IIFT to begin MBA (IB) programme at Kolkata from July

New Delhi, Apr 5 (UNI) The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) today announced that its Kolkata Centre will begin the MBA (IB) programme from July 2006.

IIFT Director Prabir Sengupta, while announcing this said, ''another fresh initiative of the Institute is the setting up of small and medium enterprise (SMS) Centre.'' As the SME sector continues to play a crucial role in our globalising economy towards national development, the need for providing training and developmental activities specific to SMEs assumes importance, Mr Sengupta said.

The Centre will carry out activities such as training programmes, provision of business intelligence services through a databank and act as a catalyst for interface with other concerned institutions''.

Meanwhile, placements at the institution included a record annual domestic salary and international salary of Rs 10.55 lakh and 100,000 dollars respectively.

The average domestic salary this year was Rs.8.1 lakh as compared to Rs 7.28 lakh last year.

A vast array of companies from different sectors like FMCG, Banking, Consultancy, IT, Pharmaceuticals, Trading and Logistics participated in the recruitment drive.

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