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Welcome to SP Jain Global Blogs – where the heart of our community comes alive through inspiring stories, industry insights, and first-hand experiences. From expert perspectives to real-life journeys, this is your space to explore, connect, and feel at home in a world of ideas and inspiration.
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Growing up in Ludhiana, Punjab, I was surrounded by a community that valued hard work, resilience, and adaptability.
Topics: Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
I have always been an enthusiastic learner, wanting to explore the world. The zeal to excel in everything I do gave me a consistent academic background.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
-By Arindam Banerjee,
Professor & Assistant Dean, GMBA & MGB
The decision to pursue a Global MBA (GMBA) is a stimulating exercise that has the potential to augment one’s career opportunities and expand one’s understanding of business. Nevertheless, it is essential to consider the financial implications associated with enrolling in a GMBA program.
Topics: Global MBA, Admissions
I was raised in a family of merchant navy captains, and the importance of hard work was always drilled into me, even as a child. Through my education and an earlier career as a merchant navy officer, the importance of being detail-oriented and process-driven was imbibed in me, and I follow it to the day.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
Embarking on the Global MBA program at SP Jain Global with six years of experience in Sales and Business Development was a decision that unfolded into a transformative journey for me, ultimately leading to a strategic role in digital transformation at Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB).
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
Ganesh Bhat, the ultimate Mumbaikar at heart, can’t resist a spicy rendezvous with the city’s delectable food! A proud parent of two beautiful children, he currently resides in Australia and is an accomplished professional with an impressive educational background.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
SP Jain School of Global Management recently hosted highly-anticipated alumni meet, profoundly impacting the current Global Master of Business Administration (GMBA) students. the event was the presence of Harmeet Singh Chopra, a distinguished alumnus who currently holds the position of Sr Director of Supply Chain Product Management at Nike. He graduated from the school about a decade ago and went on to build an impressive career in the supply chain management field.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
Before June 2022, a typical day in my life in Kolkata, India, involved me overseeing operations at the family-owned cosmetic manufacturing business and simultaneously juggling my boutique creative agency, The Visual Flair.
Topics: Careers, Global MBA
Dr Jigna Srivastava (GMBA 2007; DBA 2020), the Founder of DT Simplified, has had a remarkable career that has seen her don multiple hats with great success. Born and raised in Mumbai and having extensively travelled around the globe, Jigna hails from a humble Gujarati family full of love and warmth. An engineer by qualification, Jigna is a leading Digital Transformation Strategy Advisor today, creating significant disruptions in the digital space.
In this interview, we delve into her journey, insights, and lessons learnt along the way.
Topics: Global MBA, 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
Karan Mehta, a member of the early Global MBA cohorts at SP Jain Global, went on an exciting professional journey. Starting as a management trainee, he climbed the ladder step by step to become a CEO at Easybuy, Landmark Group, a feat he accomplished before turning 40. Besides endorsing constant, incremental improvement and nurturing a workplace ethos, Karan orchestrates his troops through a dynamic corporate landscape.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
When Saumya Gupta turned down her first ever job offer from a leading consulting firm, little did she know that this would end up being one of the most important decisions she’d made in her life.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
From being a foot soldier in Sales, going door to door selling hair products, to the glitz and glamour of making advertisements and running marketing campaigns; from the volume-driven markets of Asia and the Middle East to the value-driven economies of the Nordics – life has been full of interesting lessons and challenges.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
After completing his engineering degree in IT, Siddharth Vishwanath (GMBA’09) started his career by working in the IT services industry for 2 years before he decided to join SP Jain to pursue the Global MBA program. “When I started my GMBA, I was very new in the industry, and quite naïve. So, it was no surprise that the first few days in the program were overwhelming, to say the least. The power-packed curriculum, meeting new people, travelling to new places, trying new cuisines – it was a completely new territory for me,” says Siddharth.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
A finance graduate from Delhi University, Raveesh Jasuja (GMBA 2019) worked for over 7 years in multiple roles, before deciding to pursue his Global MBA from SP Jain and expand his expertise into the operations industry. After 12 months of strenuous diligence in Dubai, Singapore & Sydney, Raveesh was recently placed at Genpact – one of the world’s largest professional services firms. We caught up with him to find out more.
Topics: Careers, Global MBA, Admissions, Supply Chain & Logistics
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
Leading a profitable service unit in the heart of Mumbai city, visiting the biggest boardrooms of the city, I was living the dream of the ad world.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
Studying abroad is an amazing opportunity for anyone who has the chance. Whether it be a 6-week summer program or a full-time undergraduate or postgraduate program, the experiences you have stay with you for life. Looking back now, I have enjoyed the thrills of living overseas as an Indian.
Topics: Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch major, exports products with a “Made in the UAE” label and has built a Dh1 billion factory in December 2017 dedicated to personal care. Personal Care is Unilever’s largest product segment, generating approximately €20.17bn or 38 per cent of total turnover in 2016. The company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, manufactures personal care brands including Vaseline, Sunsilk, and Tresemme, as well as food and beverage brands such as, Lipton, Bovril and Ben & Jerry’s.
Topics: Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
The Global Immersion Project (GIP) is a unique, creative and collaborative industry interface project initiative undertaken by the students of our Global MBA program, where we deploy our students with select reputed organisations in Singapore. Students are assigned a Business Challenge with the theme “Growth, Innovation and Strategy”, and at the end of their project, they provide strategic recommendations to address the business challenges under study. These projects help encourage the strategic decision-making capability amongst our students in real-life business scenarios.
Topics: Singapore Campus, Global Learning at SP Jain, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
Harvi Shah, Founder & CEO of Bling Bag and first-generation entrepreneur, is an SP Jain alumnus from the GMBA Class of 2008. Her start-up story was featured in YourStory, a leading digital publication covering promising and innovative startups. We got in touch with Harvi to know about her startup and her inspiring entrepreneurial journey so far.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
Shivani Naik Shah is an SP Jain alumnus from the Global MBA class of 2014. Working as an advisor to the Bureaucrats of Government of India on progressive initiatives and reforms like Make in India and Swachh Bharat with a BIG4 company (KPMG), Shivani has also been winning accolades at numerous beauty pageants, having recently won the Mrs. India Queen of Substance 2018.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
Written by Subir Desai; Global MBA (GMBA – Global Finance) student. SP Jain School of Global Management – Class of 2018.
Topics: Singapore Campus, Global Learning at SP Jain, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences, Community
Written by Shirley Paynor; Global MBA (GMBA – GLSCM) student. SP Jain School of Global Management – Class of 2018.
Topics: Global Learning at SP Jain, Dubai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences, Community
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 blockchain is an undeniably ingenious invention – the brainchild of a personor group of people known by the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, blockchain technology created the backbone of a new type of internet.
Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Thought Leadership, Supply Chain & Logistics, Disruptive Technologies
Written by Shobhit Sharma, Global MBA (GMBA – CMM) student. SP Jain School of Global Management – Class of 2016.
Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, 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.
Topics: Alumni, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Alumni Stories
We interacted with alumnus Aruna Subramanyan for a quick chat about her experience at S P Jain during her MBA in 2008. Below are the excepts from our interaction.
Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Community, Alumni Stories
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.
Topics: Alumni, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Community, Alumni Stories
Bringing in straight from our interaction with S P Jain’s esteemed alumnus of the GMBA’13 batch, Ankit Malhotra, shares a story from his time at S P Jain.
Topics: Global MBA, Alumni Stories
S P Jain School of Global Management’s Sydney Campus was host to the Union Finance Minister of India, Hon’ble Arun Jaitley and his delegation on 30th March 2016. He was joined by His Excellency High Commissioner of India Mr Navdeep Singh Suri, Consul General of India Mr B. Vanlalvawna, and Deputy Consul General Dr Vinod Bahade. The visit was part of his 4-day Australia visit that will find him meet top Australian business leaders and investors. S P Jain was delighted to be his first speaking engagement in Australia on his first official visit to Australia.
Topics: Sydney Campus, Study Abroad, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
Date: 9th and 10th January 2016
Categories: MGB Sep15 and GMBA Sep15
Topics: Sydney Campus, Study Abroad, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences, Community, MBA in Sydney
DATE: Feb 5, 2016
Categories: MGB & GMBA Jan 2016
Topics: Dubai Campus, MBA in Dubai, Study Abroad, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
Date: November 7,2015
Category: MGB’15
Topics: Sydney Campus, Study Abroad, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences, Community
S P Jain’s international development continued this October with a whirlwind visit to four cities in Latin America. Led by Head of Sydney Campus Trent Pohlmann, the team touched down in Rio De Janeiro, Mexico City, Lima and São Paulo.
Topics: Study Abroad, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
“You have to be observant, vigilant and insightful. Opportunity can be found in small thingsWhen. we saw that corporate trainings were long and boring, not efficient enough, we found an opportunity!” said Mr Kevin Chan, the CEO of Coursepad.
Coursepad, the winner of “the Most Innovative Start-up award” 2013 by NTU is a Mobile learning start-up company based in Singapore. Students of GMBA September 2015 batch got a chance to visit company and to understand insights and prospects of growing start-ups in Singapore.
Topics: Singapore Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences, Community
As part of the Global Learning experience in Singapore, students from the Postgraduate Intake of 2015 took the opportunity to visit the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA).
Topics: Singapore Campus, Study Abroad, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
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
If you really want to make an investment into your future, your MBA degree is your stepping-stone to a shiny future. While you take your time to consider all the different possibilities of going back to school, most students around the world are counting on their MBA degrees to pay off by enrolling into some the world’s best business schools.
Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Student Life & Experiences
Gayatri Thampi, GMBA (Batch of 2012) describes herself as a typical Bombay girl from a typical suburban Bombay family where both parents possess advanced degrees and are engaged in productive professions. Her mother is a Manager with a leading nationalised bank whereas her father is an entrepreneurial businessperson with several start-up ventures to his credit. And her sister is an image consultant engaged with several leading corporations for providing training on the basics of corporate etiquettes, grooming, social skills and image makeovers. In Gayatri’s case, for her undergraduate degree, she decided to pursue BMM (Bachelors of Mass Media) from a reputed Indian college and soon after completion, took up the opportunity to work in the media related domain in sales and marketing with a start-up. She says that “there was always something about thinking big and starting small that always intrigued” her.
Topics: Study Abroad, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Community, Alumni Stories
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.
Topics: Alumni, Global MBA, Community, Alumni Stories
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
On Friday, August 5, 2011, the world woke up to a reality that the USA had lost its credit rating of triple A. This means that the USA is no more the haven for investment it always was. The main reason for this credit rating downgrade was the politicking in Washington at the cost of the overall interest of the world in general and Americans in particular. The timing for this downgrading couldn’t have been worse. Europe was already in the midst of debt crisis with Greece, Portugal, and Ireland on the brink and seeking bailout packages from their EU partners; and Italy also looking very vulnerable. The tremors of these economic upheavals are now felt all over the world. Global stock markets and currency markets are on a swing with trillions of dollars lost in the stock markets and investors finding safety in investing in gold. We are indeed living in a world where the economic volatility in the one hemisphere is affecting governments, large investors, banks, MNCs and people all over the world.
Topics: Sydney Campus, Singapore Campus, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Thought Leadership
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