Department of Management Studies IIT Madras

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Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Established	2004
Head	Prof. L.S.Ganesh
Location	Chennai, India
Enrollment	60 Management Students
Homepage	http://www.doms.iitm.ac.in

The Department of Management Studies (DoMS) at IIT Madras (India) formally came into existence in April 2004, though a full-fledged two-year MBA programme was being offered since 2001 under the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. While management education is not new to IIT Madras with an M.Tech in Industrial Management being offered for nearly four decades prior to the MBA programme, the industry's growing demand for high quality management research as well as managers trained in the finer nuances of business and technology provided the driving force to set up a separate DoMS, offering an MBA programme comparable to the best B-Schools in the country. Currently, the department offers degrees in MBA, MS and PhDs in various functional areas and specialized domains of the industry.

Though still in its nascent stages, the programme has already achieved substantial appreciation and visibility among corporates, as evidenced by the excellent placement record for the last five years, and stellar performances by the alumni in the organizations they are working for.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Highlights of the programme

DoMS (IIT Madras) has been designed keeping in view today's dynamic business environment, and the consequent need to develop unique, young management talent to work proactively in this environment - talent that will respond as well as steer the dynamics.

The programme structure and curriculum have been designed after a detailed study of some of the best B-schools worldwide. A few pioneering innovations have also been made in the programme. The highlights are presented below:

[edit] Unique Pedagogy

The programme is structured uniquely with courses spread over eight quarters with only four/five courses per quarter. This gives students an optimal learning experience to enable them develop a well-rounded professional personality by engaging in a variety of constructive activities including taking courses on audit, going on field visits, participating in various management workshops and competitions, organizing special professional events, and working on live business projects. The programme includes three core courses on various Industrial and Business Domains spread over the last three quarters.

Students of the programme can opt for auditing courses from any of the elective courses offered by the Department of Management Studies or from the more than 300 courses offered by the other 14 departments in the Institute.

Early recruiters can guide students to opt for selected courses - electives, Industrial and Business Domains, and audit courses - during the last three quarters. These selected launch pad courses prepare students to enter their careers well tuned to their employers' requirements. Additionally, recruiters can also offer students projects in the last quarter to enable very smooth induction. Many reputed and far-sighted organizations have expressed their enthusiastic approval of this option, and some have already taken this advantage, and intend to leverage it again.

"Professional Development Workshops" are offered to develop our students' personalities, particularly their soft skills. They include business communication and presentation skills, negotiation skills, teamwork and conflict resolution skills, time management, business etiquette, and foreign languages.

The batch sizes are in the range of 40 to 50 students, handpicked from over twenty five thousand applicants who sit for the grueling national-level Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) conducted by the IITs and IISc.

Our students are from across the length and breadth of India. They learn from the advantage of working with people from different socio-cultural backgrounds.