Bhavan's SPJIMR Alumni Newsletter 
                January 2023                  

Announcements

SPJIMR is Ranked as the No.1 Private Indian B-School

SPJIMR has ranked as the top Indian private B-School and fifth overall in the Business Today B-School rankings 2022.

Additionally, The Week named it as the second-best private B-school in India and  the fifth-best overall in its 2022 Best B-Schools survey

Fortune India ranked SPJIMR as the best private B-School in India and the eight best B-School in their first-ever Indian B-Schools Rankings 2022. Read here

Updates

    Alumni Award Winners 2022

1) Promising Recent Alumnus (PRA)

a) Pranav Gopal Pujari (PGEMP,  Class of 2018)
    Company -  Schneider Electric

    Designation - General Manager.
    For more details click here     

2) Social Excellence (SE)

a) Priya Agarwal (PGDM/MMS, Class of 1992)

    Company - Antarang Foundation

    Designation - Founder & Director

    For more details click here

3) Best Family Business (BFB)

a) Deepak Agarwal  (PGP-FMB, Class of 2001)

     Company - Bikaji Foods International Ltd

     Designation - Managing Director

     For more details click here

b) Dr. Rajas Warke (PGP-FMB, Class of 2013)

     Company - Director

     Designation - HiMedia Laboratories Pvt. Ltd

     For more details click here

4) Corporate Excellence (CE)

a) Mukesh Agarwal (PGDM/MMS, Class of 1992)

     Company - CEO

     Designation - National Stock Exchange

     For more details click here

5) Excellence in Entrepreneurship (EE)

This year the jury decided to divide this category into two sub-categories where we recognize alumni for their growth in entrepreneurship ventures in less than 5 years and greater than 5 years.

a) Amit Kumar (PGPM, Class of 2008) (<5)
     Company - CEO & Founder

     Designation - MSMEx

     For more details click here

b) Abhijeet Gan (PGDM/MMS, Class of 2006) (>5)
     Company - Rite Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd

     Designation - MD & CEO

     For more details click here

c) Aditya Rajesh Daga (PGP-FMB, Class of 2011) (>5)

    Company - Executive Director

    Designation - Plasti  Surge Industries Pvt. Ltd

    For more details click here

6) Alumni Service Award  

a) Nehal Medh (PGDM/MMS, Class of 1986)

b) Vineet Agarwal (PGP-FMB, Class of 2004)

c) Ritayan Chatterjee (PGPM, Class of 2018)

For more details click here

Reunion 2022

Annual Reunions are always a joyous occasion as classmates and teachers reconnect, relive and reminisce on their college days as they travel down memory lane.

This year’s reunion was held on 17th December, 2022, at the campus for graduates from batches 2017, 2012, 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992 & 1987.

Numerous engagement activities conducted throughout the day stoked the flame of nostalgia.

Abhyudaya Updates

Abhyudaya reaches a 15-year milestone

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a small step. And nothing better demonstrates this than the evolution of Abhyudaya - an SPJIMR initiative that began modestly in 2008 and today supports over 550 Sitaras with financial grants and a comprehensive educational program for holistic development.

Our PGDM participants offer Sitaras’ one-on-one mentoring to help them attain their highest potential.

Sitaras have an experiential session with  Canadian students

Our Sitaras recently got a real taste of Canada. In a dynamic online session they met face-to-face with pupils from Havergal College, Toronto, Canada. Where as  part of the volunteering programme of 10th and 11th Havergal graders they were exposed to their Canadian school life and interesting information about Canada.

Videos of Havergal College and a quiz on Canada were also shown to the students.

The Sitaras who had done their homework well were able to answer most of the questions.

Centre for Financial Studies (CFS)
Updates

FinTech Accelerator at SPJIMR

Our Centre for Financial Studies (CFS) is looking to launch a FinTech Accelerator Initiative.

As part of the Accelerator we would be incorporating an Experts / Mentors panel; a panel of experts who can work with the Accelerator to provide mentorship & guidance to the start-up on a volunteer or contractual basis.

Areas of Expertise:  Venture Capitalists, Angels, Retail Banking, Investment Banking, Payment, Insurance, Lending, BNPL, Wealth Tech, Capital Markets, Supply Chain Management, Forex, Trading, Trade Finance, Securitization, Block chain, Digital Marketing, Gift City experience and experience with a Regulator (SEBI & RBI).

Professionals should have a  minimum of 15 years of professional work experience (including a minimum of 3 years in a leadership role) in any of the above-mentioned areas.

Deadline to apply: 31st Jan,2023.
Those interested may apply with their resume on this post or email to cfs@spjimr.org

Benchmark 2023

Benchmark 2023 is a one of its kind practitioner focused research contest. CFS calls for original research papers with practitioner focus in finance focusing on a research question based on one of the themes mentioned in the link below.

This contest gives an opportunity to participants to showcase their research skills, espouse high quality practitioner engagement and gain recognition for the same.

For more details click here 
Dr. Varun Nagaraj's speak on Benchmark 2023 here

SPJIMR's CFS Fireside Chat with Mr Mukund Rajan

SPJIMR’s Centre for Financial (CFS) hosted a fireside chat with Mr. Mukund Rajan, Chairman of ECube Investment Advisors.

In his conversation with Mr. Manoj Mohan, Executive Director of CFS, Mr. Rajan underscored  the improvements in India's ESG ecosystem. He gave away some gems of advice to management graduates as well.

Alumni Focus

Notable Alumni

Anjali Sharma (PGDM, Class of 2008) has won the Indian Achievers Award. Read more here

Siddhartha Sastry (PGCIM/GMP, Class of 2011) has been appointed as Vice- President of Spherebox. Raed more here     

Vikas Hazari (PGPM, Class of 2013) has earned the Outstanding Associate of The Year Award from UST Yash 2022 which honours excellence, camaraderie, and creativity. Raed more here

Pallavi Rao Chaturvedi (PGDM, Class of 2005) first e-book titled ‘Your Partner In Parenting’ was commissioned by and released by Cadbury Bournvita’s as a part of their 'Tayyari Jeet Ki’ campaign. This book is a parenting bible for parents of children between the ages of 7 and 14. Read more here

Rajesh jejurikar (PGDM, Class of 1986) has been named Autocar Professional’s Man of the Year 2022. Read more here

Swapnil Gawande (PGPDM, Class of 2017) has been elected as Chairperson of the Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI) West Zone for 2022-2025 during its AGM held in Gurugram, New Delhi. Read more here

Mansi Tripathy (PGDM, Class of 1996) has been awarded Executive of the Year at the Singapore Business Review Management Excellence Awards (SBR Management Excellence Awards) which recognises the most outstanding leaders in Singapore. Read more here

Suresh Viswanathan (PGDM/MMS, Class of 1989) has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Nationwide Building Society, UK. Read more here

Arpan Sur (PGDM, Class of 2004) has taken on a new role as Senior Director of marketing at Mondelez's sub-Saharan Africa market.
Read more here

Rakesh Bhutoria (PGDM/MMS, Class of 1992) for his contribution to Financial Services Marketing & his role as a social media influencer. Read more here

Divya Anand (PGDM, Class of 2008) authored a book ‘Misfit Madhu’ recently in August. Read more here

Do share your success stories with the relevant hyperlinks at alumni.admin@spjimr.org

Case Study

"Nykaa: A Keen Contest in Beauty Products Retailing" co-authored by Malay Krishna and Samridhi Arora (PGDM 2021).

“The Truant Distributor: Retain or Replace?” co-authored by Dr. Renuka Kamath and Pankaj Agrawal and Shoaib Ahmed (PGDM, Class of 2017).

Special offers on Alumni ID card

The SPJIMR Alumni ID card is your special possession because it keeps you connected to your Alma Mater while offering you easy access to Mumbai, Delhi campuses and libraries.

This year we are thrilled to add on a prestigious offer to your card: two variants of the 'HDFC Bank Diners Club' credit card personalized with the name of our institute to give you access to the finest travel, dining, and shopping experiences!  

To avail this offer, you can generate your digital card from the alumni portal and app (ios and android) anytime.

Click here for detailed features of HDFC Bank's Diners Club Black and Privilege Credit Card.

To contact your city SPOC, click here

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Events

 
                                           Chicago Alumni Meet

Chicago Alumni Meet: 27th November 2022.

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New York Alumni Meet

New York Alumni Meet: 30th November 2022.

 

San Francisco Alumni Meet

San Francisco Alumni Meet 7th December 2022 

Articles

A. Is TQM totally practised in the Indian industry? by Prof R Jayaraman in IPF online, December 20, 2022

B. Elephants are also your business if you are in the plantation industry in India by Prof Prabhat Pani published in The Times of India, November 5, 2022.

C. Revolutionising educationby Dr Preeta George published in the Business India, November 27, 2022.


Disclaimer: Views in these articles may not reflect the views of the Institute

To view more faculty published articles click here

Podcast

                  Sustainable Futures Episode 1: Tata Coffee's Sustainable Journey

"SPJIMR's Centre for Innovation in Sustainable Development (CISD) is happy to announce its new podcast series, 'Sustainable Futures,' which brings to the fore remarkable, pathbreaking sustainability initiatives by India Inc.

In the first episode, Mr Chacko Thomas, MD and CEO, Tata Coffee, in conversation with Prof. Prabhat Pani, Executive Director - CISD, discusses how Tata Coffee has raised the bar on sustainability initiatives by corporates in India. The series is brought to you by SPJIMR's CISD on various streaming platforms and the SPJIMR website.
 

Online Merchandise

Order SPJIMR merchandise online and have them delivered to your doorstep, anywhere in India, using the ‘Campus Mall’. 

Click on the E-store - Campus Mall

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