School of Business,Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Providing a techno-entrepreneurial ecosystem as part of the multi-disciplinary education is the need of the hour, and the MBA programme at the School of Business, is an initiative in this direction. The MBA programme being offered at School of Business has nuances of regular MBA programme along with a plethora of focused electives from other academic fields, including design management, infrastructure finance, human resources and marketing. Provision of such an avenue will result in creating an ecosystem where students with different background can equip themselves with business management expertise and expand their skill sets. This will, in fact, create an opportunity for the highly skilled manpower to transform their skills into business principles. Finally, the mantra of the School is to create job-creators, instead of being job-seekers.

The School of Business offers a rigorous and research-intensive Doctoral (PhD) Programme across all major domains of management, including Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Finance, Operations Management, Strategy, Economics, and Information Systems, among others.

Our doctoral scholars, guided by accomplished faculty members, have established a strong reputation in the management research community through their commitment to academic excellence and impactful scholarship. Their research contributions have been published in leading national and international journals and presented at prestigious conferences worldwide.

The School's research scholars have consistently earned recognition through numerous accolades, including Best Paper Awards, Promising Research Idea Awards, and other distinctions at reputed international conferences. These achievements reflect the quality, relevance, and innovation embedded in the School's research ecosystem.

To foster global academic exposure, the PhD Programme offers unique opportunities for international research collaborations and exchange initiatives with leading universities across the world. Such engagements enable scholars to broaden their perspectives, strengthen research networks, and contribute to globally relevant knowledge creation.

The defining strength of the PhD Programme lies in its academic rigour, methodological excellence, and the meaningful contributions made by its scholars to both management theory and professional practice. Through a culture of inquiry, innovation, and intellectual curiosity, the School continues to nurture researchers who create knowledge that advances academia while addressing real-world organisational and societal challenges.

The MBA programme being offered at School of Business is a two-year programme. The first year of the programme will cover a gamut of topics in the broader area of Management Science. The second year of the programme is more holistic and includes electives from several verticals and extensive project work under the supervisor of the School faculty members. In addition, there an intervening summer internship between the first and the second year.