[1] The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras has offered management education as an M. Tech.
The batch size is 60 to 70 students, picked from over 250,000 applicants who take the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management, followed by a Group Task/Personal interview session later on.
Until 2011, admission was based on the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET) conducted by the IITs and Indian Institute of Science in rotation.
It is an initiative of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, the Government of India, for the career development/advancement of engineers/ executives with work experience.
[3] Selection of candidates is made on the basis of academic background, which has to be first division/first class from school (SLC/ Madhyamik) board examination level to graduation level, relevant work experience, employer’s recommendations, performance in the aptitude test and personal interview conducted jointly by IIMC, IITK, and IITM.
DoMS IIT Madras offers two categories of the MS program:[6] In research, it is ranked as the top public school in India.
[11] In 2009, doctoral student Arti Kalro won "The Emerald/AIMA Indian Management Research Fund Award" for the theme "Understanding and addressing cataract-related eye care issues in rural Tamil Nadu.
Samanvay 2010[16] was inaugurated by Mr K. Ananth Krishnan, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services.
ICON[17] or the Inter-Corporate Outbound National Championship, is a sporting event organized by DoMS, IITM, for the corporate community.
The department has a Memorandum of Understanding with Mannheim Business School, Germany, for student and faculty exchange.
In November 2007, DoMS, IIT Madras & and the Indian School of Business (ISB) inked a pact for collaborative research.