A visionary, an inspirer and a true leader! The man that I am talking about is Dr S B Mujumdar Sir, and I am fortunate to have been born as his daughter. I was born into a very different family, a perception that I developed much later because this seemed utterly normal to me during …
We are living in the age of globalization. Therefore, the most poignant questions that arise are What leads to globalization? How can we achieve it? And even more importantly, how can we expose the next generation to it once we have achieved it? I had my first taste of the benefits of international exposure when I …
Dr. S. B. Mujumdar established Symbiosis in 1971 as a small welfare organization for foreign students. The first centre that was established was the Symbiosis International Cultural Centre. It started in our house as Dr. Mujumdar did not own any land or buildings to create an organization. Therefore, Symbiosis was born and established in our little …
Many may not be aware, but it was way back in the early 1970s that Dr S. B. Mujumdar founded Symbiosis to address the difficulties faced by African foreign nationals coming to study in India. To be specific, while Dr S. B. Mujumdar was a Professor at Ferguson College, he had come across a Mauritian student …