IIFT Delhi Reviews on Placements, Faculty, Facilities & more

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Hitesh Makhija Batch 2020 Others

1

Reviewed on Jan 04, 2020

1 Placements

1 Fees

1 Academics

1 Infrastructure

1 Campus

Placements & Internships : No facilities are provided for placements in this course. Institute does says it is on its flagship course but lacks the will and commitment to drive it.

Entrance Exams & Admissions : This is a course for Executives with experience of at least 3

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Chanchal Maloo Batch 2018 MBA [Master of Business Administration]

2

Reviewed on Sep 12, 2019

2 Placements

2.5 Fees

3 Academics

1 Infrastructure

1.5 Campus

Placements & Internships : College does not offer any placement to the executive program. the alumni network is very good you can connect through the college campus.

Entrance Exams & Admissions : The entrance process comprises GD and personal interview. Based on the perfo

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Subramaniam Bhatt Batch 2017 PGPM [Post Graduate Programme in Management]

4.5

Reviewed on Feb 09, 2016

4.5 Academics

Academics & Faculty :

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Vipul Sharma Batch 2017 PGPM [Post Graduate Programme in Management]

4.7

Reviewed on Feb 07, 2016

5 Academics

4.5 Fees

4.5 Placements

4.5 Infrastructure

5 Campus

Placements & Internships : I have got an intern opportunity at JPMC with a total stipend of Rs 2 lakhs per annum. -IIFT was the first amongst Top 10 B-School across the country to finish its

Placements & Internships : I have got an intern opportunity at JPMC with a total stipend of Rs 2 lakhs per annum. -IIFT was the first amongst Top 10 B-School across the country to finish its Final Placements -A total of 81 companies made offers to its largest batch ever, comprising 254 students with the average number of offers per company seeing a considerable increase of around 15% over the previous year -64 Pre-Placement offers were made to IIFTians -Average compensation has seen a tremendous increase of 24% over last year, at 18.01 LPA for the class of 2016 -Highest International compensation saw a 36% increase over last year to USD 150,000 PA offered -The highest domestic package drawn stood at an astounding Rs 29 LPA, a rise of 21% over previous year’s highest CTC -35% of the batch took up offers in Sales and Marketing domain and 29% chose Finance as the domain for starting their careers. -BFSI sector had a dominant presence with almost 26% of the batch choosing to start their careers in this growing sector. -New associations with reputed organisations like 3M, Nivea, Adobe, Pernod Ricard, TGI Group, British Telecom, Synergy Consulting Inc., GM, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Swiss Singapore, Hexaware, Concentrix, Tata Sky, Trident, Welspun, Religare, Blue Stone, Michael Page -Multiple roles on offer in E-Commerce sector such as Account Manager, Business Analyst, Financial Analyst, Category Manager, Product Manager, Marketing Manager, Sales Specialist & Operations Manager were the striking feature of the placement season -Amazon and Cognizant Business Consulting together made the highest number of offers followed by JP Morgan and Vodafone -15 students got international roles with rise in offers across locations such as Nigeria, Peru, Dubai, Singapore Alumni Network : IIFT's alumni network crosses 5 continents and over 45 nations. We have alums working at the level of CEO (Ex Cargill) and even in policy making like in NITI Ayog. Since 1963, our alums have been making IIFT proud by thier achievements.

Clubs & Associations : LIfe at IIFT : Most of us start out early enough (if you're not brushing off an all-nighter) with the eternal trilemma of sleep vs. food vs. showers. The first class starts at 9:15 a.m. typically, with each class being two hours. If like me, you find getting up more than 5 minutes before class criminal, you scurry away to the cafe/dhabas and catch a quick breakfast in the 15 min. breaks. Last class is typically 6:30 p.m. (this can vary too), so you could be solving international marketing cases in the morning, followed by macroeconomics before lunch, global supply chain management after it, and finally studying a foreign language of your choice from 4:30-6:30 p.m. This would mark the end of your official academic schedule.AKA The Start of your actual day.At any top B School, the official academic sessions are just another part of your day, with as much going on outside the lecture halls. After you break over tea and snacks, is when things get interesting. The choice of activities at B School is typically maddening (you're not getting your money's worth otherwise!), with everything from sports to competitions to parties, or just endless discussions overchai-sutta. As a Student Council member, I typically attend to work post class, which could be talking to media houses, inviting speakers for events like TEDx or answering aspirant queries. Meanwhile some of my friends hit the gym, some others are working onexclusive corporate competitions, some more are solving real life problems with live projects and yet more others plan the numerous campus events. This is not taking into account those who manage the various domain-specific clubs and cells on campus. They could be creating content for magazines, talking to corporate honchos for interactive sessions, analysing the impact of the latest policy changes on the economy, or developing case studies on the latest digital campaigns. IIFT has 6 Clubs & 7 domain specific cells, working around the year across verticals.A day B School lasts well into the night, with midnight being when most students let their hair down, when not working through the night on corporate competitions. This could be anything from traditional quizzes presided over by an aged monk, to midnight futsal, to random bouts of Pictionary & mafia. Midnight is also awaited for the vigorous celebrations, marked by cake-wash and highly kinetic wishes to back. Parties are a native species endemic to IIFT, with routine sightings across the audi or the nearby Hauz Khas Village. Guitar strumming is known to spontaneously occur, with open-mic’s drawing bathroom singers of all colours.A Nescafe kiosk serves as the rallying point for late-night discussions ranging from the Syrian crisis, to the stubbornness of the cows on Delhi streets. More peaceful, loving souls are often observed either exploring the beautiful campus, or may even be at the Academic Block till late night. Rumour has it this may something to do with the Acad Block AC. A divine being known only as Diwaan Sahab has been coming in religiously at 5 a.m. sharp, everyday, for over a decade. The brain meltingly good bun maska & chai here is the breakfast of those champions, who've fought through the night, and now are heroes. Or at least very happily well-fed & sleep-deprived.We also host the upcoming Ultimate Warriors League, which will be in it’s 8th edition this year (read: nearly as old as the actual IPL!) . UWL is a full-fledged franchise based sports championship, with IPL style bidding that goes on for close to 7-8 hours with 150-180 players going under the hammer, across 12 disciplines!Finally, at some point usually closer to dawn than dusk, you'll find a few hours of waiting while you sleep, till you can start all over again :)

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Anuj Kansal Batch 2017 PGPM [Post Graduate Programme in Management]

4

Reviewed on Feb 07, 2016

4 Academics

4.5 Placements

3 Infrastructure

4.5 Campus

Placements & Internships : I will be interning with SHOPCLUES, an E-commerce company. My stipend will be INR 40K per month. Companies and Roles Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Citibank

Academics & Faculty : The day at IIFT Delhi starts with classes from 9:15 am. In the early days of MBA however, it can start as early as 5 am( you see, MBA rigour ). Lectures are normally of 2 hours duration each interspersed with a gap of 15 mins between any 2 consecutive lectures. Number of lectures in a day vary usually from 1 lecture to 4 lectures. Assignments are a regular feature of most subjects taught here at IIFT and they can vary from a very detailed financial analysis or cost structure analysis to a very lively skid depicting business world scenarios during Mangerial Communication classes. Projects are a part of IIFT's curriculum for almost all the subjects and carry a sizeable weightage for the overall grade in each subject. One or two subjects also feature a mid-term exam while every subject has its end term exam carrying 40 marks weightage. The rest of the 60 marks are internal assessment which is cumulative of marks of Quizzes, assignments, projects, and class participation. It depends upon the professor as to how he/she allocates the weightage to these different components. The method of teaching varies from professor to professor. While some professors practise Case study methodology, others follow Power Point based pedagogy. The overall Quality of teaching is good given the large amount of teaching experience that the professors have (many of them being Ph.D in their respective fields). The role of fellow students is most crucial in shaping up the lecture environment and that's where IIFT scores given the immensely talented and competitive students that it attracts. The professors make sure to answer any subject query asked to them and provide their full support through their inputs to the students in case study competitions. IIFT plays host to a lot of corporate competitions as well such as Airtel, Colgate Palmolive, Mahindra etc and also features in list of select B-schools for which such competitions are open. IIFTians work hard and party harder. The cultural activities go on round the year and there is always a constant interaction between juniors and seniors. Sporting activities are a usual phenomenon on campus. Thus the overall experience at IIFT Delhi has been great so far and I only expect it to get better and better.

Clubs & Associations : The main student body is the IMF ( International Management Forum ) which comprises of a President, General Secreatry, Cultural Secretary, Media Coordinator, and Alumni Coordinator.There is a Cultural Committee named Melange(Junior team and Senior team), Media Committee( Junior team and Senior team), Alumni Committee(Junior team and Senior team).Apart from them following Clubs exist at IIFT 1) CAPITAL - The Finance Club2) BRANDWAGON - The Marketing Club3) SYSTEMIX - The Systems, Consulting and SMAC Club4) BLASH - The Trade Club5) SOCRATES - The Consulting Club6) SCOPE - The Operations ClubAlso, the following Cells exist at IIFT 1) MRC - Market Research Cell2) ERC - Equity Research Cell3) PHI - Pharma, Healthcare, and Insurance Cell4) INFRA - Infrastructure Cell5) E-CELL - Entrepreneurship Cell6) KOSHISH - Social Awareness Cell The main festival on campus is QuoVadis which is held in January every year. It is IIFT's annual management cum cultural fest.As of now, IIFT does not have its own Sports fest owing to lack of space.Apart from these, IIFT hosts various Business Conclaves and Summits. IIFT is also a Guest at major Industrial Body Conferences such as ASSOCHAM. Life at IIFT in general is Good. Obviously there are aspects that can improve, but then there are some issues with every B-school. It's a balanced mix of Academics, Sports, Cultural activites, Corporate Competitions, Live Projects etc. One thing is that you learn to stay on your toes 24x7. Rest it's completely upon you that how much burden you want to take on yourself during MBA. Getting involved in various activities such as projects, competitions, committees, Sports etc have helped me a lot in learning various skills.Hostel life is very good. There is music and lots of music. People from different parts of India, having different culture, habits etc, yet staying happliy under one roof. There is no dearth of food options ( whatever the time be ). Thus it's a good blend here at IIFT Delhi.

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Rajat Malik Batch 2017 PGPM [Post Graduate Programme in Management]

3.7

Reviewed on Feb 06, 2016

4 Academics

2.5 Fees

4 Placements

4.5 Infrastructure

Placements & Internships : All these factors can be rated above average. My internship is in a financial consulting firm and the stipend is above industry average. Companies like golman sachs, Jpmc, shell, godrej consumers, etc come a

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Vikas Gupta Batch 2017 PGPM [Post Graduate Programme in Management]

4.3

Reviewed on Feb 06, 2016

4 Academics

4 Fees

4.5 Placements

4 Infrastructure

5 Campus

Placements & Internships : My intership is with Amazon (Sales Specialist) for 8 weeks and I will be joining the same in the first week of April. The stipend in around Rs 60k per month. College also promotes NGO training of 3 weeks in the month of december

Placements & Internships : My intership is with Amazon (Sales Specialist) for 8 weeks and I will be joining the same in the first week of April. The stipend in around Rs 60k per month. College also promotes NGO training of 3 weeks in the month of december for inculcation the social aspect into very future manager. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) achieved 100% placements in record time for its flagship MBA (IB) program.IIFT was the first amongst Top 10 B-School across the country to finish its Final Placements. A total of 81 companies made offers to its largest batch ever, comprising 254 students with the average number of offers per company seeing a considerable increase of around 15% over the previous year. 64 Pre-Placement offers were made to IIFTians. New associations with reputed organisations like 3M, Nivea, Adobe, Pernod Ricard, TGI Group, British Telecom, Synergy Consulting Inc., GM, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Swiss Singapore, Hexaware, Concentrix, Tata Sky, Trident, Welspun, Religare, Blue Stone, Michael Page. Multiple roles on offer in E-Commerce sector such as Account Manager, Business Analyst, Financial Analyst, Category Manager, Product Manager, Marketing Manager, Sales Specialist & Operations Manager were the striking feature of the placement season Average compensation has seen a tremendous increase of 24% over last year, at Rs 18.01 LPA for the class of 2016. Highest International compensation saw a 36% increase over last year to USD 150,000 PA offered. The highest domestic package drawn stood at an astounding Rs 29 LPA, a rise of 21% over previous year’s highest CTC. 35% of the batch took up offers in Sales and Marketing domain and 29% chose Finance as the domain for starting their careers. BFSI sector had a dominant presence with almost 26% of the batch choosing to start their careers in this growing sector. Amazon and Cognizant Business Consulting together made the highest number of offers followed by JP Morgan and Vodafone. 15 students got international roles with rise in offers across locations such as Nigeria, Peru, Dubai, Singapore.

College Infrastructure & Hostel Facilities : Library One of the largest of its kind in the developing world, with a holding of around 84,000 volumes and subscriptions to 800 journals with complete online cataloguing, the IIFT Library is a veritable storehouse of information. Besides being an invaluable place of reference for industry, research scholars and students alike, the Library has an unique collection of publications of FAO, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, UNCTC, World Bank, and other international agencies. The students have access to database such as the NIC, CMIE, India Trades, World Bank Indicators and other audio-visual aids on management. IIFT has set up the WTO Resource Centre in the Library to focus exclusively on WTO issues. The Centre is the only one of its kind in India, which enhances the utility of the IIFT Library even further. Besides the main Library, there is a Library-cum-Reading Room open round-the-clock, situated in the hostel. Foreign Trade Library The Foreign Trade Library is a knowledge bank in the field of Management, Foreign Trade and WTO related issues. It has an organized collection of Information resources on International Business & Economic Environment which are accessible in printed or e-form to its Readers for their reference or borrowing. It continued with its endeavor to add to its collection specialized publications, reports, Databases, e-Journals, Print Journals, Articles etc. and get itself updated regularly. Presently Library has an impressive collection of 1,00,990 resources that comprises74,008 book/CDs-volumes, 17381 bound periodicals, and 447 periodicals & 4000 articles. Hostel Facilities C9 Hostel Hostel life is the most important part of one's journey at IIFT. With over 60 students staying at our newly developed hostel at C9, the atmosphere of learning and having fun while staying at IIFT is unmatched. There is a separate mess facility at C9, and seating space for all students. There is also a common room facility for students where they can sit for discussions and projects. It is also a great space for students to relax and rejuvenate owing to the television facility and table tennis facility. Hardly a five minute walk from the campus, it is well guarded and located in the plush green surrounding of Qutab Institutional Area New Hostel New Hostel (NH) is for the senior batch of students pursuing MBA (IB) from IIFT. It has 6 floors and all the rooms are on double-occupancy basis. Top two floors are guest rooms. NH hostel is connected with the help of passage to the academic block of IIFT . It has a common room with a television and table-tennis table. It has an air-conditioned mess with sitting facility for all students staying. NH has Nescafe for refreshment adjoining to the hostel. Old Hostel Old Hostel (OH), located within the IIFT campus, has eight floors (including a basement) and is home to both the first and second year students of the residential International Business program. Some rooms of the hostel face the landmark Qutab Minar while some face the lush green Sanjay Van, providing the perfect setting for students to enjoy a fresh environ. The hostel has a mess which is capable of seating approximately 100 students at a time. The hostel also has a common computer facility which can be used by the students to take print-outs without visiting the market. Closely situated is the dry facility to cater to students' needs. The hostel is fee is around Rs, 1,00,000 for two years. One cannot opt for a PG in full time programme and it is compulsary to stay in hostel but for Foreign exchange programme people, there are easy PG facilities available in Green park and Hauzkhas in around Rs. 7000/- per month. Mess: Every hostel has food facility available. The common mess prepares food at one place which is then put up in all 3 hostels with good quality and different menu every day. There is a provision of special food once in a month and Non Veg is offered twice a week and chinese once a week. Mess charges Rs.11,250/- for 3 months together. Overall, the campus is not as big as other b-schools but all the basic facilities are available here.

Clubs & Associations : Students' Council(IMF) About IMF This is the IIFT governing students' council which acts as a coordinator for, and provides administrative support to, various student activities and events at IIFT besides taking policy decisions regarding student affairs in consultation with the Director/Chairperson/Program Director. The IMF consists of ten elected members. Clubs and Cells In IIFT The best kind of learning is from your peers. This is the belief which IIFT functions with. With the student council as an umbrella body, 6 clubs and 7 cells work to ensure collaborative and comprehensive learning the year round. All the possible domains of management- Finance, Marketing, Operations, Consulting, Systems, and Trade, are handled by one club each. The clubs impart domain and industry-specific knowledge via Knowledge Transfer Sessions throughout the year. Following are the clubs: Capital, The Finance & Investments Club at IIFT Brandwagon, The Marketing Club at IIFT Socrates, The Consulting & Strategy Club SCOPE, The Supply Chain & Operations Club at IIFT Systemix, The Systems Consulting Club BLASH, The Trade Club at IIFT Following are the cells: Pharma, Healthcare & Insurance Cell(PHI) Africa Business Cell(ABC) Equity Research Cell(ERC) Insights, The Marketing Research Cell(MRC) Koshish – Social Awareness Cell Quintessential – The Quizzing Cell E-Cell, The Entrepreneurship Cell Events Tradewinds Events(Kolkata) International Trade Conclave Alumni Reunion TEDx Quo Vadis UWL Campus Life Since the batch strength is small, the bonding between students is very high and everybody on campus knows everybody else. One of the special highlights of campus life is the celebration of all festivals with great gusto and loads of energy. Be it Biryani on Eid, fireworks and Rangolis on Diwali, or Dhol and bonfires on Lohri, these celebrations form an integral part of the student culture. Amidst all rigors of academic life, IIFTians definitely know how to live it up once in a while. And when we let our hair down, we party like there’s no tomorrow. Music, ambiance – we got it all. Parties don’t end at dawn….every party is the source of new stories and rumors to keep the students occupied in whatever free time they get. And once a year we make our signature move with the annual management fest, Quo Vadis, organized by the students and is one of the biggest events in campus. For three days students from top notch b-schools from across India come to IIFT to participate in various management and cultural events. With a lot of cash prizes at stake, Quo Vadis sees the best talent in India converging to the IIFT campus. After a hard day’s work, every night at Quo Vadis is capped off with music performances, dance and revelry.

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Mansi Dixit Batch 2017 PGPM [Post Graduate Programme in Management]

4.3

Reviewed on Feb 06, 2016

5 Academics

3.5 Fees

5 Placements

4 Infrastructure

Placements & Internships : The college has a placement committee that is engaged in providing students with internships as well as final placements. The salaries and stipends can be checked through the placement reports. Some of the best companies in mark