SITM Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management , Pune

Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM), Pune was the first institute to realize the needs and demands of well-educated management graduates to support the growing telecom sector in India. From the beginning of its journey in 1996, it is a pioneer in the field of Telecom Management in the country with a mission to develop world class Telecom Business Leaders, who can handle the ever-changing technology and the business scenario effectively at all levels of the corporate ladder.

SITM is a constituent of Symbiosis International University and is located at the scenic campus of Symbiosis knowledge village at Lavale, Pune. It is a fully residential campus which has all sports facilities like Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton, Squash, Swimming, Gym, Yoga & Aerobic Centre and Health Care. It has state-of-the-art IT infrastructure with a Software Lab and a specialized Network Lab with 24 hour internet connectivity. There is a well-stocked library with a terminal for accessing library catalogue.

SITM offers a two-year full time residential Post Graduate degree, Master of Business Administration (Telecom Management) with dual specialization in Marketing & Finance and Systems & Finance. SITM also offers executive programs for working professionals and classes are conducted only on the weekends in the campus.

Typical profiles offered to marketing students are presales, sales, marketing, business development, business analyst, consultants (SAP, BRS etc), product manager, account manager, bid manager, solutions selling and so on.

Students opting for Systems specialization look forward to working as a project manager, associate consultant, pre-sales consultant, business development manager, corporate revenue assurance executive, account manager, process designer, bid managers and IT-strategists. These are just examples of profiles that are available to students with Systems specialization.  

SITM takes immense pride and pleasure in claiming that it has over 1600+ alumni in the Telecom Industry who are doing well as Business Development Managers, Consultants, Marketing Heads, Country Managers, Project Managers, Account Managers and Business Analysts in several leading Indian and multinational companies. Many senior alumni are holding senior level management positions.

The Telecom industry globally and in India particularly, is at the crossroad as the new ecosystem is emerging and several new companies are joining the value chain.  New working and business models are emerging which are creating exciting new challenges and opportunities for telecom professionals.


Prof. Sunil Patil
Director, SITM
Director’s Profile

Prof. Sunil Patil is the Director of Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM), Pune which is a constituent of Symbiosis International University (SIU). Before joining SITM, he worked at T-Systems, Cognizant Technology Solutions and BMC Software in various capacities. He established and managed the Advanced Technologies and Learning Center at T-Systems.   

He relocated to India after working for almost 20 years with AT&T Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies in New Jersey, USA. His last assignment was as the Director of Wireless Networks Group in Bell Labs in Lucent Technologies.  He was a key member in Bell Labs working on various wireless technologies such as Analog, GSM and CDMA.  He has held several positions in design and development, product management, project management and business development.

Presently, he is actively engaged in research in Strategic Outsourcing.  He has obtained MBA from Ball State University, Indiana, USA, MSEE with specialization in Communications Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA, MASc with specialization in Digital Signal Processing from University of Windsor, Canada, and ME with specialization in Power Electronics from Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute (VJTI), Bombay. He obtained BSEE from Nagpur University, India.





 
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