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How Diversity helps in a MBA classroom - Meet SPJIMR students

Diversity by design gradually should lead to diversity by extension being a natural part of the student pool at a Business School. However like everything that is slightly off the beaten path, this idea too has taken root and shape gradually at SPJIMR. With a unique approach which incorporates a focus on “value based leadership” from where can emerge leaders with a grounded perspective on things-that-be; diversity certainly adds to the “value” in the “value based leadership” that SPJIMR assimilates within its students.

Sonal Sapale18 Apr 2014

An Inspiring Story of how SPJIMR students are Touching Lives of the Underprivileged

SPJIMR balances academic learning having a global outlook with social sensitivity in order to groom its students into truly global leaders with a unique perspective and take on things. It has three learning innovations that it has incorporated through its coursework: Science of Spirituality with learnings from the holy Geeta; DOCC- Development of Corporate Citizenship – a six week rural internship in various villages and towns across India and Abhyudaya- a year-long mentoring process where each student mentors a bright, underprivileged child. These three programmes which run year long during the first year of the two year flagship programme have been developed with the idea of incorporating a keen sense of right and wrong in order that managers can make key decisions that impact the various stakeholders keeping the larger purpose of business in mind.

Sonal Sapale14 Apr 2014

IIM Shillong wins L`Oreal Brandstorm 2014

“We are #Krazyforkiehls” says the three-member team ‘Brandwagon’ from IIM Shillong, who won the National Finals of L’oreal Brandstorm – the flagship International marketing competition of L’oreal. Balakrishnan Muthukrishnan, Ninad Shukla and Ramanathan Kathiresan beat teams from FMS, SP Jain, and SCMHRD in the national round held at Mumbai in an exhilarating finish.

PR Cell IIM Shillong11 Apr 2014

Final Placements: SPJIMR Mumbai - Class of 2014

We are happy to note that SP Jain has provided placement data to us in the InsideIIM format. SP Jain has been publishing its final placement report, audited by CRISIL, in the IPRS format since 2011 (read the 2011 report here and the 2012 report here ). We were unable to find the 2013 report in the IPRS format. At InsideIIM, our view on the IPRS format is that although it provides an amazing level of detail about salaries, it suffers from a drawback because it does not incorporate profile information (i.e. the job profile for which the candidate was hired). We appreciate the forthrightness of SP Jain for reporting its placements in the IPRS format, but we also believe that the quality of job profiles is the most critical input while evaluating the placements at a B school. The InsideIIM placement report provides data on job profiles, and we are delighted to have this data from SP Jain from this year onwards. We hope this is the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship.

Team InsideIIM09 Apr 2014

Kaptains of IIM Kozhikode - Joel Modestus - The Enterprising Entrepreneur

Our ‘Kaptains of Kozhikode’ series corroborates the fact that IIM Kozhikode constantly strives to promote diversity in all respects. Be it extra- or co-curricular activities, sports, debates, international exposure, entrepreneurship et al, students are encouraged to pursue their passions and excel in them alongside maintaining a decent track record of academics. Amidst all this, there are young budding entrepreneurs like Joel Modestus who strongly believe that entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t. A seasoned Chess player, a ferocious reader, an adroit speaker and most importantly a humble human being, Joel has won several accolades in life and aims to give back to the society as and when it is possible.

Venu Merh07 Apr 2014

A B-Schooler's Bucket List | XLRI Jamshedpur

B-schools are like snowflakes. Why do I make this odd comparison you ask? Well discerning reader, I shall tell you.

Nadeem Raj04 Apr 2014

Exchange of Cultures at IIFT: Inbound Exchange

Life at a B-school is waking up every morning the way a lion does only to realize that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running. And it is a rather long run, two years to be exact.

Ishan Arora03 Apr 2014

Kashmir se Kanyakumari tak: SPJIMR interns in Rural India

With a focus on social sensitivity and maintaining a balance between 'value for values' while consciously moving towards achieving your ambitions, SPJIMR has often done things differently. The Development of Corporate Citizenship in one such endeavor in that direction. Every year, instead of summer internships, the entire batch of two hundred odd students undertakes a 6 week mandatory rural stint across the country. The stint includes a stay with the designated NGOs in the villages and working on a project which involves solving the very real and gritty problems that rural India grapples with.

Sonal Sapale03 Apr 2014