing on board eminent speakers from the industry and the academia, to share their insights on a theme that addresses some of the relevant issues in the financial world.

HeadStartGuestLectureSeries• Mr. Abheek Barua, Chief Economist and Senior Vice

President, HDFC Bank

• Mr. Rajat Mathur, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

• Mr. Rambhushan Kanumuri, Director and Head of M&A India, Barclays Capital

• Mr. Shekhar Jain, MD-Asset Management, J. P. Morgan Chase India

• Mr. T.R. Ramachandran, Managing Director & CEO- Aviva Life Insurance India

• Mr. Ashish Malhotra, Vice President (Risk and Quantitative Analytics), Blackrock India

• Mr. Vishal Bharadwaj, Head-Citiphone India

• Mr. Alok Nagpal, CFO, Roads Business, Reliance Infrastructure

• Dr. V. Aditya Srinivas, COO & Chief Economist, BSE Brokers’ Forum

National Finance SymposiumChief Guest: Mr. Pratip Chaudhari, Former Chairman, SBI

Theme: “Debt v/s Equity as a Vehicle for Growth

The same was spread across three sessions:

• Session 1: Bridging ‘The Equity Gap’: Challenges for Indian Markets

• Session 2: Indian Stock Markets: Overcoming the Macro Headwinds

• Session 3: Strengthening India’s Debt CapitalMarkets

Key Speakers• Dr. Aditya Srinivas, COO & Chief Economist – BSE

Brokers’ Forum


• Mr. Abhijit Ray, Co-founder & MD – Unitus Capital

• Mr. Jayant Manglik, MD – Religare

• Mr. Nikhil Mehta, Executive Director, Corporate Strategy – Nomura

• Mr. Nitish Sikand, Fund Manager, Fixed Income – Religare AMC

• Mr. Pawan Agrawal, Senior Director, Corporate and Government Rating – Crisil

• Mr. Rakesh Kaul, Business Head-Citi Wealth Advisors – Citigroup Global Markets India

• Dr. Saumitra Chaudhari, Member – Planning Commission

• Mr. Shrinivas Murty, Senior Vice President – HDFC Bank

• Mr. Sudharshan Sukhani, CEO & Founder – S2 Analytics

• Mr. Sujan Hajra, Executive Director, Chief Economist, Co-Head Research – Anand Rathi Securities

• Mr. Sumit Khanna, Head, Corporate Finance & IB – PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Mr. Vikas Dawra, MD, Investment Banking – Yes Bank

Live ProjectsThrough collaborations between corporate heads and academicians, we design a curriculum with a special focus on industry requirements, providing students with an interface in the form of guest lectures, case studies and live projects. This helps in the metamorphosis of the students into an industry employable candidate.

• Eko Financial Services: Finding partners for Eko in India, Africa and Latin America and creating leads & converting them into actual projects

• Public Health Foundation of India: Gather financial intelligence on CROs presence in India and determine the proportion of funds received by them as R&D spends

• EurEx Consulting: Fundamental analysis of stocks on global indices

Student AchievementsIIFTians, maintaining the previous standards, have set the competition arena blazing with remarkable achievements. These showcase their eye for critical details, strategizing skills, and out–of–the–box thinking. In a world where talent and intellect are not rare, such skills set the IIFTians apart.

Corporate Events• Winners: CFA Institute Research Challenge, National

Level 2011, 2013 & 2014

• Qualified for the Asia Pacific Level held in April in Singapore

• Nomura Investment Banking Case Study Competition: 5 PPOs went to the students of IIFT

B–Schools• Winners: Arthsankalp, IIM Raipur 2013

• Top 9 finalists: Stock Maniac competition at Confluence 2013, IIM Ahmedabad

• Top 5: Clinch the Deal at IIM Kozhikode, a Pitch Book competition

• Winners, National Level, MBA Vishleshan at Delhi School of Economics

• Winner, PE Investor, Valuation Contest held by IIM Kozhikode

• Runners Up at Corporate Catalyst (Sponsored by L&T Finance), Intaglio, IIM Calcutta

• Top 5, Adhigrahan, a Private Equity Investment competition held at MDI Gurgaon

AlumniSome of our illustrious alumni in the finance domain are:

• Mr. Rashesh Shah, Founder and CEO – Edelweiss Group

• Mr. Shubhendu Roy, Director – Standard Chartered Bank

• Mr. Animesh Kumar, Vice President – HSBC


• Mr. Ravi Kushan, CEO-India – Commonwealth Bank of Australia

• Mr. Raman Trehan, Vice President, FX & Options Desk Head, NRI Treasury – Citibank Singapore Ltd

• Mr. Akshay Menon, Director , Credit Suisse AG

• Mr Jitin Bhasin, Program Head-Relationship Management, IndusInd Bank

• Mr. Parmod Garg, Director for Trade Sales – Barclays Bank PLC, London

• Mr. Puneet Agarwal, Executive Director – Goldman Sachs

• Mr. Gurpreet Singh Virdi, Vice President, Corporate Credit-India, Royal Bank of Scotland

• Mr. Makarand V Pande, Prinicpal Auditor, Deutsche Bank AG

• Mr. Sandeep Juneja, Director, Mergers & Acquisitions and Investor Relations – Ranbaxy Laboratories

• Mr. Harish Madnani, VP – Barclays Capital

• Mr. Sumit Khanna, Head of Corporate Finance & IB – PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Mr. Vijay Chopra, National Head, Advisory & Channel Sales – Fullerton Securities & Wealth Advisors Ltd.

• Mr. Abhishek Saraf, Vice President, Deutsche Equities

• Mr. Binit Saraf, Associate Director – IL&FS Investments

• Mr. Jitender G, Senior Director – GE Capital

• Mr. Sachin Bhardwaj, Director – UBS Investment Bank

• Mr. Hemal Shah, AGM, Business Development – Datamatics Financial Service

• Mr. Satpreet Chelawat, Deputy Vice-President – Axis Bank

• Mr. Umesh Bansal, Deputy Vice-President – Axis Bank

• Mr. Ashish Kataria, Executive Director & Head Financial Institution Sales, India Global Markets Division – Credit Agricole

One of our illustrious Alumni, Mr. Jitin Bhasin (Program Head-Relationship Management, IndusInd Bank) has been chosen as Economic Times Young Leader-2014.

Recruiters Industry stalwarts reaffirm their faith in IIFT time and again, with the best brands across sectors recruiting from the IIFT talent pool. Some of the past recruiters are:

• American Express

• Axis Bank

• Bajaj Allianz

• Barclays Capital

• Citibank

• CRISIL

• Darashaw

• DBS

• Deutsche Bank Operations International

• Edelweiss

• Emirates NBD

• Goldman Sachs

• HSBC

• ICICI Bank

• ICRA

• Indus Valley Partners

• JP Morgan Chase

• Langham Capital

• Morgan Stanley Advisory Services

• Nomura

• Religare

• Royal Bank of Scotland

• SBI Caps

• Tata Capital Limited

• Vistasoft

• Vodafone

• Wipro

• Yes Bank


“Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing, layout, processes, and procedures.”

– Tom PetersIIFT provides a diverse platform for the interaction of students, faculty, alumni, business leaders and researchers in the Operations sector. Various initiatives are undertaken to ensure the seamless transfer of knowledge and to tackle the challenges posed globally to these sectors.

FacultyDR. DEEPANKAR SINhA

Dr. Deepankar Sinha, Assocaite Professor, is a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, M.Sc (Physics Electronics), National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela and MBA, IGNOU. Dr. Sinha has handled many consultancy assignments and authored

many books. His specialization lies in the fields of Supply Chain Management & International Trade Logistics, MIS, Operations Research & Operations Management, Software Engg. and Management, Systems Dynamic.

DR. P.K. DASDr. P. K. Das, Associate Professor, is a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Ag. Statistics from IASRI, New Delhi. NET qualified. Dr. Das received National Scholarship, Junior and Senior Research Fellowship of ICAR/IARI. He has more than 16 years of work experience

in Private and Government Organizations. Published more than 20 research papers in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings in the areas of nonlinear statistical models, agriculture, financial risk management and innovation diffusion models.

DR. NITIN SEThDr. Seth, Associate Professor, is a Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, in Supply Chain Management, and M.Tech from IIT Delhi. Dr. Seth has more than 20 years of experience in Industry Teaching, Research and Consulting. He has also authored

more than 30 Papers at International and National Levels and also co-authored a book titled “Fundamentals of Metal Cutting and Machine tools”. Dr. Seth has handled many training and consultancy assignments. He was invited to attend 6 months training and research programme

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sponsored by Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany on Governance & Sustainability issue. His areas of interest are SCM, Operations Management and Service Operations, Service Quality, TQM & Project Management.

DR.SANJAYRASTOGIDr. Rastogi, Associate Professor, is an M.Sc. (Math. Statistics) and Ph.D. His work experience involves teaching and research for over 13 years in different Business Schools. His areas of specialization are Quantitative Techniques, Business

Research Methods, and Econometrics.

DR. SASWATI TRIPAThIDr. Tripathi, Associate Professor, is a post graduate rank holder in applied mathematics and M.Phil rank holder from Calcutta University. She completed Doctoral Degree from Andhra University with prestigious CSIR Fellowship.

Currently involved in teaching of courses in Quantitative Methods and operations area with a PG teaching and research experience of more than 18 years. She specializes in Supply chain management focusing on quantification of supply chain problems of the firm and industry. Research interests include firm and industry specific supply chain problems and policy effectiveness in supply chains with reference to TPOs.

DR.HIMANIGUPTADr. Gupta, Assistant Professor, is a Ph.D. in Statistics from IIT, Roorkee and M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Statistics from CCS University campus, Meerut. She has teaching experience of more than. Her areas of specialization are Estimation of

ordered parameters, Bayesian theory, Statistics, Operation research, Climate Change and Sustainability.

MS.SONUVERMAMs. Verma, Assistant Professor, is a Master’s in Business Administration (M.B.A) with Gold medal and Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics. She has more than 12 years teaching experience with areas of specialization as Business

statistics, Business research methods Marketing research, Operations Management. She is involved in conducting research projects at IIFT.

Student InitiativesSCOPE: Supply Chain, Operations and Energy Club (SCOPE) of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade exemplifies the need of today’s world to migrate towards lean and tries to highlight the ever-increasing scope and results of sustainability in today’s Supply Chain, Operations, Energy and related aspects in an organization and our planet, as a whole. SCOPE has continuously been engaged in activities of advancement of knowledge in the field of Operations Management. The club provides the platform for the interaction of students, faculty, alumni, business leaders and researchers. It also serves as the go-to source for all technical clarifications and clearing of doubts with respect to Operations-related topics.

Operations ConclaveChiefGuest: Mr. Hemanth D. P., COO GMR Airports

Mr. M. R. Shankar, BU Purchasing Manager, Akzo Nobel

Key Note Session: With the ever growing competition, there not only exists the need to invent but to survive and that has kept the supply chain constantly evolving. Invention, innovation, re-invention has been the key mantra for being competitive in today’s world. The session encompassed issues such as challenges and opportunities in maintaining a sustainable supply chain.

Session 1: Creating a highly integrated Supply chain to maintain Market leadership and competitiveness in emerging markets

Keynote Speakers• Mr. Shammi Dua, Head of Logistics and Customer

Service, Akzo Nobel

• Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Associate Director, Supply Chain, J&J

• Mr. Ravi Prakash Mathur, Senior Director-Supply Chain, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Session 2: Redesigning Supply Chain – the effect of increased competition and price pressure

Keynote Speakers• Mr. Amit Buddhiraja, CEO – Supply Chain, Utopia

Freight Logistics

• Mr. Praveen Sinha, Co Founder and MD, Jabong

• Mr. Ravi Tulsyan, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Knowerx India Pvt Ltd


HeadstartGuestLectureSeries• Mr. Sumit Kapoor, Country Industry Manager, DHL

Express

• Mr. Rajdeep Datta, Director, E-Business, Supply Chain and Organization, Carrefour

Live Projects1. Jindal Power Limited - Open Access Regulations &

Charges in prominent Renewable Energy States in India

2. All Cargo Logistics - Complete market scanning of opportunities in Project, Equipment & Shipping business along with competitor study

3. Vedanta- Supply chain optimization

Student Achievements• Campus winners for TrailBlaze by Benchmark Six Sigma

in August 2013

• National Finalist in Opsilium, an Inter-college competition organized by FMS, Delhi in January 2013

• National Finalist in Leagile, an Inter-college competition organized by FMS, Delhi in January 2013

• National Finalist in RB Ozone, an Inter-college competition organized by Reckitt Benckiser & IIM Lucknow in December 2013

• 1st, Litmus Technopak Case Study, NITIE

• 1st, CEAT Case Study Competition, Ojas, SPJIMR

Alumni• Mr. S.K. Roongta, Managing Director, Vedanta

• Mr. K.V. Rao, Resident Director, ASEAN, Tata Sons

• Mr. Radhesh Welling, President and Director, VVF Ltd

• Mr. Dinesh Jain, Ex-CEO, Hover Automotive India-Nissan

• Mr. Srikanth Ramachandran, Sr. Commercial Manager, Mars International India

• Mr. Aditya Dharnidharka, COO, Vega Foods

• Mr. Vinay Asdhir, Director – Global Procurement, Dell

• Mr. Srinivas Krishna, VP-Operations, Pernod Ricard

• Mr. Vijay Menon, Group Planning Manager, J&J Supply Chain

• Mr B .S. Ravishankar, GM-Strategic Procurement APAC, British Petroleum

• Mr. Masood Hussainy, Head, Aerostructures PMO, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd.

• Mr. Abhishek Khadria - Associate Director, Supply Chain: Emerging Markets – Dr. Reddy’s

• Mr. Manu Bajaj, Country Director, Fuerst Day Lawson

• Mr. Rishi Pardal, Managing Director, Avery Dennison

• Mr. Shankar Gupta, CEO, ACG Worldwide

• Dr. Ravi Prakash Mathur, Senior Director-Supply Chain, Head of Logistics, DRL

• Manish Chawla, Global Product Controller, Hennes & Mauritz

Recruiters• AT Foods

• Bajaj Auto

• Biocon

• Daimler India

• Dabur

• Deloitte

• Flipkart

• General Motors

• Goodyear Tyres

• Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages

• Hover Automotive India-Nissan

• JCB

• Maruti

• Mahindra Comviva

• Nokia

• Procter & Gamble

• Trident Limited

• Tata Motors

• TVS Motors

• Tata Steel

• Zycus


“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.”

– Roy Amara

Rigorous academic curriculum, 1 in 300 selection criteria, illustrious faculty and industry engagement through national conclaves and live projects make IIFT a perfect breeding ground for future technology managers and thought leaders.

For the past couple of decades, the need has been to translate business requirements and corporate strategies into actionable solutions that enable business transformation results. Technology has been the key holistic approach to managing, controlling and driving change according to strategic business priorities.

Systemix, the Systems Consulting Club at IIFT works towards the mission of equipping students with the latest happenings in the technology space and making them competitive enough to face the challenging business scenario.

FacultyPROF. O.P. WALIProfessor and Head, Centre for International Trade in Technology (CITT) at IIFT has a Ph.D. in “Market Potential

of E-Learning for Corporate Training in India” and Masters in Rural Management from IRMA, Gujarat. He has more than 20 years of experience in corporate world and academics and has been a regular contributor to the media by way

of writing management cases on contemporary issues. He has initiated the online learning extension for IIFT

program across the country. His areas of specialization are E-Commerce, Internet Marketing, Decision Support System, Decision Modeling, Research Methods, ICT in Learning, and Development Implications in Process Improvisation.

PROF. R.P. DATTA Prof. Datta is a Ph.D. from University of Texas, USA and M.S. from Colorado State University, Florida. He has around 25 years of teaching experience and has a number of publications to his name. His areas of specialization include Data

Mining applications, Hidden Markov Models, Image compression, Monte Carlo Simulation, Information Technology Management-Learning, Multimedia Technology and Multimedia-based Content Development, IT Project Management, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation.

DR.A.R.SINGLA Dr. Singla, Assistant Professor, holds a Ph.D. and MCA and has over 14 years of corporate and teaching experience. He has authored a book on ERP systems along with a number of Journals and Research papers. His areas of specialization are

Information System, ERP, DBMS and E-commerce.

MS.PARULSINGHMs. Parul, Assistant Professor, is an NET and JRF (UGC) and holds an MBA and B.Tech in Computer Science. She has worked on many corporate projects catering to multiple industries (such as Telecommunications, Information Technology, Health care Services & Medical

Equipment, Government, etc), and geographies.

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Student InitiativesSystemix: Systemix is the Systems Consulting Club at IIFT. It aims to provide a platform where prospective young managers will gain first-hand experience with real-life issues and problems in the field of Technology. Systemix is a communication platform between future managers and the industry. Systemix acquaints participants with the various career options in technology: from IT consulting to technology marketing, to project management and business development. It is the hub that provides all students a chance to strengthen their knowledge about the managerial perspectives of IT, E-commerce and associated technology fields.

Techtonix - An in-house magazine of IIFT prepared by the editors of Systemix Club providing exciting articles from the field of Information technology highlighting the trends and latest happenings.

Student Portal – The club also launched IIFT’s first student portal which now acts as the primary interface for current students and student bodies for the student activities.

National IT ConclaveNational IT conclave is an annual event conducted by Systemix that intends to provide an opportunity for the students and delegates from the corporate world to be an audience to the crème de la crème of the IT industry and learn about the issues, trends and opportunities involved in this sector.

Key Speakers• Mr. Kamal Nath, Former Minister of Commerce and

Industry, GoI

• Dr. Ashok Lahiri, Chief Economic Advisor, GoI

• Mr. Vinod Rai, Comptroller and Auditor General of India

• Mr. R.S. Sharma, Chairman and MD, NTPC

• Mr. Samrat Sen, Director, Cognizant Business Consulting

• Mr. Arijit Chakraborty, Director, PWC

• Mr. Akhil Agarwal, COO, Interglobe Technologies

• Mr. Ajay Chowdhary, Chairman and CEO, HCL Infosystems

• Ms. Jessie Paul, CMO, Wipro Technologies

• Mr. Ashok Wahi, CIO, Spice Group

• Mr. Thomas Kuruvilla, MD, Middle East, Arthur D’Little, Singapore

• Mr. V.R. Ferose, MD, SAP Labs

• Mr. Sanjay Jain, MD Accenture India

HeadstartGuestLectureSeries• Mr. Varun Sharma, Industry Head (E-Commerce),

Google India

• Mr. Tejinder Gill, Regional Account Director, LinkedIn

• Mr. Ajaya Khullar, Head, LazerKen IT Services India and KMAFICS

Student Achievements• Best B-School Award at Cognizant Business Consulting

2014

• 2nd Best Summer Intern Award at Cognizant Business Consulting 2014

• Best Summer Intern Award at Cognizant Business Consulting 2013

• Best Summer Intern Award at Wipro Group 2013

• Winner of BiteSys 2013, IIM Shillong; presented a white paper on collaboration of BI and IT

• First Runners Up at Samahva 2013, IIFT Delhi showcasing role of IT for an insurance company

Year Theme Prominent Speakers

2013 Paradigm shift in the Global IT industryDr. Chandan Chowdhury, MD India, Dassault Systemes

2011 Indian IT/ ITeS - The Decade Ahead Ms. Rita Soni, CEO NASSCOM Foundation

2010 India 2015: Leveraging IT for Growth Mr. Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM

2009 Indian IT: Opportunities in the Emerging Market Scenario Mr. Raman Roy

2008 Indian IT at crossroads - Finding New DimensionsMr. Rajdeeep Sahrawat, Head Innovation, NASSCOM

2006 Aiming Global Business – IT/ITeS Industry’s New Priorities Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM


• Two IIFTians in top 10 Best Summer Projects at CBC 2012

• 2nd Best Summer Intern Award at Cognizant Business Consulting 2012

• All India Rank 2 and title of “The Strategist” in national level business simulation contest organized by CBC at top B schools in December 2012

• First Runners Up at Cognizant Boardoom 2012 with a Bplan on “Social, Mobility, Analytic’s and Cloud Computing (SMAC) and how it impacts business model of IT Consulting firms

Alumni• Mr. Chandan Chatterjee, Global Head-CBT Nokia

Solution & Networks

• Mr. Sreesha Rao, Director, Fujitsu

• Mr. Pawas Agrawal, Director, CA Technologies

• Mr. Nimit Rathee, Director, Dell

• Mr. Sumeet Khanna, Director GSI, Microsoft

• Mr. Jaspreet Bindra, CEO, Getit Infomedia

• Mr. Manav Garg, CEO, Eka Software

• Mr. Sandeep Nagpal, Marketing Director – SAP India

• Mr. Varun Sharma, Industry Head, E-Commerce, Google

• Mr. Son Sarma, Global IT Services Head, 3i Infotech

• Mr. Srikanth Karnakota, Country Head for Server and Cloud Business, Microsoft

• Mr. Prashanth Mani, Director Sales, Modern Trade and Online Channels, Samsung Electronics India

• Mr. Alok Agarwal, Client Engagement Director - Technology Solutions

Recruiters• Amazon

• Aricent

• Cognizant Business Consulting

• Dassault Systems

• Flipkart

• Google

• HCL

• Infosys

• Interglobe Technologies

• ITC Infotech

• KPIT Cummins

• Mahindra Comviva

• Nucleus Software

• TATA Consultancy Services

• Wipro Group


Placement ScheduleThe placement process for Delhi and Kolkata batches will happen together at IIFT Delhi campus for the academic year 2014-15

PLaCeMent detaILs for 2014-15

Name of Event Tentative Dates

SUMMERINTERNSHIPPROCESS(SIP):Batch2014-16

GuestLectures July 2nd Week-December 3rd Week , 2014

Pre Placement Talk July 4th Week-September 3rd Week

Commencement of the Summer Placements Process September 4th Week (Tentative)

LATERAL&INTERNATIONALPLACEMENTPROCESS:Batch2013-15

Pre Placement Talk September-December 1st Week, 2014

Commencement of Placement Process December 2nd Week (Tentative)

FINALPLACEMENTPROCESS(FPP):Batch2013-15

Pre Placement Talk October-January 2nd Week , 2015

Final Placement Selection Commencement January 3rd Week (Tentative)

Corporate Relations & Placement Committee: Delhi Kolkata

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Dr. Saikat BanerjeeFaculty Coordinator

Phone: +91-33- 2357 2854Fax: +91-33- 2357 2855Email: [email protected]

Mr.SanjayVermaJoint Corporate and Placement Advisor

Phone: +91-11-2656 2112Email: [email protected]

Prof. harkirat SinghCorporate and Placement Advisor

Phone: +91-11-2696 6544 (Direct)Fax: +91-11-26859520Email: [email protected]

Placement Brochure 2014-15 - IIFT

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