SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS(SIIB)

Symbiosis Institute of International Business [SIIB], is a premier Institution in the country imparting management education since 1992, particularly in the area of International Business, Agribusiness and Energy and Environment. Every year SIIB organizes the “Leadership Series” as a platform for interaction between its students and Industry leaders. It is a one day event, which is a confluence of the great minds from the various industrial sectors, all of which serve as a rendezvous for the corporate and the academia. This helps the students gain the much needed industry insights, adding to their learning process.

Following the success of the first SIIB Leadership Series in 2003, SIIB Leadership has served as an exceeding platform for the future young managers of SIIB and delegates from other top B-schools to interact and the get the real feel of what it takes to make it to the pinnacle in a career ladder.

Over the subsequent SIIB Leadership Series, the annual flagship event of the Symbiosis Institute of International Business (Pune) has witnessed the confluence of the diasporic experiences and rejuvenate thoughts, from the leaders of all genre of Corporate India. Leadership Series 2010 was graced by eminent personalities like Mr. Sachin Pilot [MoS Communication and IT, GOI], Ms. Anu Aga [Director, Thermax India Ltd], Mr. Rajiv Bajaj [MD, Bajaj Auto Ltd], Dr. Parag Sancheti [Chairman, Sancheti Hospitals], Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar [Principal Director, Symbiosis Society] and many others.

This year SIIB is proud to announce the “SIIB Leadership series 2011 – Social Entrepreneurship – A fulfilling mission”. The conference has been envisioned as a significant forum for entrepreneurs from the social domain to share their thoughts and experiences on the Theme – “Social Entrepreneurship – A fulfilling mission”. This shall be an opportunity for the students to gain much needed industry and social entrepreneurial insights, adding to their learning process and further guiding them to function as competent professionals.

 The spirit of being a social entrepreneur lies in working for marginalized communities through utilization of innovative and sustainable solutions for societal development; strategically combining all three in a mutually synergistic relationship

 For this purpose, we are inviting Socia

Aarohan, a dream that started in the year 2008 culminated with SIIB hosting its first ever Supply Chain Summit – Aarohan ’08. In the following three consecutive years, Aarohan has successfully established itself as being the only event dedicated solely to Supply Chain Management.



Aarohan has been consistently attracting stalwarts from both the Corporate and the Academia as speakers and judges and also has witnessed an enthusiastic support from the best B-school brains from all across the country. Every year a theme is decided and whole event circumscribes this theme. Last year, i.e. Aarohan’10 had the theme as “Innovation in Supply Chain Management”.



The highlight of Aarohan over the years has been the National Level Case Study Competition, where in the case study is designed by the students of SIIB from scratch with able guidance from mentors.



Aarohan’11 is scheduled to be held on 25th February, 2010 this year. The theme for Aarohan’11 is decided to be “The Missing Link”. Today the competition is not between individual firms but their Supply Chains. To have a competitive advantage Supply Chains need to identify the missing link and patch it up before others get ahead.



The event will constitute a “Supply Chain Conference” where eminent personalities from varied spheres will share their views on the theme. The objective of this conference is to bring forth the challenges faced by professionals in various sectors.



The “Pharmaceutical Industry” is chosen to be the premise for this year’s case study. The issues and challenges in whole of the pharma supply chain have been interwoven to form a live case study with able guidance from our mentors.



Over the past few years, Aarohan has established its niche amongst MBA students aspiring to be Supply Chain professionals. It has received overwhelming support from Supply Chain Industry personnel. As we march past our laurels with an insatiable drive for excellence, we would like to address emerging Supply Chain Issues which are of strategic importance in challenging business environments.