SP Jain in the News

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.

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

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

Are we all moving towards a new way of life with COVID19? The answer is a big YES. So, what?

Topics: Marketing, Articles

Over the last few months, medical authorities around the world have warned us that people with low immunity and underlying diseases are more vulnerable to the novel coronavirus. But there are a few other conditions that are even more powerful indicators of who will survive the pandemic that most authorities have failed to highlight – the social and economic conditions of those affected.

Topics: Articles, Community

Luxury brands are all about their heritage, quality craftsmanship, finesse and most importantly possess an air of exclusivity. For decades now these brands have thrived on their prestige and have been extra conscious of the fact that their narrative and storytelling is controlled and guided by them, especially when it comes to marketing. So how is that this scenario has taken a complete U-turn? And why are these brands now consciously entering into this new age of influencer marketing?

Topics: Luxury Management, Thought Leadership, Articles

“A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?” – Sir Albert Einstein

Topics: Articles, Student Life & Experiences, Community

The pursuit of higher education is a shared goal between this dynamic father-daughter duo. Rakesh KP is an SP Jain Executive MBA (EMBA) alumnus from the Class of 2009 and his daughter, Anushka Rakesh, enrolled in SP Jain’s tri-city Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in 2018. We are honoured to have had two generations of the same family studying with us and becoming a part of our global community. We reached out to Rakesh and Anushka to learn about their SP Jain experiences and how it has helped shape their lives.

Topics: Admissions, Articles, Community

As quarantines, lockdowns and social distancing become the norm for all of us around the world, people have started getting uneasy, and pretty quickly at that!

Topics: Articles, Student Life & Experiences

Quality leadership, engagement and culture are at the heart of SP Jain School of Global Management. I write this as it all started with a simple email from our President, Nitish Jain, triggered by a conversation with our Global Director (Counseling & Coaching Center) based in Dubai, Bijal Oza, on how we should use this lockdown period amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for doing good things like building immunity, learning something or looking after elderly people.

Topics: Sydney Campus, Singapore Campus, Mumbai Campus, Dubai Campus, Articles, Community

Just before the break of dawn on a crisp autumn morning, while the rest of the world was still adding another blanket to their cosy beds, Poland had experienced something that would change the future of humankind forever. The German army under Adolf Hitler had invaded the country, plunging the world into a six-year-long war that would claim the lives of tens of millions of people. The World War 2 had officially begun.

Topics: Articles, Big Data & Visual Analytics, Disruptive Technologies

It’s never easy being a parent trying to juggle your work and family commitments and fit everything into the limited time available to you. Add an MBA to the mix, and it seems almost (if not completely) impossible.

Topics: Careers, Executive MBA, Articles

Over the past decade, the business environment of organisations around the globe has been changing at a pace that has never been seen before. How well are the world’s top universities adapting to this change, i.e., helping the organisations cope better?

Topics: Faculty, Thought Leadership, Articles

MBA: Major – Contemporary Marketing Management | Minor – Running

Topics: Sydney Campus, Singapore Campus, Global Learning at SP Jain, Dubai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Articles, Student Life & Experiences, Community

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.

Topics: Alumni, Careers, Articles

Letting extinction develop into a trend is not the change this planet can’t afford. Future generations can continue to thrive only if we can preserve resources. As research intensifies, scientists around the globe from diverse streams such as chemistry and astronomy have been stressing on the fact that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have surged by the burning of fossil fuel and other greenhouse gases have been warming the earth at an alarming rate. (Sumner, 2016)

Topics: Innovation at SP Jain, Dubai Campus, Articles

Thinking of starting your own business? With emerging technologies revolutionising the current economy, we are seeing a notable shift in the trends that transmute the sphere of business. What are the top 4 business trends we have seen this year, and how can you benefit from them? Let’s take a look!

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

Parmita Debnath, Manager – Strategic Projects (Academic and Professional Development – Executive MBA) and Manager – Quality Assurance (Dubai Campus) at SP Jain School of Global Management, shares her experience of being a part of the District Toastmasters Annual Conference (DTAC 2019) in Dubai.

Topics: Executive MBA, Toastmasters, Articles, Student Life & Experiences

Parmita Debnath, Manager – Strategic Projects (Academic and Professional Development – Executive MBA) and Manager – Quality Assurance (Dubai Campus) at SP Jain School of Global Management, shares her experience of attending the CX Day Conference: Digital Wisdom for Smarter Marketing in Dubai.

Topics: Dubai Campus, Articles, Community, Disruptive Technologies

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

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.

Topics: Alumni, SP Jain School of Global Management, Articles, Alumni Stories

Today, Blockchain has emerged as a harbinger to the financial sector for its digital transformation. As a crypto technology, it started off by enabling the most-buzzed about virtual currency, i.e. Bitcoin. However, it is now expanding its range to other sectors as well, such as energy and energy-related sectors. For example, industrial, transportation, and residential.

Topics: Thought Leadership, Articles, Disruptive Technologies

Dr CJ Meadows, Director of the Innovation & Insight Centre, SP Jain lends expertise on the workforce of tomorrow.

Topics: Thought Leadership, Articles, Disruptive Technologies

Best way to brace yourself for the placement season on campus or off it – is by preparing thoroughly. A combination of knowledge, confidence, soft skills and leadership qualities will get you a dream job, writes Balakrishna Grandhi.

Topics: Careers, Articles

LinkedIn is the place for students and recent graduates to find jobs and internships. Here are some steps and tips to get started.

Topics: BBA, Careers, Articles

It was a great privilege and honor to attend and be a part of the prestigious, District Toastmasters Annual Conference (DTAC), including 4 regions UAE, Oman, Jordan and Lebanon, held in Muscat, Oman, held between 3^rd – 5^th May 2018.

Topics: Executive MBA, Toastmasters, Articles, Community

Work-life balance is about creating a life that flows with you rather than a life you have to power through – Jamie Marie Wilson

Topics: Careers, Executive MBA, Articles

Many articles have been written on the importance of Yoga in an individual’s life and just a simple Google search will get a layman tonnes of material about the same. However, having worked in the corporate world for more than 13 years, I certainly feel that fundamental principles of Yoga which were laid down thousands of years ago are still the most relevant in this highly competitive world where everyone is looking for quick wins and not long-terms solutions.

Topics: Articles

It’s again that time of the year when not only the working class, but the entire youth of the country is eager to witness the financial reboot. All eyes on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to draw the curtains from the financial blueprint of the FY’18 and present his last and the fifth budget before the 2019 general elections, in the form of the Union Budget 2018 on February 1. So what do the millennials of the country expect from the upcoming budget? To take the pulse of GenNext on the Budget 2018, a team from ET Now team visited SP Jain Global’s Mumbai Campus. Here are some of the insights from the discussion, which would give you a brief walkthrough to understand the essence of this key annual event.

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If you’ve driven in Mumbai, the maximum city, you will instantly agree when I say that ‘If you can drive in Mumbai, you can drive anywhere in the world’. Driving in the maximum city is paradoxical in more ways than one. It is challenging yet rewarding. It can get ruthless and yet seem humane. It can tire you to the point of exhaustion and yet be a soothing balm on a weary day. It all depends on how you look at it.

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