Vinod Gupta School of Management,Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

The Vinod Gupta School of Management ( VGSoM ) was set up as the first school of management within the IIT system. It was established with an aim to develop managers with a strong technological background who will be leading tomorrow’s corporate behemoths on the path of advancement. The institute was founded by a distinguished alumnus & a life time Fellow of the Institute, Mr. Vinod Gupta, whose generous endowment of $ 2 Million was matched by liberal support from the Government of India.The MBA curriculum has evolved to be among the best in the country combining the traditional strengths of IIT in technical education with modern management philosophy.

A two-month summer internship in industry exposes students to practical management problems. The core of the programme includes compulsory courses in Human Resource Management, Production & Operations, Marketing, Finance, Information Systems Management, Organizational Behavior, Economics, Strategic Management, Legal Aspects of Business, Business Ethics, Quantitative Methods and Business Communication. A large number of electives from several departments of IIT are available for a student to pursue his / her individual interests in greater depth. In addition, all peripheral administrative functions in the school are managed by students in team mode to inculcate team orientation in them.