Student Projects

The flagship program of DOCC is the six weeks project, which the PGDM first year students have to undertake in socially and economically disadvantaged sectors of the society. This is to inculcate right attitudes and values in the future managers and to provide managerial inputs to social sector.
Each year in the month of March to May our participants undertake socially relevant projects for 6 weeks.
Project requires a student to work in the social sector with an NGO and to provide management inputs gathered from his classroom learning to the non-profit sector. The models of the projects undertaken are submitted to the Corporate/NGO involved.

The advantages of this arrangement are manifold and attempts to bring NGOs and the corporate sector closer together, with SPJIMR acting as an intermediary.

The inputs provided by the student after intensive study of a particular organisation, benefit not only that organization, but also to the work done by similar organizations. At the same time the student benefits by applying his learned skills to an unstructured environment and is sensitized of his role as a corporate citizen towards the social sector.

Our projects have been favorably received by the NGOs we have worked with in the past. The students view the experience as being very enriching and useful.

Rigorous field work, interaction with field personnel, strategy design at corporate level for branding, funding or program enhancement and assessment of existing activities formed the core of the 83 DOCC projects that were allocated to 139 students. This year DOCC reached out to NGOs and corporates not only in all corners of the country, namely Ladakh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but also made an international impact in Sri Lanka and USA.

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Field Visits

Visit to Anandvan

SPJIMR students visited Baba Amte's Ashram and stayed at Anandvan, with the objective to develop social consciousness and study the relevance of management in social work.The students were guided by Prof. Nirja Mattoo, the chairperson of DOCC, who carries with her an invaluable experience of 20 years in the field of development, voluntary action and corporate citizenship.The Centre for Development of Corporate Citizenship (DOCC) was established in the year 2001 with a view to mould management education in tune with the Indian context. Click to know more

An exposure trip was arranged for students to the Yusuf Meherally Foundation in Raigad, which works on the Gandhian philosophy of propagating self sustaining communities. The Tara village was a true example of how an entire community can be mobilized through various agro-based activities to reduce dependency on urban resources which are as such over-exploited

The following projects are on the anvil for the coming year:
Field visit to Baba Amte Community Development Project 'Anandvan' will be undertaken for the first year PGDM students. The objective is to learn the leadership style of inspiring leaders and their initiatives as path-breaking changes in the lives of people and society at large.