Autumn Project

Introduction

S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), well known for its pedagogic innovations, believes that the learning experience must result in the enhancement of practical capabilities of an individual. It was towards achieving this objective that we came up with a concept of the Autumn Project. Whilst most B Schools have summer projects at the end of the first year, the Autumn Project is undertaken at SPJIMR in the second year of the PGDM program. Thus it is more focused, allows a greater degree of customization and students can apply all the skills learnt in the first year.

The Concept

The 'Autumn' concept pioneered by the two year full time PGDM program is a corporate project carried out as part of the curriculum by students during the months of October & November in the 2nd Year, after completing one trimester of their specialization. This concept has resulted in a strong partnership between SPJIMR and the Corporate community, yielding more than 100 Corporate ambassadors of 'Autumns'. SPJIMR students have earned several accolades from the best organizations in the country for their work.

The Objectives

• To widen the student's academic perspective by providing an exposure to real life organizational situations - Drawing parallels between management theory and practice.
• To customize the PGDM curriculum in the second year to an individual's career aspiration.
• To enable an individual to select a specific industry, or perhaps even a company

The Benefits to organisations

• Improved Student Quality: Candidates rich in maturity and experience gained from exposure to challenging, under-managed and unstructured working environments during their DOCC projects in summer are in a better position to take up live projects with Corporates during the Autumns.
• Improved contribution towards project: Enhanced academic inputs, concepts & skills imbibed over 4 trimesters, which include a trimester of specialization, ensure improved performance of candidates leading to superior contribution to their Autumns projects.
• Evaluation of Candidates to facilitate Pre Placement Offers (PPOs): Unique opportunity to evaluate the candidates from a long-term perspective. This is reflected in the increasing number of PPOs made to Autumn Candidates in the past by highly satisfied organisations.
  

Autumns Placements 2007

The Autumns Placement process for the class of 2008 was held on August 22, 23 2007 with stupendous success.

History was created yet again by the Institute as 232 offers were made to a batch of 90 students within hours of commencement of the process. The two days of the autumns process witnessed all the big names from the Industry be it HUL, P&G, Marico, Colgate Palmolive from FMCG, Banks like Citibank, Axis, ICICI, Investment banks like O3 capital, Enam Securities and PINC, Sabre Abraaj Private Equity, Microsoft, CTS, Cap Gemini, Computer Associates from IT and TAS, EnY, Deloitte to name a few. SPJIMR played host to 53 companies that visited our campus during the Autumns placements.