Vipul Sharma's Review on Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, [IIFT] Delhi

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. 

• we have 3 hostel - two are inside the campus and one outside. The inside campus are know as OH and NH hostels. NH is for the seniors . In OH all the girls (1st year and 2nd year) and a few first year ( around 60-70) boys stay and the rest of the 1st year boys have to stay in the C-9 Hostel which is around 10minutes walking distance from the main campus. For boys, the hostel are allotted on merit basis. Those with a higher final score would get to stay in the OH hostel and once that gets filled, the rest will have to stay in C-9 hostel.
• The current mess charges are Rs. 7500 per trimester. The figure may increase or decrease according to the market condition. A lot of students prefer to eat at one on the several dhabas present near the institute.
• There is a Coffee Day Express kiosk on campus which is open throughout the night. You can get tea, coffee, sandwiches etc over here. A Lipton kiosk is also present which serves you tea, coffee and Maggi throughout the night. There is also an IRCTC canteen that is open during lunch hours. There are several dhabas near the institute which provide a wide range of snacks and food at reasonable prices.
• The facilities available on campus include centrally air-conditioned lecture halls with modern audio-visual aids, conference halls for round-table conferences, an auditorium of 500 seating capacity, and a MDP centre The institute has a well-stocked libarary with more than 98,000 books, 450 international journals, and subscription to 26 corporate databases. IIFT has set up the WTO Resource Centre in the Library to focus exclusively on WTO issues

• Our classes start at 9:15 AM and run through the day till 6:30 PM.
• Methodology followed is Case Based and teachers have a wide experience in industry as well as academia. 
• The overall experience is extremely satisfying as we get a holistic growth that goes beyong the realm of lectures and theory. We have numerous clubs and cells ranging from Finance,Marketing,Trade,Opertaions and for the start-ups,  we have incubation cell as well.

• Fee per year is Rs 7 lakhs.
• Scholarship is available for economically backward students and for SC/STs as per central government laws.
• Close to 10-15 students get scholarships.
• IIFT is categorzed as a premier institute by all banks and we have a tie up with SBI too which offers IIFTians affordable rates. 

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 :)