SPJIMR collaborates with the Global Compact Network India and the United Nations PRME programme. The objective of PRME is to transform management education and develop responsible decision-makers of tomorrow to advance sustainable development. SPJIMR leads the UN PRME India chapter in India and facilitates discussions and collaborations amongst key stakeholders to implement PRME’s core principles. Chandrika Parmar, Director of SPJIMR DoCC, is the current chair of the UN PRME India Chapter. DoCC hosts the PRME India Chapter event at SPJIMR every year. This event brings together management and leadership from universities, management schools, corporations, and civil societies across India to promote PRME’s mission.
Inculcating a sensibility and sensitivity for grassroots issues
Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC) is a novel initiative pioneered by SPJIMR more than 30 years ago, rooted in the belief that ‘Civil society is a learning mechanism’. As a mandatory component of the management curriculum, DoCC fosters in the participants a sensitivity to and a sensibility about the societal issue of grassroots communities. DoCC offers participants immersive social internships across India and South Asia to engage with grassroots communities and organisations. This allows the participants to reflect on and apply their management learnings to unstructured environments.
In addition, with its purpose to address sustainability, futures, and community, DoCC hosts several events and outreach activities throughout the year. It connects the development sector, corporate world and civil society to engage in meaningful conversations where each group understands the diverse world of the other and initiates beneficial collaborations. SPJIMR’s industry partners unanimously recognise DoCC as an essential component of its management pedagogy which shapes socially-sensitive leaders who can drive innovations that benefit both business and society.
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Partnerships
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United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME)
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Social sector organisations
The social internship is the principal constituent of DoCC, which reinforces SPJIMR’s mission that business leaders of tomorrow need to be socially sensitive, ecologically responsible and grounded in values. DoCC collaborates with more than 300 social sector partners across 26 states in India and also works with international agencies across Bangladesh and Nepal. These partners share and support SPJIMR’s belief that ‘Civil society is a learning mechanism’, which enriches the collaboration making these partnerships enduring. These organisations host SPJIMR participants for one to five weeks and offer them the essential support to conclude their internships successfully. The internship projects expose the participants to how these communities strive to mitigate various social and ecological challenges inherent to the rural economy.
DoCC Internship themes include (but are not limited to) the following: Water | Financial inclusion | Health | Disability | Environment | Livelihood | Sanitation | Ageing | Disaster Management | Social Entrepreneurship | Energy | Alternatives | Agriculture | Women Empowerment | Education | Food | Self-Help-Groups
Events
PRME World Tour Research Paper Development Programme 2022-2024
SPJIMR DoCC is hosting the PRME India Chapter World Tour Research Paper Development Programme, a partnership between PRME and two of the world’s leading international journals in the responsible management and business-in-society field, Business & Society and Journal of Business Ethics. Know More
Ehsaas 2023
Ehsaas is a NGO mela, which celebrates the spirit of economic self-sufficiency achieved through the perseverance of artisans, Self Help Groups (SHGs), and NGOs. During the pandemic, DoCC and Sustainability students committee (DoSu), launched Ehsaas online as a virtual Zoom event with 28 SHGs and NGOs. Sellers and customers from different parts of India participated enthusiastically to make it an overwhelming success. Know More
PRME 2022
PRME’s India chapter 2022 meet held at SPJIMR Mumbai brought together academic, corporate, and social sector audiences to discuss ‘if and how’ management education can create socially aware communities. The event featured the Dean’s roundtable and several panel discussions on the theme, ‘Partnering for social impact: Toward Responsible Management Education’.
Social Impact Awards 2022
SPJIMR Social Impact Awards is DoCC’s annual event which recognises and celebrates the contribution of exemplary social sector organisations and enterprises.
Aasra
Aasra is an inclusive sport and cultural fest for differently-abled individuals. Over 100 participants from non-profits and schools across Mumbai come together yearly to celebrate life through sports and cultural activities at SPJIMR.
8th PRME Asia Forum
In 2018 SPJIMR hosted the 8th PRME Asia forum with the theme: Sustainable Futures: Towards Responsible Management Education. Over 150 delegates from Australia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan attended this conference. Some of the notable plenary speakers included Magsaysay award winners like Aruna Roy and T.M.Krishna; well-known public intellectuals like Ashis Nandy and Shiv Visvanathan; industry leaders in sustainability like Anirban Ghosh, the co-creator of the happiness Index of Burma, Saamdu Chetri.
Initiatives
Voice of Change
Voice of Change provides SPJIMR participants with a platform to interact with heroes, pathfinders, changemakers and influencers whose work has positively impacted communities at the grassroots level.
Social Impact Awards
Social Impact Awards (SIA) is a DoCC initiative for recognising exemplary contributions made by social enterprises and social sector organisations toward society. It brings together thought leaders from corporate, academia, and the social sector to evaluate the impact created by participating organisations. It also provides a platform for multi-stakeholder projects to showcase themselves and be recognised globally.
SIA award categories include – Agriculture, Livelihood, Disability, Education, Skill Development, Health and Nutrition, Water and Sanitation (WASH), Sustainability, and Women Empowerment. Know more about its latest edition Social Impact Awards 2022.