SIES Mumbai PGDM: Curriculum, Fees, Placements, Admission 2026

SIES School of Business Studies (SIESSBS) offers AICTE approved 2 years full time Post Graduate Diploma in Management. SIES PGDM is recognized as MBA equivalent by AIU. PGDM program has a legacy of last 28+ years.

SIES PGDM addresses the need for multi-faceted, multi-skilled managers who are capable of handling complex situations and are quick to adapt to change. The PGDM is covered over six trimesters ensuring that the students are thoroughly skilled in at least one functional area while having more than a fundamental working knowledge of another. The PGDM course seeks to enhance the students learning by offering knowledge-building projects in each semester, while fine-tuning their leadership, communication and inter-personal skills.

SIES Mumbai offers specializations in the areas of Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Operations & systems in its PGDM program.

The Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Management was started in 1997 in collaboration with the Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA). It is a 24 month full time AICTE approved program catering to the needs of the Pharmaceutical industry, and offers education on industry specific subjects like Pharmaceutics, Physiology, GMP, Pharma Marketing (including Product Management, Brand Building, New Project Launch and Sales Force Management), IPR, Drug Regulation, International Marketing in addition to General Management. SIESSBS is the pioneer to recognize the Pharma industry’s need for skilled and competent professionals in the knowledge economy.

Program Highlights

• First program of its kind in India
• Program catering to the managerial needs of the pharmaceutical industry
• Program originally designed in collaboration with IDMA
• State of the art syllabus upgraded every year through a panel of experts
• Foundation module at the beginning of the program (convergence module)
• Several pharmaceutical industry specific subjects throughout the program like, physiology & pharmacology, drug dosage forms, intellectual property rights, pharma business environment, clinical research, FDA, international business and marketing, etc.
• Very high corporate integration in terms of teaching and concurrent projects
• Leadership trait development program (soft skill oriented inputs)
• Foreign language (Business German) as the optional subject
• Personality development programs
• Yoga & Meditation programs
• Outstanding track record of placement (both summer as well as final)
• Students to constantly undertake research activity to sharpen analytical skills

The Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Biotechnology) is a unique industry and has its own individual demands, causing exceptional needs for the industry. With a growth rate of almost 37%, there is a dearth of managers who understand the specialty and novelty of this field, people trained to tackle issues related to IPR, finance, marketing, personnel in this sector. There arises, thus, a new need for specialized Biotech Business Managers.

Program Highlights

• Specialized program, catering to the management needs of the niche Biotech industry
• Program originally designed in collaboration with IIEM
• Foundation module at the beginning of the program to help orient students to working in a B-School (convergence module)
• Contemporary syllabus with a 60:40 break up of components consisting of Management subjects and Biotech subjects throughout the program like Intellectual Property Rights, Biotech Business Environment, Clinical Research, FDA, International Business and Strategic Marketing , etc.
• Corporate integration in terms of teaching and concurrent projects, guest lectures by industry stalwarts and industrial visits.
• Leadership Development Program (soft skill oriented inputs)
• Foreign language (Business German) as the optional subject
• Students to constantly undertake research activity to sharpen analytical skills.
• Personality Development Programs