About Us

Gateway to Excellence

Pune is well known for its quality education that attracts students from far and wide. Rightly, therefore, Pune is known as the modern Takshashila of India and Oxford of the East. Situated in picturesque Sahyadris, 160 km South East of Mumbai,Pune is the cultural capital of Maharashtra. With its moderate climate, excellent ambience for learning, good connectivity with other parts of the country and a vibrant society.Pune is a much sought-after destination for students from India and abroad. Pune's popularity has been on the rise as more and more internationally acclaimed brands and multinationals are making this important city a part of their plan. Pune also enjoys other advantages like progressive infrastructure, people friendliness, rich heritage of art, architecture, literature, music and theater. The P. S. D. Shastri Education Foundation (P.S.D.S.E.F.) presently has 7 institutes with individual infrastructure and additional hostels, harbouring constructive platform and conducive environment for learning. All the institutes have a highly modern infrastructure which is regularly upgraded. These modernised learning institutes also have the recognition of relevant statutory bodies. Every norm and standard has been thoroughly metwith by every institute. ASMA (approved by AICTE, New Delhi, affiliated to University of Pune and recognized by Government of Maharashtra), the sky Depicts ETERNITY, INFINITY and VASTNESS. When captured in the realm of knowledge.... new horizons, new visions and new frontiers open up for aspiring and deserving students. At our Management Institute, the primary objective and focus is to provide a strong platform for students to groom into highly talented and trained professionals. By bench-marking high standards of quality of both faculty and students; excellent state-of-the-art infrastructure; the physical ambience of the Institute, all accelerates to the complete development of each student. Our stringent interdisciplinary learning environment lends tremendous support to our mission of grooming young talent to match and meet the expectations of the ever increasing demands of the corporate world.

Executive Director

Dr. Foueti is a Certified Emergenetics Trainer. He did his certification training in Hong Kong 2006. He has conducted training in the field of education, corporate, and Non Government Organisations. He is a Training Director and guest lecture with the International University of the Nations, Hawaii. He conducts training, coaching, and mentoring of both groups and individuals with this University. He has over 10 years of experience in leadership, training, and coaching of an International NGO at middle and senior management in the Pacific and Asia. He is responsible for various training programmes in NGOs in South Asia. Dr. Foueti is an ardent believer in developing individual to achieve their highest potential.

Dr. Foueti Motuhifonua

Director - Communication Dr. Ah Kie Lim is a native of Malaysia. She works as a human resource development director for Asian Institute of Intercultural Studies a US based international university. Dr. Lim holds a Master degree in Intercultural Studies focused on Cross-cultural Leadership Development and a PhD in Contextual Human Resource Development with Fuller Graduate School, California, USA. She received an award for her PhD dissertation in contextual human resource development. Dr. Lim pioneered a Cross-cultural training school in Manila, Philippines with University of the Nations. She is also the director for the human resource development work with the University of the Nations in the US. Dr. Lim speaks regularly in Europe, United States of America, Africa, and Asia.

Dr. Ah Kie Lim

International Faculty

Dr. Keasi is a Certified Emergentics Trainer and Certified Birkman Consultant. These are significant scientific and psychometric tools used by large corporations, NGOs and Educational Institutions and focus on human development. As Country Manager of Emergenetics India, Dr. Keasi oversees the overall operations and business activities of the company. Dr. Keasi is responsible for both the day-today running of the company and the growth and development of our Associates base. In the area of operations, Keasi also liaises with Emergenetics Asia to ensure consistencies in procedures, deliverables and strategies. Dr. Keasi is passionate about social work and had been with International NGOs at the capacity of City Coordinator - 3 years, Project Director - 2 years, Team Leader - 2 years, with working experience in health care for more than 9 years and community development for 2 years. Dr. Keasi had travel and speaks at various Social and cultural, educational and behavioural related topics in countries like New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Pacific lslands.

Dr. Keasi Tupou M.

Training & Placements

The Institute has multi-disciplinary faculty which are drawn from a resource-pool of highly experienced industry professionals, consultants and academicians. Their different backgrounds and vast experience provide valuable insights into the dynamic and challenging world of business. It also has a thorough, balanced blend of full time, part-time and visiting faculty. The faculty is involved in continuous, relevant and innovative research programmes for betterment of their teaching techniques. Building confidence in the students is the hallmark of our faculty
Stepping into a Competitive World

For ensuring the very success of students in the highly volatile job market, the Institute has a separate Training and Placement Cell with a full time Training and Placement Officer. Frequent and regular liaison is maintained with the industry for organizing Campus Interviews and inplant training. The Placement Cell is a team with a well-knit referral network keeping an eye on the industry, not only finding the right vacancies but also looking at the future possibilities and challenges.
Counselling & Assessment Cell

This is an arm of the Training & Placement Cell. This cell of the Institute is unique. Counselling & Assessment of students is scientifically conducted on a continuous basis by experts in relevant fields. The assessment records are maintained to keep track of the progress made by the students. This also helps the Institute to provide appropriate inputs to induce betterment.
Equipping for Life with Value Addition Courses

We operate with the dual aim of assisting students to make the transition from full-time study to full-time employment comfortable and also providing Corporates, the Professionals with mentored & consistent leadership. The Value Added courses harness the students abilities to pursue excellence and perform most constructively.

Training Programs for ASMA Students MBA/MCA) Team Building Selling Skills Supervisory Skills Emotional Intelligence Interpersonal Effectiveness Group Discussions Stress Management Aptitude Test Excel Goal Setting Communication Skills Time Management Library Sessions Yoga & Meditation Interview Skills Analytical Skills Conflict Management Lateral & Creative Thinking

Decision making and problem solving skills Analytical Skills

Few of The Companies Visited Our Campus MAERSK - Shipping Company Disha Direct Venky's Xtreem Software Infosys - KPO Pravin Masale Religare Arthabodh

DTDC Courier & Cargo Ltd Beyond Petals Electronet Equipment Pvt. Ltd HR Solutions Upohan Management Consultants Vanaz Engineering Nirman Technology Placement Coordinator Head
Name Designation
Qualification

Mr.Pravin Potdar Assistant Director(T & P)

B.Sc (Geology) MBA (Marketing) 23

Experience

Industrial

Mr.Pravin Potdar