Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) is an autonomous public business school established in 1963 by the Government of India (Ministry of Commerce and Industry) to help professionalize the country's foreign trade management and increase exports by developing human resources; generating, analyzing and disseminating data; and conducting research. Its flagship program is the Master of Business Administration in International Business (MBA-IB). It is the only institute among the top-10 business schools of India that offers this program. The Institute visualizes its future role as: A catalyst for new ideas, concepts and skills for the internationalization of the Indian economy, the primary provider of training and research-based consultancy in the areas of International Business both for the corporate sector and Government and the student’s community. IIFT started out as a center to provide foreign trade advice to governments and has since played an instrumental role in conducting research in trade policy formation.