Why IIFT is still one of the best choice for MBA aspirants

IIFT is a premier MBA college in India, ranked among the top 15 B-School for decades now. Positives: 1. It is a top B-school with some of the best professors in the country, where high priority is given to ensure that the highest quality academic excellence and record placement figures each year. 2. IIFT has a large alumni network, spread across all the domains of the corporate industry. 3. The MBA in International Business course it offers, encompasses all the academic courses with additional courses specializing in International Trade. 4. The institute has maintained a 100% placement record with the figures improving every year. 5. IIFT comes under the Ministry of Commerce, so the faculty and students work closely with the GOI in various government projects. Negatives: 1. The current campus is relatively small with limited capacity, but with a new state-of-the-art campus coming up, this small limitation is also taken care of.

IIFT provides MBA in International business, which along with the regular subjects of MBA, has additional subjects pertaining to International Trade and economics. The institute has some of the top faculties in the country, along with strong collaboration with industry experts, who take frequent guest lectures in the institute. They have a highly qualified faculty base, with some former professors currently working as advisors to the Government of India. The objective is to ensure practical conceptual understanding with hands-on experience whenever possible from industry leaders in their respective fields. Term Exams: There are Mid-term and End-term, exams being conducted in each of the trimesters and it is tried to ensure that all of them take place in the schedule duration, which is the case most of the time. The exams are conceptual and need a proper understanding of the subjects to clear them.

Internship opportunities are provided in many large corporate and multinationals domestic and international companies. Some of the top companies in the domain of Marketing, Finance, Operations, Trade, Consulting, etc. recruit candidates from IIFT for their prestigious internship programs.

IIFT has a stellar placement record, with companies from a diverse set of domains visiting the campus every year, for both the summer internship and final placement drive. 100% placement record is maintained like most other top B-Schools with the average package ranging from 20-20.8 lakhs. There are multiple international placements happening each year in major multinational firms. The highest package has been 1 Cr+ and that has been achieved for multiple batches now.

The fee for the entire course is around 18 Lakh rupees (excluding hostels), which is in tune with the rest of the top B-Schools in the country.

Annual Fests and Extra-Curricular activities: There are many activities happening on the campus starting from the annual cultural fest called Quo Vadi, which is well known among most of the people in the B-School circle, with multiple big personalities coming to the campus and high energy performances. There are also the sports and business conclaves happening, where business leaders and alums from around the nation and world visit the campus and the students get the opportunity to interact with them. Clubs, cells, and Committees: There are multiple clubs, cells, and committees in IIFT, where students get an opportunity to explore the diverse roles and domains in which all of them function, giving them a hands-on experience to make critical decisions. IIFT being a student-driven college gives a lot of exposure to the students here.

Hostels are neat and clean with the basic amenities being adequately provided. the administration ensures that the students do not face any difficulty during their stay in the hostels. The occupancy is 2 and 3 sharing with mess facility available.

There were 3 rounds starting with WAT, followed by a GD, and then the personal interview. Process and Preparation: So the process is designed to judge the personality of the candidate and to understand the depth of understanding of the person. there is no specific preparation that is required for the GD-PI process. Just being aware of yourself and current news happening in and around us is sufficient to successfully clear the round. People having prior work experience should be thorough about the work that they carried out in their previous organization.