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The University of Pune in collaboration with Queen Mary's Technical Institute (QMTI) will now offer a one year diploma course in management, "Diploma in Industrial Administration and Service Management" for disabled soldiers, ex-servicemen Personnel Below Office Rank (PBOR) and their dependents.

The Raison d'etre behind this course is the employability of disabled soldiers, ex-servicemen and their dependents in the current market environment should increase manifold. This course will help to change the mindsets of the military men to civil working life. This course shall ensure them suitable jobs in many sectors e.g. Security,
management, retail management, banking and insurance services.

It is said “Intelligence is learning from others’ experiences”. The Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune (PUMBA) believes in this very philosophy and organizes an annual event called “ACHIEVERS”. An event to honor excellence in various walks of life; it gives young aspiring managers an opportunity to learn from stalwarts who have achieved the pinnacle of success.

Joh desh ke kaam na aaye, woh bekar jawani hai”

What would have Morpheus said if he had been a student of MBA Biotechnology? Perhaps he would have said  

Siad Ali has recently been appointed on the staff of Minnesota Senator, Amy Klobuchar.

Siad graduated from PUMBA in 1998 and is the President of the International Alumni Chapter. He has been giving support to Alumni activities on the international front. You can hear him talk in one of our programs on Radio Pumba.

We congratulate Siad on his achievements and the difference he is making with his work.

Having contributed very rarely to this forum, let me begin with a quick introduction.
My batch of "88 will be celebrating 20 years of graduation from the University and hopefully we will get together for an Alumni meet this year in the University. Anyone from my batch please reach out so that I can include you in our ritual of email traffic that about sixteen of us are on now. My batch had about 120 mates, a few dead now and a few others disinterested but hopefully some who will join in. It will be great to get together even if for a brief spell and see if we have aged well.

PUMBAites have a huge appetite, so when it is time for a sumptuous lunch we are the first to queue up, and if the lunch is held just once every year it becomes all the more tempting. But on that auspicious day it was not just food for the stomach but food for the mind and soul too. On Saturday, 5th January, 8:30 am onwards, Le Meridein at Pune, witnessed the convergence of professionals from industry and academia - Vision 2020, a National Seminar organized by PUMBA.

Mr. Ranjan Ghate, alumnus of '99 batch & '03 batch, visited PUMBA on 4th January 2008 & had an interactive session with the seniors & juniors ('08 & '09 batch).

He discussed deeply about the IT industry, the career path in it, the scene outside India as he has worked almost in every major geography in the world.

Mr. Ghate, who did his MBA Marketing in '99, came back in '01 for his MBA in Systems & graduated out in '03. He has worked with Satyam on various projects with clients like Microsoft, Nissan, etc.

Indian cinema might not have come of age but Aamir Khan certainly has. After proving his prowess in acting with films like Rang De Basanti and Lagaan (both were sent to the Oscar’s from India) he has again proved himself as a director. With TZP he has painted a beautiful picture of a dyslexic child on the cinematic canvas.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/292a142c-b1c3-11dc-9777-0000779fd2ac.html

Confessions of a graduating MBA student