Executive PhD Program (Exec-PhD)
The Executive PhD program of IIM Visakhapatnam is for the individuals with work experience, and it is designed to meet the requirements of the employer organization, and at the same time engaging the participants in learning and research at Visakhapatnam.
This program aims to develop outstanding scholars for teaching or research careers at business schools/universities or management research institutions or careers in Government, industry, NGOs or for that matter any organization that requires advanced analytical and research capabilities.
The core objective of the program is to develop an autonomous scholar by cultivating expert-level knowledge in the substantive area with area-relevant research and publication skills. To accomplish this, the Executive PhD will seek to admit students who have a strong academic background, are highly motivated and who have the intellectual curiosity to undertake original research and provide them with knowledge and research skills that can make them specialized researchers with sufficient depth of knowledge in the various existing and emerging management knowledge domains.
Director's Message
As a first mover among its generation of IIMs, we launched the doctoral program in 2019, leading to the award of PhD Degree, in two areas of management. Given the overwhelming response the Program received from potential researchers, the program is currently being offered in all management areas, viz.,
Areas of specialization
- Decision Sciences
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance & Accounting
- Information Systems
- Marketing Management
- Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management
- Production & Operations Management
- Strategy
