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Bhavan's SPJIMR Alumni Newsletter
October 2022 |
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Announcement |
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SPJIMR is Ranked in the Top 200 of the
QS Global MBA Rankings 2023 |
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SPJIMR is ranked in the top 200 of the QS Global MBA Rankings 2023 for the fourth consecutive year! The QS Global MBA ranking features some of the world's best business schools annually.
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Partnership With Capacity Building Commission (CBC) |
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SPJIMR partnered with the Capacity Building Commission (CBC) in aiding Mission Karmayogi, the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building. The partnership aims to include several short-and long-term programmes designed to help participants to build leadership qualities and competencies and learn the latest analytical skills. Read more here |
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Social Impact Awards (SIA) |
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SPJIMR’s Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC) initiative - wherein students periodically assist rural NGOs with daily activities - is outstretching its arm once more.
It will host the Social Impact Awards (SIA) 2022 to recognize outstanding contributions made by social enterprises and social sector organisations to society.
At the awards function there will be a keynote address by Professor Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient apart from speeches by other luminaries in every award categories.
For more details and registering click here
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SPJIMR’s annual talk series, SParc 2022, held on October 14, at the M.L.Shrikant auditorium, left the audience spellbound with the inspiring tales of courage and heart.
Speakers from a variety of backgrounds enthralled them with heartwarming tales of bravery and resilience that showed how the human spirit can triumph over insurmountable odds.
The speaker’s list includes:
Mr Anil Swarup, IAS Officer and Best Selling Author
Mr Madan Padaki, SPJIMR Alumni and Founder & CEO, 1Bridge
Mr Anant Talaulicar, SPJIMR Executive in Residence and Board Member KPIT Technologies
Mr Risheendra Vakkalagadda, SPJIMR PGEMP Participant
Ms Surabhi Purwar, SPJIMR PGDM Participant
Mr Deepak Kumar, SPJIMR PGDM Participant
Ms Mugdha Kalra, Indian Media Professional and Autism Activist
Click here to view the entire event. |
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Abhyudaya Updates |
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On the occasion of Diwali SPJIMR’s DoSU Admap Committee together with the Abhyudaya Admap Committee sought to spread a social message using artistic visual expression through the eyes of children.
They organized a poster competition on the topic of a pollution-free Diwali for Abhyudaya Sitaras where the children were invited to use their imagination and draw sketches based on the theme.
The posters that won prizes are shown above.
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Centre for Financial Studies (CFS)
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Forbes India published an article by Mansi Gupta from SPJIMR Centre for Financial Studies (CFS) Research which highlighted how ESG frameworks are at risk of becoming a smokescreen.
Read the article here
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Alumni Focus |
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Notable Alumni |
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Bhushan Akshikar (PGDM, Class of 1996) has been appointed as Managing Director of GSK India. Read more here
Amit Kumar's (PGPM , Class of 2007) company, MSMEx, has won the Best Enterprise of the Year (Training) 2022 award by MSME India Business Awards. Read more here
Archana Mittal (PGPDM, Class of 2017) has won The Nightingale of India International award for working women 2022. Read more here
Ravishankar Kammula (PGDM, Class of 2017) who has won the Supply Chain Super Achiever 2022 under 30 award organized by Celerity Supply Chain Tribe. Read more here
Amit Kumar Kaushal (PGDM, Class of 2000) has joined PwC as Executive Director. Read more here
Saiprasad Valanju (PGEMP, Class of 2022) and a moment of pride for us. Happy to announce that he has joined Paytm as Vice President – Consumer Product.
Read more here |
Do share your success stories with the relevant hyperlinks at alumni.admin@spjimr.org
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Events |
Chennai alumni meet
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Chennai council met on October 9, 2022 over dinner.
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UK alumni meet
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UK alumni met on October 13, 2022.
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Hyderabad alumni meet
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On October 15, 2022, Hyderabad alumni met for dinner.
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Upcoming |
SPJIMR Reunion 2022
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This year we will celebrate reunion for batches who have graduated 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years ago on Saturday, 17th December 2022 at the SPJIMR campus, Mumbai.
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Sapience: Episode 2
'Sapience' features conversations on the practical aspects of wisdom-based leadership and various global and societal issues. In its new episode, Dr. Surya Tahora is in conversation with Dr. Justin Brienza, University of Queensland Business School (UQ Business School), and discusses why despite extensive work on wisdom research, it is yet to percolate to the organisations.
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Past Imperfect: Episode 4
The new episode of SPJIMR’s history podcast: Past Imperfect features Dr. Dinyar Patel in conversation with author and professor, Georgetown University, Dr. Joseph Sassoon. Joseph Sassoon’s ‘The Global Merchants’ charts the meteoric rise and calamitous collapse of the Sassoon family, Jewish refugees from Baghdad who built a world-spanning business empire out of Bombay, London, and Shanghai.
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Graduate Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship (GCPE) |
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Centre for Family Business & Entrepreneurship (CFBE) has launched a brand new Entrepreneurship Programme - GCPE. This programme is designed to help young minds get started with their entrepreneurship dreams. It is tailored for undergrads from any stream of studies, who are looking to start their businesses and be part of India's start-up ecosystem. It will provide participants with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. The curriculum includes modules on business planning, finance, marketing, and more. The programme is also accompanied by a mentorship component.Scheduled to commence on November 27th 2022
For more details click here or write to us at entrepreneurship@spjimr.org
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Vriddhi |
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Vriddhi is a unique venture accelerator platform launched by SPJIMR’s Centre for Family Business & Entrepreneurship. Vriddhi is built around three core objectives on the fund seeking side - Enabling access (to fund seeking and mentoring resources) , dedicated mentoring and focused funding for growth.
This platform is now open to all SPJIMR alumni - both as fund seekers and as fund providers. We invite applications from alumni for both the categories.
For more details click here
For any more queries, please write to us at - vriddhi@spjimr.org
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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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Read our earlier newsletters here. |
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