Good to see someone bumping the thread with intentions of reviving it. You will do a world of good to SIIB and to prospective students if this thread comes alive. In the past it has served the Class of 2010 and 2011 very well. After that it has gone dormant. Please begin by posting stuff about Aarambh and the recent SIU Sports meet. All the best!
Cheers
Neel 
Good to see someone bumping the thread with intentions of reviving it. You will do a world of good to SIIB and to prospective students if this thread comes alive. In the past it has served the Class of 2010 and 2011 very well. After that it has gone dormant. Please begin by posting stuff about Aarambh and the recent SIU Sports meet. All the best!
Cheers
Neel
Thank you very much for your kind words. The PR committee shall put in efforts to the best of its abilities to keep things going here and serve aspirants well.
Regards
Rajesh
Public Relations Committee
SIIB Batch 2011-2013
Thanks to Dr. Rajani Gupte, Director, and the alumni team, we got the opportunity to interact with one of our alumni, Lalit S. Pradhan, DGM Marketing & Head, Supply Chain Lighting, BAJAJ ELECTRICALS LIMITED.
He threw light on the application of concepts of Supply Chain Management (SCM) at workplace. He shared insights on how Walmart brought in change and how 'Assemble to Order' is going to be the next BIG thing in SCM. From Walmart to Reliance or Zara to Marks & Spencer, Supply Chain strategies of various companies were comprehensively analysed. He also shared his experiences at work place and shared some of the misconceptions students have about Marketing and SCM. Two striking aspects were how he analysed numbers to determine the business organization with better SCM and his linking of Sales and SCM strategies.
Basically, number crunching is generally associated with Finance and sales is associated with Marketing. Here, he emphasized the need for budding managers to groom themselves holistically to have a better approach to solving business problems. The best part about the workshop was his unassuming attitude, sense of humour and straightforward views on business practices in the corporate world. This facilitated enthusiastic participation of students in the discussion.
We wish we get more such opportunities to interact with such eminent speakers and alumni in the months to come.
Regards
Rajesh
Public Relations Committee
SIIB
Thanks to Dr. Rajani Gupte, Director, and the alumni team, we got the opportunity to interact with one of our alumni, Lalit S. Pradhan, DGM Marketing & Head, Supply Chain Lighting, BAJAJ ELECTRICALS LIMITED.
He threw light on the application of concepts of Supply Chain Management (SCM) at workplace. He shared insights on how Walmart brought in change and how 'Assemble to Order' is going to be the next BIG thing in SCM. From Walmart to Reliance or Zara to Marks & Spencer, Supply Chain strategies of various companies were comprehensively analysed. He also shared his experiences at work place and shared some of the misconceptions students have about Marketing and SCM. Two striking aspects were how he analysed numbers to determine the business organization with better SCM and his linking of Sales and SCM strategies.
Basically, number crunching is generally associated with Finance and sales is associated with Marketing. Here, he emphasized the need for budding managers to groom themselves holistically to have a better approach to solving business problems. The best part about the workshop was his unassuming attitude, sense of humour and straightforward views on business practices in the corporate world. This facilitated enthusiastic participation of students in the discussion.
We wish we get more such opportunities to interact with such eminent speakers and alumni in the months to come.
Regards
Rajesh
Public Relations Committee
SIIB
Hi guys, the new session has started and started with a bang!! From the very exciting, adventurous outbound session to an equally surprising ice breaking session with the seniors.
The outbound session for the juniors proved to be an ice breaker for all of us and made us realize some very amazing things that we tend to overlook in daily life. The importance of TEAM! Can't get enough of those management games and some wonderful performances out of my mind!!
SIIB is a student driven institution, which has a lot of activities handled by students themselves. Students get to work for some interesting and prestigious clubs n societies. Be it Alumni interactions, Guest lectures, Public relations, Students activity, Sport committee or a non-profit Non-Government Organization run by students Prayatna. The list is never-endingThe journey so far has been exhilarating; we have yoga sessions, aerobics classes, salsa classes, late night activities, etc. The campus is huge and awesome with short spell of rain happening any time!! . The campus seems to have some different energy; people remain busy for 24 hours. The professors are the icons, the ground breaker for all us and not to miss our very cooperative seniors. Altogether an .......AMAZING START!! :D:D
The day ahead seems to be full of promise, hope and achievements. I hope that all my friends have a great stay at the campus. I thank all the professors and seniors for such a welcome. We hope to continue the on-going tradition of SIIB.
Regards,
Nimisha Srivastava
Public Relations Team
SIIB
Hi All,
SIIB is back with a bang with Leadership Series'11.SIIB is proud to announce the SIIB Leadership series 2011 with the theme being Social Entrepreneurship A fulfilling mission. The conference has been envisioned as a significant forum for entrepreneurs from the social domain to share their thoughts and experiences on the said theme.
The annual flagship event of the Symbiosis Institute of International Business (Pune), Leadership Series, has witnessed the confluence of the varied experiences and thoughts, from the leaders of all genre of Corporate India. Leadership Series 2010 was graced by eminent personalities like Mr. Sachin Pilot , Ms. Anu Aga , Mr. Rajiv Bajaj , Dr. Parag Sancheti , Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar and many others.
Looking forward to a fantastic event ahead .
Regards
Nimisha Srivastava
Public Relations Team
SIIB 2011-2013
Hi Guys,
Check out the LEADERSHIP SERIES B PLAN CHALLENGE 2011.
Leadership Series 11 also plans to host a National Level B Plan Competition. The business plan that you need to submit should be in coherence with the theme Social Entrepreneurship A fulfilling mission and should be commercially viable with a strong social angle to it. Your plan would be evaluated on parameters such as innovation, sustainability, scalability and how implementable it is.
For further details check out
SIIB Leadership Series - B Plan competition - Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune | All about Management and Business School events, B-school competitions, MBA festivals, Business and Management Quizzes, Management jobs and internship
Regards
Nimisha Srivastava
Public Relations Team
SIIB 2011-13
What a day it has been !! With SIIB organizing some interesting debate/gd pi sessions on the behalf of CII-Pune, to a wonderful lunch on the occassion of Onam.
There is much more to come, with a number of cultural events planned during the night, from "Tug of War" to "Sack Race" showing that SIIB is not behind any college when it comes to Culture and Heritage.
Just loving the atmosphere here !!
What a day it has been !! With SIIB organizing some interesting debate/gd pi sessions on the behalf of CII-Pune, to a wonderful lunch on the occassion of Onam.
There is much more to come, with a number of cultural events planned during the night, from "Tug of War" to "Sack Race" showing that SIIB is not behind any college when it comes to Culture and Heritage.
Just loving the atmosphere here !!
Did the Mess committee organize an onam banana leaf sadhya today? I miss that..and yes the "tug of war" 😁 ...we ended up fighting with our beloved campus neighbours after the event ;)
More power to us!
Cheers
Neel
What a day it has been !! With SIIB organizing some interesting debate/gd pi sessions on the behalf of CII-Pune, to a wonderful lunch on the occassion of Onam.
There is much more to come, with a number of cultural events planned during the night, from "Tug of War" to "Sack Race" showing that SIIB is not behind any college when it comes to Culture and Heritage.
Just loving the atmosphere here !!
Woohooo! SIIB did just what was expected of it. We won the Men's TUG of WAR event beating its competitors - SCMHRD and SCIT - in campus. Was an amazing scene...guys just pulled it off - yes, they really did!
Cheers!!!
The Cultural events start now..in another 30min...lots to look forward to - Music, Dance and more and more fun
Regards
Rajesh
Public Relations Committee
SIIB
SIIB had this great opportunity of meeting and having an interactive session with Mr Rajiv Bajaj for the senior marketing students.
To start with, he gave the batch an overview of the 2 wheeler industry. He went on to tell about of how Bajaj was among the the most profitable organization in its golden years (60's to 90's) and how change in the environment and lack of adaptation lead to a sharp fall in its sales and profits.
He went to explain how he went against the intuition of his father to move into Motorcycles, the internal resistance he faced and how he worked around that. His gut paid of very well. Since the introduction of the Pulsar, Bajaj Auto Ltd. (BAL) has shown signs not just recovery but also signs of repeated glory of its golden years. The brand centered approach that BAL has adopted has paid of well and today BAL has a MS of 31% and is the most profitable org. in its industry.
He went on to talk of the strategy they adopt while launching a product, relevance of market research, competition analysis, categories they compete in, etc.
The session rocked in every sense, waiting to have more such sessions. 
Nimisha Srivastava
Admissions Team
SIIB
Leadership Series, September 17, 2011
The flagship event of Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Leadership Series, was held on the 17th of September 2011 with the theme 'Social Entrepreneurship - A Fulfilling Mission'.
Guest speakers included:
Ms. Rashmi Bansal
The chief guest and key note speaker for the event. She is a writer; all three of her best sellers are based on entrepreneurship - 'Stay Hungry Stay Foolish', 'I Have a Dream' & 'Connect the Dots'. She is also the co-founder and editor of JAM (Just Another Magazine), India's leading youth magazine and writes on one of India's popular blogs - Youthcurry
Dr.P.Namperumalsamy
He is an Indian ophthalmologist and Chairman of Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. He is known for bringing assembly-line efficiency to eye surgery. In 2010, TIME magazine named him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He is also a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the Government of India, and under his chairmanship, Aravind Eye Hospital received the 2010 Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
There couldn't have been better choices of speakers for the event than the above two. While Dr. Namperumalsamy leads by example by being one of India's leading social entrepreneurs, Ms. Bansal, through her latest book, 'I Have a Dream', has brought to light twenty of the leading Indian social entrepreneurs. The students were greatly inspired to get cognizant of the selfless deeds Aravind Eye Care Center has been doing for the country. This reaffirmed the belief that a successful business organization 'can' and 'has' to be socially conscious and socially relevant - which underlines 'SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP'.
The pre-events day, 16-09-2011, kicked off in the afternoon with the B-plan competition. There had been an overwhelming response with as many as 48 teams participating, sending their business plans. The top 5 made it to the finals. Teams shortlisted were from IIM-A, IIT-Kgp, TAPMI and SIIB. The event presented an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to add a social angle to their business plans, which thereby contributes to what the country is striving to achieve, inclusive growth. The panel of judges found themselves in a tight spot when it came to selecting two winners. The teams from IIM-A emerged the best among the finalists. Although winning and losing are two sides of the same coin, what really bridges them is the desire to improvise. Yes, it was a pleasing sight to notice participants, in an attempt to improvise, further discussing their business plans with the judges and the faculty members of SIIB. The latter was more than happy to offer valuable suggestions. Visiting students were appreciative of the hospitality provided. One such participant went beyond word-of-mouth appreciation and expressed her delight publicly on Facebook.
"Thanks a lot for the wonderful experience I had in SIIB during the Leadership Series 2011. It was truly a pleasure and honour being there!!! :)" - Shubhra Singh (MHRM, IIT KGP)
The B-plan event was followed by other pre-events like Survival, Tambola, Koffee Relay and Leadership Series Quiz. It was absolute fun and the campus reverberated with joy, joy and only joy. Even the so-called losers felt that the joy of participating completely overshadowed the fleeting disappointment loss evoked. Cash prizes worth Rs. 25000 were distributed. Things wrapped up with the screening of the Hindi movie, 'Ye Saali Zindagi'.
The D-day arrived. The main event commenced at 1100 hrs on 17th September. Dr. Namperumalsamy, Chairman, Aravind Eye Hospitals, along with Dr. Rajani Gupte, Director, SIIB, lit the traditional lamp. The latter presented the welcome address, elaborating on the relevance of the theme of the event in Indian context. This, she said, shall pave way for budding entrepreneurs in the audience to add a social angle in analysing and solving business situations and complexities. Dr. Namperumalsamy delivered an inspiring speech igniting the social spark in one and all. He shared the journey of his organization's growth path, from a humble beginning in 1976 to the position it holds in Indian ophthalmology today. He stressed that Aravind always cares for its patients and that profits were a by-product of the services rendered to the society. It's worthy to mention that case studies on Aravind have been analysed in the Harvard, IIMA, IIMB and other leading Business schools in the world. He mentioned that as part of its outreach programme, in the year ending March 2010, 2148 camps had been conducted through which 455378 patients were screened and 76081 patients underwent surgery.
Much to the delight of the audience, Ms. Rashmi Bansal took the stage following Mr. Namperumalsamy's talk. She appreciated the idea to have a theme as thought-provoking as social entrepreneurship. She provided an insight into her latest book, 'I Have a Dream', which narrates the story of 20 social entrepreneurs in India. To the students, it was an opportunity to identify 20 businessmen/businesswomen they could look up to. The stories of Mirakle Couriers and Akshaypatra Foundation were moving. While the former provides employment to the visually and the aurally challenged, the latter provides nutritious and delicious mid-day meals to school going children. Akshaypatra foundation is an excellent collaboration of the corporate and ISKCON Bangalore. The latter adds a unique spiritual dimension to the social initiative by providing nutritious prasadam to children studying in Government schools in Bangalore. This, she said, ensured fall in drop-out rates in schools and improved participation of students in academic activities. The Q&A; session followed with students posing Ms. Bansal with questions on MBA, IIM-A, writing, social consciousness and entrepreneurship. Students were appreciative of the frankness associated with her answers. She made her fans' day by signing on their copies of her latest book.
Following a brief lunch break was a panel discussion, members being an eclectic mix of corporate and social activists. The discussion emphasized that one could work for a corporate and still make a difference to the society. This, students realized, was corroborated by the work done by one of the panellists, Ms. Majula, Associate Vice president, Infosys. She also manages an NGO - 'Sparsh- A Healing Touch' - formed by the employees of Infosys Pune Development Centre. Sparsh has 300+ volunteers working with more than 15 NGOs in and around Pune. The relevance of CSR was discussed at length and there was great emphasis on the need to create a separate department for it at the organizational level. This, panellists believed, would do justice to what really is intended. Valuable inputs were added by Mr. Umesh Malhotra, Founder, Hippocampus. Mr. Umesh, an IIT Madras alumnus, along with his wife, Ms. Vimala, set up Hippocampus in 2003 to promote reading amongst children. Hippocampus runs 'for profit' children's libraries in Bangalore and Chennai and has inspired many others to start such similar ventures. Their program, 'Grow By Reading', he said, has been implemented in more than 250 libraries reaching out to more than 100000 children annually. Candidness personified, he stressed on the need for one to follow his/her heart and do what one strongly believes in. This, he said, was the driving force behind his setting up of Hippocampus. Mr. Pradeep Bhargava, MD, Cummins Generator Tech India Ltd, played an able moderator and kept the discussion lively with his good sense of humour. Other panellists included Mr. Arbind Singh, leading social activist and Managing Director, Nidan Swachdhara Private Limited (NSPL), Mr. Yogendra Saxena, Chief of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and Sustainability at Jubiliant Life Sciences Ltd., and Kishori Gadre, Director of Janwani, an initiative of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture.
The distribution of the SIIB Excellence award followed. The award is part of SIIB's efforts to recognize the outstanding contributions its alumni offer to the society. From a list of more than 25 nominations, Mr. Mukesh Kumar, batch of 1997, was chosen for the award. He reminisced his association with SIIB and took Dr. Rajani Gupte down memory lane on a nostalgic trip. They shared the humble beginning SIIB has had and were in awe of the progress it has made over the years in terms of international presence, academic excellence and contribution to society at large. Mr. Mukesh shared a few of the many interesting incidents during his times. He offered valuable tips to students and emphasized on the need and suggested ways to leverage the stay at SIIB. This was followed by distribution of prizes to the rank holders across the three courses - MBA (IB), MBA (AB) and MBA (E&E;).
All good things have to come to an end. Likewise, Leadership Series 2011 drew curtains after screening of the 'Making of the Leadership Series' video. The video reflected the assiduous efforts put in by students that were well guided by the faculty members. The many funny moments and crazy ideas that had been part of the execution process in the lead up to the event formed the vivid moments. What really was evident in every moment of the video was the intensity with which the team had worked - being as creative as they could and making no compromise on the efforts put in, by putting the heart and soul into it. Undoubtedly, a standing ovation was a befitting mode of appreciation and the same followed as everyone in the audience was floored by the commitment of the students and faculty members in making Leadership Series 2011 a grand success.
SIIB Leadership Series team expresses its sincere thanks to the sponsors and media partners - Business Standard, Pagalguy, Radio Mirchi, Planet M, Freecharge.in, Caf Chokolode - the participants from other B-schools, Dr. Rajani Gupte, Director, Ms. Asmita Chitnis & Ms. Soumi Rai, Faculty Co-ordinators, and the students for the inspiration, the sweet memoirs and for scripting the scale of success achieved.
The flagship event of Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Leadership Series, was held on the 17th of September 2011 with the theme 'Social Entrepreneurship - A Fulfilling Mission'.
Guest speakers included:
Ms. Rashmi Bansal
The chief guest and key note speaker for the event. She is a writer; all three of her best sellers are based on entrepreneurship - 'Stay Hungry Stay Foolish', 'I Have a Dream' & 'Connect the Dots'. She is also the co-founder and editor of JAM (Just Another Magazine), India's leading youth magazine and writes on one of India's popular blogs - Youthcurry
Dr.P.Namperumalsamy
He is an Indian ophthalmologist and Chairman of Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. He is known for bringing assembly-line efficiency to eye surgery. In 2010, TIME magazine named him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He is also a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the Government of India, and under his chairmanship, Aravind Eye Hospital received the 2010 Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
There couldn't have been better choices of speakers for the event than the above two. While Dr. Namperumalsamy leads by example by being one of India's leading social entrepreneurs, Ms. Bansal, through her latest book, 'I Have a Dream', has brought to light twenty of the leading Indian social entrepreneurs. The students were greatly inspired to get cognizant of the selfless deeds Aravind Eye Care Center has been doing for the country. This reaffirmed the belief that a successful business organization 'can' and 'has' to be socially conscious and socially relevant - which underlines 'SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP'.
The pre-events day, 16-09-2011, kicked off in the afternoon with the B-plan competition. There had been an overwhelming response with as many as 48 teams participating, sending their business plans. The top 5 made it to the finals. Teams shortlisted were from IIM-A, IIT-Kgp, TAPMI and SIIB. The event presented an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to add a social angle to their business plans, which thereby contributes to what the country is striving to achieve, inclusive growth. The panel of judges found themselves in a tight spot when it came to selecting two winners. The teams from IIM-A emerged the best among the finalists. Although winning and losing are two sides of the same coin, what really bridges them is the desire to improvise. Yes, it was a pleasing sight to notice participants, in an attempt to improvise, further discussing their business plans with the judges and the faculty members of SIIB. The latter was more than happy to offer valuable suggestions. Visiting students were appreciative of the hospitality provided. One such participant went beyond word-of-mouth appreciation and expressed her delight publicly on Facebook.
"Thanks a lot for the wonderful experience I had in SIIB during the Leadership Series 2011. It was truly a pleasure and honour being there!!! :)" - Shubhra Singh (MHRM, IIT KGP)
The B-plan event was followed by other pre-events like Survival, Tambola, Koffee Relay and Leadership Series Quiz. It was absolute fun and the campus reverberated with joy, joy and only joy. Even the so-called losers felt that the joy of participating completely overshadowed the fleeting disappointment loss evoked. Cash prizes worth Rs. 25000 were distributed. Things wrapped up with the screening of the Hindi movie, 'Ye Saali Zindagi'.
The D-day arrived. The main event commenced at 1100 hrs on 17th September. Dr. Namperumalsamy, Chairman, Aravind Eye Hospitals, along with Dr. Rajani Gupte, Director, SIIB, lit the traditional lamp. The latter presented the welcome address, elaborating on the relevance of the theme of the event in Indian context. This, she said, shall pave way for budding entrepreneurs in the audience to add a social angle in analysing and solving business situations and complexities. Dr. Namperumalsamy delivered an inspiring speech igniting the social spark in one and all. He shared the journey of his organization's growth path, from a humble beginning in 1976 to the position it holds in Indian ophthalmology today. He stressed that Aravind always cares for its patients and that profits were a by-product of the services rendered to the society. It's worthy to mention that case studies on Aravind have been analysed in the Harvard, IIMA, IIMB and other leading Business schools in the world. He mentioned that as part of its outreach programme, in the year ending March 2010, 2148 camps had been conducted through which 455378 patients were screened and 76081 patients underwent surgery.
Much to the delight of the audience, Ms. Rashmi Bansal took the stage following Mr. Namperumalsamy's talk. She appreciated the idea to have a theme as thought-provoking as social entrepreneurship. She provided an insight into her latest book, 'I Have a Dream', which narrates the story of 20 social entrepreneurs in India. To the students, it was an opportunity to identify 20 businessmen/businesswomen they could look up to. The stories of Mirakle Couriers and Akshaypatra Foundation were moving. While the former provides employment to the visually and the aurally challenged, the latter provides nutritious and delicious mid-day meals to school going children. Akshaypatra foundation is an excellent collaboration of the corporate and ISKCON Bangalore. The latter adds a unique spiritual dimension to the social initiative by providing nutritious prasadam to children studying in Government schools in Bangalore. This, she said, ensured fall in drop-out rates in schools and improved participation of students in academic activities. The Q&A; session followed with students posing Ms. Bansal with questions on MBA, IIM-A, writing, social consciousness and entrepreneurship. Students were appreciative of the frankness associated with her answers. She made her fans' day by signing on their copies of her latest book.
Following a brief lunch break was a panel discussion, members being an eclectic mix of corporate and social activists. The discussion emphasized that one could work for a corporate and still make a difference to the society. This, students realized, was corroborated by the work done by one of the panellists, Ms. Majula, Associate Vice president, Infosys. She also manages an NGO - 'Sparsh- A Healing Touch' - formed by the employees of Infosys Pune Development Centre. Sparsh has 300+ volunteers working with more than 15 NGOs in and around Pune. The relevance of CSR was discussed at length and there was great emphasis on the need to create a separate department for it at the organizational level. This, panellists believed, would do justice to what really is intended. Valuable inputs were added by Mr. Umesh Malhotra, Founder, Hippocampus. Mr. Umesh, an IIT Madras alumnus, along with his wife, Ms. Vimala, set up Hippocampus in 2003 to promote reading amongst children. Hippocampus runs 'for profit' children's libraries in Bangalore and Chennai and has inspired many others to start such similar ventures. Their program, 'Grow By Reading', he said, has been implemented in more than 250 libraries reaching out to more than 100000 children annually. Candidness personified, he stressed on the need for one to follow his/her heart and do what one strongly believes in. This, he said, was the driving force behind his setting up of Hippocampus. Mr. Pradeep Bhargava, MD, Cummins Generator Tech India Ltd, played an able moderator and kept the discussion lively with his good sense of humour. Other panellists included Mr. Arbind Singh, leading social activist and Managing Director, Nidan Swachdhara Private Limited (NSPL), Mr. Yogendra Saxena, Chief of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and Sustainability at Jubiliant Life Sciences Ltd., and Kishori Gadre, Director of Janwani, an initiative of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture.
The distribution of the SIIB Excellence award followed. The award is part of SIIB's efforts to recognize the outstanding contributions its alumni offer to the society. From a list of more than 25 nominations, Mr. Mukesh Kumar, batch of 1997, was chosen for the award. He reminisced his association with SIIB and took Dr. Rajani Gupte down memory lane on a nostalgic trip. They shared the humble beginning SIIB has had and were in awe of the progress it has made over the years in terms of international presence, academic excellence and contribution to society at large. Mr. Mukesh shared a few of the many interesting incidents during his times. He offered valuable tips to students and emphasized on the need and suggested ways to leverage the stay at SIIB. This was followed by distribution of prizes to the rank holders across the three courses - MBA (IB), MBA (AB) and MBA (E&E;).
All good things have to come to an end. Likewise, Leadership Series 2011 drew curtains after screening of the 'Making of the Leadership Series' video. The video reflected the assiduous efforts put in by students that were well guided by the faculty members. The many funny moments and crazy ideas that had been part of the execution process in the lead up to the event formed the vivid moments. What really was evident in every moment of the video was the intensity with which the team had worked - being as creative as they could and making no compromise on the efforts put in, by putting the heart and soul into it. Undoubtedly, a standing ovation was a befitting mode of appreciation and the same followed as everyone in the audience was floored by the commitment of the students and faculty members in making Leadership Series 2011 a grand success.
SIIB Leadership Series team expresses its sincere thanks to the sponsors and media partners - Business Standard, Pagalguy, Radio Mirchi, Planet M, Freecharge.in, Caf Chokolode - the participants from other B-schools, Dr. Rajani Gupte, Director, Ms. Asmita Chitnis & Ms. Soumi Rai, Faculty Co-ordinators, and the students for the inspiration, the sweet memoirs and for scripting the scale of success achieved.
Can't agree more !! what a wonderful show it was great work done by the organizing team .Pre-events, started with a bang ,showing movies like Pyaar ka Punchnama,Yeh Saali Zindagi to an awesome Rock Show by SIIB band gave the students much needed break from their hectic schedule. And not to forget Karoake, Tug War, Pillow fight ;)
Ending up the note by having a wonderful session with some some of the most esteemed people of the industry.
Hope to see many more such events
Regards
Nimisha Srivastava
Admissions Team
SIIB 2011-2013
can anyone help me out. I heard that at siib its is our score that determines our course.and the high cut off is for mba ib.true?
Neethu Rose Sayscan anyone help me out. I heard that at siib its is our score that determines our course.and the high cut off is for mba ib.true?
I don't completely agree. It's the individual's interests that should determine the choice of course and that's how it happens. Of course, a SNAP score above cut-off makes one eligible for the GD-PI stage. So, it's not that the score determines the choice of course. I suggest you learn more about the courses, ask yourself what you exactly want and then work towards doing well in SNAP.
Last year, the cutoff was highest for MBA-IB. That need not be the case every year. Cutoffs are determined by the total number of applicants for the course and the kind of scores they secure. So, no rule as such that IB should always have the highest cut-off. Of course yes, MBA-IB from SIIB is considered 2nd best in India after IIFT and we won the Dewang Mehta award for best curriculum for IB course content.
And yeah, I would like to point out that this is not the right thread to post queries about SIIB. Please raise relevant queries on http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/2012-2014-siib-admissions-helpdesk-25071616. Thank you!
Feel free to revert in case of queries.
All the very best for SNAP!
thank u.and as iam new to this forum,i could not acces the right thread. Thanks for that too.
Great job Rajesh :clap:
Keep this thread alive with all the happenings at campus 
must be busy time right now, with semester exams n preps for summers.......
Cheers
One of the initiatives for this year has been the introduction of the Area Studies course for the students of MBA-IB. Visit Area studies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for insights on the same.
It includes study about culture, geography, literature, sociology etc... So, here, we the first year students have been exposed to the above different aspects of countries like Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Brazil, the UK, China etc...
Students were split into different country groups as mentioned above. One such interesting discussion that we have had in class was about the contribution of SEZs to the GDP in China. One key learning was that the SEZ model adopted in India and China are different. China has very few SEZs and the country focusses intensely on them. While in India, more than 200 SEZs exist. Discussions moved to the various consequences of such Government policy decisions.
Being students of IB, we feel such initiatives are good and expose us to a lot of real life business happenings. It helps students understand and appreciate different cultures across the world. When we as Corporate visit different countries in future, these learnings I'm sure would come handy in us understanding and adapting to the different cultures.
Yesterday, we celebrated iFest on campus. Students belonging to different countries put up stalls and put on display charts depicting the culture, audio and video clips, the historical aspects of countries, food items etc... Students also dressed themselves like historical characters. A Sheikh from Saudi Arabia, Adolf Hitler from Germany etc...to name a few.
We shall soon upload some of the fun moments captured on camera.
Tomorrow is a session wherein we get an opportunity to interact with officials from PriceWaterHouse Coopers (PWC), Symantec etc... who shall judge us on our presentation skills. The students after doing enough research about the trade options and business opportunities available in their respective countries shall make a presentation on why should investors from across the world invest in their country. This I'm sure shall help us all understand the business dynamics, the impact of culture, politics etc on the business prospects of a country.
We eagerly look forward to the session tomorrow wherein we have citizens from different countries like Brazil, the UK, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Germany lock horns 😃
It was an eventful day wherein we had the concluding part of iFest 2012 - Presentation for the investors.
As mentioned earlier, countries locked horns and made some really good presentations. The judges were thoroughly impressed by the efforts put in by students in the batch. The gentleman from PwC, during his conversation with me, was quite curious to know about the Area Studies course and how it helps us being IB students. All the judges were quite keen to have a look at the charts and the stalls that we had put up a couple of days back.
The UK team won the 'Best Chart' award for its innovative UK Calling model.
It was China that emerged victorious and convinced the investors. Hats off to the Chinese team!
The judges were particularly impressed with their tackling of questions during the Q&A; session. They were appreciative of quite a few other aspects as well - the video made by the Saudi Arabian team, the innovative presentation by South Africa etc...
If you had thought such an eventful day had just ended, you're mistaken. It just seems to have started as we energize ourselves to party hard at KIVA TERMINUS.
Yes! Farewell party to our Adorable Seniors!
The Party begins in a while. But, no clue when it would end. I really wish it doesn't end.
Guys & Gals, here we come!
Three cheers to the Batch of 2012!
Hip Hip Hurray!
Hip Hip Hurray!
Hip Hip Hurray!
Could somebody please tell me what is the dress code for girls at SIIB and also if hostel accomodation is mandatory..Thank you.