Introduction
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS) was established by the nationally renowned Symbiosis Society in 1993. Under an MoU with Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, admission to its full time MBA programmes is primarily for dependents of Armed Forces personnel and those sponsored by industry. SIMS is a constituent of the prestigious Symbiosis International University. The institute is ISO 9001:2008 quality certified and a top-tier provider of business education across the spectrum.

Vision
To be the premier hub of management education for Defence personnel, their dependents and civilians.

Mission

• Champion excellence in management education for Defence Community and civilians.
• Create and sustain professional research and knowledge based services.
• Advance knowledge in all business related disciplines in a cross continental environment.
• Provide a forum for sharing experience and knowledge between the academic-business- services fraternity.
• Develop ethos of corporate professionalism in the student managers.

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Infrastructure / Facilities – Hostel, Library, Lab, Canteen, Club etc.

Hostel Facilities
Well equipped Hostels exist separately for boys and girls.

Modern Amenities
These include classrooms with latest teaching aids, well equipped computer labs and well stocked library. SIMS has a 450 seat air conditioned auditorium and a dining hall for 600 students.

Computer Lab
nstitute has two state of the art computer labs designed to meet the computing and communication needs. A wide variety of software platforms and management programmes such as ERP, SAP, SPSS, EBSCO, Prowess, Emerald, Delnet, EMT-AB are available. The complete campus is Wi-Fi zone.

Information Technology
Synapse – The online portal of the institute aims to move SIMS towards a paper-free environment.

Library
The library has about 18,600 books on management. It has over 110 journals including 68 foreign journals. The library has large number of educational CDs as also CDs of recording of talks by guest speakers. The library is a member of MCCIA, AIMS, ISTD, British Library, ASTD, NHRD, TJ, ABCI, IABC, ECCH .

Health Care Centre
In-house medical facilities and a host of other activities like yoga, gym, swimming pool.

Sports (For Resident students only)
The institute has badminton courts, basketball court, swimming pool, table tennis, croquet and fuse ball. Students also play football, volleyball and cricket in grounds nearby.

Importance of Philanthropy
"Pranay" is a first of its kind, social initiative to be launched by a B-school which is totally student driven. Through our efforts at PRANAY, we help the less fortunate in realizing their true potential white truly comprehending the significance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
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Programmes offered along with following information
MBA (Two Years Full time residential)


Placements
SIMS continuously achieves an enviable and outstanding placement record with an ever widening range of multi-national and national companies recruiting from campus for final placements and summer internships.

Method of Instruction
The medium of instruction is English. All courses are assigned credits. One credit is defined as being equivalent to 15 hours of classroom teaching & instructions. The pedagogy used in all courses is lecture method, problem solving, case studies, interactive discussion, projects etc.

Profile of Past Students
The student managers who graduate from SIMS are leaders in an exceptionally broad gamut of organizations from entrepreneurial companies to established firms, government and non-profit organizations. SIMS alumni are now entrepreneurs, VPs, MDs in various top companies.

Career prospects
SIMS is a preferred destination for life changing learning. Our aim is to provide quality management education to students.
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Eligibility
MBA (Fulltime): Candidate for the full time residential programme should be a graduate from a statutory university having undergone a full time bachelor's degree programme with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks as indicated in mark sheet provided by the university. Students appearing in their final year degree examination can apply but their admission will be subject to obtaining a minimum of 50% marks overall at qualifying exam.

Intake
MBA – 300 seats.
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Reservation of Seats within intake MBA – 300 seats (As per MoU with Ministry of Defence)

• 80% seats for dependents (Children/Ward) of defence personnel.
• 10% seats for dependents of Defence personnel killed in action (war, Counter Insurgency or war like operation), disabled in action(war, Counter Insurgency or war like operation), with more than 50% disability, next of kin of service personnel who have died while in service, death being attributable to military service.
• 10% seats are in open category to civilian candidates sponsored / recommended by the Industry as per merit.
• Officers of Armed Forces on Study Leave as authorized by respective Service HQs are granted automatic admission subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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Important Dates

Activity	Date
Online registration for SIMS commences	26th Sep., 2011*
SNAP Examination	18th Dec., 2011 (Sunday)*
Last date of online registration for SIMS MBA programme	10th Jan., 2012 (Tuesday)*
List of candidates short listed for GEII	19th Jan., 2012 (Thursday)
Dates for GEII	4th Feb – 5th Feb., 2012 (Sat. – Sun.)
Admission list of selected candidates	21st Feb., 2012 (Tuesday)
Last date for payment of 1st installment of all fees	21st Mar., 2012 (Wed)
Pre-induction Programme (Online) commences	26th Mar., 2012 (Monday)
Course commences on	06th June, 2012 (Wed)

Subject to approval/changes by SIU.
The dates for programs subsequent to program commencement will be given in the Students' Handbook issued on joining

• Hostel, Mess, Campus, Insurance, Gymnasium fees are separate and will be intimated later.
• Fees are subject to change.
• Security Deposit is for Hostel and Library which is refundable.
• Includes Examination, convocation and transcript fees which are subject to change.

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Contact details:
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
Range Hills Road, Khadki,
Pune - 411020, Maharashtra, India.
Tel: (020) 30213250/212/239/201,
Fax: (020) 30213333
Administration: (020) 30213201
Admissions: (020) 30213250/207
Asst. Registrar: (020) 30213239
E-mail: admissions@sims.edu
Website: www.sims.edu