Sunstone Business School Launches in Pune

Opens admissions to management program for technology professionals

New Delhi, 5 July, 2012: Sunstone Business School, the leading specialized Management School for information technology professionals, today announced the launch of its Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) in Pune. By pushing boundaries as an educational innovator, Sunstone Business School is leading the way by ensuring that the future technology leaders receive the finest management education in India. The Pune centre has been set up at Metro House, Mangaldas Road.

 

"Pune is a hub for IT services and technology product companies and has huge population of high quality technology professionals. We had been getting a lot of enquiries from technology professionals in Pune and are now pleased to be launching our program here," said Mr. Rajul Garg, Director, Sunstone Business School.

 

Sunstone Business School in Pune will offer the PGPM program, which delivers 750 hours of learning spread across three terms of 17 weeks each including ~20 days of contact program. The first session will commence in the first week of November 2012. The PGPM course consists of learning modules, adapted to current industry requirements, which are delivered by senior technology professionals in management roles. The Program provides detailed learning on matters like Financial Analysis, Organizational Management, Marketing and Product Management, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy etc.

 

“Today it is not just the MNCs but also the Indian pure play companies in tech-centric industries that invest in hiring large number of MBAs. I firmly believe that Sunstone education allows better understanding and explanation of business issues of the IT industry. Without a broader knowledge of the business, an IT professional may not be able to contribute to decision making for the organization. So, our focus is to enhance the business, managerial and leadership capabilities of technology professionals so that they can contribute to business leadership of tech-centric organizations.” said, Mr. Garg.

 

The Pune operations of Sunstone Business School is headed by Mr Llewellyn DeSouza. Llewellyn brings in industry recognized experience in management education and connects at corporate levels. Commenting on the launch of Pune operations, Mr Llewellyn DeSouza, Director, Sunstone Business School, said, “Given the high quality talent with the IT industry in Pune, I clearly see a need for our program that would help technology professionals transform their career paths.”

 

 

About Sunstone Business School

Sunstone Business School (www.sunstone.in) is the leading specialized Management School for working professionals in the IT/ITES industry. Sunstone’s one year Post Graduate Program in Management has gained recognition as a premier MBA program accepted by the industry. The school’s problem based pedagogy offers students a robust grounding in business strategies and implementation.

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