Saket Dhotre's Review On Symbiosis Institute Of International Business - [SIIB], Pune

College Management can do better on Faculty with more experienced teachers & In-House facitlity. Also the Director needs to be more Dynamic towards the students needs & should have strong relations with the Corporate which can result in better placements

I had taken SNAP exam in the year 2008 qualifying for all Symbiosis college & had scored 104. I was selected for SITM, SCIT and SIIB out of all the Symbiosis affiliated colleges & had chosen SIIB, MBA-IB course due to its better rank among the rest.

The course structure was well defined with 8-10 subjects in a year with 1st year containing subjects covering all major principles i.e HR, Finance, SCM & Marketing, while the 2nd year was concentrated only on your choice of Specialization. Overall faculty is above average with Excellent faculty for Market Research, B2B Marketing and Statistics.

There were around 25 companies which visited the campus for Internship with average stipend offered being 10K. I was selected in Vodafone for Internship & my role was of Marketing Executive focussing on Vodafone's Zoo Zoo campaign.

The placements of the college is decent with average salary being around 6 Lakhs p.a in 2010 with all eligible students being placed. Some of the companies which visited were Infosys, TCS e-Serve, HCL Tech, HCL Comnet, Asian Paints, Loreal, Coco-Cola to name a few with average offer being around 7L p.a

Cultural & management festival is Ignisense which was started in the year 2008 is multi-cultural amalgamation of various events, activities & games which sees participation by all top B-schools across the country. Anusmriti is the yearly Alumni event which sees participation from top corporate & alumnus making it big in their respective fields

College has tie-ups with all prominent Govt & Private banks with securing a loan being a breeze

SIIB had a good gender ratio of 40:60 with students from all diverse states taking admissions to the course. There are workshops by Industry leaders on a regular basis helping in overall development of the students. Also as part of Student Exchange program SIIB has tie-ups with Bremen University (Germany).

Hostel rooms are given on sharing basis amongst 3 people both for girls & boys. Room are small in size with not much room to walk around. Fees- 4.5 lakhs total including accomodation, meals & course fees in 2008 Mess food- Bad. There was a case of food po

College seniors have always been helpful & welcoming towards the junior with each junior being assigned a senior (buddy) to help them overcome all challenges, apprehensions of the 1st year.