Symbiosis is one of India's leading educational institutions imparting quality education for over 30 years. Symbiosis is a family of 32 academic institutions spread across eight campuses in and around Pune, sister city to Mumbai - India's commercial capital, and is host to over 30,000 Indian and international students on campus.
These campuses epitomize the Symbiosis motto, "Promoting International Understanding through Quality Education " and are a beehive of international students from all across the globe, being privy to Indian culture and hospitality. Many of these campuses are fully residential complete with recreational facilities that include swimming pools, amphitheatres and health care centers. Besides this, Symbiosis has over 80,000 students participating in its distance learning programmes.

Dr. S. B. Mujumdar President and Founder Director	In 1971, Dr. S.B. Mujumdar established the Symbiosis International Cultural & Educational Center in Pune primarily to promote friendship, co-operation and understanding between foreign and Indian students and to cater to the needs and difficulties of foreign students studying in Pune, mostly Afro-Asian students. Since then, he has established 32 institutions under the aegis of 'Symbiosis' that impart training in 100 different courses ranging from KG, Primary, Secondary Education to Law, Human Resource Development, Foreign Trade, Management, Computer, Arts & Commerce, Mass Communication, Telecommunication, Information Technology etc. Symbiosis today is a premier educational group in Pune and possesses exceptional brand equity in the sphere of management education.

Felicitations / Honours received

•  The Padmashree Award - 2005.
At the hands of His Hon. President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

•  Pune Municipal Corporation -Yashwantrao Chavan Puraskar - 1998.
At the hands of Shri. Ramakrishna Hegde, Former Union Minister for Commerce.

•  Rotary Club, Pune - Service Excellence Recognition Award (SERA)1998

•  Bandhuta Pratishthan Award - Promotion of Brotherhood (1997)
Social Service to the downtrodden

•  Institute of Marketing & Management - Excellence in Education & Top Management Club Award
at the hands of Dr. P.C Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra

•  Rotary Club of Pune Award- Promotion of International Understanding

•  Pune Municipal Corporation - Outstanding College Teacher
Award at the hands of Jayantrao Tilak

Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, the Joint Director of Symbiosis Society is a doctor, a gynecologist, who also has a degree in law to add to her qualification. Born in 1964, she imbibed the zeal for social and educational work through her father, Dr. S. B. Mujumdar. She has traveled widely to countries like UK, USA, UAE, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia etc. On these tours she has participated in educational fairs and has interacted with students and parents in an attempt to promote higher Indian education abroad.		Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar Principal Director
She has also developed close contacts with the Ministries of Education in different countries. By liaisoning with these departments she is able to understand the specific needs of the youth of those countries. Under her administration at Symbiosis, these needs are then met and provided for, in an attempt to increase the comfort level of the foreign students at Symbiosis. Dr. Vidya's main interest is to carry forward the vision of her father, Dr. S. B. Mujumdar - by promoting international understanding through quality education. Being a member of the Board of Management of the Symbiosis Society and Symbiosis Deemed University, she contributes to the overall planning and development of Symbiosis. She has been instrumental in collaborations of Symbiosis with some of the world-class universities.

Symbiosis Society

Symbiosis, capturing the spirit of its biological meaning, was formed as an international cultural and educational center in 1971 primarily to promote global understanding between Indian and foreign students through education. Today, the Symbiosis Society proudly runs 32 academic institutions ranging from kindergarten to postgraduate institutes. Thousands of students from over 32 countries pursue studies at Symbiosis Institutes. In Symbiosis, excellence is a passion. A competent, dedicated and devoted Director heads each institute. The managing committee of Symbiosis comprises of eminent academicians, industrialists, bankers and social workers, who with their knowledge and experience guide the activities of this society.

The Symbiosis Family

• Symbiosis International Cultural Centre (SICC)
• English Language Teaching Institute Symbiosis (ELTIS)
• Symbiosis Society’s Law College (SSLC)
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM)
• Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Research in Law & Development (DAIRLD)
• Symbiosis Society’s College of Arts, Commerce and Computer Science (SACC)
• Symbiosis Nursery School (SNS)
• Symbiosis Primary School (SPS)
• Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR)
• Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC)
• Symbiosis Society’s Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Museum & Memorial (SSAMM)
• Symbiosis Secondary School (SSS)
• Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB)
• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS)(For Defence Personnel & their dependants)
• Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD)
• Symbiosis SPA (SS)
• Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM)
• Symbiosis Centre of Health Care (SCHC)
• Symbiosis Society’s Vidhyavardhini High School Harali, Dist. Kolhapur
• Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT)
• Symbiosis Society’s Kindergarten, Nasik (SKN)
• Symbiosis School, Nasik (SSN)
• Symbiosis Institute of Foreign Languages (SIFL)
• Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning ( SCDL)
• Symbiosis Society’s Afro Asian Cultural Museum
• Symbiosis International Educational Centre, Deemed University (SIEC)
• Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (Under Graduate) (SCMS-UG)
• Symbiosis Institute of Design (SID)
• Symbiosis Institute of Geo Informatics (SIG)
• Symbiosis Institute of Teacher Education (SITE)
• Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM)
• Symbiosis International School (SIS)
• Symbiosis Open School (SOS)
• Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS)
• Symbiosis Centre of Liberal Arts

Symbiosis International University

In May 2002, Symbiosis was conferred with the Deemed University status. Symbiosis International University (SIU), Deemed University, comprises of three institutes: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Symbiosis Society's Law College (SSLC) and Symbiosis Institute for Computer Studies and Research (SICSR).

Dr. M.S. Raste, the Vice Chancellor of Symbiosis International University(SIU), is a renowned academician born and brought up in Pune. A student of the prestigious St. Vincent's High School, he later studied at Nowrosjee Wadia College, completing his L.L.B from Symbiosis Society's Law College and his Masters in Law and Ph.D. from University of Pune. He began his career as a lecturer in Symbiosis Society's Law College. He was a member, and later the Chairman, of the Board of Studies in Law. He has also been the Dean of the Faculty of Law as well as a member of the Academic Council, Senate Board of Examinations, and other committees of the University of Pune.		Dr. M.S. Raste Vice Chancellor of SIU
A hard core academician, an eschewed administrator... and even today, as his students say, "He is still a part of us!"

The University is globally acknowledged as one of the best educational institutions imparting quality education for over 30 years. Symbiosis is a family of 32 academic institutions spread across eight campuses in and around Pune. SIU keeps a keen eye on the current trends and innovations happening in the market place and offers courses, which are designed to meet the evolving requirements of the industry. The Center has an active managing committee and an advisory council, which is made up of eminent academicians, industrialists, bankers and social workers.