Dr. B.V. Doshi, the famous Indian Architect from Ahmedabad and Prof. Indira J. Parikh, Founder President, FLAME and former Dean, IIM, Ahmedabad then joined the effort to create FLAME, anchored in Liberal Education. FLAME is an Institution at Learning that aims to deliver experiential learning to foster in students; the professionalism, collaboration, appreciation of leadership, ability to work hard, take rational decisions, and develop high thinking and sensitization to social needs.

The concept of an undergraduate School of Liberal Education offering undergraduate programs in a host of subjects from the Creative Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences and applied areas; a School of Business offering a PGDM in Management, a School of Communication offering PGDM in Mass Media, a School of Performing Arts and a Center for Organizational Growth and Excellence offering Management Development Programs for the Industry emerged after discussions on the lacunae in the current education system with intellectuals, students and heads of educational institutions.

FLAME, spread on the 75 acres of green expanse aims to prepare graduates who have a strong desire to learn and grow continually, welcome new ideas, value diversity with desire to succeed and give one`s best towards excellence in all spheres of life. Its curriculum includes perspective building, skills and competencies for the communication skills, problem-solving skills, creativity, innovation and teamwork that also meet the needs of the diverse sectors of the country.

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Shree Chanakya Education Society (SCES) was established in February 1994, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Tarita Shankar, with the aim of providing top quality post-graduate education in the fields of Business Management, International Business and Information Technology. At a time when India was struggling to put its economy back on its feet, after the nation having pawned the `family jewels` just to keep afloat, Dr. Tarita Shankar sensed that education too would have to become more broad based and more vocational in nature if India was to stand up to the world competition in quality and price for its products, as indeed the then Finance Minister had prescribed for the economy. And so, in 1994, began a saga of growth and quality in education; a story that is just reaching its zenith with 14 full fledged Institutes registering a strong presence on Pune`s educational horizon. Since inception, the Institutes managed by SCES, have maintained high academic standards and have successfully provided trained manpower to the industrial and services sector of the country. With a modest strength of 60 students pursuing a single course, SCES has grown steadily and today boasts of 14 Institutes, having more than 8000 students from all over India pursuing multi-disciplinary, graduate & post-graduate programmes. The objective of the institute is providing `Management education in a corporate environment`, has been possible due to the sincere and dedicated efforts of the members of SCES, who have invaluable experience in varied areas like academics, industry, service and social-work.

Management Colleges under Indira Group of Institutes.

1. Indira Institute of Management

2. Indira School of Business studies

3. Indira Global Business School

4. Indira College of Engineering & Management

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Why Indira

1. Indira is ranked amongst the top 2 B-schools in Pune, by the prestigious AIMA - IMJ.

2. The same journal gave us a top 30, all India ranking on the parameters of Industry interface.

3. Our students have shown excellent academic results and have been at the level of university ranking.

4. The achievements of our students have enabled them to attract some of the best corporate recruiters.

5. Indira Group of Institutes and our goodwill has enabled us to establish campus agreement with Microsoft for using different software.

6. Our goodwill with Microsoft was further accentuated with Microsoft conducting workshops at Indira, for train the trainer modules.

7. Business India has also ranked us amongst the top 3 in Pune for last 2 yrs.

8. Our Institutes have received accreditation from various certifying bodies.

9. Indira Institute of Management was the first management institute in Maharashtra to receive the accreditation from the NBA, New Delhi .

10. We also have our audiovisual centers supported by Harvard Business School , Stanford, Pyramid Media and Tom Peters Company and we have vast collection of titles.

Indira Institute of Management, Pune (IIMP) has the distinction of being the first Institute set up under the aegis of the Shree Chanakya Education Society. IIMP started functioning in 1994, offering the MBA Program of the University of Pune. Indira Institute of Management is affiliated to the University of Pune and recognized by AICTE, New Delhi and was the first institute in Pune to be accredited by National Board of Accreditation New Delhi in the year 2003 and re-accredited in 2008.

The objective of IIMP is to provide quality education to meet the dynamic requirements of the corporate world, which has become possible due to the dedicated and sincere efforts of the promoters and all the members of SCES. The Indira Institute of Management has traversed a journey of 18 years and has proved its merit by creating its own brand in the country.

Shree Chanakya Education Society began as a trust in 1994, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Tarita Shankar, with the explicit vision to provide sustainable impetus to the corporate and entrepreneurial abilities in the youth. Unrelenting initiatives by the management team at Indira led to the creation of multidiscipline such as Management, Information Technology, Pharmacy, Commerce, Science and Engineering. All this growth is enabled and sustained by the expertise and exertions of Prof. Chetan Wakalkar, Group Director, Indira Group of Institutes, whose commitment and concern for student`s development stands unmatched. SCES has grown steadily and today boasts of several Institutes, having more than 6000 students, from all over India, pursuing multi-disciplinary, graduate and post-graduate programs. The Institutes managed by SCES have maintained high academic standards and have successfully provided trained manpower to the diverse industrial sectors of the country.

Indira School of Business Studies (ISBS) was established as an autonomous professional school to meet the growing needs of the business sector with the explicit vision to provide sustainable impetus to the corporate and entrepreneurial abilities in the youth. In a short span of time, the programs of the Institute were approved by AICTE and ISBS established its presence in Pune as a premier business education institute.

ISBS believes that the emerging global environment requires professional graduates to be armed with the sufficient knowledge and confidence of facing tough and competitive scenario. The current global economy has created an environment where managers have to face greater situational challenges; predict and handle the vagaries of the market and provide better quality products and services. Such an environment requires professional graduates not only armed with the necessary knowledge but also confident of facing extremely competitive scenario to keep abreast of the trends in the field of business. The flexibility afforded to the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) programs keeps the student abreast of the trends in the field of business and assures greater articulation of the same. ndira School of Business Studies (ISBS) was established under the aegis of Shree Chanakya Education Society (SCES) in the year 2000.

Shree Chanakya Education Society began as a trust in 1994, under the visionary leadership of Dr. Tarita Shankar, with the explicit vision to provide sustainable impetus to the corporate and entrepreneurial abilities in the youth. Unrelenting initiatives by the management team at Indira led to the creation of multidiscipline such as Management, Information Technology, Pharmacy, Commerce, Science and Engineering. All this growth is enabled and sustained by the expertise and exertions of Prof. Chetan Wakalkar, Group Director, Indira Group of Institutes, whose commitment and concern for student`s development stands unmatched. SCES has grown steadily and today boasts of several Institutes, having more than 6000 students, from all over India, pursuing multi-disciplinary, graduate and post-graduate programs. The Institutes managed by SCES have maintained high academic standards and have successfully provided trained manpower to the diverse industrial sectors of the country.

Indira School of Business Studies (ISBS) was established as an autonomous professional school to meet the growing needs of the business sector with the explicit vision to provide sustainable impetus to the corporate and entrepreneurial abilities in the youth. In a short span of time, the programs of the Institute were approved by AICTE and ISBS established its presence in Pune as a premier business education institute.

ISBS believes that the emerging global environment requires professional graduates to be armed with the sufficient knowledge and confidence of facing tough and competitive scenario. The current global economy has created an environment where managers have to face greater situational challenges; predict and handle the vagaries of the market and provide better quality products and services. Such an environment requires professional graduates not only armed with the necessary knowledge but also confident of facing extremely competitive scenario to keep abreast of the trends in the field of business. The flexibility afforded to the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) programs keeps the student abreast of the trends in the field of business and assures greater articulation of the same.

SAMVIT School of Infrastructure Business (SAMVIT) has been conceptualized and established by Dr. ArunMudbidri, Former Director of Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM).

Dr. ArunMudbidri is a distinguished Educationalist in the field of Post-Graduation and Executive Talent Development.

SAMVIT through its Full Time & Part Time programmes is meeting the managerial talent needs of the infrastructure industry through disciplines viz. Marketing, Finance, Human Resource and Project Management.

Infrastructure Business is requiring massive investments on one hand and on the other it is facing acute shortage of well qualified managers to manage the exploding growth of infrastructure sector.

SAMVITs academic programmes are designed in full consultation with industry experts, so that the students are taught not only theory but also industry relevant applied knowledge. Furthermore, academic programmes are designed to develop the managerial skill sets which are equally essential to be successful in the infrastructure business management.

Towards this SAMVIT has supplemented the classroom teaching with field based assignments and through exposure to corporate world.

The first assignment is of introductory nature, while the second is of advanced level of 3 months summer internship.

IT systems are used by all companies. Therefore all widely used project management software, ERP applications are taught in-depth with high emphasis on practice in Institutes full equipped IT lab.

Institute has partnered with CIDC to offer wide range of programmes meeting the talent needs of the infrastructure industry at various hierarchies. SAMVIT has collaborated with Steinbeis University, Berlin (Germany), VINSYS IT Services (I) Pvt Ltd, TUV Rheinland Group, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). These collaborations are initiated for achieving excellence in academic and also making students competent to pursue their dream career after post-graduation.

It can be seen from above that, SAMVIT has a very holistic approach of providing academic development to entry level students, working professionals, management development & consultancy.

In a very short span of one year, we can see from above that SAMVIT has laid down a complete ground work through excellent physical infrastructure & academic collaboration with renowned institutions to keep pace with the talent requirement of the industry.

To sum up, SAMVIT will provide a capacity and competency development to the graduates in order to make them ready for the professional positions in the infrastructure business.

About Samvit Status:
SSIB has academic collaboration with Steinbeis University Berlin, VINSYS IT Services (I) Pvt. Ltd. And TUV Reinland and is recognized by CIDC, Planning Commission, Govt. of India as a partner Institution.

The programmes at SAMVIT School of Infrastructure Business have been introduced with the social objective to BRIDGE THE SKILL & KNOWLEDGE GAP in the Infrastructure industry and to match personality of students with the job profile, so that these students embark successfully on a career path in Infrastructure Industry, the most growing sector in India.

Note: SSIB`s programmes are not approved by statutory boards like AICTE, UGC.

WELCOME TO SIMC
Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication fosters high standard of training and inquiry-mindset into the multi-faceted needs of the media and communications industry. Our strong academic programmes are driven by academic rigour, scholarship and a healthy integration of theory and practice that translate abstract ideas into tangible forms.

With in-house and external faculty, advisors and mentors drawn and supported by the industry, cutting edge facilities and infrastructure, internship opportunities with established agencies and companies- our aim is not only to train students to fit in with the industry requirements of trained professionals but also extend our complete support in realizing their true potential be it as artists, entrepreneurs or leaders of the future.

Today, we have a vast and picturesque campus amidst the rolling hills at Lavale, just outside Pune. The historic and vibrant city of Pune and the neighbouring entertainment and market capital of India, Mumbai, provide the campus with pathways and connections to leadership careers in Media and Communication.

Finally, SIMC is about students. It is about giving them a complete education that is rich in experience and innovation, technology and pedagogy; in aesthetics and marketing; in research and ideas; an education that will serve the students through their vast and successful professional careers.

OVER TWO DECADES OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
It was in 1990 that Symbiosis Institute of Journalism & Communication (SIJC) first opened its doors to about 40 students. Renamed in 1999 as Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication and eventually as Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication; today SIMC has evolved into a world-class media and communication education and training Institute, providing the industry with trained and competent professionals.

SIMC prepares its students to perform a vital and challenging role as skilled communicators and managers in Journalism, Audio-Visual, Public Relation and Advertising domains. The school also inculcates in its students the pursuit of leadership for change and improvement in their respective streams. We are now a constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University.