SP JAIN'S EVENTS

On 2^nd March 2017, Contemporary Marketing Management students of the GMBA May’16 cohort headed to JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai for a Global Learning visit. 

Topics: Business of Luxury Hospitality

Known as the festival of colours or the festival of love, Holi is a Hindu festival widely celebrated not only in India and by the Indian Diaspora, but also by Russians and the French. Traditionally celebrated after burning a wooden structure representing the demoness Holika, the festival celebrates the victory of good over evil. The colours are said to represent the bursts of joys.

Topics: Festival of Colours

Hospitality is much more than visual or culinary pleasantness. On 23^rd February 2017, SP Jain’s MGB students specialising in Contemporary Marketing Management visited Crowne Plaza, IHG Group to understand the function of the hospitality sector in Dubai and its influence on the country’s economy.

Topics: Industry Visit, Master of Global Business

On 12^th February 2017, the GMBA cohort specialising in IT and a few selected Undergraduate students keen to pursue technology and business visited the Microsoft Technology Centre located at Dubai Internet City for an interaction with the Developer Experience (DX) team to understand the business overview of Microsoft and the key role in plays in the UAE & GCC market.

Topics: Industry Visit

The Global Logistics and Supply Chain students of the GMBA May 2016 batch visited the Desert Group Head Quarters located in Dubai on 12^th February, 2017.

Topics: Desert Group UAE

“Digital is the main reason just over half of the companies on the Fortune 500 have disappeared since the year 2000.” – Pierre Nanterme, CEO of Accenture

The Digital Transformation Conclave 2017, held on the 8th of Feb at the Raffles Hotel, in partnership with Microsoft and Protiviti, saw a confluence of great minds from the IT and business worlds of the Middle East. Professionals from leading organizations came together to discuss and share the emerging digital trends needed now and in the future. In the current era, key technologies are driving digital transformation across industries. Disruptive technologies used in services and products will accelerate the growth of digital transformation. Understanding and adapting to these changes and their associated challenges is one of the top priorities of businesses today. Aptly themed ‘Leading Digital Transformation’ the conclave witnessed business leaders and change agents participating in panel discussions titled ‘Enabling Digital Transformation’ and ‘Driving Business Advantage with Digital Transformation.

Topics: Digital Transformation Conclave

On 7^th February 2017, Mr. Anthony Permal, Multi-Channel Marketing Manager for GlaxoSmithKline in the Gulf, shared his 18 years of experience as an inbound marketing specialist across various industries with the Bachelor of Business Communications cohorts of SP Jain’s Dubai Campus.

Topics: Visiting Wisdom

The second year Bachelor of Business Communication students at SP Jain’s Dubai campus learnt the value and power of integrated marketing communication with guest industry speaker Mr. Vinod Kumar, an experienced creative strategist and brand communications specialist based in UAE, on 6^th February, 2017.

Topics: Visiting Wisdom

The Nanyang MBA Olympics, hosted by Nanyang Business School is a volunteer interscholastic one-day sporting event that gathers the top MBA schools of Singapore (Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS), INSEAD, Singapore Management University (SMU), ESSEC, S P Jain School of Global Management) in a friendly sports competition on 5^th February, 2017.

Topics: MGB & GMBA, NTU Olympics