Educational Institutes, Colleges and Universities in India
Vaikunth Mehta National Inst. of Co-operative Mgmt.
University Road, Pune, Maharashtra-411007
Tel: 020-25537974-78
Fax:91-020-25537726
Director: Bhagwati Prasad
The institute was conceived as an intellectual nerve centre for the co-operative movement and has been functioning as the apex management training institute for over 50 years, catering to the management development, training, research and consultancy needs of various co-operative organisations, government departments and other national bodies.
Started as Co-operative training college in 1947 and was renamed latter as National Co-operative Training College.In 1962 it was further given its name as National Co-operative College and Research Institute (NCCRI). The Institute is functioning with a well-established infrastructure comprising the library, computer unit, auditorium, conference and seminar hall, jubilee hall, several classrooms and well equipped hostels. Faculty and staff housing complex with community centre is also located in excellent environment. One state-of-the-art conference hall will soon be ready as part of the institute.
The mission of VAMNICOM is to facilitate building cadres of professional managers to man key positions in the ever growing number of co-operatives through management development, training, education, research and consultancy. Towards this the institute started a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) and Diploma in Co-operative Business Management (DCBM) Programmes. The institute is also doing and disseminate the same through publications in addition to library retrieval and documentation services. The institute has a strong faculty base and it also draws heavily on the professionals in the co-operative sector and outside to provide state-of-the-art learning modules to its students. The institute faculty have also impressive record of publishing and teaching in international campuses which helps augment the intellectual capital of the institute.
Like any other leading business school, the institute has provided high quality infrastructure and class room facilities along with good IT and other infrastructure to make the learning experience real. It is also active in consulting and management training passing on the research and learning on the campus. The institute looks to future with renewed vigour based on the sharp revival in the co-operative movement which has also become professional.
Training and Advanced Studies in Management and Communication Ltd. (TASMAC)
TASMAC House, TASMAC Road, Pune-411 014, Maharashtra, India
Tel: 020-56003871, 56003872, 2663245
Fax: 020-56003871
Director: Dr. Girl Dua
More and more management institutions are discovering the advantages of tieing up with the global business schools, and TASMAC, Pune is one entity which not only has a plethora of such tie-ups but it has also enabled as a resource provider to bringing global b-school education to Indian institutions an experience that it is able to impart to its student managers.
TASMAC was established in February 1990 in Bombay and moved its opera-1 tions to Pune in September 1991. What started of in 1990 from a single room study centre in a basement, is today a large professionally managed limited company. The TASMAC Group today has five divisions, five offices, campus in the two of the most important education cities of the country and over 150 counseling centres in nearly 50 cities in India and South Asia. TASMAC plans to set up 15 more offices in important cities in India within the next one year.
Vision: To be an internationally recognized and renowned institution providing quality education and educational services through its multiple campus, first in India, then South Asia and finally extending its boundaries to the rest of the world. Validation: TASMAC campus at Pune, Bangalore and Kolkata have been validated by University of Wales, the second largest and one of four federal universities in the UK, to offer MBA, MSC (information systems) and the BA (Hons) in business administration programmes.
TASMAC’s centre for distance education conducts a Master’s Diploma in Business Administration programme in eight specializations and has over 15 study centres across India to deliver these programmes. TASMAC is also the South Asia branch of the Association of Business Executives, UK and the role includes establishing and supporting study centres in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. An associate company - TASMAC Management Training Resources Pvt. Ltd. Handles all the soft skills training activities of the group. Since its inception in 1999. TMTR has conducted training programmes for over 75 corporations in Pune and Mumbai region. This company has tie-ups with Kimball Consulting/ITAP, Europe and Drives Consulting, UK amongst others. In 2003 TASMAC set up a Management Education Consultancy division to work with British Universities to ensure the quality and standards of higher education offered in India through partners of these universities.
Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SllB)
Symbiosis Infotech Campus, Plot No. 15, Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Hinjewadi,
Pune, Maharashtra-411 057
Tel: 020-22934314,17,18,19
Fax: 020-22934316
Director: Dr. Rajani R. Gupte
The Symbiosis Society was founded to create a community which helps fostering an interaction between the foreign and Indian students. The Symbiosis Institute of International Business (formerly Symbiosis Institute of Foreign Trade [SIFT]), an autonomous institute of the Symbiosis group of educational institutions, came into existence in 1992 to cater to the need to create managers who were equipped to understand the changes caused by the winds of globalization sweeping across the world. The SIIB campus is at Hinjewadi, Pune sharing space with renowned corporate giants such as Wipro, Infosys, Cognizant and Tata Technologies among others.
SIIB offers its flagship two-year, full-time, residential course of Masters Program in International Business (MPIB) in order to impart a world vision to its students through special course modules that incorporate every nuance of global business. Specializations in marketing, finance, supply chain management and human resources (2006 onwards) are offered in the second year. Through its recently introduced two-year, full-time, residential Masters Program in Agri-Business Management (MPABM) course, the institute seeks to meet the growing need for pro¬fessionals who can contribute to and engineer the agri-business revolution.
Symbiosis Institute of International Business has an excellent track record of 100 per cent placements since inception. The class of 2005 clocked a highest salary of Rs.13.1 lakh p.a. with an average of Rs.4.8 lakhs p.a. SIIB is accredited by the National Assessment Accreditation Council (NAAC). SIIB has a student exchange programme with the Hochschule Bremen, University of Applied Sciences, Germany which enables select students to spend one month in Europe, learning international business practice first hand and a faculty exchange programme with Oakland University, School of Business Administration, Michigan.
The five-acre, picturesque campus is wi-fi enabled, has an auditorium, indoor swimming pool, separate hostels for girls and boys and a world class academic block. The academic block, in addition to modern classrooms, comprises of stu¬dents’ committee room, a common room, discussion rooms and conference halls. The SIIB library is widely acknowledged as a one-stop information source for excellent reference material relating to international business as well as for general management.
Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT)
Plot 15, Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Hinjawadi, Pune, Maharashtra- 411 057
Tel: 020-22934308/09
Fax: 020-22934312
Director: Shaila Kagal
SCIT has entered the sixth year in 2005 and five batches of its students are doing well in an internationally competitive IT industry, an endorsement of the quality of the information technology institute which is part of the 32 institutes strong Symbiosis group of educational institutions based in Pune.
The mission of the school is to remain outstanding pro’viders of continually evolving, market-responsive IT education; to create proactive IT professionals dedicated to excellence who deliver innovative solutions that improve the performance of their organizations and the goal is to become a significant source of leading edge experiential knowledge in niche IT domains; to be the front line interface between academia, research and industry in advanced IT applications and to be the key enabler in fostering IT-related programmes that increase the change potential of the stakeholders SCIT lays equal importance on student’s development just as on academics in all its residential programmes. It builds these along with an interactive interface with the industry. SCIT provides these inputs for the total growth of a student along with the academics. People-skills are an integral part of the curriculum. Students develop skills on interpersonal relations, teambuilding, communications, etc, that act as a catalyst in moulding team players and leaders. These skills are imparted through workshops conducted in the curricula.
The institute is sensitive to the long hours and great stress the students would have to face in the IT industry and as such prepares them for this sort of discipline through a holistic learning programme.
“SCIT Resource Centre” provides opportunities to work on “live” projects offloaded by the industry. Students and Faculty interact with the client-companies to develop solutions. Nearly 50 speakers come to the campus every year from a range of top IT and knowledge companies. Every year National Seminar is organized by the institute.
The institute has a strong networking with the industry and its placement trackrecord has been impressive from the start.
Suryadatta Institute of Management
2074, Sadashiv Peth, Vijayanagar Colony, Pune, Maharashtra-411030
Tel: 020-24336000
Fax: 020-24330400
Director: Dr. Sanjay B. Chordiya
Pune, the valley of higher education in the country has a few star players and Suryadatta certainly is among them having won a place for itself among its peer by its sheer diversity and scorching growth spanning 14 institutes and scores of students in a short span of less than a decade. The institute started by Sanjay B. Chordiya belonging to a business family settled in Pune has remarkably built itself into a formidable educational enterprise in a short time on the belief of adding value through education. The institutes scattered around Pune are being aggregated into a most modern campus being built closer to the city.
Suryadatta believes in creating a path of knowledge driven by system, thoughts and striving backed by strong dose of intellectual capital. This is the system by which its students are being trained to understand the dynamics of change and leave a mark in the corporate world.
To understand the dynamics of change and reach the zenith of success, Suryadatta students are trained and equipped to take on the world and leave their mark in the corporate world. The institute offers under one roof multi-disciplinary skills (dual qualifications), talent, knowledge, professional skill development programmes and exposure to industry for effective utilization of time and develops a positive attitude which are the most valuable asset for making a successful career. It strives to develop multi-faceted professionals in diverse fields, through absorption of emerging technologies, to understand the rapidly changing needs of the complex global economy and to prepare their mindset to be confident, creative and proactive leaders. The institute has integrated information technology finely with education process equipping its students to become technology savvy managers of relevance.
The institution also believes in developing a sustainable network with high quality academicians and professionals in the corporate and social arena. The vision is to be a world class centre of excellence in learning and innovation driven by social sensitivity and state-of-the-art technology. The institute is well networked with the industry providing support to its students through course development and also summer and final placement assistance.
Neville Wadia Inst. of Management Studies & Research
19, Prin. V K Joag Path, Pune-411001
Tel: 020-2612375
Fax: 020-26123275
Director: Dr. S. R. Dastane
The institute belonging to one of the oldest educational societies of the country has been leveraging its heritage and enmeshing with the modern approaches and bringing out well honed managers from its management school since 1991. Located hi Pune, the educational capital of Maharashtra and India, Neville Wadia Institute of Management Studies and Research was started by the Modern Education Society, who enjoys the patronage of Mr. Nusli Wadia, Chairman Bombay Dyeing Ltd. The institute is affiliated to the University of Pune and is recognized by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and Government of Maharashtra.
The parent body of the Institute, i.e. Modern Education Society was founded in 1932 by leading educationist like Prin Joag, Prin Suru etc. The NWIMSR was launched in 1991 by the same Society. The vision being: We create human brands for future, We believe planning, persistence and perseverance are keys to progress. For Neville Wadians sky is not the limit, it is the destination. NWIMSR is centrally located, very close to the railway station, ST stand and airport. It has a spacious playground and full-fledged hostel facility. The environment is conducive to the fulfillment of professional and personal needs. Besides MBA/MMS courses, NWIMSR also has other post graduation courses like MCM, MPM, PGDBM.
Programme specialties: Various autonomous courses like Diploma in Commercial French, Japanese, German, Software Testing, Cyber Crime Management, and Insurance Management are offered simultaneously with the University curriculum also. The MoU between NWIMSR and University of Uganda will be signed shortly wherein this Institute will impart distance learning PG Diplomas in management to students in Uganda This is the first International ven¬ture.
Student Profile: Students are in the average age group between 20-25 and there are 50% male and 50% female students. Also, foreign students from various countries like Mauritius, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, Ethiopia with adequate work experience give their first preference to this Institute.
Placement Record: MWIMSR has an excellent placement record with giant multinational organizations and reputed Indian corporate who visit the campus for the summer and final placements.
Indira Institute of Management
85 A/B Tathawade, Nr. New Mumbai Pune Highway, Opp Wakad Police Stn, Pune-411 033
Tel: 020-22933279/84
Fax: 020-22932633
Director: Dr. (Mrs.) Prachee Javadekar
Peter Senge the celebrated global management guru who gave the concept of learning organization was the person this institute chose to invite to India to showcase the prowess it has achieved in the field of management, around November 2005. The Senge show is one of the series of exciting educational and learning initiatives the institute takes to bring world class management knowledge to its students.
The institute belonging to the Shri Chanakya Education Society and started in 1994 now has nearly 2000 students on the campus pursuing a range of management, technical, computer sciences and engineering qualifications. The institute has well equipped most modern infrastructure in a vantage point on Mumbai highway which also helps in building its brand. The institute offers dual programme in management, international business, retail management and telecom management.
The vision of the institute is to create a centre of academic excellent in the field of management and IT education and the mission is to train the students to become the best minds and entrepreneurs by their own right.
Indira institute has close network with the industry which is aided by some of the front line initiatives taken which included the research and development centre. The institute has a number of other initiatives including a global entrepreneurial programme, a regional HR conference and a career development programme. The institute has state of the art infrastructure on campus with two libraries well stocked with books and journals. The computer centre has modern software and hardware to assist in learning. The classrooms are well laid out with modern amenities and multimedia support.
The institute has a commendable placement record with nearly 155 companies visiting the campus every year. The institute has fair number of in house faculty and solicits help from some of the best faculty talent in the region, known for its educational excellence.
Indian Institute of Modern Management (IIMM), Pune
Agarsen Campus, Survey No. 239/2, Yerwada, Pune-411 006
Tel: 020-26688591
Fax: 020-26696671
Director: Maj. Gen. S. Krishnamurthy
Differentiating among peers is a major challenge for b-schools in this highly competitive and growth-oriented phase of progress in the country. Among the many quality institutions, IIMM stands out as one that has strategically blended military style discipline with that of a careful grooming of students, with strong corporate inputs by the best practitioners in the industry. Despite not having a modern owned infrastructure and working out of a primary school compound in Pune, the school has proved its mettle by becoming one of the best known schools in the country, providing top of the line managers for the industry.
This has been made possible by the rare insight and vision of its founder - a former soldier who has been conferred the title of a full colonel for the first time in his civilian life, owing to his contribution towards providing management education to the armed forces personnel. Prof Balasubramaniam, the founder of the Balaji Society, which started IIMM, is a well known personality in the educational circles of Pune. Known for his military style discipline, he has shaped the school and its students in the strict military-like training method, bringing the best among them. In the end, the students leave satisfied that they have been trained well for the gruesome corporate world.
By the academic session of 2006, the college would have shifted to one of the largest and most modern infrastructure built at the cost of Rs45 crore in a 50-acre plot, defying the conventional logic of moving up step by step by taking one big leap. The institute believes in empowering the students and address them as ’student managers’ from day one in the campus. An institute where the male and female student ratio is almost even, the institute is run mostly by a student council, who follow the practices of a gurukulam and stand out as students most admired by the industry. Placements have been good and growing and the institute has been able to attract the best crop of corporates to its campus, which usually visit the best schools such as IIMs and XLRI.
Indian Centre for Telecom & Mgmt. (ICTM), Pune
1-2, Raja Bahadur Motilal Mills Road, Behind Pune Railway Station, Pune-411011
Tel: 020-26059293/4
Fax: 020-26095295
Director: Prof.(Col.) B.S. Sidhu
Telecom industry is facing a boomtime requiring managers of extraordinary skills and discipline. Sensing this opportunities a number of business schools have started offering optionals in telecommunication area and in cases like ICTM, the initiative has been taken to go in for a full fledged school preparing telecom managers,
ICTM was set up in 2002 and is run by a Charitable Trust Sri Balaji Society spearheaded by Prof. (Col.) A.Balasubramanian as its president. The focus of this institute lies in seeing itself as one among the Top Premier B-Schools in India and it is established to provide managerial manpower to the telecom industry. The institute is located on the outskirts of Pune close to the Hmjewadi campus, the InfoTech Park of Pune.
ICTM produces student managers equipped additionally with IT and Telecom management besides the standard MBA courses. The program specialty of the institute is that students are enabled for all the sectors of the industry along with catering to the niche segment of the ever-changing and dynamic Telecom Industry. ICTM also offers programmes in International Business, Mass Communication and in Telecom Management. Distance Learning Programmes as well as Graduation Courses is also offered by sister concerns of ICTM. The batch composition is usually 70% engineers and rest from other streams. The institute has got an excellent mix of fresher and work experience students. The college has a proven track record of 100% placements where its students have been readily accepted by blue chip organizations. The placement budget is around 25 lacs and ICTM does take any fees for placements from the student as well as corporate. ICTM has assigned some faculties to placement cell who work round the year. Infrastructure details:
1. The Total Campus Area is 5, 44,500 square feet.
2. A 36000 square feet hostel to accommodate 240 students of the Institute.
3. Provision in hostel for physically challenged students.
4. Accommodation for faculties.
5. Well designed lecture halls equipped with state of the art teaching aids.
6. An air-conditioned auditorium with seating capacity of 600 people.
7. A total built up area of academic buildings about 34004 square feet.
8. Other facilities include Swimming Pool, Indoor Games, Gymnasium, Mini Market, Bank, Sickbay, Canteen, and Guest House.
Indian Centre for International Business (ICIB), Pune
Agrasen Campus, Survey No. 239/2, Yervada, Pune-411066
Tel: 020-26696051/26685561
Fax: 020-26612840
Director: Prof. Biju Pillai
India is on a fast clip and export/import would be the key driver of economic progress of the foreseeable future. This, of course, requires managers with a keen sense of global trade and sensitivity to international culture and language. It’s with this idea in mind that the Indian Centre for International Business (ICIB), Pune, has been started - to develop itself into a professional management educational institute. Belonging to the Balaji Society, ICIB is being located in a 15-acre campus on the Pune-Mumbai highway.
ICIB is an institute, which believes in the value system of ‘discipline, dedication and determination’. It has revolutionised the entire pattern of management education, in the sense that it believes in the ‘no holiday concept’ and imparts the mantras of loyalty, integrity and hard work’. An institution governed by the veterans of the armed forces and guided by the ‘who’s who’ of the industry, ICIB boosts of having integrated almost 150 senior managers from the industry as regularly teaching adjunct faculties.
ICIB believes in empowering the students and addresses them as ’student managers’ from day one in the campus. The institute is run mostly by a student council, which takes care of academic and co-curricular activities of the institute with its own budget. The students follow the practices of a gurukulam and stand out as the most admired students by the industry.
The institute is proud of its campus placements. The first batch of ICIB enjoyed 100 per cent campus placements. Many of the students have been placed in international business area, apart from other streams like marketing, finance, systems, operations and insurance. Companies such as LG Electronics India (P) Ltd, Redington India (P) Ltd., Henkel Spic, HDFC Bank, Citi Financial, Ellililly and Co, Centurion Bank, Bank of Baroda, Met Life Insurance, TNS Mode, Tata Motors, Citibank, Prudential ICICI AMC, Eicher Motors, CEAT Tyres, Pantaloons Retail Ltd., Polaris Software Labs Ltd., Microland Ltd., IMRB, GE Countrywide Consumer Finance Ltd have visited ICIB and recruited the students during cam¬pus placements.