Director's Message
Dr. ARUN MUDBIDRI – The Director of SIBM
SIBM MBA is one of the most coveted business management qualifications in the country. It opens the portals of leading business houses in India and abroad and gives entry into the exclusive club of ‘business leaders’.
SIBM has earned this place in the minds of students who are aiming to be business leaders because of the high academic excellence and close partnership with the industry.
As a part of Symbiosis International University, SIBM is able to remain academically closely aligned to dynamic needs of the fast globalizing Indian economy. Core management subjects are regularly calibrated based on industry feedback.
SIBM is uniquely placed to get industry feedback and partnership from all sectors of the economy because of its 4500 plus strong, active alumni network.
Pune is the city of many globally active business houses. Close partnership with the Pune industry in the form of visiting faculty, field research projects, co-sponsored seminars, workshops etc. offers a rare and unique global perspective to the students.
SIBM gives prime importance to ethics, corporate social responsibility and corporate governance. These subjects are taught as a foundation for becoming business leaders.
SIBM pioneers academic uses of the latest IT-based initiatives. Online pre-commencement induction programme in subjects like Accountancy, Statistics & Economics help students of different streams start academics at par with each other.
Wi-Fi infrastructure has enabled SIBM to provide the world’s premier online library with access to EBSCO online service, journals, books, research papers, magazines, etc. to students.
Most important of all, at SIBM many co-curricular and career-related activities are envisioned, strategized and executed by students with a high degree of autonomy. There could be no better incubator for business leaders than this set of opportunities.
Theory and practice, art and science of management is seamlessly interwoven with high student initiatives and participation in collaborative learning processes.
Best wishes,
Dr. Arun Mudbidri.
Director's Profile
Dr. Arun Mudbidri has obtained his Doctoral degree from University of Pune under the guidance of Dr. P.C. Shejwalkar, Professor Emeritus - University of Pune on 14th March 2005. His topic for Ph.D was ‘An empirical study of Institutions of Academic Excellence in Management based in Pune City’.Dr. Arun Mudbidri joined Symbiosis in 1979. He has been involved in all the academic projects of Symbiosis Society. He is the second alumnus of SIBM to occupy the Director’s chair at his alma mater – a very rare distinction.
Dr. Mudbidri has been involved in designing course structures of many autonomous courses for institutions of Symbiosis. He had been working with Padmashree Dr. S.B. Mujumdar as Registrar-Symbiosis Society before taking over as Director of SIBM. He has attended many seminars/workshops related to P.M/O.B and students issues etc.
He is a member of various Standing/Advisory Committee of Institutes of Symbiosis Society, who takes the policy decision in respect of Academic matters.
He is also a member of the Organizing Committee of ‘Association of Indian Management Schools' -Western Region Round Table of Dean & Directors