Shree Chanakya Education Society’s “Indira Group of Institutes”, Pune was established in 1994, with the explicit vision to provide sustainable impetus to the corporate and entrepreneurial abilities in the youth. The realization that a robust framework of education is indispensable for the growth of global leaders, the visionary, Dr. Tarita Shankar, Chairperson, Indira Group, integrated her pursuit of excellence and articulated educational institutions, known as Indira Group of Institutes (IGI), which imbibe human excellence and demonstrate strong social values, with a single minded pursuit of developing the youth to become business leaders.

Unrelenting initiatives by the management team at Indira led to adding of multi-disciplines such as Management, Information Technology, Pharmacy, Commerce, Science, Engineering and Mass Communication to the group and growth has been as deep as it has been wide. With 12 institutions, IGI now offers education right from Kindergarten to Doctorate level studies. IGI believes in the economic independence of individuals. In this endeavor we aim to inspire our post graduate students to create a niche for themselves in the Indian Economic order first, and then compete globally. We owe our gratitude to the Indian Industry for consistently collaborating with us in this endeavor. Renowned industrialists have visited us and tremendously enhanced the morale of our students by sharing their vast knowledge and experience about entrepreneurial opportunities and foster a spirit of entrepreneurship amongst students.

Having traversed the journey of twenty-five years we have ourselves made certain significant achievements which, we are aware, are but the building blocks for achieving further heights.

• Indira is ranked amongst the top 2 B-schools in Pune, by the prestigious AIMA – IMJ
• The same journal gave us a top 30, all India ranking on the parameters of Industry interface.
• Our students have shown good academic results and have been at the level of university ranking.
• The achievements of our students have enabled them to attract some of the best corporate recruiters.
• Indira Group of Institutes and our goodwill has enabled us to establish campus agreement with Microsoft for using different software.
• Our goodwill with Microsoft was further accentuated with Microsoft conducting workshops at Indira, for train the trainer modules.
• Business India has also ranked us amongst the top 3 educational institute in Pune from 2 consecutive years
• Our Institutes have received accreditation from various certifying bodies
• Indira Institute of Management was the first management institute in Maharashtra to receive the accreditation from the NBA, New Delhi.
• We also have our audiovisual centers supported by Harvard Business School , Stanford, Pyramid Media and Tom Peters Company and we have vast collection of titles.

Chairperson's Message

Dear Students

Pursuit of Management Education at Indira Group of Institutes has been an inspiring journey. With over two decades of existence, and shortly closing on twenty five years of celebrating education, Indira strongly believes in the power of education to transform the youth. The philosophy, governance and values of business are witnessing a sea change and plenty of its repercussions are already being witnessed across the globe. Indira embraces these changes and epitomizes matching innovation in curriculum. Such transformational efforts lead our aspiring managers to become professionals who develop capabilities to lead in dynamic environment.

Quality being the bottom line for every industry, Indira has never lost sight of the fact that for India to forge ahead in its drive towards economic supremacy in the world, it is the quality of our people who drive it that matters most. And quality, as the cliché goes, is never an accident but an article of faith, and the entire faculty team at Indira embodies such dedication to quality. The Indira Group has proven itself on this count and has no intention of resting on its laurels.

Indira offers holistic and transformative learning experience, designed and delivered by experts from industry and academia. While the curriculum keeps the programs contextually abreast, innovative pedagogies inspire application oriented learning.

Indira strives to create good human beings and not just professionals. With the confidence that our intentions have matched our efforts, I wish you the very best in the future.

Directors Message

Indira School of Communication, since its founding in the year 2004, has demonstrated steadfast innovation and creativity in all its programs, ISC culture is remarkable but so is its entrepreneurial spirit. We offer rigorous programs that embrace different theoretical and methodological approaches and develop the skills required for working in leading-edge media professions. Since its inception in 2004, ISC has trained over a thousand graduates percolating across Advertising, Print Broadcast journalism, Public Relations, Film/TV production, and Acting.

Besides regular studies, the students are exposed to guest Lectures given by the reputed professionals and industrialists periodically. We also make our students visit various industries to gain knowledge about practical applications of their study area. Through this Institute-Industry Linkage, we rationalize our students with the developments taking place in the real world from time to time in their domain. Apart from the University prescribed curriculum, we offer our students skill oriented and value added courses each semester to enhance their learning experience.

To inculcate team spirit, togetherness, ethical, social and moral values amongst out students, we have students’ cultural club-Shades. This club is effectively run and managed by the students.

Whichever course you study, you will meet staff and students passionately committed to the creative exploration of contemporary media practice. Your course will equip you with the knowledge, skills, experience and networks that will help you to define and shape the media and creative industries of the 21st century.

ISC believes in crafting out perfect personalities and not only imparting professional skills. Our trainees are armed with good human and communication skills even as they get prepared for various jobs in the media industry.

Life at ISC is full of fun and learning with myriad projects, outdoor assignments, cultural and academic events, and field trips.

Welcome to ISC. Unravel your own world. Discover your talents!