Post-Graduate Diploma Course in International Trade (Export – Import)
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) was established by legendary writer, statesman and academician Dr. Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi in 1938, in Mumbai, to promote education and professional training with the values, virtues and the culture of India.
Born in Bharuch in 1887, he had graduated from Baroda College in Arts in 1906 and completed his LLB in 1910. He was an acclaimed lawyer in Mumbai. He was a freedom fighter and a trusted lieutenant of Gandhiji and later a member of the Indian Constituent Assembly. A prolific reader and a writer, Munshi was one of the builders of modern India.
Today Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is very well known and has many colleges, schools, cultural centres, and several institutions, within and outside India, through which it contributes significantly to academic, cultural, and social development across the country.
Post-Graduate Diploma Course in International Trade (Export – Import)
International Trade is one of the cornerstones of any country’s economy. This course provides essential elements needed for workforces dealing with import and export of goods and services in private companies.
Objectives of the Course
• To help industry, especially SMEs to establish and manage a successful export-import business anchored within international business rules regulated by customs, banks, foreign exchange, WTO, etc.
• To train executives working in industry, banks, government departments and others, undertake export-import documentation, liaison with CHAs, govt. departments, customs houses, banks, international clients, foreign exchange, etc. with accuracy, efficiency, and confidence.
Course Outcomes
• Understand the growth and importance of international trade.
• International marketing frameworks.
• How to design and undertake marketing research for international trade.
• Learn about international organisations like WTO, IMF, IBRD, UNCTAD.
• International capital movement such as FDI.
• Methods of entry into export markets and international marketing channels.
• Analyse economic conditions of markets, fiscal and monetary policies.
• Skills for financial planning, budgeting and pricing for international trade.
• Skills to organise and negotiate export finance options and remittances.
• Foreign Exchange mechanism – Hedging, Options, Derivatives, etc.
• Learn about EOUs, Free Trade Zones, Trade in Services, ITES Parks, EPCs FTAs, Foreign Trade Agreements, anti-dumping duties, etc.
• Various EXIM policies and export promotion schemes.
• How to undertake joint ventures abroad and deal with MNCs.
• Learn about international transport networks and how to deal with supply chain companies.
• How to manage import-export documentation and contracts.
• Legal aspects such as Arbitration and Dispute Settlements.
• Import management procedures and exchange control.
• Understand INCO terms, Marine Insurance, Quality Control Inspections.
• How to deal with Customs Clearance and Customs House Agents (CHAs.)
• Explore opportunities in export of goods and services from Gujarat.
• Role and impact of GST on international trade.
Course Structure
Paper 1: International Marketing
Paper 2: Economic Analysis & Marketing Research
Paper 3: Financial Management for Export Enterprise
Paper 4: International Business Environment
Paper 5: Export-Import Practices, Procedures and Documentation
Paper 6: Cultural Heritage of India
Paper 7: Global Communication Skills
Who Should Enrol for this Course?
It is best suited for those who want to focus only in export-import without having to do an expensive BBA/MBA course.
These executives may be:
• Industrialists and/or entrepreneurs who want to manage/establish international business.
• Executives with experience in Export-Import / International Marketing / Foreign Exchange / Shipping and Logistics related work in any sector.
• Executives from C&F Agents, CHAs, ICDs, Shipping Lines, ports, airports, railways, container lines, etc. who deal with the execution / documentation of export-import, foreign exchange, etc.
• Officers/Executives from Min. of Commerce, DGFT, EXIM Bank, Department of Customs, banks, etc., who deal with economic analysis, export-import, foreign exchange, etc.
• Women executives who aspire to re-join the corporate sector after a family break.
• Others who are desirous of learning how international trade is conducted.
Academic Schedule
• Contact Hours: Minimum 180 contact hours, up to 250 hours.
• Batch Timings: Evening and Sunday morning classes, a mix of classroom and online lectures
• Once in a month: Sunday morning – 9.30 am to 12.30 pm (for workshops and guest & special lectures, events etc.)
• Teaching calendar: Over 10 months of teaching and 2 months of exams and its preparations.
• Contact Days: A total of 12 to 13 visits in a month.
• Festivals and holidays: As per the published schedule of holidays. In case of cancellation or re-schedule of classes during festival days, the re-schedule date and timings will be discussed with the students.
Eligibility Criteria
Mandatory
• Graduation
Desired
• Minimum 2 years work experience
• Good oral and written communication skills in English. (The course language is English.)
• Commitment to regular attendance (minimum 80% attendance, digital or physical, is compulsory)
Academic Evaluation Criteria
• Attendance
• Two internal exams & a Final Exam
• Project
• Field and industry visit reports
• Internal Marking (based on Attendance, Exams, Project Work, Viva and Presentations)
• Internships. (This is for non-working or desirous candidates only)
Diploma Certificate
Bhavan’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication and Management, (RPICM,) Mumbai will award the diploma. RPICM was established by BVB in 1961 to impart professional training to students and young executives.
Placements
• HBICM will be happy to recommend, refer and help place competent students, who have appropriate attitude to learn and work.
Application Process
• Registration at Bhavan’s HBICM Office, Khanpur, Ahmedabad.
• Direct Company Nomination.
Bhavan’s Harilal Bhagwati Institute of Communication and Management
HBICM was established in 1967 and offers government recognized part-time Post-Graduate Diploma courses in Communication and Management. To keep pace with the rapid socio-economic development taking place in India, we now offer short duration Executive Education Programmes. Other certificate courses through tie-ups up with various professional bodies and industries are on the anvil.
The other colleges in the Ahmedabad Kendra Campus includes Bhavan’s Sheth R A College of Arts and Commerce, Bhavan’s Sheth R A College of Science, Bhavan’s Center for Arts and Cultural Academy, and Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology.
Why Bhavan’s HBICM
• IT is part of the most trusted and renowned group of institutions in India.
• The focus of the course is to impart professional skills and training and not merely academic knowledge.
• The course covers all-important aspects and is practice oriented.
• IT provides soft skills training to work in the professional and cultural environment.
• The industry oriented projects help in practising theory learnt from the classroom at the workplace.
• The faculty members and guest speakers are eminent practitioners and academicians.
• IT has a strong and active alumni network of eminent people in Industry, Government, Media, Entertainment, Cultural Centers, NGOs, and Academia.
Courses from Bhavan’s HBICM
One Year Post-Graduate Courses
One Year Post-Graduate Courses
• Journalism (with Mass Communication & Digital Media)
• Mass Communication
• Public Relations
• Industrial Relations and Personnel Management (IRPM – HR)
• International Trade (Import-Export)
• Materials Management
• Finance Management
• Marketing Management
• Business Management
• Retail Management
HBICM Industry Partnered Certificate Courses
• Digital Media: Journalism, Social Media, Content and Marketing (One Year)
• Hospital Management (AHNA as Knowledge Partner) (One Year)
• Pharma Sales and Marketing (Six Months)
Alumni Benefits
After getting the Diploma, students become part of the Bhavan’s HBICM Alumni Association. It arranges several cultural functions in which the member has access. HBICM alumni will get memberships to our Cultural Centres, and subscriptions to our magazines. ‘Bhavanites’ are eminent people in industry, government, media, entertainment, cultural centres, NGOs, and academia. The HBICM alumni actively contribute through donations, talent, and advocacy.
