BWI: Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB)

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Source: Symbiosis Institute of International Business
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
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Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB)
"The key to successful business is to keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we have to be curious and curiosity keeps leading everyone down new paths." - Walt Disney. "We have to continuously create new innovation that lets people do something they didn't think they could do the day before." - Steve Ballmer.

Pune, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, December 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- It is said that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. Symbiosis Institute of International Business(SIIB), Pune, has been one the esteemed institutes in India which has been at the forefront of developing innovative business education practices for almost two decades now.

SIIB is a part of the Symbiosis Society which was founded in 1971, by a visionary academician and entrepreneur, Padmashree Dr. S. B. Mujumdar. With over 30 institutions spread across the country through 14 sprawling campuses and close to a 100,000 students under its fold the Symbiosis family lives by it's vision of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - 'The World is a Family'.

SIIB, formerly known as the Symbiosis Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT) was established in 1992 to provide budding managers with the foresight to tackle the sweeping changes of the liberalized Indian economy. In 2002, Symbiosis Institute of Foreign Trade [SIFT] became Symbiosis Institute of International Business [SIIB] with a mission to create focused global managers. SIIB is now a constituent of Symbiosis International University. The business environment today has an evolving with increasing rapidity. The corporate world today is in incessant demand for global managers - thorough professionals possessing the temperament of confronting complex economic and social phenomena, along with decision making and risk taking abilities in the fast moving and usually erratic markets. The knack of achieving success through excellence, grasping the implications of the expanding horizons in a shrinking world, and the sensitivity to adapt and leverage this for the growth of the organisation is what defines a 'GLOBAL MANAGER'.

The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.

SIIB is one of the esteemed business institutes in the nation which has been the epitome of change and innovation. With the advent of liberalization, privatization and globalization in the country learning international business has become imperative for a successful businessman. MBA-IB program which is the flagship course of SIIB equips the future manager for growth in the fast track through this program.

SIIB is an institution which has provided a holistic view of business with due regard given to core business fundamentals and also the emerging trends, markets and practices. The acknowledgement of the fact comes from SIIB getting Dewang Mehta Business School Award for "Business School with Best Academic Input (Syllabus) in International Business". SIIB was one of the first institutions in India to start a full time MBA program in Agri-Business in 2002 and full time MBA program in Energy and Environment from the year 2009.

PROGRAMMES OFFERED

MBA ( International Business, MBA- IB) is a two-year full time residential programme. It is an intensive course specifically designed for a rewarding career in management, globally.

MBA (Agri Business, MBA- AB ) is a two-year full time residential programme. Agriculture has long been seen as a sector with tremendous potential in India.

MBA ( Energy & Environment, MBA- E&E) is a two year full time residential programme. This program focuses on both Energy & Environment with a view to equip aspiring global managers with managerial, economic, legal and relevant technical competence. They will serve as experts who provide the link between the worlds of technology and business.

International Collaborations:
. Selected students are sent for a summer training program to Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. This is a unique opportunity for students to have a firsthand taste of global markets and trends.
. SIIB has an active faculty exchange programme with the Oakland University - School of Business Administration, Michigan. Every year one course of the third semester at SIIB is taught by a faculty from Oakland University and a SIIB faculty member is invited to teach a spring semester course at Oakland University.



CONTACT DETAILS
Prof. Asmita Chitnis, Symbiosis Institute of International Business, +91 9850041772, admissions@siib.ac.in

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, MARKETING, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, ENERGY

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