IIFT Delhi All Questions

IIFT Delhi and IIFT Kolkata are different. There is no pussyfooting about it. I shall attempt to elicit comparison from three different perspectives:

Academic Standpoint:

Both Delhi and Kolkata have a permanent faculty set based at either location. Essentially these 'home faculty' handle the majority of the core course curriculum. For certain courses some D-profs fly down to K and vice versa. In my time I recollect 7 courses being offered to Kolkata by 5 visiting members of the permanent Delhi faculty (Bear in mind there are around 63 total courses offered during the IIFT Program). Similiarly I can count atleast 4 Kol profs that visited Delhi for roughly the same number of courses. For courses taken by visiting faculty - as is the norm in most places - each college mines its visiting profs from quality instis that are geographically viable subject to the prof's willingness and availability. For example IIFT-K attracts profs from IIM-C, Calcutta University etc. Strictly in my opinion, I felt that the quality of lecturers across campuses was pretty much equal. Kolkata probably had the better Economics department, while Delhi had the edge in Finance.Now the coursework offered is similiar across campuses and the results for each trimester are also announced simultaneously. In my opinion the evaluation is generally a lot more lenient at IIFT-K. I don't recall a single fail grade being given despite some incredibly sub standard papers being turned in while the practice is commonplace in Delhi, culminating - in certain cases - even in detention(for an academic year). Effectively, IIFT-K students find it easier to get higher GPA's than their counterparts.

Campus Life/Quality of living

Delhi wins hands down here owing to the fact that they actually have a campus. You'll find the typical academic insti atmosphere in Delhi. i.e decent internet connection, buzzing campus even at 4am and an all night coffee station. Also better parties, booze sessions, fests, what have you.

Kolkata is based out of an office building, of which it operates from a sum total of 4 dedicated classrooms that are located on 2 floors. Of the 2 other floors occupied by IIFT- one is reserved for the staff and research students and the other houses a tiny library.The students of IIFT-K are split up into 4 hostels scattered around Salt Lake. The hostels themselves are passable by most standards - think bachelor apartments 2BHK buildings with each flat housing four inhabitants (2 per bedroom). While you do get a fridge and a TV per flat, gas connections and AC's are out of the question and not allowed. Electric stoves and kettles may be used by the students. Maintenance staff are hired that take care of the cleaning/washing etc. However only one of the hostels has a provision for a mess facility- and the food from this place is ferried to the other hostels. Which pretty much makes it inedible.

Draconian rules such as 11 pm curfew etc are employed and opportunities to fraternize with students outside of your hostel are logistically difficult, though not impossible. Given the constraints, organizing fests and events are near impossible, although the proximity of some of the hostel to a number of grounds opens up sport as an avenue to excise one's frustrations. It is expected that the new campus will be operational from June 2015, however the same refrain has been heard since 2008.

Placement Scenario

And now that you've scrolled all the way down here, I can finally give you the dirt you've been looking for. As of 2014, PFB the list of companies that completely, utterly exclude IIFT Kolkata students from their consideration set. Let me make myself crystal clear - despite whatever you read/hear about how people are trying to get them to reconsider etc. the fact remains that these companies will not so much as glance at an IIFT-K student's CV.

1. Cognizant Business Consulting

2. ITC

3. Mahindra & Mahindra

4. RPG Group

5. Cipla

6. Amazon

Dear Candidate

IIFT delhi Have 220 seats & IIFT kolkata have 140 seats & IIFT Kakinada have 60 seats in 2019-2021 batch.

But this year IIFT Converted 285 Students fro Delhi campus & 282 students for Kolkata campus..As they know last year trend that there are some of the students who will not take admission because of some other Good college convertion..

Hi Sethupathi,

There is no requirement specified by IIFT for work experience. You must however have atleast 50% marks if not from SC/ST/PWD categories. You will be shortlisted if you clear cut-offs specified by IIFT if you have taken their tests. Hence you have a fair chance depending upon your score in IIFT exam and performance in GDPI. 

Best wishes!

Dear Ananya,

Your scores in the tenth and 12th seems pretty ok but the scores in graduation are only average. However you are a commerce background student so getting in top schools including IIFT and Nmims will be definately easy for you.

Try to score higher percentile in exams and you will get a call for sure.

Hello Pooja,

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade or IIFT is an autonomous business school under govt. of India. There are various kinds of programmes and courses offered by this institute-

2-year MBA in International Business 

3-year MBA in International Business (Part-Time)

Executive Masters in International Business, New Delhi

Ph.D. programmes 

Certificate Programme in Export Management, New Delhi

Since you are more interested in the Masters, then the last two courses can be ignored for now. 

MBA(IB)-

The MBA (International Business) is a six-trimester general management programme with a focus on international business.  The programme aims at providing a comprehensive coverage combining all the important areas and disciplines relevant to international business activities.  The syllabi of this programme compare favorably with the syllabi of some of the world’s best International Business Schools.

Job roles with MBA (IB)-

After completing this degree, you can work as Export managers and executives, International business consultant, Consultant, International Business Development Manager, Global Business Manager, and so on. So, if you want to be a part of the international business world, this field is for you.

Placements in IIFT-

IIFT has been consecutively ranked in top 20 best business schools in India. It has a record of providing 100% placements every year. Almost 95 Indian and International companies come every year. As of a report- 

For 2019, the average salary has been increased to Rs.20.07 lakhs from Rs.19.27 lakhs in 2018. Many students received a salary package of Rs.75 lakhs too.

Companies such as Amazon, Axis Bank, Bajaj Auto, Britannia, Citibank, GE, Godrej, Goldman Sachs, HP, HT Media, IVP, ICICI, ITC, JPMC, KPMG, Louis Dreyfus, Maersk Line, Marico, Piramal, Asian Paints, Royal Enfield, RPG, Shell, Synergy Consulting, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Wipro Technologies, Yes Bank and many other major MNCs were amongst the recruiters. There were many other international recruiters too. 

Therefore, it could be easily concluded that IIFT has a great placement record and hence you should not worry about it. Though with a good CGPA, your chances of getting a better job increase.

If you think that this the field for you, and this the college you want to be in, then go for it. to know how to get into an IIFT, you can visit the link provided below-

https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/iift

I hope your queries have been answered. If you want to know anything else, feel free to contact.

Good Luck!

• Final year students are also eligible to apply for IIFT Exam. However, they will be offered final admission only after they clear their examination.

• There is no age criterion.

• There is  reservation for candidates from SC/ST/OBC/NRIs categories.