About Economics Division

The Economics Division of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Delhi is a specialized academic unit focused primarily on teaching, training and research in Economics with an emphasis on international economics, trade policy, and finance. The Division offers M.A. (Economics) with specialization in Trade and Finance, and Ph.D. (Economics) Programmes and has been consistently ranked in top 10 Economics Departments in India by IDEAS REPEC (Within Country and State Economics Rankings: India | IDEAS/RePEc).

The Economics Division is particularly recognized for rigorous programs, influential research and dynamic faculty. The Economics Division manages the Foreign Trade Review (FTR) published by Sage Publications which is an Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) – B category journal. The Economics Division manages the IIFT Working Paper Series indexed by RePEc for wider dissemination. The faculties regularly publish in A*, A, and B category journals listed in the ABDC like the Economic Journal, Economic Modelling, World Development, Development, International Review of Financial Analysis, Economic and Political Weekly, Research in Economics, etc.

M.A. (Economics) graduates are placed in reputed organizations like Bank of America, McKinsey and Co., The Economist, EXL, Axtria, Nomura, Worldwide Technologies, Dunhumby, Deloitte, Aptivaa, Genpact, E&Y, Moody’s Analytics, Steer, PwC, Nielsen, Exim Bank, etc. Some of the graduated students of the M.A. (Economics) programme are pursuing Ph.D. in reputed universities abroad like University of Rochester, University of Houston, University of Geneva, etc. Recent Ph.D. degree awardees from IIFT Delhi are working in institutions such as the University of Sussex, IIFT Delhi, DTU, etc. and others are engaged as senior researchers in Think-tanks, research institutions and the corporate sector.