IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) Ph.D. Admission 2018

IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) Ph.D. Admission 2018

The university comes up with the notion of providing extensive coverage incorporating all the important areas and branches relevant to international business activities.

For the academic year 2017, the university invites applications from applicable aspirants for Ph.D. Programme in the following departments at New Delhi and Kolkata Campuses:

• Operations and Supply Chain
• Economics and Trade Policy
• Finance
• Marketing
• General Management and Strategy
• IT Innovation and Tech Management

Aspirants with the Post Graduate degree of at least 2 years period in any branch/other relevant Post Graduate Diploma considered valid by the competent authority can register for the Ph.D. programme.

Seats are reserved as per rules of Government of India. The reservations are subject to aspirants meeting the admission requirement of the Institute under various categories. 49.5% seats are reserved for the reserved categories such as SC/ST/OBC/NRI etc.

The applicable aspirants can register themselves by filling up the application form obtainable from the university website and submit the same along with need documents and procedures fee, on or before May 2^nd, 2017.

Aspirants are selected for Doctoral/research programme on the basis of the objective test, descriptive test and individual interview. The aspirants qualifying written test shall be called for a subsequent phase of selection procedure comprising of descriptive test an individual interview to be held only at New Delhi campus. Objective Test will be held on the scheduled date both at Kolkata and New Delhi campuses of the Institute.

Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) - At Least 5 years (15 seats)

• General Management and Strategy
• Marketing
• IT Innovation and Tech Management
• Economics and Trade Policy
• Finance
• Operations and Supply Chain

Eligibility

• Aspirants who have hold of Diploma courses like PGDIM from IIMs /other diplomas considered equivalent to Master’s Degree with at least 55% marks or CGPA equivalent to B+, from a recognised Institute.
• Aspirants with prior teaching and research experience or Aspirants from industry having made an exceptional contribution in their area of work would be given an important consideration.
• Aspirants from India need to qualify in the Entrance test organizeed by the University itself whereas for foreign aspirants GMAT score is considered.
• Aspirants from India and foreign countries are applicable for admission
• The aspirant must have Master’s degree (including IIFT MPIB)/M.Phil. degree in any branch from a recognised university with minimum 55% marks or equivalent to B+
• Credits would be given to aspirants with good publication records such as books, papers in National/International Journals and paper presentation experiences in National/ International conferences
• There are no age limit criteria imposed on the candidate aspiring for admission
• The degree/diploma of the institutes recognised by AICTE/UGC only would be considered. In such cases, aspirants would need to produce the necessary certificate(s) from Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

The aspirant must submit the photo affixed and duly signed application along with the following documents:

• Copy of “Statement of Purpose” for the proposed Ph.D. Programme. The duly filled application along with need procedures fee in the form of DD and important enclosures to the stated address.

  Important steps for filling in the application form:

  1. Login to the university website www.iift.edu.  And download the application form
  2.  Fill the application form with the necessary information
  3. Enclose the application form with the Demand Draft (of Rs. 2,500/- (`1250/- in respect of SC/ST aspirants and US$120/ Rs.8, 500/- for Foreign Nationals) in favour of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade payable at New Delhi) and other important documents.
  4.  The Duly filled in application forms must be sent to Ms. (Preferable)
  5. Bank draft of ` 2,500/- (`1,250/- in respect of SC/ST/PH category aspirants and US$120/ `8,500/- for foreign nationals) in favour of INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE payable at NEW DELHI.
  6. SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/PH category aspirants required to attach the requisite certificate.

Note:

• Aspirant should carry  one of the following documents: (a) Passport, (b) Election I-Card, (c) College I-Card, (d) Driving License, or (e) PAN Card for appearing in the Entrance Exam
• The Hall Tickets will be sent BY POST to all the participants.
• The application fee will not be refunded.

The University shall select the aspirants on the basis of the objective test, descriptive test and individual interview. However, they will need to appear for viva-voce and attend the coursework on the campus if selected.

Seats are reserved according to the policy of Government of India.

Reservation of seats for the various categories is given below in the tabular form:

Scholarships

The university facilitates the meritorious and the deserving

Aspirants with financial aid. The University has a number

Provisions for providing the aspirants with the facility of

Scholarships and fellowships. Some of them are enlisted:

• The full-time Ph.D. students will receive a fellowship of Rs.22, 000/- per month during the first two years of doctoral work. There is an attached bathroom for every room as well.
  IIFT offers separate hostel facility for boys and girls in both the campuses.

• “Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for SC/ST Students”
• Required Based Scholarship Scheme 
• 1^st five toppers each year are also given a scholarship of Rs. 50,000.