Diwali at SPJIMR

Competitions, creativity and a Bollywood showstopper marked this year’s Diwali celebrations.

Every year, the S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) community turns the festival of lights into a week of competition, creativity and performance. This year was no different. The 2026 Diwali week featured:

Key highlights

The week began with gift distribution and kept building from there. Teams took part in large numbers across the salad, sandwich and rangoli competitions, and the judges were spoilt for choice at every stage. The bay decoration competition raised the bar further, with departments turning their workspaces into themed displays, from SP Wada and Space Centre to Vantara and an Enchanted Forest.

The grand finale brought faculty and professionals together on stage for dazzling performances and concluded on a high note with the showstopper. Themed around ‘Good over evil’ it presented participants portraying iconic Bollywood on-screen duos and rivalries from Om Shanti Om, 3 Idiots, Ra.One, Padmaavat and Dhurandhar.

The evening honoured the winners and ended with the traditional Diwali feast and photo booth sessions. Diwali week at SPJIMR ended the way the festival intends, leaving the community inspired to keep the light within shining bright.

Salad competition winners

Salad competition – 1st Prize: Ratna Parikh and Sabita Shekhar

Salad competition – 2nd Prize: Hetal Banerjee

Salad competition – 3rd Prize: Bhavana Panchal and Dipti Mestry

Sandwich competition winners

Sandwich competition – 1st Prize: Ratna Parikh and Sabita Shekhar

Sandwich competition – 2nd Prize: Deepali Vasant and Divya Johri

Sandwich competition – 2nd Prize: Khushbu Gandhi and Pooja Mhapsekar

Sandwich competition – 2nd Prize: Shilpa Parkar and Siddhesh Mayekar

Rangoli-making winners

Rangoli-making – 1st Prize: Saili Hinde and Dnyaneshwari Tadge

Rangoli-making – 2nd Prize: Bhumika Fernandes and Siddhi Sawant

Rangoli-making – 3rd Prize: Ankita Deb, Amrita Mishra and Tanuja Sehgal

Bay decoration winners

Bay decoration – 1st Prize: Management Development Programmes (MDP)

Bay decoration – 2nd Prize: Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

Bay decoration – 2nd Prize: Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

Bay decoration – 3rd Prize: Centre for Family Business & Entrepreneurship (CFBE)

Bay decoration – 3rd Prize: TA/RA Office