The Department of Management Studies is a result of the evolutionary process of growth
from an idea floated in 1963. What was then a seed gradually came to life. Through 1974, 1975, various expert committees worked to launch the first ever postgraduate management programme in 1976. Prof. Sudhir Kakar was the first coordinator of this programme. In 1993 the Management Area acquired the status of a statutory Department of IIT(D) with Prof.Vinayshil Gautam as the first Head. IIT(D) was the first IIT to have a regular Department focused on 'Management Studies'. In 1997 the postgraduate programme in Management was formally christened an MBA programme.

The Legacy and The Credentials:
The Department has made its mark through its alumni; its reseach and publications; its contribution at the policy level of governance and to the corporate world. Several of the alumni have risen to the highest level in bureaucracy where they have held the rank of a Secretary (Dr. Lata Singh) or Advisor (Dr. S. Narayan) in the Prime Minister's Office. In the corporate world they have served as CEOs both in the private and the public sector enterprises. more..