SP Jain in the News

As an extension of the course “Happiness by Choice” and Project Giving, the students of SP Jain’s Dubai Campus recently expressed their care and support for refugee children across the globe through the artistic avenue of collages and letters which were sent to the children at various NGOs to. The Letters of Love Campaign aims to take this initiative across borders and wishes to gather over 1000 letters of love by reaching out to a larger community - schools, universities, and individuals, to contribute to this noble initiative.

Topics: Happiness by Choice

“Entrepreneurship, much like professional dancing, is often a passionate affair between a man and his creation. And, just as in dancing, entrepreneurship takes creativity, perseverance, agility, discipline, and teamwork to succeed,” share Dr Vishal Talwar (Former Assistant Dean and Head of Mumbai Campus - EMBA & BBA) and Amrita Singh (Development Trainer & Coach) while explaining the key aspects of Entrepreneurship in DNA India.

Topics: EMBA BBA

Dr. Nawazish Mirza was invited as the keynote speaker for the 8th International Conference with the theme “Future World 2050” hosted by University of Pula, Croatia. This conference is indexed in Web of Science, and brings together various stakeholders including policy makers, professionals and academia to brainstorm on issues related to the current day business. The 2017 conference was aimed at discussing innovations and its impact on various business verticals for developed and emerging economies. Dr. Mirza’s key note speech explored challenges and opportunities for financial systems of the future amidst technological innovations.

Topics: Faculty in the News

Dr Rajiv Aserkar (Professor & Head of Logistics and Supply Chain Management) and Ali Ahammed Shamir (Academic Manager, GLSM in Dubai) recently published the lead article in The Link Magazine (Page 37-42, Issue 4, Volume 14, June 2017) evaluating the results of the survey conducted to understand various supply chain disruptions and its impact in the Middle East.

Topics: Supply Chain Disruptions

“Over the last few decades, B-schools have developed massive intellectual property which has in turn helped them in catering to the dynamic knowledge and skill requirements of the corporate sector. Typically, some B-schools have a more academic inclination with research capabilities while some are more pro-corporate or inclined towards influencing the practice.” says Dr. Mathur in his article in The International Indian Yearbook 2017.

Topics: Next-Gen Business School Leaders

Dr Nawazish Mirza has published an article in Economic Research, Volume 30 (1), 2017 titled “Domestic and cross-border returns to bidders in acquisitions into the E.U”. Economic Research (Taylor & Francis Publication) is a peer reviewed journal with a JCR Impact Factor of 0.46 (Clarivative Analytics). The article analyses cross border mergers and acquisitions of United Kingdom’s banking sector between 2006 – 2013 and reports negative synergies for regulatory driven M&A activities.

Topics: Taylor & Francis Publication

“2016 saw relatively weak private equity deal flows within the GCC and can be best described as a watershed year as the demand and supply gap further narrowed, promising well for more activity in 2017.” — says Prof. Arindam Banerjee in his article, Undiscovered Horizons, published in Banker Middle East, April Edition.

Topics: Dubai Campus, Faculty in the News

Congratulations to Dr Rajiv Aserkar (Professor and Area Head – Logistics & Supply Chain, S P Jain School of Global Management) who presented his paper titled “Making Sourcing Decisions Through Total Landed Cost Exercise” in The International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference in Budapest, Hungary. The paper received appreciations from fellow educators from the top universities and leading industries from across the world. The Conference was co-hosted by University of Pannonia, Corvinus University of Budapest and Supply Chain Finance Community.

Topics: Faculty in the News

Hearty Congratulations to our PG - GMBA students Gurtejbir Sandhu and Sumanta Deb who won ‘First – Global Runners Up Winners’ at TATA Crucible Campus Business - International Finals 2017.

Topics: Tata Crucible