The Graduate Studies Management (GSM) Division oversees the on-campus teaching programmes of IIFT. These include the flagship programmes of IIFT - MBA in International Business and MBA in Business Analytics, besides the Weekend MBA in International Business, all the Executive Post Graduate Diplomas and the Certificate Programmes of the Institute. The GSM coordinates facets associated with the administration and development of teaching programmes offered from IIFT Delhi Campus, as well as the Kolkata Centre of IIFT Delhi.
The objective of GSM is to contour and control the functioning of the IIFT’s programmes, while ensuring their academic excellence and contemporariness. GSM spearheads programme management, course scheduling, session planning, faculty allocation and support, and conduct of examinations, research projects and student vivas. All students’ matters, including student relations and discipline, are under the charge of GSM.
Student placements and industry interface are also accomplished under the aegis of GSM. This part outspreads into other GSM activities like conduct of curriculum review, port visits, industrial visits, summer trainings and live projects, guest lectures, panel discussions, symposia and related events that are a part of academics at IIFT.
GSM is headed by a Senior Professor as the Chairperson of the Division. Programmes under the GSM are led by Programme Directors, and supported in the back-end by Programme Associates.