The birth of South Indian Education Society’s College of Management Studies and its sister institutions arose from the thought of a sole person, M.V.Venkateshwaran, who laid the foundation for South Indian Education Society in Mumbai in 1932. The small beginning of the institute with six students later emerged as a big family with various educational institutions including a high school, a group of arts, science and commerce colleges, along with academic and professional institutions of extensive education. Currently, the SIES family has more than 20,000 students under its wing and SIESCOMS located at Nerul in Navi Mumbai is one of the prime constituents of the family.
“To bring about a difference, we need to stop thinking in the same old manner and SIESCOMS is an institute, which is continuously trying to do something new and creative. Ever since its inception in 1995, we have been striving to create managers with new and novel thoughts,” says A.K.Sen Gupta, Mentor of SIESCOMS.As an institute of difference, SIESCOMS makes continuous efforts to indulge students in something new. The introduction of Skill-Linked Immersion Program (SLIP), Global Immersion Program (GIP) and Leadership Trait Development Program (LTDP) are all part of these efforts. “SLIP is a program wherein students get three weeks of intensive skill based projects. It is a flagship program in the 1st year of PGDM course,” claims Sen Gupta. While internationalization of education has become an important factor for the management students, the institute introduced Global Immersion Program,