Academic Qualifications
PhD International Trade Diplomacy (ATWS/AIS/JMI), Masters in Global Political Economy & Economic Diplomacy (Hull, England/ British Cheveing Scholar, FCO, Government of UK) and International Relations & Political Economy (London School of Economics and Political Science), International Negotiations Program (Harvard Law School), MPA Administrative Law (PU) & Public International Law (BIIL, UK), M.S. Management Consultancy (International Business) (BITS Pilani), MBA Technology Management/ Asia Pacific International Business (Deakin University/Australia), Master's Program in International Trade (IIFT Delhi), Post Graduate International Business Program (IBP)/ Shanghai, PRC (IIM Calcutta), Masters Program in Business/ Industrial Productivity Management (NPC), B.S. (Hindu College/Delhi University)
Other Professional Accreditations/Certifications: Diplomacy in International Trade (ITCD, USA), International Trade and WTO Law (BIIL, UK), Corporate Diplomacy & Public Relations (SPJCM), Trade Fairs, Exhibitions and Conventions (IITTM), Commercial Contracts Drafting and Negotiations (NPC), Management Consultancy Practice (CDC), Accredited Management Teacher of International Business (AlMA), Certified Corporate Directorship (IOD), Certified Productivity Practioner (NPC/APO Tokyo), Entrepreneurship Development (Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany), Multimodal Transporation & Logistics Management (Institute of Rail Transport), Air Transport Management (IITTM)
Prof. Rohit Mehtani has a PhD
in International Studies in the area of Political Economy
of International Trade and Economic Diplomacy and is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He has had the distinction
of being a recipient of the prestigious British Chevening Scholarship of the UK Government which gave him an
opportunity to study for Masters
of Global Political Economy in the School of
International Studies at the University of Hull in England and participating in
a study tour to the European Institutions in Brussels at the time when economic
and monetary union was in progress during the post-Maastricht period. He
also pursued studies in International Trade at the Hull University Business
School and Political Economy of European Integration at the Centre for the
European Studies. He obtained a distinction in International Business
Diplomacy. He also completed a Programme
on International Negotiations at the Harvard Law
School. His master’s degree in Britain is in conjunction with
another Masters of Public
Administration in which he majored in Applied Development Administration
(Economic Administration).
Prof. Mehtani pursued a dual degree that included an M.S./M.Phil. in Consultancy Practice and
Management at BITS Pilani and a Master's Degree in
Business Administration (MBA Technology Management) from the Deakin University
in Australia. The MBA
Technology Management programme at the Deakin
incorporated Australian
Trade Commission endorsed course work in Asia Pacific
International Marketing and Internal Business Strategy in which he obtained
distinction.
Prof. Rohit Mehtani is also an alumnus of Indian Institute of
Foreign Trade Delhi (IIFT Delhi) and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
(IIM Calcutta) form where he completed his Post-Graduate Programme in International Trade and
a Post-Graduate Programme in
International Business respectively. He received the N.V.
Rangaswamy Gold Medal for 'Overseas Market Research' at IIFT and the Institute
of Rail Transport (IRT) Medal for 'International Trade Logistics'. The IIM Calcutta
Programme included one semester of studies and research in the People's
Republic of China.
Prof. Rohit Mehtani graduated from University of Delhi with a Bachelor’s in Science from Hindu College and a Master's level Programme in Management from the National Productivity Council of India (Ministry of Industry, GOI). He was a rank holder in the NPC Programme. He is a Certified Productivity Practitioner, a Certification he obtained from NPC/APO Tokyo.
Merit Certificates and Awards: Inter School Acting Competition, Shanker's International Painting Competition, Merit holder in the National Productivity Council's Post Graduate Programme, Prof. Baldeo Sahai Award for Public Relations and Corporate Communications, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan's Gold Medal for the Public Relations, N. V. Rangaswamy Award for Overseas Market Research at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Institute of Rail Transport Medal for Multimodal Transportataion and International Trade Logistics, British Chevening Scholarship (British Foreign and Commonwealth Office) for Higher Studies in Britain, University of Hull (England) Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies, Department of Management Systems and Sciences/Hull University Business School (Hull, England) Merit Certificate for Global Marketing and International Trade, Deakin University (Australia) Citation for International Business Strategy Programme, Top ranker in the course work for Ph.D. (International Studies).
Awarded Dewang Mehta Business School Award for 'Best Teacher in International Economics/International Trade', Mumbai (November 2010)
Awarded Dewang Mehta Business
School Award for ‘Best Teacher in Strategy Studies’, New Delhi (December
2019)
First Prize in 'Paper Presentation Competition', organized by
the 'North American Society for Marketing Education' (Nov. 1999)
Prof. Mehtani brings with him a unique blend of specialization in the area of International Trade, International Business, Global Political Economy, Economic Diplomacy, International Law and International Negotiations. He has done extensive research in the area of trade diplomacy and the political economy of the European integration.
Prof. Mehtani has handled assignments with the corporate sector, industry associations, chambers of commerce, export promotion councils and premier business schools in India and abroad in various capacities at different times. Prior to coming to Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), where he is presently working as a Professor and Consultant, he was Director of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO). He has also held senior positions in domestic and international marketing in other previous assignments with the corporate sector
Prof. Mehtani has actively engaged in trade and business diplomacy. He has the distinction of having been a part of the exporters' delegation that accompanied, the then Prime Minister of India, Mr. I. K. Gujaral, to South Africa in 1997. He was a part of the Indian delegation to the UN EDIFACT Meeting in Colombo in 1997. He recently participated in the India-European Union Summit in October 2012 in Brussels as a member of the Government of India's sponsored delegation.
Prof. Mehtani has done extensive research and market surveys in West Asia, North Africa, Europe, ASEAN Region, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, and Taiwan.
He has been on the Governing Board of the Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), a body set up by the Department of Science and Industrial Research to promote technical and management consultancy in India.
At IIFT, he is a Professor of international business and related areas and a Consultant for corporate assignments and executive development programmes. Prof. Mehtani is also a visiting faculty to a number of prestigious institutions/universities in India and abroad.
He leads the 'Masters Programme in International Business' for the executives at the Institute and is a Programme Director of DoPT sponsored 'Programme on World Trade Organization and Trade Policy Related Issues' for the senior IAS officers and 'International Negotiations Programme' for the senior officers of the All India Services (IAS, IPS & IFS). He is invited by 'Lal Bahadur Shashtri Academy of National Administration', Mussoorie, for sessions on Global Political Economy and Foreign Services Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs for Sessions on Economic and Trade Diplomacy.
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Papers Presented/Submitted/ Published/Special or Guest Lectures
Member International Delegations/Expert Committees
Professional / Academic Affiliations
Prof. Mehtani has handled consultancy assignments/corporate training programmes for:
ITC International Division, Consultancy Development Centre, Emirates Trading Agency/Dubai, Star Asia Far East/Thailand, Philips International, Bureau of Police Research & Development, NAFED, Al Ghurair University/Dubai, Infinity Business School, PEC, All India Management Association, Confederation of Indian Industry, Seychelles Marketing Board, SGEPC, Indian Oil Corporation, Indian Post, UNESCAP, ITCD, Ernst & Young, KPMG and IARI/World Bank Project.