IIM Trichy Executive PhD Program

• The Executive Ph.D. is designed as a non-residential doctoral program targeted towards senior working executives.
• The applicants should be full-time working professionals with considerable work experience.
• The candidates must have some exposure to management education previously through relevant qualifications, certifications, or degrees.
• All previous academic degrees, such as post-graduation and graduation, need to be finished with First Class or equivalent marks.
• It's a program that brings together professionals across industries who seek higher academic study without putting their career on hold.
• Potential candidates are those whose desire is to contribute to academia and industry through critical research.
• The program specializes in areas such as Economics & Public Policy, Finance & Accounting, Information Systems & Analytics, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Operations Management & Decision Sciences, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, and Marketing.
• The typical profile for an Executive Ph.D. candidate includes senior executives with strong academic backgrounds coupled with relevant professional achievements.
• Applications are invited from candidates belonging to SC, ST, NC-OBC, DAP, EWS, and women categories.
• Applicants should submit their applications before the closing date, January 31, 2025, through the IIM Trichy official website.
• The program is designed for executives looking to combine academic research with practical managerial experience.

Indian Institutes of Management Trichy provides various scholarships & other financial aid, and education loans from banks and financial institutes. The students have to check the eligibility criteria before applying for the scholarship. Also, students have to submit documents like income proof & certificate, admission letters, identity proof, and other academic proof. 

The IIM Tiruchirappalli Executive Ph.D. syllabus covers core courses in areas like Statistics for Management Research, Theory Building, Research Methodology, Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods, Case Writing, and Academic Writing. Area-specific courses cover broad areas of Economics and Public Policy, Finance and Accounting, Information Systems and Analytics, Marketing, Operations Management and Decision Sciences, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Strategy and Entrepreneurship. These areas have further specialized subjects ranging from Econometrics to Corporate Finance, Consumer Behavior, Advanced Organizational Theory, Supply Chain Analytics, and Strategic Management. The program design ensures that students develop a strong foundation in research techniques and theoretical knowledge pertinent to contemporary management issues, thus enabling practicing executives to undertake rigorous academic research and thereby contribute to managerial practice effectively.

Examinations are done in online mode for the students enrolled in online learning programs. They have to appear for the Computer-Based Tests, which will be done after the online assessment submission. The students have to read all the examination guidelines thoroughly before the final date of the examination. Also, for any query and technical problem, students can reach out to the technical support team. 

Graduates of the Executive Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli are usually launched into cutting-edge roles that marry academic research with professional management expertise. Applying rigorous research methodologies, they bring data-driven rigor and innovative thinking into organizational decision-making. Many continue as senior executives who integrate scholarly insights into resolving complex business challenges with the analytical mind of a researcher and the agility of practitioners. Graduates can collaborate with full-time researchers to create new knowledge and contribute to the advancement of management science and occasionally teach in business schools, thereby enriching academic environments with real-world experience.

A good number of them may turn into full-time academics and join the faculty or take on a research role in universities and management institutes globally. The program prepares candidates for research-intensive roles in functional areas comprising Finance and Accounting, Marketing, Operations Management, Information Systems, Organizational Behavior, Strategy, and Economics & Public Policy.