Join us for the upcoming edition of CISD’s “Social Sector Samvaad” webinar on “The Impact of the Latest Budget on the Social Sector” with economist and public policy specialist Mitali Nikore. This episode will help social sector professionals, especially those associated with small and medium-sized NGOs, to decode Budget 2023-24 and capitalise on future opportunities that it presents.
CISD’s programmes aim to educate key stakeholders and build the individual and organisational capabilities required to drive the SDG agenda across all economic and social strata of society.
The Post Graduate Programme for Development Management (PGPDM) is a 12-month executive management programme for professionals working in the social sector, including NGOs, Corporate CSRs, social enterprises, and for those seeking career transition to the social sector.
Customised Management Development Programmes (MDPs) are crafted to impact the management capability, performance and innovative approach of social sector organisations through application-oriented learning with a carefully curated blend of training, seminars and workshops.
CISD mangrove visit explores how corporates align people, profits and the planet
Centre for Innovation in Sustainable Development (CISD) recently collaborated with Godrej and Boyce to conduct an informative half-day trip to the Godrej Pirojshanagar Mangrove forest in Vikhroli. Sixty-five participants from SPJIMR visited the 2000-acre green oasis in the heart of Mumbai. The dynamic ecosystem supports 16 species of mangrove, along with 209 birds, 82 butterflies, 81 spiders, 75 other insect species, 32 reptiles, and several mammal species, including the Golden Jackal, Wild Boar, and Indian Mongoose.
Beach Clean-Up Activity
SPJIMR’s Centre for Innovation in Sustainable Development (CISD) regularly organises beach clean-up activities in collaboration with the well-known Afroz Shah Foundation (ASF) on Mumbai’s Versova beach. This Foundation has been removing and recycling an average of 368,404 pieces of plastic and 378,351 kgs of garbage per week through their various beach clean-up drives across Mumbai, including Borivali forest, Mithi river, Dana Pani Beach, Versova Beach, and remote islands.
Greenovate: Innovating Sustainable Change
SPJIMR Centre for Innovation in Sustainable Development (CISD) and Tata Power partnered exclusively for the first edition of “Greenovate,” a special Sustainability Challenge. The objective of this challenge was to find innovative business solutions aimed at advancing the sustainability agenda of the company, which is now a major player in the field of renewable energy. More than 550 college students across India participated in “Greenovate.”
Experiential learning with SPJIMR CISD
For participants working on agricultural technology initiatives involving blockchain and IoT as well as drones, greenhouses, and multispectral imaging (MSI), SPJIMR Centre for Innovation in Sustainable Development (CISD) organised a trip to Vadgaon village near Nasik.
Ehsaas
Ehsaas is a NGO mela organised by SPJIMR DoCC to celebrate the spirit of economic self-sufficiency achieved through the perseverance of artisans, Self Help Groups (SHGs), and NGOs.
Aasra
SPJIMR DoCC’s annual event Aasra is an inclusive sport and cultural fest for differently-abled individuals.
Abhyudaya NGO
The Abhyudaya NGO has engaged for over 14 years with 500+ underprivileged school children, called ‘Sitaras’, living in slums around the SPJIMR campus. SPJIMR provides academic and extra-curricular inputs over multiple years, making them ready to pursue higher education and livelihood opportunities.
Research on Urban resilience / Impact of Covid
Research Affiliates of CISD are pursuing a range of research opportunities (academic research and case studies/policy papers) on urban poverty (including the impact of Covid) through the relationships established by the Abhyudaya NGO.
Network/Relationship with NGOs
Over the years, the SPJIMR community has engaged with 500+ rural NGOs across India (and a few in Bangladesh and Nepal) through the Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC) initiative. While our students volunteer and intern with the organisations, the NGO community gains through the support provided by the students in areas such as fundraising, digital presence, strategy formulation, etc. The SPJIMR community gains from the cumulative relationship accrued over the years with the NGOs.
Research on Agri-based Livelihoods initiative
Many Research Affiliates of CISD (who are also faculty members of SPJIMR, specialising in multiple disciplines) are pursuing a range of research opportunities (academic research and case studies/policy papers) on the social exemplar, “Lakhpati Kisan.” The “Lakhpati Kisan” programme has been implemented amongst small and marginal farmer households in tribal districts of Central India by Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods (CInL). It has successfully alleviated the participating farmers irreversibly out of poverty.
Tech 10 Awards
To tackle complex problems related to SDGs in India, several research/academic institutions and start-up networks have developed several technologies to provide affordable solutions and to build scale. However, poor access to relevant networks and average efforts at dissemination has meant commercialisation and scale-up opportunities are either lost or delayed. CISD will add value by instituting a rigorous process of working with appropriate partners to search/identify such technologies and then document and disseminate these technologies to relevant stakeholders, facilitating commercialisation and scale-up opportunities.
Social Impact Awards
Social Impact Awards is an annual event organised by SPJIMR DoCC which recognises and celebrates the contribution of exemplary social sector organisations and enterprises.
Regunath Research Fellowship in Social Citizenship and Management
The fellowship is an initiative of SPJIMR’s DoCC. It is funded by Mr. Deepak Regunath, SPJIMR alumni and is in memory of his late father, Mr. Regunath Ganesan.
BSIEM
The Business and Social Impact in Emerging Markets (BSIEM) program was launched six years ago with a mission to create unique learning experiences in different contexts and countries (Brazil, Colombia, India, Russia and Mexico), and to connect students with a variety of experiences, situations, problems and opportunities, and to encourage them to tackle social problems by adopting sustainable approaches, which may include launching successful business models. The University/Institute partners (SPJIMR is the Indian partner) share their expertise/adopting
Sustainable approaches/business models while citing the context of their respective countries. The chosen focus areas are Brazil – Social Innovation, Colombia – Bottom-of-Pyramid/Circular Economy, India – Adopting Sustainability, Russia – Challenges: ESG Agenda in Russia under sanctions, and Mexico – Technology for social entrepreneurs.
PRME
Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a learning community of business schools committed to weaving its six core principles into business and management. SPJIMR DoCC hosts the PRME India Chapter event every year. Chandrika Parmar, Director DoCC, is the current chair of the UN PRME India Chapter.
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Prabhat Pani is the Executive Director of the Centre for Innovation in Sustainable Development (CISD). He was the head of the Post Graduate Programme in Development Management (PGPDM) earlier. Prabhat possesses almost 40 years of experience in handling positions of responsibility in for-profit organisations in FMCG, Telecom, and Hospitality spaces, as well as in philanthropy. He holds a management degree from IIM Ahmedabad.
Tanojkumar heads the PGPDM and is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy and Policy at SPJIMR. Tanoj is a public policy, education, and development professional and researcher with over 20 years of experience in government, academia, and the social sector. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Policy from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, USA, and has a Master’s in Public Management and Policy from IIM Ahmedabad.
Deepa is a social entrepreneur and educator. She is the Director of the Abhyudaya non-profit at SPJIMR, which works in education for underprivileged school children. She has a management degree from IIM Calcutta and over 30 years of work experience across the corporate and social sectors.
Talwar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Finance and Economics, and also the Research Lead – CISD, at SPJIMR. With a PhD in Management Studies and MBA in Finance & Marketing, Shalini has a cumulative work experience of 25 years in industry and academia. Her professional interests span three key domains – teaching, research, and editorial responsibilities. A researcher committed to cross-functional and multi-disciplinary studies, Shalini’s published and ongoing work focuses on contemporary areas including but not limited to sustainability, innovation, pro-environmental behaviour, investor and firm behaviour, and digital disruptions.
V Shankar is Executive in Residence, CISD. He possesses 45 years of rich industry experience including long stints in Unilever and in the Tata Group. Shankar’s previous role was the MD and CEO of Rallis India, post which he helped establish a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Agriculture and Farm Excellence as a Tata Group initiative. He is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, Company Secretary, Law Graduate, and alumnus of IMD Lausanne, Switzerland.
Chandrika Parmar holds a Ph.D. from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK, with a specialisation in Management Research. She is an enthusiastic educator with a deep interest in research areas specific to social sciences. She has 30 years of overall experience, wherein she has been engaged with leading academic institutions and research organisations in leadership roles. At SPJIMR, Chandrika is an Associate Professor, Management and Society and Director, Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC).
CISD research affiliates pursue a wide range of research activities, including research articles, case studies and policy papers on the “Lakhpati Kisan” project of Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) an exemplar in the space of ‘Sustainable Livelihoods in Agriculture’.
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Department of Organisation & Leadership Studies, SPJIMR
Associate Professor
Chairperson, Department of Organisation & Leadership Studies, SPJIMR
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Department of Organisation & Leadership Studies, SPJIMR, and
Lead – Teaching Excellence & Teaching Development, SPJIMR
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Department of Operations, Supply Chain Management & Quantitative Methods, SPJIMR
Anjali Kanitkar is an Associate Professor at the College of Social Work, Mumbai. She teaches graduate and post-graduate courses in Community Organisation, Social Policy and Planning and Ecology. She was a Director of Social Audit in the Government of Maharashtra till 2020. She has completed her B.A. in English Literature from the University of Mumbai and M.A. in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Veera Dikshit has over 28 years of experience in the corporate sector across a wide range of sales and marketing disciplines, including partner and alliance management for enterprise clients in India/ Asia. In her last assignment at Thomson Reuters, Veera led business development for the corporate segment in India/ South Asia and was part of the leadership team at Thomson Reuters.
Nishit Kumar is the Founder and MD at Centre for Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBC3), a section 8 non-profit public company and India’s first non-profit dedicated to integrating SBCC methods with interventions.
Shalabh Sahai began his journey by co-founding iVolunteer in 2001 and continues to lead it today as the largest social enterprise for formal volunteering in India, counting marquee corporate names as its partners. He is also credited with creating iVolunteer Awards, India’s only awards that inspire and establish new benchmarks in volunteering.
He is currently working as CEO and Research Director at NEERMAN, an independent non-profit organisation that provides engineering, economics and policy solutions in the environment and health sectors. He has also worked with the Water and Sanitation Program at the World Bank as Co-Principal and Investigator for the health impact evaluation of total sanitation campaigns.
Swapan Garain is a social entrepreneur, social scientist, social work educator, trainer, social business mentor, and non-profit manager. With more than four decades of service to society, he has been engaged in helping set up and manage foundations and family trusts, guiding corporate for their social responsibility initiatives, facilitating government policy-making, appraising projects for funding, teaching university students, training change agents, doing field action research, writing, consulting, networking among social sector stakeholders, and promoting of social entrepreneurship.
Sunita the key administrator of CISD has worked for more than 11 years in diverse sectors including education, media and events. She is a commerce graduate from the University of Calcutta.
SPJIMR’s CISD has partnered with Ivy Cap ventures and Ivy Camp to provide students with exposure on evaluating startups for investment in the Agritech space. The engagement involves activities including an interactive session to discuss investment criteria, evaluation of startups in the Agritech space, and discussions with Agritech startup founders to understand key factors that affect technology-related decisions in the Agritech space.
CISD has partnered with Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI), supported by Tata Trusts, to study and research on their flagship initiative, Lakhpati Kisan. The engagement involves academic scholars, including SPJIMR Faculty, conducting research on various dimensions of Lakhpati Kisan, including women empowerment, technology integration, income increase through livelihoods layering, community institutions, and key policy perspectives.
CISD has established a collaboration with Mahindra and Mahindra Limited to partner on activities focused on agri-business technologies, and entrepreneurship. In the first engagement, Mahindra and Mahindra has commissioned two projects for SPJIMR students to learn about Business Process Evaluation of agri models in the Agri-tech space, as well as evaluation of technologies used by Agri-tech Startups.
CISD has collaborated with the Pune Knowledge Cluster Foundation (PKCF) towards the aim of making the SPJIMR campus carbon neutral. The engagement started with formation of ‘Carbon Neutral Campus (CNC)’ team within SPJIMR, and initial orientation/training to work towards establishing the baseline status of the SPJIMR campus on Carbon neutrality.
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