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An acronym for Buy Low And Sell High, the International Trade Club at IIFT is one of the oldest student driven clubs in the college. It aims to bring together people who wish to make a career in Trade and provides a platform to them to interact and learn dimensions of international trade beyond the regular classroom learning.
BLASH is the focal point of external engagement with organizations from the domains of Commodity Trading, International Logistics, Structured Trade Finance and related spheres. IIFT being the epicenter of trade knowledge in Asia, BLASH plays an important role in upholding its legacy of trade excellence.
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The club publishes the annual magazine 'Inside Trade' that garners attention throughout the industry and contains well researched text from Faculty, students and corporate leaders alike. With years of legacy, BLASH continues to create awareness about the importance of trade among the business fraternity. Through the clubs continued efforts coupled with the administration support, the students of IIFT dominate the trade domain in various competitions.
Consignment - The Commodity Analysis Challenge
One of the most coveted campus competitions, Consignment provides the participants to explore the workings of the commodity trading wherein they are required to perform value chain analysis of the assigned commodity, assess its export potential, identify the trade barriers and government policies and suggest recommendations to increase its export. On the basis of their performance, top 5 teams are selected for jury presentation and Q & A session in the next stage. Top 3 teams are awarded with cash prize and CV points.
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National Trade Summit
Trade Winds is IIFT's Annual Business Summit which provides a platform for IIFT's students to interact with eminent professionals from the industry as well as various esteemed international organizations. National Trade summit invites speakers from the trade industry to talk about new issues and trends in the industry. The theme for this year’s discussion was “Green value chain in international trade and logistics”
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Arbitrage
An annual Inter B-School competition conducted as part of Quo Vadis- the annual cultural and management festival of IIFT. Arbitrage is one of its kind event that garners attention of B-School students keen to explore the trade scenario and witness a chance to interact with IIFT faculty.