Ask SCMHRD, Pune: Official Admission Query thread featuring the SCMHRD Director

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Hi everyone, We are proud bring you on board Prof KS Subramanian, Director of Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Hinjewadi, Pune. Prof Subramanian would be answering all your queries related to adm…

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Hi everyone,

We are proud bring you on board Prof KS Subramanian, Director of Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Hinjewadi, Pune.

Prof Subramanian would be answering all your queries related to admissions to SCMHRD, Pune. You can post all your questions regarding SCMHRD here, whether about SNAP cutoffs, admissions process, faculty, course content, placements and so on.

How does it work?

  1. You post your questions about SCMHRD, Pune here by hitting the 'Post Reply' button on top or clicking here.
  2. Prof Subramanian, who will watch this thread will answer all your queries on a regular basis.
  3. So once you post your question, you can come back to this thread in a couple of days to find your answer or even better, Subscribe to this thread by clicking on the 'Thread tools' link on the top-right side at the top of the thread to get the thread updates in your email.
Prof Subramanian's PG user-ID is Director@SCMHRD
 Hope the initiative helps! Good luck to all and Prof Subramanian

PS: Post your suggestions and feedback about this thread, quality of answers, etc. We'll share your feedback with B-school Officials so that they can use it to answer your questions beter!

Cheers!
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Sir
Does SCMHRD consider any specific sectional cutoffs for SNAP (or is only the overall score considered) while giving calls to prospective candidates? If yes, pls elaborate about last year's cutoffs.
Thank You

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Sir
Does SCMHRD consider any specific sectional cutoffs for SNAP (or is only the overall score considered) while giving calls to prospective candidates? If yes, pls elaborate about last year's cutoffs.
Thank You

We do not have any sectional cutoffs. You must go through our meriting process which will be put up by two days on the site.
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HI Sir

I am Currently working as a SAP Technical Consultant (ABAP) ,WITH ARND 1.5 YRS EXPERIENCE IN AN MNC .I saw the importance your B-school gives for ERP Technologies and i was highly impressed.
Can you please explain me in detail the profiles i can look forward to in SAP through your school..as i am highly interested to move into Pre-sales Field of SAP....

I believe tht a good b-school will offer me a good platform to start towards my interest.....

And will my work experience will be given its due weightage as i am currently progressing well in the technical field ,however a management profile has always been my dream ,,,

can u throw some light on this ....


thanks in advance

ramachandran

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respected sir...
i am an aspirant fr ur esteemed buisness school...i had applied last year also i had a snap ssore of 79.75.i had a 22 mnth wrk experience with kotak wealth mangement.i had 59.63% in my graduation.63.4% in my klass 12 and 78.4% in my klass 10.i hav a good extracuriculars.i was the president of the quiz club of my school..and i have also won best speaker prizes in several inter school and college cultural festivals....i was nt called fr the interview..ppl wth wrse snap scores and wth wrser acdads and no wrk ex were gvn calls.i had also called up ayushman the student who had come to calcutta fr interacting wth us..bt he was nt able to gve a suitable answer...sir pls tell me that wth a simmilar snap score this year do i stand a chance...i knw fr sure that i was in the to 2200-2400 ppl who gave snap bcoz i had a call frm siib and it gave calls to only arnd 1800 ppl i am sayng this after assuming a lot of ppl dnt apply and taking the sibm cutoof as a benchmark which was arnd 83.5...pls gmme a honest opinion wether i shd apply or nt...also shdnt ur insti maker the process a bit mre transparent...

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respected sir...
i am an aspirant fr ur esteemed buisness school...i had applied last year also i had a snap ssore of 79.75.i had a 22 mnth wrk experience with kotak wealth mangement.i had 59.63% in my graduation.63.4% in my klass 12 and 78.4% in my klass 10.i hav a good extracuriculars.i was the president of the quiz club of my school..and i have also won best speaker prizes in several inter school and college cultural festivals....i was nt called fr the interview..ppl wth wrse snap scores and wth wrser acdads and no wrk ex were gvn calls.i had also called up ayushman the student who had come to calcutta fr interacting wth us..bt he was nt able to gve a suitable answer...sir pls tell me that wth a simmilar snap score this year do i stand a chance...i knw fr sure that i was in the to 2200-2400 ppl who gave snap bcoz i had a call frm siib and it gave calls to only arnd 1800 ppl i am sayng this after assuming a lot of ppl dnt apply and taking the sibm cutoof as a benchmark which was arnd 83.5...pls gmme a honest opinion wether i shd apply or nt...also shdnt ur insti maker the process a bit mre transparent...


There are several issues you have raised and hence would require very detail answer which this thread does not permit. I still wish to satisfy your query and hence would like to state as under

By tomorrow you will have thread posted selection process at SCMHRD. Beleive me, we select only in terms of the procedure. I can guarantee that transparency. Since you could not make it last year, i understand where you come from. But when we take meritorious students, we mean it. Apart from that there is management quota, which we do not touch but come from society. Can there be better transparency.

Secondly no student or staff or even the director calling will help you. They have no powers because the system will nto allow them to enter . Avoid it.

Please remember. i cannot guarantee any admissions as you have desired but can guarantee absolute fairness for which i am personally accountable.
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HI Sir

I am Currently working as a SAP Technical Consultant (ABAP) ,WITH ARND 1.5 YRS EXPERIENCE IN AN MNC .I saw the importance your B-school gives for ERP Technologies and i was highly impressed.
Can you please explain me in detail the profiles i can look forward to in SAP through your school..as i am highly interested to move into Pre-sales Field of SAP....

I believe tht a good b-school will offer me a good platform to start towards my interest.....

And will my work experience will be given its due weightage as i am currently progressing well in the technical field ,however a management profile has always been my dream ,,,

can u throw some light on this ....


thanks in advance

ramachandran


Ram

you are already in a great position as SAP ABAp consultant. Such people are very few today and they are in great demand. Your decision to move out and do a bschool is appreciated. Yes it will be great help because you can move out as technical consultant and move in as project manager. YOu can also be an entrepreneur. We have similar profilr of yours as a student in second year. He is doing great and will be going places. He is in demand. He is also planning to go on his own which i am trying to encourage.

What you should do are as under

a. since you are in full command on ABAP move into business intelligence as well.
b. Study for snap and make the best attempt to get selected. You stand good chance on the merit which you have stipulated. I am ignorant on your leadership which i am sure will also be on positive side.
c. Start international CFA course or ICWA. you have six months
d. Come in and take subjects on finance and operations or marketing and operations.
e. We can also get you good associate offers in MDP/consultancy wing.

this two year will be good investment for you and will bridge the gap for yout o move into leadership arena. In the absence of you background biodata, this is the best I can do

all the best.
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HI Sir

I am Currently working as a SAP Technical Consultant (ABAP) ,WITH ARND 1.5 YRS EXPERIENCE IN AN MNC .I saw the importance your B-school gives for ERP Technologies and i was highly impressed.
Can you please explain me in detail the profiles i can look forward to in SAP through your school..as i am highly interested to move into Pre-sales Field of SAP....

I believe tht a good b-school will offer me a good platform to start towards my interest.....

And will my work experience will be given its due weightage as i am currently progressing well in the technical field ,however a management profile has always been my dream ,,,

can u throw some light on this ....


thanks in advance

ramachandran




Hello Sir,

My name is yashwanth and i am an SAP XI consultant with a work experiance of 15 months now (joining date - june 2006). I desperately want to do MBA but i am unaware of which course to take?? PLEASE HELP ME OUT.

Also HOW DOES CERTIFICATION IN SAP XI HELP ME IN GETTING IN (I am not certified, so will it make a difference) ?

what is the difference between SIMB and SCMHRD ?

please guide me on how to get in to the institution and what course to pursue further. Also throw some light on CFA and ICWA courses...

Regards,
yashwanth.....
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Hello Sir,
With dure respect I would like to ask few things about your institute.I have gone through the SCMHRD website and the course curriculum,It has got good exposure to IT and associate fields like SAP..etc.I want to know more about Finance specialization from your insti.Do you have any courses or electives on derivatives,security analysis & portfolio management,investment banking or risk management..etc etc...apart from the regular electives which is shown on the website.How good are the placements in the "banking-finance-consulting" sector only ?
Currently I have 1.5 years work-ex in Fixed income & derivatives markets(background:BE-electrical +1 year relevant workex-then PG.Dip in IT).How wise will it be to opt for an MBA in "Finance" as of now-Can I expect a value addition to my current work-ex.?Considering my profile what is the cut-off I need to get in SNAP to get a GD/PI call from your esteemed institute?
Hope to get a favourable response from your side.Thanks in advance.
Regards.
Biswas.
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Hello Sir,

My name is yashwanth and i am an SAP XI consultant with a work experiance of 15 months now (joining date - june 2006). I desperately want to do MBA but i am unaware of which course to take?? PLEASE HELP ME OUT.

Also HOW DOES CERTIFICATION IN SAP XI HELP ME IN GETTING IN (I am not certified, so will it make a difference) ?

what is the difference between SIMB and SCMHRD ?

please guide me on how to get in to the institution and what course to pursue further. Also throw some light on CFA and ICWA courses...

Regards,
yashwanth.....

YAshwanth

Poer user certificate is always useful because it shows to the world that SAP recognises you. You need to do a lot functional subjects in MBA to utilise your SAP. In case you do CFA and CWA you will find going smooth in finance part of B school.

The difference between any B School is something each student has to evaluate based on his ability to go through a course. You also need to do homework by finding out from exisiting students etc.

regards

subramanian
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Hello Sir,
With dure respect I would like to ask few things about your institute.I have gone through the SCMHRD website and the course curriculum,It has got good exposure to IT and associate fields like SAP..etc.I want to know more about Finance specialization from your insti.Do you have any courses or electives on derivatives,security analysis & portfolio management,investment banking or risk management..etc etc...apart from the regular electives which is shown on the website.How good are the placements in the "banking-finance-consulting" sector only ?
Currently I have 1.5 years work-ex in Fixed income & derivatives markets(background:BE-electrical +1 year relevant workex-then PG.Dip in IT).How wise will it be to opt for an MBA in "Finance" as of now-Can I expect a value addition to my current work-ex.?Considering my profile what is the cut-off I need to get in SNAP to get a GD/PI call from your esteemed institute?
Hope to get a favourable response from your side.Thanks in advance.
Regards.
Biswas.


We have separate center for excellence in finance. our brochures shows the courses and faculty handled. It also shows the placement spread. There are at least ten to fifteen students currently both in junior and senior batch separately. You will be able to do well in risk management profile.

regards

subramanian
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Sir,

I'm a SNAP aspirant. as you mentioned in ur prev posts, there are certain seats reserved for management quota!! how are these students selected??or in which basis?? what wud be the expected cut off marks for such category students..
i wud be thankful if u cud throw some light on that!

thanks..

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Sir,

I'm a SNAP aspirant. as you mentioned in ur prev posts, there are certain seats reserved for management quota!! how are these students selected??or in which basis?? what wud be the expected cut off marks for such category students..
i wud be thankful if u cud throw some light on that!

thanks..



I regret my inability to write on it, as there is no control from the institute at all. I however know that the society has a system where they collect all the applications upto a date and rank it in order of merit of snap scores and based on the applicant and his recommendation they take a considerate decision.

as a snap aspirant you are better advised to do well in snap and come on merits and not talk of management quota at this stage itself.

warm regards

subramanian
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We have separate center for excellence in finance. our brochures shows the courses and faculty handled. It also shows the placement spread. There are at least ten to fifteen students currently both in junior and senior batch separately. You will be able to do well in risk management profile.

regards

subramanian



when i quoted ten to fifteen students, it meant 10 to 15 students of your type of qualification and experience.
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Hi,

I wish to give my career a new direction by doing MBA.
So, kindly let me know if SCMHRD provides facility of Management Seat for regular MBA.


Thanks in advance !!

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Sir,

First of all i would thank you for your efforts to help the aspirants through the forum!! Sir, it wud be very helpful to us if u cud let us know the weightage given to different section..(like SNAP score, acads, educational background, work exp & GD/PI)..it wud definitely help us in our preparation..!!!
Thnaks...

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sir i have two queries. firstly, do the course hrm require any prior job experience? and secondly, how should i get prepared to crack snap, as in will it be usefull to join an institution like ims to get thoroughly prepared or it will be enough to prepare myself?

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Hi,

I wish to give my career a new direction by doing MBA.
So, kindly let me know if SCMHRD provides facility of Management Seat for regular MBA.


Thanks in advance !!



Yes we do have management seat but it is not administered by the institute. It is administered by Symbiosis Society.

I am surprised that at this stage itself student wish to talk of management seat and not merit seat.

warm regards

subramanian
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Sir,

First of all i would thank you for your efforts to help the aspirants through the forum!! Sir, it wud be very helpful to us if u cud let us know the weightage given to different section..(like SNAP score, acads, educational background, work exp & GD/PI)..it wud definitely help us in our preparation..!!!
Thnaks...



Let me apologise to you for this delay. you will positively see it by tomorrow evening 1600 hours.

warm regards

subramanian