The PhD program at SME is rigorous and demanding. It has been designed to produce candidates with skills and achievements, enabling them to meaningfully stake their candidature for full-time faculty positions in premier management institutes across the country.

The PhD program currently provides an opportunity for focused research in all areas of specialization that the school offers. The program emphasizes pursuing research work that connects with the world of practice, with any of the national or global programs that speak to contemporary issues in our society and their management, particularly those that have an overlay of technology and entrepreneurship.

The curriculum emphasizes research training through specific doctoral courses compulsory to all students and area-level doctoral courses as electives. Doctoral courses are designed specifically for the students and are offered exclusively for them.