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M BA P RO G R A M M E
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VINOD GUPTA SCHOOL OF
MANAGEMENT
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
KHARAGPUR
ABOUT VGSOM OBJECTIVES
Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM), founded in With the ever increasing pace of knowledge creation and
1993, is the first and the largest business school to be set- knowledge obsolescence, a professional can no longer presume to
up within the IIT system. With a generous contribution from be a high achiever over his entire career, banking only upon his
one of its illustrious alumnus Mr. Vinod Gupta, VGSOM initial professional qualification. For working professionals, to
envisions producing management leaders by offering achieve the fullest career potential, there is growing need for MBA
unique programmes blending both management and Programmes that is recognized worldwide. The EMBA Programme
technology. Over the years VGSOM has been able to of VGSOM aims to provide a vehicle for growth to executives by
establish itself as one of the most reputed management augmenting their skill set and knowledge and reorienting their
institutes of the country. attitude. The programme ensures a firm foundation for continued
VGSOM has a unique advantage of being a part of IIT learning towards making oneself relevant to the market needs.
Kharagpur - rated as the best technical institute in India. The EMBA Programme focuses on general management and is
Over the years, the school has moved beyond the sphere of therefore suitable for a wide variety of sectors. Students are given
its regular MBA programme. the opportunity to choose courses from a wide range of electives
in a variety of areas.

ELIGIBILITY
The executives applying for this programme must have at least 3
years of experience (as on 19th July 2020) and a 1st class Bachelors
degree in Engineering / Technology or a 1st class Masters degree in
Science, Economics or Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics
at the Bachelors degree level), with the following criteria:
§ For institutes a) awarding degree based on aggregate marks
secured in all years of the qualifying degree OR b) awarding
degree based on aggregate marks secured in the final two
semesters or final year of the qualifying degree:
PROGRAMME
Ÿ GE/NC-OBC/EWS: Minimum of 60% marks (OR CGPA of 6.5 HIGHLIGHTS
on a 10 point scale)
§ 3 year programme, divided into 12 terms
Ÿ SC/ST/PwD: Minimum of 55% marks (OR CGPA of 6.0 on a 10 § 9 teaching terms and 3 project terms
point scale)
§ Teaching term of 9 weeks each
§ For both the above cases, if the CGPA is on a different scale than § Three weekends-on and one weekend-off
10.0 the eligibility of the candidates will be calculated
§ Around 15 hours of classes on a weekend of Saturdays and
corresponding to the equivalence stated above.
Sundays
§ Admission to reserved category candidates will be as per § 95 credits for EMBA balanced across theory and projects
Government of India rules.
§ Theory Papers: 80 credits
§ The CGPA will not be converted into percentage marks if the § Management Project: 15 credits. Management Project to
degree awarding Institute provides marks in CGPA system. Their be conducted at the company where the student is
admission will be based on the CGPA awarded in the transcript. employed or any other location, with mandatory progress
presentations every term, spread over Terms X, XI & XII
DETAILED PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Term I [9 credits] Credits
1. Core: Statistical Methods for Management [L-T-P: 2-0-0]* 2
2. Core: Economics for Management [L-T-P: 4-0-0] 4
3. Core: Marketing I [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
4. Core: Business Communication [L-T-P: 0-0-2] 1
Term II [10 credits]
1. Core: Mathematical Models for Management Decisions [L -T-P: 3-0-0] 3
2. Core: Financial Accounting and Reporting [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
4. Core: Human Behaviour and Management [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
5. Core: Management Information System [L-T-P: 3-0-0] 3
Term III [10 credits]
1. Core: Business, Govt. & Intl. Economic Environment [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
2. Core: Corporate Finance [L-T-P: 3-0-0] 3
3. Core: Marketing II [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
4. Core: Strategic Management [L-T-P: 3-0-0] 3
Term IV [10 credits]
1. Core: Production & Operations Management [L-T-P: 3-0-0] 3
2. Core: Business Research Methods [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
3. Core: Human Resource Management [L-T-P: 3-0-0] 3
4. Core: Business Law for Managers [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
Term V [8 credits]
1. Core: Technology Management [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
2. Core: Supply Chain Management [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
3. Core: Cost and Management Accounting [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
4. Elective 1 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
Term VI [9 credits]
1. Core: IT & Business Applications Laboratory [L-T-P: 1-0-3] 3
2. Core: Marketing of Industrial and Hi-tech Products [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
3. Elective 2 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
4. Elective 3 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
Term VII [8 credits]
1. Core: Organizational Leadership 2
2. Elective 4 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
3. Elective 5 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
4. Elective 6 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
Term VIII [8 credits]
1. Core: International Management [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
2. Core: Business Ethics [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
3. Elective 7 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
4. Elective 8 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
Term IX [8 credits]
1. Core: Project Management [L-T-P: 3-0-0] 3
2. Elective 9 [L-T-P: 2-0-0] 2
3. Management Games: [L-T-P: 1-1-3] 3
Project Credits
Term X + Term XI + Term XII:
Management Project to be conducted at the students' company or any other location,
with mandatory progress presentations every term. 15
Total Credits 95
* Lecture-Tutorial-Practical
LOCATION IMPORTANT DATES
EMBA Programme is being offered at the 1. Last date of online application - 2nd June 2020
IIT Kharagpur Kolkata Campus: 2. Selection test and interview - 14th June 2020
IIT Kharagpur Salt Lake Centre, HC-Block III, Salt Lake, 3. Declaration of results and first list of selected candidates
Kolkata - 700 106; Tel: 033-23379793 - 22nd June 2020
4. Last date of acceptance for first list of selected
candidates - 1st July 2020
ACCEPTANCE FEES 5. Release of list of wait-listed candidates - 2nd July 2020
Acceptance Fee of `10,000 (Non refundable) to be paid by 1st 6. Last date of acceptance for wait-listed candidates
- 9th July 2020
July 2020 (first list) / 9th July 2020 (Second List). This needs to be
7. Registration with Fees - 18th July 2020
paid online while accepting the admission offer.
8. Commencement of classes - 19th July 2020

SELECTION COURSE FEE &

PROCEDURE OTHER EXPENSES
Selection is through a written examination and interview at
Kolkata (as mentioned in location). Reservation of seats for
§ The course fee is `600,000 [Rupees Six Lakhs] for the entire
course including course material.
SC/ST/OBC/EWS candidates will be as per the GOI rules
applicable to IIT Kharagpur. § Application fees of `1,000 (non-refundable), to be paid online
as a part of the application process.
§ At Registration: `140,000 to be paid on 18th July 2020
APPLICATION FEES § Before Term III: `150,000 to be paid on 28th December 2020
Application fees of `1,000 (Non refundable), to be paid
online as a part of the application process. § Before Term V: `150,000 to be paid on 30th May 2021
§ Before Term VII: `150,000 to be paid on 5th October 2021

EMBA
PROGRAMME
CHAIRPERSON
Prof. Prabina Rajib
Vinod Gupta School of Management
IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal 721 302
Tel: 03222 28 2295, 2297, 3886 | [email protected]
RESOURCE PERSONS
Dr. Abhijeet Chandra, PhD (JMI, New Delhi), Post Doc (IIT Madras) Dr. Chandra Sekhar Mishra, PhD (Utkal University)
Prof. Abhijeet Chandra has more than 5-yr post-PhD experience. Prof. Chandra has Prof. CS Mishra's areas of interest are Financial Reporting & Analysis, Business
offered graduate and post-graduate level courses in Corporate Finance, Business Valuation, and Mergers & Acquisitions.
Statistics, and Cost & Management Accounting. Prof. Chandra does research in the Dr. Kunal Kanti Ghosh, PhD (IIT Kharagpur), Fellow (Institute of Engineers)
areas of Behavioral & Personal Finance, Financial Markets and Asset Pricing. Prof. Kunal Ghosh has 30 years experience in Tata Motors in the area of
Dr. Ajay Kumar Mishra, PhD (IBS, IFHE Hyderabad) Automotive Design, Production, Quality, IT, Strategy Formulation & Execution.
Dr. Ajay Kumar Mishra has more than four years of teach and research experience in Prof. Ghosh's competence is in Supply Network Management and Business
Finance area. He received his Ph.D. in finance from IBS Hyderabad in 2014. He was a Analytics
visiting research scholar in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics (FCBE) Dr. Parama Barai, FPM (XLRI)
at the University of Memphis during 2011-2012. Prior to joining PhD program, he Prof. Parama Barai has six years' teaching experience in finance related subjects,
was a research fellow at Space Application Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad India. He specifically in the areas of investment management, financial analytics, financial
teaches Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Security risk modeling, derivatives, capital budgeting, and corporate finance. Prof. Barai
Analysis and Portfolio Management courses at PG level and Market microstructure also conducts research in these areas.
course at doctoral level.
Prof. Prabina Rajib, PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
Dr. Amit Upadhyay, PhD (IIT Delhi)
Prof. Prabina Rajib has more than one decade of academic experience. Prof. Rajib
Amit did his post-doctoral research from National University of Singapore, has authored two books i.e., 1) Commodity Derivatives & Risk Management, 2)
Singapore and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Earlier, he has Stock Exchanges, Investments & Derivatives: Straight Answer to 250 Nagging
worked with ACME Energy Solutions for one year. He has handled Questions. Prof. Rajib's teaching & research interests include Financial
research/consultancy projects sponsored by Container Corporation of India Ltd, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Risk Management using
International Water Management Institute (New Delhi), and Proctor & Gamble Financial & Commodity Derivatives. Prof. Rajib is also a Fulbright Scholar.
(Indonesia). He has published in reputed refereed international journals.
Dr. Rudra P Pradhan PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
Dr. Aradhna Malik, PhD (University of Denver, USA)
Prof. Rudra P Pradhan has more than a decade of teaching and research
Prof. Aradhna Malik teaches intercultural communication, business ethics and experience. His research interests include infrastructure finance, foreign direct
organizational behavior to Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral level students. Her investments and econometric modelling. Prof. Pradhan has published several
research and academic interests include, ageing, orality, human technology research papers in various national and international referred journals.
interaction, intercultural communication, communication disorders, management
Dr. Saini Das, FPM (IIM Lucknow)
of public health and social welfare, corporate social responsibility, and neuro
linguistic programming (NLP). Prof. Saini Das has served as a faculty member at IIM Indore for three years before
joining IIT Kharagpur. She also worked as a software engineer at Infosys
Dr. Arun Kumar Misra, PhD (IIT Bombay)
Technologies Ltd. prior to her PhD. Her major teaching interests and competencies
After completing PhD, Prof. Arun Kumar Misra has worked in Banking Sector for are in the areas of business analytics, information security risk management in
about 7 years and then joined VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur. Prof. Misra's areas of research networks, management information systems (MIS), e-commerce technology &
include banking, capital market, corporate finance and market micro-structure. applications, data privacy and digital piracy. Prof. Das has taught in many
Prof. Misra derives his competencies from the work experience in banks where he management development programs across industries. She has authored papers
supervised risk management, ALM and Basel guidelines implementations. in many national and international journals of repute.
Dr. Barnali Nag, PhD (IGIDR, Mumbai) Prof. Sangeeta Sahney, PhD (IIT Delhi)
Prof. Barnali Nag did her post-doctoral research from Wharton Business School, Prof. Sangeet Sahney has served as a faculty member at U.P Technical University
University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she was a Business Research Fellow at the and IIT Roorkee, before joining IIT Kharagpur. With a specialization in Marketing,
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Prof. Nag has also worked in RIS, New Delhi, Prof. Sahney also teaches Organizational Behavior and Human Resources
Ministry of External Affairs, GoI, an advanced Institute for actionable research. Management. Prof. Sahney's research interests include studies in consumer
Before joining VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur, she was a faculty in Indian Institute of behavior, organizational behavior and quality management in education. Prof.
Management Kashipur. Her research interests pertain to Public Policy, Competition Sahney has been seconded by MHRD to teach at AIT, Bangkok twice, in 2009 and
Policy and Competitiveness, Economics of Climate Change, Policy and planning in 2016. Prof. Sahney has authored a book on Consumer Behaviour published by
the infrastructure sector and Energy security issues of India. Oxford University Press. Prof. Sahney has authored several papers in peer
Dr. Biplab Datta, PhD (IIT Delhi) reviewed national and international journals.
Prof. Biplab Datta's research interests include organisational leadership, marketing Dr. Sanjib Chowdhury, PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
management, service quality management and customer relationship Prof. Chowdhury has 34 years of experience in two leading oil companies in India
management. Prof. Datta earned ISO 9000 Lead Auditor Certificate from NBA, U. K. and Kuwait in the cross-functional areas of – Strategic and Corporate Planning,
Prof. Datta has published papers in national and international journals. Business Performance Improvement, Optimization of operations and processes,
Dr. Biswarup Ghosh, (MBA – IIT Kharagpur, PhD) HR and General Management.
Biswarup Ghosh teaches Marketing Management, International Marketing & Dr. Srabanti Mukherjee, PhD (IIEST, Shibpur)
Strategic Marketing courses at VGSOM. He has more than 30+ years Healthcare Dr. Srabanti Mukherjee has special interest in Consumer Behaviour, Marketing
Industry experience & worked as Head of Healthcare at Linde India Ltd (Part of Linde Research, Brand Management, Management of Services, Managing customer's
Group, Germany), Director South East Asia at STERIS India Ltd (wholly owned expectations and marketing to the bottom of the pyramid. Prior to VGSOM, Prof.
subsidiary of STERIS Corporation USA), General Manager -Marketing at Datex- Mukherjee has worked in premiere management Institutes including IIM Indore
Ohmeda (Part of GE Healthcare USA), Zonal Business Head at BOC India Ltd (Part of and IIEST Shibpur. Prof. Mukherjee has conducted and taught in several
BOC Plc. UK ). management development programmes across industries. Prof. Mukherjee has
He has extensive industry experience on General Management, Establishing Indian authored a book on Consumer Behaviour from Cengage Learning and published
entity of large US MNC, Managing P & L of large Healthcare Business of India & cases in Ivey Publishing. Prof. Mukherjee has authored papers in many peer
Indian Subcontinent, International Marketing exposure in Singapore, Thailand & reviewed journals and presented papers in topmost conferences in Marketing
Malaysia markets. He did his PhD in Plasma Physics & MBA from VGSOM, domain.
IIT Kharagpur.
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Dr. Sujoy Bhattacharya, PhD (IIITM, Gwalior)
Prof. Sujoy Bhattacharya's area of interest is business analytics. Prof. Bhattacharya
is proficient in R and Python softwares. Prof. Bhattacharya can handle complex
business analytics problems with varied applications.
Prof. Surojit Mookherjee
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This is a perfect Executive MBA programme for Sr. Executives,
Academicians and Managers. It encompasses General Administration, HR,
Marketing, Finance, Operations and Systems to epitomize into a complete
General Management programme. It aims to transform the practitioners in
the industry and academia into stalwarts.
Prof. Mookherjee's experience include 15 yrs of industrial research ,
manufacturing , Operations , Joint Venture set up in the field of metal cutting tool Kaushik Ghosh
and powder metallurgy. Post his industrial stint , he migrated to SAP project Junior Works Manager (Gr. B Gazetted Officer), Ordnance Factory
implementation and management , Business consulting , IT Outsourcing , Program Board, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India

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management and IT Service sales for global clients. During this period of 18 years, Batch: 2018-2021
he worked with Pricewaterhouse Coopers and IBM India.
Dr. Susmita Mukhopadhyay, PhD (Calcutta University, fellow ISI Kolkata)
Prof. Susmita Mukhopadhyay has interest in organizational behaviour, leadership,
competition and cooperation, relationship management, retirement
Metamorphosis, is the word that defines my EMBA journey at IIT
Kharagpur. Alongside super- supportive faculty and diverse batchmates,
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this program helped me in finding happiness which came from solving new
management, team building, competency management, HR analytics, problems. This program defines us by what we are willing to struggle for.
professional excellence, HRM, business ethics, CSR, self-development and Mayukh Mukhopadhyay
effective habits. Prof. Mukhopadhyay has conducted short term courses, MDPs Assistant Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services
and in company programmes for several Institutes and companies across Batch: 2018-2021

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industries.
Dr. Swagato Chatterjee, FPM (IIM Bangalore)
As I reflect back now, EMBA @ VGSOM has been my best investment
Prof Swagato Chatterjee, an IIT-IIM alumni, has a rich client base for MDP and
consultancy projects on analytics: Ernst & Young, Yes Bank, CSC, Namura,
Mitsubishi, Toyota, GE, Times of India, Coca-cola, NTPC, HPCL, Philips, RPG Group
etc. He brings in a mixture of industry experience and academic knowledge in the
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decision till now. It changed the way I approached situations, taught me to
view things holistically and take decisions more confidently. The amazing
connections I made, visiting the hallowed IIT Kharagpur campus for the
classroom sessions and attending the Convocation on successful
class to cater to audience of different seniority levels. completion of the program topped my experience.
Dr. Tutan Ahmed, (FPM IIM Calcutta) Sourish Dey
Prof. Tutan Ahmed, with engineering background from Jadavpur University, Sr. Manager - Smart Cities, Honeywell Automation India Ltd.
Batch: 2011-2014

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pursued his doctoral in Public Policy from IIM Calcutta. His interest in policymaking
led him to work with the World Bank, United Nations Development Program
(UNDP) and Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), India. With
MSDE, he led a consultation of 36 different Union Ministries/ Departments. At VGSOM through its experienced faculty and dynamic coursework has
UNDP, he initiated data analytics projects for job forecasting. At World Bank, he
worked on different state and national level projects. With World Bank, he has
been working on the online labor-market project for Pakistan. His research interest
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created new business insights before me, which had been very helpful for
me not only in my work life, but also in understanding the business market
scenario as a whole. The flexible learning modules and resources of the
curriculum along with brand value of IIT, immensely helps students in their
is in the application of technology in Public Policy. His teaching interest lies in career growth.
Econometrics; Technology & Future of Public Policy.
Pushpak Chatterjee
Dr. Anupam Ghosh (PhD, ICFAI University)
Manager-Steel Authority of India Limited
Prof. Anupam Ghosh has more than 14 years of teaching experience in the domain Batch: 2014-2017

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of Operations Management. He teaches and conducts research on Supply Chain
Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Warehousing and Materials Management,
and International Marketing. He was a Visiting Scholar to Bentley University,
Waltham, MA, USA.
Dr. Srinivasan (PHD IIT Madras)
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EMBA from VGSoM has given me opportunity to understand the real-time
business issues and approaches to resolve these using different tools &
techniques. Undoubtedly, studying under best teachers has given immense
pleasure. It will allow me to grow as better leader/manager.
His teaching interests are OBHR, compensation management, HR audit, and
compliance management. He has more five years of research experience in Bhabani Sankar Das Mohapatra
Organization Behavior and Human Resource area. He is a certified Labor and ESH
compliance auditor. He has audited several factories for established European and
Delivery Manager, Cognizant,
Btach: 2016-2019 “
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American Brands and also worked in research projects with IIT Madras and the
University of Guelph, Canada. He was engaged in socio-economic impact
assessment with NTPC. He was a recipient of DAAD Fellowship. Diverse and Enriching experience
Dr. M. Vimala Rani, PhD (IISc, Bangalore) Rajat Kumar Pramanik
Dr. Vimala Rani teaches Operations Management and Supply Chain Management. Senior Manager, Vodafone Idea Ltd.
Batch: 2013-2016

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Her research interest is on developing the mathematical and heuristic algorithms
for the problems related to Industrial Engineering and Management. She was "IISC
Research Associate" at the Department of Management Studies, IISc and an
Assistant Professor at Amrita School of Business, Bangalore before joining IITKGP. “
My journey through the EMBA program at Vinod Gupta School of
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Management has been an experience of discovering a diverse range of

approaches to development through a new pair of eyes. IIT network
has been invaluable to my career and provided me with resources,
mentoring and the right kind of support.
Ayan Khasnabis
Lead Manager, Decision Sciences, Risk Analytics, HSBC
Batch: 2010-2013