Sadhana Centre for Management and Leadership Development

Sadhana Centre for Management and Leadership Development (SCMLD) is a private business school in Pune training the post graduate in leadership development skills. SCMLD came into being by the financial contribution and emotional alignment of, and persuasion by, the former students of Prof M. S. Pillai, who was the director of SCMHRD from its concept & inception in 1993, to April 2004.

History

Former students giving money, a friend offering his building, old colleagues joining to work without salary, teachers volunteering to teach free, three former students leaving their work at Ahmedabad, Cochin & Chandigarh and staying at Pune for forty days to setup infrastructure for the institute, more than thousands of such former students supporting in a variety of ways - placements, sharing valuable inputs, standing by for help as and when required etc. are the facts behind SCMLD's creation, uniqueness and its growth so far. Therefore it is dedicated to that noble emotion, spirit and energy of the universe that came through those involved. The journey has only begun. It is dedicated to the all pervading divine energy which energizes all beings. SCMLD is only an instrumentality. Commencement of the courses...2004

Unique aspects of SCMLD

Students are to work & earn pocket money while learning, irrespective of one’s financial background, and organize learning events like seminars, mini seminars, out of box activities and outbound learning programs.

Campus

Campus of SCMLD, Pune are situated in two different campus currently. Apart from the state-of-the-art classrooms, the campus has facilities which include:

  • A Central Library which has books, reports, journals, periodicals, CDs and video cassettes.
  • A Health Care Centre, which has an on-call doctor.
  • A multicuisine Canteen and Mess which offer plenty of options in dining.

Programmes offered

SCMLD offers PGPEL and APEL full time residential course.

  • Post Graduate Program in Executive Leadership [PGPEL]:
  • Advanced Program in Executive Leadership [APEL].

IGNOU Partnership

SCMLD has been accepted as a partnership institution of IGNOU. Under this SCMLD is authorized to offer any under graduate or post graduate programme of Indira Gandhi National Open University on a face to face (classroom) mode, for the students of IGNOU.

Admission Procedure

SCMLD offer Unique Student friendly Selection Process. Admission are given only when the candidate and at least one parent visit SCMLD campus and satisfy themselves of all infrastructure, placement and other details. They need to interact with existing students and seek all clarifications from staff / faculty / director before paying the fee. Hence written test is kept at SCMLD campus in Pune. This also gives candidates to prepare well in advance and attempt the test and score well.