Department of Management Studies IIT Delhi

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Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi (DMS, IIT Delhi)

Type	Public Business School
Established	1997
Parent institution	IIT Delhi
Head of Department	Dr. Seema Sharma
Academic staff	39[1]
Students	371[1]
Postgraduates	194[1]
Doctoral students	177[1]
Location	New Delhi , India 28°32′33″N 77°10′59″E / 28.5426238°N 77.1830602°E / 28.5426238; 77.1830602
Campus	Urban
Website	dms.iitd.ac.in

The Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, also known as DMS IIT Delhi, is a school of management education and research in Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The department was established in 1993 by an amendment in IIT Delhi laws. It currently runs three MBA programs:

• A two-year full-time MBA programme with focus on Management Systems.
• A two-year full-time MBA programme with focus on Telecommunication Systems Management under the aegis of Bharti School of Telecom Technology and Management.
• A three-year on-campus evening MBA programme with focus on Technology Management.

The Department of Management Studies is a result of the process of growth idea floated in 1963. In 1974, IIT Delhi set up an internal committee to scrutinize the functioning of the management area in the institute. In 1975, an expert committee was set up to formally examine the possibility of launching this area in a more sustained fashion. The result was an M.Tech programme in "Management Systems" in the School for System Studies (subsequently renamed School for Systems and Management Studies).

1978 saw the setting up of the Management Core Group and the core inputs to a full-time Management Education at IIT(D) were reconfirmed by an Advisory Committee constituted by the representatives of the Academia and the industry. Dr Vinayshil Gautam served as the first head of the department.^[2] The School for Systems and Management Studies became the Centre for Systems and Management Studies (subsequently renamed as the Centre for Management Studies).^{[citation needed]}

In 1993, the Department was brought into existence by amendment to IIT(D) statutes. In response to the feedback from the students, alumni and industry, the Department of Management Studies launched MBA programmes in 1997.^{[citation needed][3]} Apart from the specialised compulsory courses in the focus area, the students have choice for functional area specialization in finance, marketing, operations, information technology, HR etc.^{[citation needed]}

The institute constantly endeavors to extend industry association and interaction to ensure further enrichment of academic content for the overall benefit of the industry, in particular and the society in general. The institute also provide consulting support to all category of industries in the areas covering all functional areas of management and is also engaged in research activities in various frontier areas of management. Currently DMSIITD has over forty registered Ph.D. scholars doing research work on various management issues.

The Department of Management Studies IIT Delhi was ranked fifth among management schools in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.^[5]

• Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi's Official Website Archived 8 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine