SP Jain in the News

Topics: Alumni, BEC, SP Jain School of Global Management, SP Jain Alumni

Neha Sharma (MGLuxM 2018) is a travel expert who is currently working with Karnataka State
Tourism as a Digital Consultant, Influencer, and Web Content Manager – a job that she thoroughly enjoys. Apart from this, she is also the founder of FeetBeyondRoads, a platform to help all aspiring travellers who wish to explore the world.

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, SP Jain's Luxury Management Program

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hands-on and case study based – there is truly nothing that can beat this form of learning, especially in the field of Digital marketing.

Topics: Digital Marketing, Global Learning at SP Jain, Mumbai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences

Written by Sonali Dhandia; MGLUXM (Master in Luxury Brand Management) student. SP Jain School of Global Management – Batch 03.

Topics: Luxury Management, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences

The end of 2017 is almost upon us, and what a year it has been! With new students, prestigious rankings, launch of some unique ventures, advancements in technology, and so much more—SP Jain has been growing continuously and tremendously over the past year!

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

Written by Hitesh Motwani, Visiting Faculty of Digital Marketing & Metrics at SP Jain School of Global Management.

Topics: Digital Marketing, SP Jain School of Global Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies

Right after my DMM Program with SP Jain, I got a wonderful opportunity to intern with Techdivine Creative Services, an experience which helped me learn the tips and tricks of Digital Media under my mentor. I worked with Mr. Ananthnarayanan V (Founder & CEO – Techdivine Creative Services) who was also our faculty during the course with SP Jain. Prof Ananth is a global award winning Digital Marketing professional and a renowned international speaker in the field of Digital Marketing, Social Media, Marketing Research, Marketing Management, Technology, and Entrepreneurship across industries and countries. An IIM graduate with over 14 years of work experience, he has worked with varied advertising agencies and corporates diversified across the divisions of Sales, Marketing, Product Branding, Training, and IT, for leading global brands.

Topics: Digital Marketing, SP Jain School of Global Management, Internship, Student Life & Experiences

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

Written by Chi Le, Rashi Behani, Shashank Bakliwal, Shahana Doolull, Tanushree Kumar; BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) students at SP Jain School of Global Management.

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences, Disruptive Technologies

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 Dr. Srini. R. Srinivasan, Associate Professor of Strategic Management & Marketing at SP Jain’s Digital Marketing & Metrics Program.

Topics: Digital Marketing, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies

Businesses today are competent, diverse, fast-paced and curious. With the 21st century workplace going global, the demand for competent and highly trained employees is on the rise. How do business schools keep up with this demand? Today’s student needs more than just the traditional classroom. They need hands-on experience, global intelligence, and problem-solving skills. At SP Jain, this is what we aim for.

Topics: Global Learning at SP Jain, Innovation at SP Jain, SP Jain School of Global Management, Admissions, Student Life & Experiences

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

Written by Siddharth Ravishankar; Master of Global Business (MGB – CMM) student. SP Jain School of Global Management – Class of 2018.

Topics: Dubai Campus, Master of Global Business, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences, Community

Written by Chahat Goenka, Master in Global Luxury Goods & Services Management (MGLuxM’17) student. SP Jain School of Global Management – Class of 2018.

Topics: Luxury Management, Mumbai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Student Life & Experiences, Community

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Global MBA, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership

In the corporate world, we have an abundance of stress and uncertainty around.  Everyone is always in a mad-rush to prove themselves to be the best. It is normal, then, to feel lost in this maze. How does one reclaim the peace and calm in this ever-racing world?

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

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

Topics: Global Learning at SP Jain, SP Jain School of Global Management, Marketing

Written by Srividya Rajagopal, Master of Global Business (MGB) student. SP Jain School of Global Management – Class of 2017.

Topics: Singapore Campus, Master of Global Business, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences, Community

SP Jain’s Singapore Campus hosts i2i, the Innovation and Insights Center – a place for education, consulting, and research in global innovation management headed by Dr. C J Meadows (Director and Creative Problem Solver). Our mission is to help people innovate and create insights, and we do this in a collaborative way, seeing “eye to eye.”

Topics: Singapore Campus, Innovation at SP Jain, SP Jain School of Global Management, Admissions, Student Life & Experiences, Community

Written by Gleffany Pispis, Master of Global Business (MGB) student. SP Jain School of Global Management – Class of 2015.

Topics: Global Learning at SP Jain, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Finance & Economics

“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” – Ernest Hemingway

Topics: Dubai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership

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

A growing number of consumers are using smartphones as their primary means of online access today. The digital model that used to take the desktop as the center stage from search engine to social media, video, is now taken over by the mobile platform.

Topics: Digital Marketing, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies

Written by Noopur Gahalan, Master of Global Business(MGB) student, SP Jain School of Global Management – Class of 2016.

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

The backdrop provided a picturesque setting. The ninth-floor conference hall provided a panoramic view of the Mumbai backwaters. The fragrance of lavender wafted through the hall and ably complemented the aroma of the steaming coffee provided; the ambience was stimulating and refreshing, though nine in the morning might have been too early to discuss the hackneyed issues that were on the agenda. Mr. Rahul, Managing Director of one of the leading Indian corporate giants, was keen to take the previous evening’s unsettled debate to a logical end. “So what do you say, Mr. Bose, still confident about your proposal?”, remarked Mr. Rahul.

Topics: Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

What is Neuroscience?

Reactions occur in a fraction of seconds. The brain functions and responds to the stimuli even before one consciously has the time to comprehend what happens. The cortex allows you to speak fluently and coherently, to plan for what you are going to say next, to focus your thoughts, to calm you nerves, and to respond to questions. Most of that is going on beyond awareness.

Topics: Sydney Campus, Innovation at SP Jain, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies

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

In many occupations, there are mandatory professional development requirements. Practitioners have to satisfy accreditation boards in terms of their self-education with respect to prescribed hours of attendance at seminars, workshops and conferences or completing on-line modules of study and various formal or internet exams. Others, for whom there are no prescribed hours of further study, are motivated and interested in ‘lifelong learning’ which has been defined as the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. However, what has been little studied is the extra out-of-class self-directed learning that takes place while students are formally enrolled in a full-time university course.

Topics: Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

With India’s continuous shift towards digitalisation of payment transactions, cybercrime has become more and more lucrative for cybercriminals. If the magnitude and multitude of data breaches reported worldwide in the recent past is any indication, India has a lot to be concerned about. It is reported that cybercrime is projected to reach $2 billion by 2019, which is a four-fold increase in the cost of security breaches over 2015. Likewise, during the last year, unknown malware downloads rose by over 900%, with more than 970 downloads per hour compared to 106 in the previous year.

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Finance & Economics, Disruptive Technologies

Total advertising spending in the US is on an ever-increasing curve. In 2014 American businesses spent over B$180.12 (Emarketer, 2015). Globally in 2015 over B$540 billion was spent on advertising, a 4.6% increase over 2014 (Adage, 2015) with the general public being exposed to an increasing number of the ad. In 1985 the urban American would see around 2,000 ads per day with this number shooting up to 5,000 ads per day in 2016 (NY Times, 2015). Yet out of a sample of 350 ads watched per day only 153 ads would receive attention for more than a few seconds (SJ insight, 2014). Measuring advertising effectiveness has always been the greatest challenge of marketing and advertising professionals. There are two main methods for measuring advertising effectiveness: One focuses on measuring indicative marketing metrics such as awareness, preference, customer satisfaction, loyalty, and the other focuses on measurement of tangible marketing metrics such as sales, market share, profits, return on investment, cash flow, firm value. The complexity of measuring advertising effectiveness increases if the variable “emotion” is introduced. An emotional message in advertisements increases the audience attention toward the ad and product, boost product attractiveness, and generates a higher level of brand recall and various research have found that that emotion is a predictor of advertising effectiveness. There are various methods to evaluate emotion in advertising research. The emotional response can either be measured using self-report or autonomic measure. The visual self-report requires the respondent to choose a cartoon character matching his or her emotional state, while in verbal self-report respondents answer an open-ended question or rate their emotional state on a Likert-type scale. Self-reports usually capture the conscious state of the individual while the autonomic capture the body’s reactions. Body’s reactions such as heart rate fluctuation, or variation in skin acidity are most of the time beyond the conscious control of the individual while self-report or surveys suffer from heavy bias, for example, the Theory of Social Desirability posit that interviewees will tend to avoid socially unacceptable responses or will tend to provide answers which he or she perceives to be matching the value system of the interviewer. SPJAIN Neuroscience lab uses noninvasive facial recognition software to investigate the potential link between emotion and advertising effectiveness. Facial muscle involved in expressions are linked to the cerebral cortex through the corticobulbar track and reflect the activation of the brain’s amygdala region which is responsible for all potential value of all facial expression. In this research we uses GFK-EMO Scan, facial recognition software developed by Munich based Franhofer institute. GFK-EMO can record over 20 frames per second enabling an accurate measure of real-time emotional responses. Two safe driving ads from the UK were shown to a group of 60 participants and their emotional reaction were recorded. Both ads convey the same message about the danger of speed and road safety. While one ad used a highly affective message strategy, the other ad relies mostly on rational strategy. The high emotional video presents a dramatic car accident with casualties, and convey a high level of negative emotions including grief, fear, and shock. The low emotional ad delivers scientific facts about the danger of speed. Right after watching the ads and two weeks after watching the ads the students were requested to answer a survey adapted from the National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behavior (NSSAB).

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Research & Case Studies, Disruptive Technologies

With demonetization and the predominant shift towards digital transactions, people are likely to be FORCED to move online for many e-transactions. According to RBI, the percentage of Internet Banking transactions in banks rose from 75% in 2014-15 to over 85% in 2015-16. An article in the Times of India dated 16th January 2016 states that India is ready for a 4-time jump in digital payments. With the economy moving to cashless, people are increasingly exploring payment alternatives such as UPI, e-wallets, and USSD based mobile banking through different platforms, which are directly or indirectly linked to the user’s bank account.

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

The stage is set for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at Las Vegas, the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies, from January 5th to January 8th, 2017. Virtual Reality (VR) is going to be a prominent show stopper and attraction for individuals, corporates, consumers, and developers. In VR, it is the show floor where the business is done. The ‘virtual’ developments can only be realised when the real thing is shown and projected in the respective head mounted devices, 360 degree domes and screens. At such places, people gather to find the new leap in the VR hardware and software capabilities.

Topics: Virtual Reality, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies

Most people have grown up listening to the story of the hare and turtle. It is a fable about a race between two animals who could not have been more mismatched in terms of speed and agility – on one side is a hare which is renowned for being lightning quick on its feet, and on the other side is a turtle, a animal that has the unfortunate distinction of being the slowest animal on four feet.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

A young man, not very interested in the ‘boring, traditional’ family business, decided to strike out on his own and take up a job in a trendy tech company. Now his reasoning was that he would earn only around 25 thousand here, but at least he would be part of a trendy corporate culture, and hang out with the ‘cool’ crowd. So he started work, and with the first salary he got, decided to take his entire family out to dinner. His father had painstakingly built up the family business, and had been dreaming of passing it on to his son, dreams which were now dashed. Nevertheless, he put on a smile and went along, seeing how proud his son was to be taking out his family for a treat, with money that he and he alone had earned.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

One of the constant refrains we get to hear from heads of business families nowadays is that there is no ‘fun’ in the business anymore. These gentlemen, typically in their late 40s or 50s, talk nostalgically about the ‘good old days’ when there was easy money, fun, excitement, and a sense of adventure in doing business, which is just not there anymore. Now what do they mean when they say this? They are actually referring to all the problems they are facing in running their business, whether it is ‘recession’, not getting good employees, or clients not paying up on time etc.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

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.

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

In these times when ‘crony capitalism’ and ‘suit boot ki sarkar’ are terms that are easily bandied about, it is a common perception that business is all about greed, and businessmen are a selfish lot, looting the rest of us to fill their own coffers. I beg to differ. I contend that business is as noble an endeavour as any, and is, in fact, social work. Let me illustrate my point with a story.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

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.

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

In the last few years, there has been an exponential growth in computing power, portability, mobility, intelligence, and emergence of new mediums through a virtual and augmented reality. The so called Fourth Industrial Revolution has been transforming business and economies at a rapid pace, as the traditional technology and related business models are fast becoming extinct. The primary driving forces have been the benefits of technology in bringing efficiency and a scalable role of business technology allowing companies to outsource business function to efficient and more productive business environments.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Why are Venture Capitalists (VC) bullish and heavily investing in Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies? We can easily wind-up discussing this with just one case: we have all ‘heard’ of the Magic Leap that raised a staggering amount nearing $1.4 billion from some of the world’s biggest companies and well known venture firms. What is this technology? Why is its product in beta nowhere to be seen? The Wired Magazine called them ‘The World’s Most Secretive Start-Up’ in ‘The Untold Story of Magic Leap’. We can hardly guess the valuation of the company which is still doing R&D for their first product, launch of which, as some critics claim, is nowhere near. But the valuation is leading to a staggering $4.5 billion at the least.

Topics: Virtual Reality, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies

One of the biggest confusing words, along with Negotiation, is Bargaining. Some authors have defined bargaining as being synonymous with negotiation. However, I always tell my GFMB class at SP Jain how bargaining is very different from negotiation.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

As a negotiator, I am sure you would have always thought that the outcome of every deal should be in your favour. Well, there is nothing wrong to think that way, but there is a gap between expectation and reality.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

Riddhi Vaid, from our MGB Class of 2016, shares her SP Jain MGB internship story and the amazing experience of working in Australia.

Topics: Sydney Campus, Careers, SP Jain School of Global Management, Internship, Alumni Stories

In a business to consumer (B2C), negotiation is very different from marketing and selling. The primary difference is that Marketing is about making people aware of the product, services, or business, whereas Selling is to convince the other person to buy your product or service. Negotiation normally succeeds selling, because once a customer has agreed to buy the product or service, then issues about price, payment terms, delivery, quantity, and others will surface, which are negotiable.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership

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.

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

Talent will get you the opportunity, but it is your attitude that will eventually determine your success.

Topics: Careers, SP Jain School of Global Management

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Innovation is no longer the prive of Silicon Valley. Indian industry is the cynosure of all eyes when it comes to innovation.

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

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.

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

I just watched the YouTube video “Humans Need Not Apply.” After the initial let-down (boy do I feel useless – and apparently I soon will be), I had to stop & think. If 45% of human jobs will be replaced by bots (physical and virtual), and if that will happen in our lifetime — much more quickly than farm work was mechanized and craftsmen were replaced by factories — what should each of us do?

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

Machine Learning is one of the most important technologies of our era and it has already had substantial impact on our everyday lives, both in our homes and in our workplaces.

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

The tech sector offers some of the best-paying jobs, no discussions here. Various research agencies bring out average yearly salaries data like these: Software Architect – $120,000; Data Scientist – $110,000; Software Engineer / Java Developer / Mobile Developer – $98,000; and so on. These surface researches that utilise data from job postings hardly reflect details behind the high paying tech jobs and related figures. Many roles are not purely technical but are grouped into technical roles listing. Companies are hiring pre-post sales engineers along with other IT workers at a frantic pace. Some of the high in-demand positions are related to Cybersecurity, R, Julia, Hadoop, Scrum Master, DevOps, SAP HANA, Cassandra, Cloudera, OpenStack, CloudStack, Oculus, Chef, Pig, MapReduce, Puppet, the list is endless. These new-age skills reflect the shift from large firm’s software to mobile devices, cloud computing, and remote servers hosting. There might be temporary intrinsic trends like a Hadoop skilled will get higher compensation than Java or an iOS developer gets higher salaries than an Android developer. These intrinsic trends are mere demand and supply impact over a short time period.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Prakarsh 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 recently raised US$ 2.5 Million in a series A round led by Insitor Impact Asia Fund and Acumen Fund.

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

As part of the industry outreach at the Big Data and Analytics Program, S P Jain invited Fractal Analytics to conduct a workshop on problem-solving to educate the students on the strategies and methodology employed in the industry to solve basic analytics problems.

Topics: Mumbai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences, Community

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

Each year, S P Jain welcome students from every corner of the world to our campuses in Singapore, Mumbai, Dubai and Sydney. Our recent intake in September 2015, saw students from 29 different countries including Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Panama, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, UK, USA, Vietnam and Yemen.

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Admissions

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

SellYourTime – a brand new venture established by one of S P Jain School of Global Management’s alumni, Akshay Arora, who remains focused and scaling up a real business of delivering value to its customers. They have been covered by all top blogs like Yourstory, Inc42, Business India Magazine etc. as an emerging start-up in this space.

Topics: MBA in Dubai, SP Jain School of Global Management, Alumni Stories, MBA in Sydney

Vineet has been an exceptional performer by being amongst top-2 throughout his academic career in diploma and degree colleges. His successful performance ensured that he got a campus placement in one of India’s multinational conglomerate – Larsen and Toubro Limited following his graduation.

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

By Arun Venkatraman, Asian Age. (Aug 8, 2015)

Topics: Mumbai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences, Community

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.

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

I read a biography years ago (in the 80’s, perhaps) about a man named Stephen Hawking. To tell the truth, I don’t remember much about him beyond his illness — a rare early-onset form ofLou Gehrig’s disease — and the fact that he was a well-renown physicist famous for Chaos theory.

Topics: Faculty, SP Jain School of Global Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership

The success of our Alumni is a certainly a gold star moment for us at S P Jain. Their successes are actual validations of the relevance of the curriculum, our teaching methods and the sheer dedication and hard work of our alumni.

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

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

Speech given by Mr. Nitish Jain, President, S P Jain School of Global Management at the launch of 4th campus in Mumbai on June 5, 2015.

Topics: Mumbai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences, Community

Having completed his BSc in Accounting from University of Maryland (USA), Kunal Jain had the impending decision at the back of his mind to choose a Master’s program that would consolidate his learning further. With a family business in real estate and automobile parts, he was sure not to join the business and wished to venture out into new waters. Therefore, after graduating, he joined KPMG in in New York to pursue a corporate career path. It was later, after completing three years at the firm, when he joined the Global MBA (Finance) program in 2009 to increase his knowledge base with the higher nuances of global business management.

Topics: MBA in Dubai, SP Jain School of Global Management, Alumni Stories, MBA in Sydney

Rapid advancements in the ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) have propelled conspicuous industry-wide mega-trends during the last three decades. Most of these trends have led to the dissolution of legacy business models, affected pervasive business processes and functions, and have empowered customers and business stakeholders through a deep technology-headed disintermediation that was never seen before. Consequently, this has led to the emergence of various new ventures with novel business prepositions and at the same time has resulted in the demise of some prominent and ‘too big to fail’ business giants. The most imminent question, therefore, is how to envision, recognise and address the profound impacts of various emerging technologies and platforms.

Topics: Dubai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies

The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of making smart decisions.

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

Many (prospective) students may have this certain bit of apprehension before joining this course, as to should I take up the offer, is it worth the price, will it actually be able to cover up the entire MBA portion in a year. I was no stranger to these and I took the plunge. Let me tell you why I will not regret it for the rest of my life. Believe me when I tell you that this course has a lot to offer. What eventually matters is how YOU make the most of it. The whole idea of a master’s program is to make you self-sufficient and self-reliant. This means – DO NOT EXPECT SPOON FEEDING (this is the difference between your graduate school and a B-school). In terms of the study material, it is up to the mark and you will feel burdened. Burdened by the SBR’s (these three letters will haunt your life), CRP/ALPs (the next 3 to haunt), submissions, deliverables, etc.

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

Businesses have moved to the 21^st century and ironically Business Education still remains a legacy of the 20^th century.  Business schools across the world are supposed to educate and prepare the industry leaders of tomorrow.  Yet, a Gallup study of 2014 concludes that only 33% of business leaders across the globe agree B-school graduates have the required knowledge and skills their businesses need in a rapidly changing environment.  The ironic divide between academia and industry seems to be increasing every year.

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Admissions

Who am I? The question lies at the very heart of human enquiry. On a basic level, it refers to identity. In other words, it seeks to answer what we do and what we stand for.

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

Jaideep Sengupta, GMBA (Batch of Nov – 2013) who holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering belongs to a high achiever family of IIT qualified engineers, with his father, sister and brother-in-law working with organisations of global repute. His wife is an established designer entrepreneur from NIFT and Parsons New York. Jaideep is categorical in reminding us that his mother has been the backbone of the family.  She was instrumental in instilling a strong sense of ethics and values, which he holds dear and is able to apply in his daily personal as well as professional transactions.

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

By Amit Dasgupta and Britta Petersen*

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

“Dubai, Sydney, Singapore—all these three cities, for all the right reasons, are on a growth tangent. That’s where the synergy comes in. They are growing economies with great opportunities and conducive business environments. We are crafting global business leaders” – says Prof. Christopher Abraham, Professor and Head of Campus (Dubai).

Topics: Dubai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences

Internships not only enhance classroom learning by integrating academic curriculum and real-world work experience but allow students to test out their interests and develop their long-range career plans.
Internship programs also help develop students’ overall maturity by strengthening resourcefulness, problem-solving skills, self-confidence, self-discipline and build a sense of responsibility. This is one of the main reasons why, at SP Jain, all MGB (Masters in Global Business) students take up 4 months of mandatory internship.

Topics: Careers, SP Jain School of Global Management, Internship

This is what Ayush Singh of NIT Rourkela had to say after his recent participation in SP Jain’s ASAP (Advance Student Admission Program) conducted in Jan 2015. It is prudent to note that students from premier technical and non-technical institutions across India are invited to sit for a competitive aptitude test on campus. The top 20% are then shortlisted and put through a second round of written test and rigorous interviews before one or two deserving students from the colleges are selected as brand ambassadors to participate in this prestigious and highly coveted program.

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, ASAP, Admissions

Topics: Innovation at SP Jain, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences

Global intelligence is the key to success in the workplace of the 21^st century. Or so have proven SP Jain’s Master of Global Business (MGB) graduates. With a curriculum that imparts relevant global and real-world skills, SP Jain graduates stand out in the workplace for their analytical and decision-making abilities, and overall professional expertise.

Topics: Master of Global Business, SP Jain School of Global Management, Student Life & Experiences

The significance of business education today is demonstrated by the sizable impact business graduates create in the business world. Business organisations globally aspire to infuse talented, capable managers and decision-makers in their teams. For any b-school, therefore, it is essential to impart skills and capabilities that are required to manage the real-world situations and challenges effectively. Though easy to point out, this is the most critical element of business education today that prominent b-schools are attempting to address distinctively.

Topics: SP Jain School of Global Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership

What is critical thinking and how is it helping leaders make better decisions?

Topics: Sydney Campus, Singapore Campus, Dubai Campus, MBA in Dubai, SP Jain School of Global Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership

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

We hear all the time that businesspeople must embrace globalisation in order to survive.  But where and how will they achieve this global mindset?  The logical answer lies in higher education.  After all, the whole purpose of education is to prepare for a career.  And if young people want a job in today’s increasingly competitive business environment, they need to think beyond the corner store down the road.  Is our educational system adequately addressing this crucial need?

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

Remember why you started your small business in the first place? If you’re like most entrepreneurs, it was because you wanted freedom – to be the master of your own time and most likely to make more money. You wanted to be happier and to do work that you loved.

Topics: Global Family Managed Business, Singapore Campus, Dubai Campus, SP Jain School of Global Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership