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What happens when your plans for a celebration go awry due to an unprecedented crisis? Do you cancel the plans you had carefully worked on, or do you take the celebrations up a notch by making it a grand virtual fiesta with excited participants from around the world? The SPJ Alumni Relations Team opted for the latter and recently organised the SPJ Alumni Fiesta 2020 – a dynamic cultural event that showcased the diverse talents of the global SPJ alumni community.

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It was a big surprise for me when my name was called by our beloved Dean, Dr. Balakrishna Grandhi, for winning the Global Achievement Award during our Virtual Graduation Ceremony 2020. I knew beforehand that I was part of the Dean’s List from the Consulting Management stream, but the Global Achievement Award was an unexpected and thoroughly pleasant surprise!

Topics: Alumni, Careers, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Articles, Student Life & Experiences, Community, Alumni Stories

Ritansh Jain, hailing from Rajasthan, had completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. He wanted to pursue his postgraduate studies in the field of luxury and chose SP Jain School of Global Management and MIP Politecnico di Milano’s Master in Global Luxury Goods and Services Management program (Class of 2018). He now has an exciting role as a Luxury and Fashion PR Executive at Amigos Communications, a media and news company, in Mumbai. We caught up with Ritansh to learn how the program helped him develop the skills essential for his dynamic work.

Topics: Alumni, Careers, Luxury Management, Community, Alumni Stories

Eva Bhairavia, our student of the Master in Global Luxury Goods and Services Management program (Class of 2018), is the founder of Coccolare, one of the first luxury nail studios in Ahmedabad, India. She believes in using the best products to offer her clients an exclusive experience. How did SP Jain and MIP Politecnico di Milano’s luxury management program help her in her entrepreneurial journey? We catch up with Eva to know about her experience, her venture and more!

Topics: Alumni, Luxury Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Community, Alumni Stories

When both Vanity Fair and Vogue feature a brand among the world’s best, there’s not much left to the imagination about its success, right? Mysore Saree Udyog (MSU) might be a household name in southern India today, but during the brand’s launch back in 1932, my family had started it with the intention of manufacturing and supplying real gold threads, commonly known as Zari. Over the past 9 decades since its launch, we slowly expanded MSU into the manufacture and retail of authentic silk yarn and fabric, and the success of the brand today speaks for itself.

Topics: Alumni, Luxury Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Community, Alumni Stories

My entrepreneurial journey started around 8 years ago when I came to Singapore along with the other co-founders of our company to start Comm-IT Consultancy Services – an IT consulting firm. It was around the same time that I got accepted into the SP Jain Executive MBA program, and I could immediately see a difference in how I handled business. I used to apply the learnings from my class directly to the company operations, and we were soon able to expand our start-up to the other parts of ASEAN. One of the most important learnings from my MBA journey was that what matters is not what you think, but what your customers think. Design thinking may seem like a recent buzzword to many – but what people often do not know is that all successful businesses have been applying this concept forever.

Topics: Alumni, Careers, Executive MBA, Alumni Stories, Disruptive Technologies

A career at sea is not for the meek. A majority of global trades happen across the oceans, demanding that the seafarers often brave their lives in order to achieve their targeted goals and serve the public. How could they be rewarded for these efforts? This is what serial entrepreneur Saurish Nandi (Executive MBA Class of 2012) wanted to address when he co-founded SeaMiles in late 2018. We caught up with Saurish to know more about the venture.

Topics: Alumni, Executive MBA, SP Jain School of Global Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Community, Alumni Stories

A commerce graduate from Bangalore’s Christ University, Rishab Bhansali had done a couple of internships and spent a few years working with his family’s business before enrolling for SP Jain’s Master of Global Business (MGB) program in 2018. He recently started working as the Head of Marketing at Mana Projects Pvt Ltd, a real estate firm in Bangalore. We caught up with him to find out more.

Topics: Alumni, Careers, Master of Global Business, SP Jain MBA, Community, Alumni Stories

Global MBA 2014 graduate Sourabh Joshi was always drawn to the world of start-ups. But it wasn’t until he got an opportunity to build a digital logistics platform at FarEye that he discovered his true potential. Not only was he a part of the business and strategy team working with the founders, but he also got an opportunity to manage different functions like business development, sales, account management, and pre-sales.

Topics: Alumni, Careers, SP Jain School of Global Management, Alumni Stories, Supply Chain & Logistics

Who says that business and pleasure shouldn’t be mixed? Master of Global Business (MGB) graduates Anshul Khandelwal and Natasha Mehta Khandelwal found their soulmates in each other before realising that there’s nobody else they’d rather start their venture with. Today, they are the co-founders of Namaste India, a cloud kitchen set out to spread more smiles every day. We caught up with Anshul to learn more.

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Get the salary bump you want and deserve! Everybody loves a good paycheck and knows how critical it is to negotiate well when they receive a job offer. When that offer comes, however, we worry about appearing too greedy and whether the offer will stand on asking for a higher salary, making us shy away from a good salary negotiation. According to Jobvite, a recruitment firm, 71% of people do not negotiate their salaries, leaving money on the table. Here are some tips that I have learnt to implement from experience while negotiating a job offer.

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After completing her Global MBA at SP Jain, Rubi Solanki first interned with Coca-Cola and then got placed at Cogoport. How did these experiences shape her? Rubi shares.

Topics: Alumni, Careers, Global MBA, Admissions

A lot has already been said about Blockchain, the technology at the heart of bitcoin, and its potential to transform the world. The most cutting-edge technology today, blockchain has already attracted high attention, and is rumored to be bigger than even the internet.

Topics: Alumni, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Articles, Disruptive Technologies

Landing a good job in a field of your interest & expertise is just the boost needed to see your career advance. Career progression was one of the most important reasons why I enrolled for the SP Jain EMBA program. Imagine my excitement when I was offered the position of a Supply Chain Manager at De United Foods Industries Limited in Accra, Ghana!

Topics: Alumni, Careers, Executive MBA, Success Stories, Articles, Alumni Stories

The Master in Global Luxury Management (MGLuxM) program was one of the most enriching experiences I’ve ever had. It gave me an opportunity to study at SP Jain and MIP, two of the world’s leading colleges who came together to provide us with an incredible learning experience. The program helped me understand how adaptive and ever-changing the luxury industry is, with first-hand exposure to both the local and global luxury markets.

Topics: Alumni, Luxury Management, Alumni Stories

1) You can’t achieve results by being comfortable

Embracing discomfort is the first step to achieving the ‘not so usual’ results. Nothing meaningful was ever achieved by being comfortable. Trekking at 60-degree slopes on the mountains tirelessly requires determination, continuous focus on the summit, and motivation.

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My personal experience with SP Jain’s luxury management program was one of a kind. The course is beautifully designed – while regular class attendance and participation helped me prepare well for assignments and examinations, our professors went out of their way to guide us even outside the classrooms. We had numerous international faculty who helped us gain niche expertise. Their tie-ups with local agencies also helped us a lot – right from finding accommodation to the Visa verification interviews. The made the cumbersome process of moving to a new country completely hassle-free.

Topics: Alumni, Luxury Management, Success Stories, Alumni Stories

It gives me immense pleasure to receive this opportunity and express my heartiest gratitude to the entire team of SP Jain School of Global Management (Mumbai) and MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business (Milan) for giving us this wonderful experience during our Master in Global Luxury Goods and Services Management (MGLuxM) program.

Topics: Alumni, Careers, Luxury Management, Community, Alumni Stories

SP Jain’s Master of Global Business (MGB) student, Priyanka Gupta, has authored two books on Women Entrepreneurs. Priyanka, a student of Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management, recently published ‘Unravelling the Myth’ and ‘The Women Who Ventured’, two books which have been drawing attention from the Indian and international media alike. We caught up with Priyanka to hear her story.

Topics: Alumni, Community, Alumni Stories

Aruna Subramanyan (GMBA’09) is currently the Asia Africa Talent Development Lead at Monsanto Company. We caught up with her to find out a bit more about her life and career post SP Jain.

Topics: Alumni, Student Life & Experiences

Continuing the conversations with SPJ Superwomen across domains, we caught up with Meru Sharma (GMBA 2015) to hear her tale!

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Bhavya Chandrahas (Founder & CEO – Dori) is a GMBA 2008 alumnus of SP Jain School of Global Management. Let us hear her tale with Dori as an SPJ Superwoman!

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What happens when students graduate? They leave with memories, good and bad, and with friends to help write a new chapter in their life. But stories, knowledge, and information do not stop here. We share them with people who are eager to learn about them, who pass them on to others later.

Topics: Alumni, Executive MBA, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences

After graduating in 2004 with a Telecommunication Engineering degree and having worked on Mobile Softwares for about 4 years, I was very keen to grow my career and learn the business skills for the same.

Topics: Alumni, Global MBA, Alumni Stories

The November of the year 2010 was a month of anticipation, excitement and nerves. I was to embark on journey that I had envisioned for myself for a long time— pursuing an MBA degree with one of the world’s leading business school. Little did I know that all the qualms and reservations that I hosted were going to be transformed into an experience of a lifetime, making me into a completely different person.

Topics: Alumni, Thought Leadership, Community, Alumni Stories

In a world where mental illnesses are treated with utter disregard, SP Jain School of Global Management’s GMBA student Kabir Mandrekar has chosen to be a catalyst for change. While messages are often conveyed through various mediums like music, painting or poems, Kabir has chosen the very simple medium of an e-book to convey his message to a wide audience. Kabir Mandrekar’s e-book, “The Standing Man” was officially launched with Juggernaut Books on Friday, 17th March 2017.
“I want to bring an awareness that seeking professional help when it comes to personal problems should not be seen negatively. It is okay to consult professional help or at least communicate with people close to you if you are facing any problems,” says Kabir.

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In our interaction with SP Jain Alumnus Amar S (GMBA 2008), he talks to us about his varied experiences both inside and outside SP Jain.

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SP Jain’s alumnus, Subhendu Pattnaik, was recently awarded by CMO Asia and World Federation of Marketing with ‘Top 50 Brand Leaders of Asia 2017’, in Singapore. He was also a part of the Panel Discussion on ‘Purposeful Marketing’ with Marketing leaders from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam and more.

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Currently heading the Business Development and Operations  for Bahwan CyberTek in Qatar, Arunkumar Subramanian is an alumnus of S P Jain School of Global Management’s GMBA, 2009. Bahwan CyberTek (BCT) is a global IT products and services provider with over 3000 employees. Arunkumar joined BCT in 2010 for his second job after his MBA. Arunkumar started his post MBA career as an Account Manager and then grew up the ladder to become a Geo head. “When I look back at my career growth and connect the dots, I can attribute my success to many aspects of S P Jain, like faculty, infrastructure, peers and location. But the precious piece of advice came from none other than Mr. Nitish Jain and it is one of my key success factors on a personal/professional front”, he recalls.

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An alumnus of S P Jain School of Global Management, Khameer Shah completed his GMBA in 2014. He is currently the director of Light Pro Solutions and is one of the leading entrepreneurs of the country. Born in Chennai, India’s young entrepreneur, Khameer Shah, began to show an interest in the Lighting Industry at an early age. Through technological innovation, keen business strategy, and an aggressive business tactic, he established a company in Chennai with one simple mission to offer the highest standard of creative lighting design and client service.

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SP Jain School of Global Management’s alumnus, Prakarsh Jain, currently heads the Finance department of EduBridge Learning, a skill development and vocational training organization based in India that provides services to the youth in semi-urban areas.

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SP Jain School of Global Management’s alumnus, Padmanabh Diwanji, lists the time spent at S P Jain as an extremely rewarding and enriching experience. He talks about how the whole course was centered on relevant knowledge being imparted in an experiential environment. Here are a few excerpts from his interview.

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Q. You did your GMBA with SP Jain. What have you gained from this course?

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SP Jain’s alumnus, Mohammad Ashar, started his career as a Software Developer at CSC India after completing his B.Tech. When he found himself evolving into an HR professional after just a year at his workplace, he decided that a Global MBA with a specialisation in HR would be ideal for his career. “My life at SP Jain had been a roller coaster ride full of energy, zeal, and an enthusiasm to excel in life.”, Mohammad claims.

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We interacted with our alumnus Vijayant Dhaka who did his GMBA from SP Jain’s Singapore campus in 2009, and asked him about his experience. Here are a few of the excerpts from the same.

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In our interaction with S P Jain Alumnus Manish Rawat(GMBA-2007), he talks to us about how S P Jain continues to be a part of live, even after you’ve graduated.

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In our Alumni Entrepreneur Series this month, we’ve picked Nakul Jain, alumnus from our Class of MGB 2014 & Co-founder at The Laundry Basket. In our candid interaction with him, we find out about his time at S P Jain.

Topics: Alumni, Master of Global Business, SP Jain School of Global Management, Community, Alumni Stories

When we asked our alumnus, Suman Mishra(GMBA-2008) who works as an Senior Strategic Account Manager with Wipro Technologies to share his S P Jain experience, he was absolutely thrilled to share how the impact resonates across different areas of his life. He insists that he has had profound impact through three key aspects of life— the people, Infrastructure and the process. Suman has been kind to share details of his experience in our interaction. Below are excerpts from our interaction.

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My experience at S P Jain was phenomenal. For me, it wasn’t just the courses but more about sharing and learning from others’ experiences, teamwork, changing the approach to work and most significantly the bond I still share with my friends from SP Jain.

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The Alumni Entrepreneurs Series (Alumni) at S P Jain seeks to feature some of the most talented and enthusiastic alumni who have, after completing their MBA taken on to start their own businesses. Featuring this month, Mr. Piyush Garg, alumnus from our GMBA 2008 batch shared with us his S P Jain experience.

Topics: Alumni, Study Abroad, SP Jain School of Global Management, Community, Alumni Stories

Featuring a dynamic alumnus in our Alumni Speak segment this week, we interacted with GMBA Alumni, Sushmeet Singh to know more about what how his S P Jain experience contributed to his personal growth and career trajectory.

Topics: Alumni, Study Abroad, SP Jain School of Global Management, Community, Alumni Stories

As part of our newly launched WE Series, we are very glad to feature Alumnus Sahiba Singh as our successful Woman Entrepreneur this month.

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Aakanksha Bhargava (GMBA Class of 2006) joined her father’s business, PM Relocations Pvt. Ltd. (PMR), in 2007, at a time when it had 38 employees and three offices. At 21 years old, she went on to handle PMR’s corporate sales, marketing, and operations, among other departments. Aakanksha’ s leadership saw that in just 10 years, PMR expanded its base to 14 offices across India, including Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The bottom-line grew manifold from a turnover of INR 3 crores in 2010 to closing around 50+ crores in 2017.

Topics: Alumni, Global MBA, Alumni Stories

Nanika Kakkar (GMBA Batch of May 2014) has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from HR College Mumbai. She comes from a highly academic family background where both her parents hold advanced degrees in science. Her father is currently the Vice President for a reputed and national level Industry Association. She stresses that she has always tried to model her career in her father’s footsteps, to reflect progression and accountability in a thriving economic scenario.

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Post my Global MBA at S P Jain I joined Yes Bank Ltd at Mumbai. I was recruited for Technology and Business Group in the bank to manage the Business Intelligence/Analytics Application portfolio. During my stint at Yes Bank, I went through tedious yet enriching experience of learning different aspects of banking and experienced in detail how technology supports the ecosystem in any financial services.

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Chetan Sodhani, an S P Jain MBA alumnus (from the class of 2009), belongs to a conservative Marwari family (a business community in India) who own a logistics and textile machine parts manufacturing business. Chetan is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary, and was working at the Statutory Audit division of PwC when he realised that his passion for investment banking could eventually lead him to a dream career in consulting. Pursuing an MBA degree seemed to be the first (and right) step in this direction. After researching hard and evaluating numerous options that would give him the right leverage and exposure, Chetan zeroed in on S P Jain’s Global MBA program.

Topics: Alumni, Global MBA, Alumni Stories

Our alumni community comprises over 4,000 graduates who have gone on to do amazing things in their lives and careers. They serve as innovators in the global business community, manage businesses for some of the world’s top multinational firms and turn ideas into new companies.

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