Overview

Marketing is integral to understanding consumers’ needs, wants, and desires in order to develop offerings that drive a firm’s long-term growth and sustainability. It empowers managers to navigate the dynamic forces governing contemporary markets by enabling them to create, communicate, deliver, and capture value effectively. With rapid technological advancements, marketing also allows organisations to seamlessly integrate new tools, leveraging efficient feedback loops to evaluate data and continuously refine their offerings.

SPJIMR’s marketing faculty members are not only well-versed in core marketing principles but also bring deep expertise in specialised domains. Our faculty pride themselves on solving complex, real-world industry challenges while effectively disseminating that knowledge to the next generation of business leaders. Working closely with industry partners, they conduct rigorous research and design tailored Management Development Programmes (MDPs) for diverse corporate clients. Their research also contributes to the advancement of marketing scholarship, with publications in leading journals such as Marketing Science, European Journal of Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, and Psychology and Marketing.

Crucially, these engagements inform the development of indigenous case studies that enrich classroom discussions with practical, real-time insights. Above all, our academic and consulting perspectives remain firmly grounded in ethics and sustainability, ensuring a steadfast commitment to consumer and environmental well-being.

Strategic focus areas

Foundations: marketing management and strategy

Digital, tech-driven and social media marketing

Brand management and strategic branding

Consumer behaviour and buyer insights

Sales, distribution and business-to-business (B2B) marketing

Marketing analytics, research and quantitative models

Retail, e-commerce and pricing strategy

Services, operations and customer experience

Experiential learning, simulations and responsible marketing

Faculty

Curriculum

Focus area Courses offered

Foundations: marketing management and strategy
Marketing Management (I and II), Fundamentals of Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Strategic Marketing, Marketing Strategy and Implementation, International Marketing

Digital, tech-driven and social media marketing
Digital Marketing, AI Driven Digital Marketing, Digital Marketing Communication, AI and Marketing Technologies, Social Media and Digital Marketing, Digital in Business, Marketing in the Digital World, Digital Product Marketing Strategy, User Generated Content Analysis

Brand management and strategic branding
Brand Management, Strategic Brand Management, Fundamentals of Branding, Seminar on Brand Management, Storytelling in Business

Consumer behaviour and buyer insights
Consumer Behaviour, Buyer Behaviour, Consumer Behaviour Analysis, Seminar on Consumer Behaviour

Sales, distribution and business-to-business (B2B) marketing
B2B Marketing, B2B Sales, Sales and Distribution and B2B Marketing, Sales and Distribution Management, Managing Salesforce and Reseller Networks, Managing Channels and Salesforce, Sales, Business Development and Key Account Management, Sales Operations, Sales and Service Operations

Marketing analytics, research and quantitative models
Marketing Research, Seminar on Advanced Marketing Research, Analytics for Decision-Making in Marketing, Experimental Research Methods, Seminar on Marketing Models

Retail, e-commerce and pricing strategy
E-Commerce, E-Commerce Retailing, Retail Shopper Marketing, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Workshop

Services, operations and customer experience
Services Marketing, Seminar on Service Management, Service Operations, Customer Experience Design, Acquiring and Managing Customers

Experiential learning, simulations and responsible marketing
MarkStrat, Marketing Operations (MarkStrat), Marketing Operations, Marketing with Responsibility, Marketing Theory and Contemporary Issues, Design Thinking

Conferences and workshops

SPJIMR conducts multidisciplinary research conferences, academia-industry conclaves, paper development workshops, faculty development programmes and seminars as a natural extension of its commitment to responsible, impact-driven knowledge creation. These platforms bring together leading scholars, industry practitioners, policymakers, and emerging researchers to exchange diverse perspectives, challenge existing paradigms, and co-create solutions to complex real-world problems.

Upcoming Asia-Pacific ACR Conference 2027

Asia-Pacific ACR Conference 2027

  • Workshop dates 7 – 10 January 2027

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Past Chicago Booth Quantitative Marketing Conference 2023

Chicago Booth Quantitative Marketing Conference 2023

  • Dates 15 December 2023

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