All about Executive MBA at Symbiosis, Pune

Finally, I have sought the answer to the question, which had been bothering me for at least not less than half a decade. And thankfully the answer is affirmative. Be it colleagues, cousins, in laws, old friends and even some professional guides, I had one common question for all of them.

I happen to be software professional for almost 7 years now, as I am writing this post. I am quite sure that any professional with an equivalent experience as mine, must have had the same question in his mind in some point of time in his career.

"Should I go for an MBA?"

This question itself brings in a barrage of questions, which tend to be even more complex. Questions like "Should I leave my current well settled job?" "Will doing MBA bring fruitful results to my career?" "How will my family react to my decision and how will I manage my family" and so on.


Obviously, those who have satisfactory answers to these questions go for a full time MBA in or outside India. For the rest of all, there is a good choice called a part time MBA.



There are mixed reviews about part time MBA. Some call it waste of time and money as it doesn't bring any substantial benefit (mainly monetary) and some call it even better than the regular MBA, for it lets you apply the MBA concepts in your professional life in a real time fashion. Apart from that, you get to meet professionals from almost all kinds of streams, which something that broadens your vision and enhance the capability to perceive professional objectives from various angles.



It took me quite a lot of time to search through all the available options and wade through other ifs and buts to finalize my decision. Today I am a student of executive MBA course at SIBM, Pune and I feel privileged to write it here. Honestly speaking the course structure, the pedagogy, the class diversity has turned up to be far better than what I had imagined.



SIBM has been conducting the executive MBA course for almost over two decades now, so it goes without saying that they have the expertise in delivering this course. If you get a chance to talk to the students/alumni of past years they can clearly tell you about the continuous improvisations that are happening in the course.



The course addresses general management subjects and covers up enough of all the main subjects. Until last year minimum experience required to enrol for this course was 5 years, which has been relaxed to 3 years now (the average experience in my class is app. 9 years). To get into this course one needs to appear for a written test followed by a personal interview.



I would like to make out some core points of this course here.


1. Pedagogy:
Although they have a well-formatted and outlined syllabus, the teachers often deliver us much more than that. This is like a bonus for all us. There are two reasons to it. I used the words teachers and not professors or lecturers because they aren't the same. Most of the teachers are professionals and pedagogy is not their primary occupation. Secondly, all the students all come with vast experience in their respective fields. Therefore, what actually discussed in the class are basics of syllabus followed by the real life examples pertaining to the subject. This results in a wonderful atmosphere with endless opportunities for learning. I hardly see any teacher strictly following pages of books because what they deliver is their experience, which cannot be found in any book in the entire world.


2. Exposure:
When you go out of the cosy environment of your team and interact with others who tend to be from diversified field, you realize that there is a world, which is different, then yours. This primarily leads to broaden your thinking and generalizes your views. This is one of main advantages of part time in SIBM. My class consists of students from all almost all walks of life, ranging from software programmer, managers, manufacturing industry professionals, technologists to medical field specialists.

It is as if the famous phrase "unity in diversity" really has a meaning here.

3. Approach of SIBM:
Even though SIBM is a school, the approach and attitude it follows towards students is very professional and realistic. The current director of SIBM is known for his effective administration. Anyone can approach him regarding any problem or suggestion. The openness of various departments, teachers and methods like lecturer feedback system makes the entire system ideally pro student.


This course at SIBM definitely extracts the best out of one and makes him excel not only in career but also as a human being. The beauty of doing executive MBA at SIBM is that apart from providing you the knowledge it makes you realize your latent potential. It changes your attitude towards life and makes you more competent.

If we talk business, doing executive MBA at SIBM, Pune undoubtedly helps one to perform outstandingly in his current and any of the future endeavours.

You may think that I am boasting about SIBM executive MBA, just because I am a part of it, but reality is that I have written each and every word in this post spontaneously. It's something that my heart told me to write and not my mind.

If you are reading this post and planning to do a part time MBA course, I would strongly recommend SIBM, Pune. It's very much worth it. You can visit the website http://www.sibm.edu/ for further details.