There is no denying that education is the most effective investment that can secure the future of not just an individual, but of a country. Researches unveil that each additional year of education increases an individual’s income by 10 percent and improves a nation’s GDP by 18 percent. Albeit India is going in the right direction in this perspective, we still can’t break out of the habit of looking at the past, glorifying it and wishing to copy it, instead of looking forward and do things which will help the student for the next 40 years of his/her career. Despite the fact that we are living in an exciting era of rapid transformations brought in by the technology, children’s education still lacks the futuristic outlook.

A visionary educationalist in the truest sense, Shaileshbhai Shah (Founder & Chairman, Sigma Group of Institutes the leading educational institution in central Gujarat for the last one and half decades) recognized this gap in 2002 itself. As a result, Shaileshbhai instilled a set of policies, procedures & practices at Sigma Group of Institutes that are essentially futuristic in nature, all the while abiding to the philosophy of ‘Knowledge is Power but learning should be enjoyable’.

Unlike other institutions that typically have just a few courses running, the group has a wide spread of education from KG to PG (from Gujarati & English medium schools, Diploma & Degree Engineering, Pharmacy, physiotherapy, Nursing, Science, to Commerce and Management Studies Colleges), which gives it a comprehensive view of the student’s views. However, the most significant benefit a student derive from the Sigma Group of Institutes is the keen emphasis it lays on the all round development of a student’s personality, since the group gives equal importance to Academics(teaching, assessing and guiding the students), Sports, Cultural Activities, Social Service and placement related activities.

These institutes not only have highly educated Managing Trustee Dr. Harsh Shah & Managing Director Dr. Jigar Patel, but also ensures a round the clock presence of the management in the campus and their personalized watch on all the institutes. “We are always very proud of our faculty members. As a rule, they are, and always have been well qualified, experienced and dedicated. To keep them updated, we regularly hold Faculty Development Programmes as well,” proclaims Shreya Shah, Joint Managing Trustee, Sigma Group of Institutes.

Classroom to Corporate
Being a strong proponent of wielding the power of technology to enhance the teaching & learning process, the group is continuously increasing the share of technology in its institutions. As evidence look no further than the Virtual Labs it has established in collaboration with IIT – Bombay, India's most prominent institute, despite having extremely well-equipped laboratories of its own. It has already installed interactive & smart teaching systems like Projectors, language labs, 3-D printing, AI applications, which makes learning easy, efficient and enjoyable. Likewise, libraries have books going beyond the syllabus giving the students a chance to be in touch with developments in other fields also. Even the workshops at these institutes have modern machines to work with to ensure that the students get a genuine hands-on experience.

Laying immense emphasis on making the students job-ready, Sigma Group of Institutes has chalked out a detailed training schedule named Classroom to Corporate. Under this initiative, the institutes teach soft skills, group discussion, resume writing, interview skills and give them details about prospects in various sectors. As impressive as this sounds, these are all backed by guest lectures from Industry leaders, Industrial visits, Industrial training, projects, model & prototype making, and developing entrepreneurial skills as well.

“Many students pursue PG courses these days but generally the average placement at Sigma Group of Institutes is 80 percent, as we organize Mega Job Fairs every year, where many companies including MNCs like Reliance, Infosys, Siemens, Panasonic, Alstom, Apollo tyres, TCS, HDFC Bank and others, come regularly to the campus,” adjoins Shaileshbhai. However, for those who want more than just a job, it extends full support full-fledged Entrepreneurship Development programs like Incubation Center for new projects, which are run with Government support. Because, Shaileshbhai’s vision is aligned with his strong belief in the idea today’s students are tomorrow’s entrepreneurs/executives.

Not only his vision is inspiring, but so is the story that narrates the journey of Shaileshbhai Bhai as well. Commenced his career by opening a small electric motor rewinding workshop, he gradually earned a reputation as an efficient & reliable technocrat. Owing to the support of his better half & cosmic power, his unswerving passion propelled Shaileshbhai to dive into educational industry and incept a school in Vadodara in 2002. With his unending

quest for excellence, it metamorphosed into a giant group constantly growing both vertically and laterally. Today, with a student’s strength of more than 15,000 and 1,000+ staff members, Sigma Group of Institutes have become the first choice of both the parents & students, thanks to its student-centric and futuristic policies, procedures & practices. also international students from 10-13 countries studying in various courses in sigma

The future growth for our group will come essentially from a different direction – the field of Medicine

As the group creates mountains of success stories every year across Academics, Sports, Cultural activities and projects, Mrs. Shreya feels that it would be unfair to single out just one. After much insistence to draw out one incidence, she responds, “Gujarat Technology University had conducted one Activity-based Team Learning for Innovative Engineers (ATELIER) Program. I am proud to inform that 26 students have been appointed by the University as Atelier Fellows. However, our students at all levels perform very well and bring pride & honour to the institutes, teachers & parents.”

All-Round Development
Its large campuses with state-of-the-art infrastructure accommodate full facilities for indoor & outdoor games(open spaces huge enough for even football & cricket) along with modern gym & swimming pool. Alongside, Sigma also provides ample scope & encouragement for students to practice & improve their skills in music, dance, singing, drama, elocution, debate, essay writing & so forth. In fact, its annual cultural program ‘Josh’ is already a talk-of-the-town.

"The most significant benefit a student derive from the Sigma Group of Institutes is the keen emphasis it lays on the all-round development of a student’s personality"

Sigma doesn’t miss out on social activities as well. The NSS group from its Pharmacy College go to villages for educating the local people on the proper way to take the medicines (explaining doses, side effects and more), whereas the volunteer groups from Sigma’s Diploma Engineering College go to an old Age Home and a Center for Blind, Dumb & Deaf Children to spend time with them and help them by doing their various tasks.

While the group intends to continue such activities and grow its present endeavours, it aims to become a University in the juncture. “The future growth for our group will come essentially from a different direction the field of Medicine. The Medical will be attached to a hospital which will also benefit our Pharmacy, Nursing & Physiotherapy students,” concludes Shaileshbhai.

Key Management
Shaileshbhai Shah, Founder & Chairman
Shaileshbhai is an inspiring entrepreneur, motivator and a leader who has always led from the front. He is an inspiring role model, who has nurtured Sigma from being just a small school into a giant group through a journey fraught with back-breaking challenges. Stopping is not in his blood and this was proved when he thought of diversifying the business and this time it was in the much talked about area of Electric vehicles. This is Next-Gen technology which will solve many current problems like over dependence on Fossil fuels, Pollution amongst many.

Jyotsanaben Shah, Vice Chairperson/Co-Founder
“Behind every successful Man is a Woman.” Proving this quote cent percent right, Jyotshnaben Shah has always laid her support in all the development which has taken place in Sigma Group of Institutes. She has always shown faith and endurance in development of this mammoth Educational Group. It is due to her sheer belief that Shaileshbhai remain determined in adding more and more courses to the Educational Bouquet. She is working very hard to fulfil expectations of all stake holders.

Harsh Shah, Management Trustee
Having studied in a globally competitive and challenging environment, (MBA-MDIS, Singapore affiliated with University of Wales, UK–2012), Harsh felt a need to start reform in Sigma campus from the day he took the charge. Having accomplished personal goals, he moved in to the education field with an Idea to return values to the source of origin.
After cementing the position of Educational entity, he swiftly moved in to field of Hospitality where again he made his mark with successfully managing one restaurant and one resort.

He is expert in managing cross-functional portfolios and proved himself as a young & dynamic leader with enthusiasm for the continuous development.

Shreya Shah, Joint Management Trustee
Passionate about business management & development, Shreya loves to handle critical management to solve & serve companies in formalizing sustainable strategies, be it through proactive financial management or development of new business venture.

Offerings: Schools(CBSE, GSEB & more) and professional colleges including Engineering, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy, B.SC, B. Com, BBA & MBA

Location: Bakrol, Ajwa Nimeta Rd.,Vadodara. Gujarat

Awards & Recognition
•Harsh Shah (Managing Trustee) was honoured with the prestigious Gujarat Young Achiever Award (2018) by the Honourable Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai Rupani
•Outstanding Engineering College in Gujarat 2019 by Centre for Education Growth and Research
•Gujarat Entrepreneurship Award by Sayaji Startup Summit in 2018

Sigma Group of Institutes in Spotlight
•Shaileshbhai instilled s set of policies, procedures & practices at Sigma Group of Institutes that are essentially futuristic in nature, all the while abiding to the philosophy of ‘Knowledge is Power but learning should be enjoyable’
•The group gives equal importance to Academics (teaching, assessing and guiding the students), Sports, Cultural activities, Social service and placement related activities.
•Its large campuses with state-of-the-art infrastructure accommodate full facilities for indoor & outdoor games (open spaces huge enough for even football & cricket) along with modern gym & swimming pool.
•It has established Virtual Labs in collaboration with IIT – Bombay, despite having extremely well-equipped laboratories of its own.
•It has already installed interactive & smart teaching systems like Projectors, language labs, 3-D printing, AI applications, which makes learning easy, efficient and enjoyable