As per the announcement by the institute, online applications are invited from eligible and interested applicants by the IIM Sirmaur website. The PhD program aims at fostering robust and quality research in different areas of management, which could help academicians make valuable inputs to academic and policy research writings.

The executive PhD program is specifically developed for professionals who wish to engage themselves with research while continuing with their routine professional duties. This course enables them to amalgamate industry experience with critical study, thus utilising real-world relevance to integrate into research findings.

Students enrolled in these programs will be guided by accomplished faculty members and will have exposure to the institute's excellent academic infrastructure, research facilities and learning resources. Scholars will also benefit from joining the institute's growing academic and industry network, fostering multidisciplinary research and professional engagement.

The institute recommends research on the qualifying criteria, application procedures, important dates and selection procedures all of which are to be found on the official website of the institute, before applying.