POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

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PGDM in International Business

(With Dual Specialization)

A Crucible for Global Business Leaders

The Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (PGDM – IB) which started in 2009 is a two-year full-time program approved by the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE).

IPE’s programme PGDM – International Business, is a cutting-edge MBA level program with state-of-the-art curriculum comprising all courses of a standard MBA program and additionally international business related courses such as Strategic Management, Global Finance & Foreign Currency Risk Management, Global Marketing, International Brand Management, International HRM / Cross Cultural HR Management, Global Supply Chain Management, and significantly, Innovation Management & New Product Development, WTO, etc.

With such a power-packed curriculum, the PGDM-IB program can provide a gateway to envious national and international placements.

Optional Overseas Study Module

On completion of the first year the students of PGDM International Business could undertake overseas/domestic study tour to international business establishments, arranged by the Institute. The full cost will have to be borne by the students who opt for it. The students have a choice to undertake either International or domestic study tour.

Programme Educational Objectives

To familiarize the students with basics of management theory and practice.
To impart knowledge in the domain of international business environment.
To develop business acumen of executives with sensitivity to global management and business issues.
To equip students with necessary skills and knowledge that will help them to take up roles in organizations having domestic and global operations and to take up businesses having global operations.

Program outcomes

PO1 : Students will be able to analyze and explain the basic concepts of management theory
and practice.
PO2 : Students can evaluate the impact of global issues on an organization’s international
business operations.
PO3 : Students will be able to prepare international business plan.
PO4 : Students can assess the impact of cultural diversity on the policies of an organization.
PO5 : Students would handle the responsibilities in the domain of domestic and global business environment.
PO6 : Students will be well versed with software packages and would be able to apply them in managerial decision making.

Program Specific Outcomes

PSO1:

- Develop and acquire theoretical and practical knowledge related to International Business, encompassing areas such as MNC strategies, Global Finance, International Brand Management, World Trade Organization, Export – Import Procedures, Strategic Management, Export Marketing, Economics, Statistics, Human Resource, Management, Marketing Management.
PSO2:
- Understanding the intricacies of international business which will help in acquiring skill sets to manage wide array of responsibilities such as, managing foreign currency risk, making country risk analysis, devising global strategies, managing cross border trade.

CURRICULUM

First Year

Trimester I
Course Code	Course Name	Credits
C-101	Management and Organizational Behaviour	3
C-102	Statistics for Management	3
C-103	Economics for Managers	3
C-104	Accounting for Managers	3
C-105	Personality Development And Business Communication	Letter Grade
C-109	Marketing Management	3
C-160	International Business	3
Total Credits		18

Trimester II
Course Code	Course Name	Credits
C-113	Operations Research	3
C-175	Corporate Finance	3
C-115	Macro Economics	3
C-176	Computer Applications for Business	3
C-187	Global Business Environment	3
C-107	Foreign Language – French	Letter Grade
C-112	Human Resource Management	3
C-124	Export Marketing	2
Total Credits		20

Second Year

Trimester III
Course Code	Course Name	Credits
C-128	Production and Operations Management	3
C-129	Cost and Management Accounting	2
C-179	Business Analytics for Managers	3
C-132	Priming For Placements (Business Aptitude)	Letter Grade
C-133	Startups and Entrepreneurship	3
C-136	International Marketing Research	3
C-137	Global Finance and Foreign Currencies	3
C-102	Comprehensive Viva	1
Total Credits		18

Trimester IV
Course Code	Course Name	Credits
C-140	Strategic Management	3
C-156	International Brand Management	3
To be assigned	Commodity Trading and Price Risk Management	2
	Elective 1 – Subject 1	3
	Elective 1 – Subject 2	3
	Elective 2 – Subject 1	3
	Elective 2 – Subject 2	3
P-101	Summer Internship Project & Viva Voce	3
Total Credits		23

Summer Intership Project (SIP - 8 weeks)

Trimester V
Course Code	Course Name	Credits
C-170	WTO & Regional Trade Agreements	2
To be assigned	Crypto Currency and Block Chain	2

C-146	International Business Laws	2
	Elective 1 – Subject 3	3
	Elective 1 – Subject 4	3
	Elective 2 – Subject 3	3
	Elective 2 – Subject 4	3
Total Credits		18

Trimester VI
Course Code	Course Name	Credits
C-169	MNC Strategies in Emerging Markets	3
C-150	Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability	2
C-151	Project Management	2
P-102	Research Project & Viva Voce	2
Total Credits		9

Term	Credits
1	18
2	20
3	18
4	23
5	18
6	9
Total No. of Credits	106

Electives

The students have to select any one or two Elective Streams from the list mentioned below as per the norms of the course

Finance

Finance Elective (IV Trimester)		Finance Elective (V Trimester)
EF224001	Financial Analysis and Credit Management	EF225001	Risk Management
EF224002	Financial Modelling	EF225002	Derivatives and Structured Finance
EF224003	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management	EF225003	Financial Planning and Wealth Management
EF224004	Tax Planning and Management	EF225004	Entrepreneurial Finance
EF224005	Corporate Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions	EF225005	Strategic Financial Management
EF224006	Strategic Cost Management	EF225006	Financial Analytics
EF224007	Fixed Income Securities	EF225007	Foreign Exchange Arithmetic
EF224008	Financial Econometrics	EF225008	Private Equity
		EF225009	Mutual Funds

Marketing

Marketing Elective (IV Trimester)		Marketing Elective (V Trimester)
EM224001	Product and Brand Management	EM225001	Marketing Analytics
EM224002	Customer Relationship Management	EM225002	Rural & Agri Marketing
EM224003	Digital & Social Media Marketing	EM225004	Global Marketing Management l Marketing Management
EM224503	Integrated Marketing Communications	EM225005	Social Marketing
EM224404	Sales and Distribution Management	EM225207	Consumer Behaviour
EM224405	Services Marketing	EM225504	Strategic Marketing

Human Resource

HR Elective (IV Trimester)		HR Elective (V Trimester)
EHR224001	Contemporary HRM	EHR225002	Balanced Scorecard
EHR224002	Industrial Relations	EHR225224	Organization Development
EHR224003	HR Auditing	EHR225225	Learning and Development
EHR224004	Cross Cultural Management	EHR225307	Leadership and Change Management
EHR224312	Talent Management	EHR225508	HR Analytics
EHR224408	Strategic Human Resource Management

Operations

Operations Elective (IV Trimester)		Operations Elective (V Trimester)
EOP224001	Supply Chain Management	EOP225001	Total Quality Management
EOP224002	Management of Service Operations	EOP225002	Strategic Sourcing
EOP224003	Lean Management	EOP225003	Warehouse Management
EOP224004	Optimization Models for Industry	EOP225004	Technology and Innovations Management
EOP224005	Operations Strategy	EOP225005	Advanced Inventory Modelling
		EOP225006	Operations Analytics

Business Analytics

Business Analytics Elective (IV Trimester)		Business Analytics Elective (V Trimester)
EBA214001	R for Data Science and Machine Learning	EBA215001	Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence using Advanced Python
EBA214002	Python for Data Science and Machine Learning	EBA215002	Big Data Analytics
EBA214003	Web and Social Media Analytics	EBA215003	SQL for Data Science
EBA214004	Data Visualization using Tableau	EBA215004	Mastering Data Analytics using SAS
EBA214005	Business Intelligence using PowerBI

Systems

Systems Elective (IV Trimester)		Systems Elective (V Trimester)
ESY214001	Cloud Computing for Business	ESY215001	Cyber Security and Cyber Laws
ESY214002	Enterprise Resource Planning	ESY215002	IT Infrastructure
ESY214003	Data Modelling with R and Python	ESY215003	e-Commerce
ESY214004	Data Visualising using Advanced Excel	ESY215004	Data Mining and Business Intelligence
ESY214005	Relational Database Management system	ESY215005	Digital Governance

Economics

Economics Elective (IV Trimester)		Economics Elective (V Trimester)
EECO224001	Industrial Economics	EECO225001	Natural Resource Management
EECO224002	Public Finance	EECO225002	Energy Economics
EECO224003	Urban Economics	EECO225003	Econometrics
EECO224004	Agricultural Economics	EECO225004	Contemporary Government Policies & Business
EECO224005	Environmental Economics	EECO225005	Monetary Economics
EECO224006	International Economics	EECO225006	Economics of Infrastructure
EECO224007	Mathematical Economics	EECO225007	Digital Economy

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Elective (IV Trimester)		Entrepreneurship Elective (V Trimester)
EENT224001	Entrepreneurial Finance	EENT225001	Corporate Entrepreneurship
EENT224002	Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation	EENT225002	Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
EENT224003	Family Business Management	EENT225003	Detailed Project Report (DPR) -Compulsory in nature

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Eligibility

The candidates must hold a Bachelor’s Degree, with at least 50%
marks or equivalent CGPA. (45% in case of SC/ST candidates),
from a UGC recognized university/deemed university recognized
by the Ministry of HRD, GoI.

Selection Procedure

Step-1 Candidates have to appear in any one of the admission test (CAT / XAT / MAT/ ATMA / CMAT / GMAT).

Step-2 Register for IPE Admissions online.

Step-3 Short listed candidates will be called for Group Discussions and Personal Interviews to be held at IPE Hyderabad and in major cities. Timely updates on the same will be posted to all the applicants by Team Admissions

IPE website provides updates time to time on Course, Hostel and Transport,and Fee details

PROGRAM’S PAST RECRUITERS

Attractive placements are offered to the students by prestigious companies. Some of the past recruiters are: Google, TCS, Deloitte, Oracle, Sify, Naukri.com, Ultratech (Aditya Birla Group), Vedanta Group, Amara Raja Batteries, Franklin Templeton, Allahabad Bank, Axis Bank, Dena Bank, Karvy, Crisil, Vodafone, Oceanic Pharma, DMV, Global Data, FSS, Havells' India, Vizag Steel Plant, Times Group, etc.

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FOR THE YEAR 2025 - 2027

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