Faculty blogs
Tulsi Jayakumar
Tulsi Jayakumar
When family mindsets rewrite the rules for women leaders
Vineeta Dwivedi
When leadership speaks: A case about identity, bias and voice
Tulsi Jayakumar
From follower to frontrunner: Google’s Gemini at a crossroads
Milind Kamat
More than a transaction: How social trust sparked a digital revolution on India’s streets
Tulsi Jayakumar
PepsiCo’s $1.95 billion Poppi gamble: Has the beverage giant overpaid for gut health’s future?
Prof. Anshul Verma, Chairperson, PGPM
How transparent reporting shapes investor sentiment in India’s evolving markets
Ashita Aggarwal
When Alexa meets strategy: The new economics of Voice AI
Tulsi Jayakumar
On track to net zero? Indian Railways’ electrification dilemma
Surya Tahora
Why brilliant, data-rich leaders still make bad decisions
Anshul Verma
Why entrepreneurial impulsivity can make or break a start-up in India
Anshul Verma
Trust and transparency: The role of corporate disclosures in shaping investor confidence in India
Surya Tahora
Educating for wisdom in the Anthropocene: Rethinking business schools through Indian spiritual traditions
Raghuram R
Cashback vs. NeuCoins: The secret psychology of digital promotions
Tulsi Jayakumar
Marketing the unmentionable by tackling stigma in menstrual cup adoption: A case study of Sirona Hygiene Private Ltd.
Tulsi Jayakumar
When Amazon arrived late to India’s quick commerce party
Tanvi Mankodi
Organisational responses to hybrid work—Rethinking culture and civility in India
Tulsi Jayakumar
Mumbai’s pollution trilemma: When clean air meets street food culture
ShabbirHusain R.V.
Reimagining travel through AI: Making every journey smarter and more personal
Professors Divya Soni, Priya Mandleshwar, Sapna Malya and Samit Paul
IND AS 116: A paradigm shift or mere adjustment?
Avinash Ghalke
ESG and Dividends: How law and ESG controversies shape dividend payouts
Janmejaya Samal (PGPDM alumni) and Prof. Arunima Haldar
AYUSH and the hidden toll
Tanvi Mankodi
Why empathy matters in the classroom: Insights for educators and students
Surya Tahora
Part 3—How does Jeste and Lee’s model of wisdom relate to other definitions of wisdom?
Surya Tahora
Part 2—Should spirituality be a component of wisdom?
Surya Tahora
Part 1—The emerging empirical science of wisdom
Surya Tahora
One thousand faces of spirituality: From ancient traditions to modern approaches
Tanvi Mankodi
Why is Organisational Behaviour the spine of a successful venture?
Surya Tahora
Beyond religion: How to explain the rise of more individualised forms of spirituality
Surya Tahora
Part 3 — Applying the Polyhedron model: Wisdom in action
Surya Tahora
Part 2 — The remaining facets of the Polyhedron model of wisdom
Surya Tahora
Part 1 — Introducing the Polyhedron model of wisdom
Surya Tahora
Who is Rama? Rama dances in my heart
Surya Tahora
Understanding wisdom: A look at the 6p unified framework
Varun Nagaraj
Embracing ‘wise innovation’: creating the next generation of innovators
Co-authors: SPJIMR CISD Executive Director Prabhat Pani and Mitali Nikore (Nikore Associates)
Women’s Livelihoods and India@100: How did women fare in the first Amrit Kaal Budget?
Shalini Talwar, Associate Professor, Finance & Economics and Research Lead, CISD, SPJIMR
Urmila Girish, Research Associate, CISD, SPJIMR
Urmila Girish, Research Associate, CISD, SPJIMR
Disruptive digital innovation in healthcare: Understanding and overcoming the resistance
Shalini Talwar, Associate Professor, Finance & Economics and Research Lead, CISD, SPJIMR
Sukriti Anand, Nikore, Associates
Sukriti Anand, Nikore, Associates
Leveraging the Union Budget 2023-24: Opportunities for India’s social sector
Tanvi Mankodi
Quiet Quitting – What does it have to do with culture?
Shalini Talwar
Sustainable development and ChatGPT: Some meaningful conversations
Shalini Talwar
Achieving 2030 Agenda: Need to balance the Janus Face of Innovation
Shalini Talwar
Global Risks and Innovation: Is it time to account for the dark side?
Prabhat Pani
Benefits of digitisation and fund-raising possibilities for small/medium NGOs
Anant Talaulicar
Karma Yoga
Tanvi Mankodi
I am not OK, are you ok?
Tanvi Mankodi
The quest for the wise ones
Surya Tahora
Are you a Mahakarta and a Mahabhokta ? – Part 2
Surya Tahora
Become a Mahakarta and a Mahabhokta (Part I)
Dinyar Patel
History and Wisdom
Anant Talaulicar
Remembering my Grandfather: The fallacy of fear
Ananth Narayan
The 2013 RBI FCNR(B) Swap Window – Review & Takeaways
Ananth Narayan
Should the banking system “raise more deposits”?
Ananth Narayan
Are there large open positions in India’s currency markets?
Sapna Malya
Accounting for business, life and beyond
Anil V. Vaidya
Don’t shy away from Machine Learning!
Sushmita Srivastava
Where does the Impetus for Entrepreneurial Success come from?
Deepa Krishnan
Like a Girl
M.S. Rao
The secular Indian
Sarabjeet Natesan
Kahin pe pahunchne ke liye kahin se nikalna bahut zaroori hota hai
Sarabjeet Natesan
The carrier of my tales, the keeper of my destiny
R. Jayaraman
Performance 4.0 is nearer than what you think
Anil Vaidya
Technology – A Full Course Meal
Anil Vaidya
Who violated MY Right?
R. Jayaraman
Building and shaping of institutions
R. Jayaraman
Inside stories of Crime Patrol episodes
Sarabjeet Natesan
Gentle Monarch, thy will be done.
Anil Vaidya
A Welcome step – Data Protection Bill 2018
Anil Vaidya
Blockchain – Mobilising Business
Anil Vaidya
Why do Indians disparage India?
R. Jayaraman
Business Leaders need Machine Learning
Anil Vaidya
Big Data Juggernaut IV
Anil Vaidya
Big Data Juggernaut III
Anil Vaidya
Big Data & Machine Learning Juggernaut – II
Anil Vaidya
Big Data & Machine Learning Juggernaut – I
Sarabjeet Natesan
That which courses our veins
R. Jayaraman
Cross badging – what are the implications?
Bindu Kulkarni
Living Will
Vanita Bhoola
Equality? It’s all about the Mindset
Sarabjeet Natesan
Mai rang dey…
Deepa Krishnan
This “Barabari” Thing
R. Jayaraman
The Entitlement Culture in India
R. Jayaraman
The Gujarat Election Campaign and its Aftermath
R. Jayaraman
In the World of Innovations in Manufacturing – Part II
R. Jayaraman
Using Tough Words in Tweets
Sarabjeet Natesan
As Does the Pain
Pallavi Mody
Will Indigo Make History by Buying Out Air India?
Pallavi Mody
Infosys: A Story of Cultural Differences
Sarabjeet Natesan
From Here to Eternity
Renuka Kamath
Luck, Fate or Hard-work?
Aditi Divatia
When Dance Becomes Meditation…
Prof. Rakhi Thakur
Decoding the science of retail shopper marketing: How brands sell themselves
Jagdish Rattanani
Murthy’s Questions on Infosys are our Questions
Deepa Krishnan
I Gotta Watch Out for the Saviour Complex
R. Jayaraman
Inside the world of innovation in manufacturing
Prof. Sumita Datta
To have or not to have a career: A woman’s dilemma
Sarabjeet Natesan
To Hold on to
Surya Tahora
Eastern Wisdom and Traditional Leadership Development Approaches
Surya Tahora
Sun and Clarity of Thinking: The Gayatri Mantra
Bindu Kulkarni
Still Learning…
Mita Dixit
Mentoring the Next Gen of India Inc.
R K Pattnaik
RBI’s Liquidity Management: A Technical Analysis
M.S. Rao
Are SMEs Fulfilling their Potential?
M.S. Rao
Entrepreneurship in India – Then and Now
Sarabjeet Natesan
A Journey to Heal
Vijay Sampath
Defying Buridan’s Ass – Factoring “Free Will” in Decision Making and A.I.
Vijay Sampath
Stress Induced Depression – An Illness of Epidemic Proportion
Vijay Sampath
The Semiotics of Formal Wear; or, Why Does the World Wear Croatian Fashion?
Hemant Kumar Manuj
The Bad Loans Problem: An Approach to a Solution
Bindu Kulkarni
Marathon – A RACE of Life
Sumita Datta
Career Success Versus Social Identity – A Woman’s Dilemma
Deepa Krishnan
The Choices Women Make
Prof. Surya Tahora
5 practical ways to apply the wisdom of Vedanta to workplace situations
M. Suresh Rao
India, Hindustan, Bharat
Rukaiya Joshi
Why did we Kill Gandhi?
Sarabjeet Natesan
What Takes us Forward
Renuka Kamath
Spot the Differences Around You – Celebrate Them
Pallavi Mody
We the People
Sarabjeet Natesan
Code of Conduct
Sarabjeet Natesan
My Mitr – An Eternal Friend
Mita Dixit
Family Governance – the Path of Progress for Indian Family Businesses
R. Jayaraman
The Changing World of Manufacturing – Part II – The Advent of E-Commerce
R. Jayaraman
The Changing World of Manufacturing – Part III – Length of Value Chains
R. Jayaraman
Medical Insurance and the Welfare State
R. Jayaraman
Curriculum Development – A Continuous Headache
R. Jayaraman
The Changing World of Manufacturing – Part I – Changing by the Dozen
R. Jayaraman
Feedback and its Place in Academics
R Jayaraman
An Atmosphere of Intolerance in India
Tulsi Jayakumar
Education Prepares You for Life or a Job?
Sarabjeet Natesan
Very Mushqil
R Jayaraman
Emerging E-commerce Businesses and Supply Chains
R Jayaraman
Surgical Strikes – The Multipurpose Tool for All Seasons and All Reasons
R Jayaraman
Why is India the Champion in Kabaddi?
R Jayaraman
Is BCCI Playing Cricket?
R Jayaraman
The New Steel Bridge
Prof. R K Pattnaik
Monetary Policy Making in India: Guidance from the Monetary Policy Committee
Sarabjeet Natesan
A Chapter of my Life
R Jayaraman
Surgical Strikes and the Polity
R Jayaraman
The Power of Advertising
R Jayaraman
In Praise of Circuses
R Jayaraman
All for a Piece of Land
R Jayaraman
Stock Market or Shock Market?
R Jayaraman
The New Paradigm in Operations Management
Deepa Krishnan
What the Goat said to the Goatherd
R Gopalakrishnan
Gandhi was an Expert Campaign Manager
R Jayaraman
A Chinese Professor and his Invention – the Lighter Side
R Jayaraman
On a Sunday Morning, the To-Do List and other Matters
R Jayaraman
What effect will the GST have on business?
M. Suresh Rao
Application of Prof Govindrajan’s 3 Box Solution
Tulsi Jayakumar
Macro Rap
R Jayaraman
Lean Transformation and Indian Industry
Pallavi Mody
Are We Future Ready-III?
Anil Vaidya
Dreams are Powerful
Ashita Aggarwal
Building Brand ‘Namo’
Ashish Kumar Jha
Of Paradoxes and Human Errors: Implications of Driverless Cars
Ratika Gore
Watch out Start-ups!
R.Jayaraman
The World of Agony Aunts
R Jayaraman
Agony Aunts, Personal Counsellors and an Unsettled Mind
Suresh G. Lalwani
Making a Living, Making a Life!
Tulsi Jayakumar
Whither the Economy
Sheila Roy
The Strangest Referral Programme — Sarda Farms
Anil Vaidya
Where Are My Limits?
Sheila Roy
Using Twitter for Class Participation
Anil Vaidya
The Idea of Grace
Sajeev Abraham George
SPJIMR- POMS Conference: A New Milestone
Rakhi Thakur
Shopper Marketing: An Emerging Discipline
Preobroto Ganguly
HR in a Business V/s a Business School
R Jayaraman
‘We Are On A Roll’
Lata Dhir & Pranav Naik (PGP-16)
Reinventing SPJIMR
Ranjan Banerjee
The Teacher and the Learner Mindset
Bindu Kulkarni
Demystifying Authenticity
Anil B. Kulkarni
Keeping Current
Jagdish Rattanani
Learning from the Public Sector
Deepa Krishnan
How Do You See the World?
Abbasali Gabula
The Teachers of Tomorrow
Mita Dixit
Decoding the Generation Gap
Vanita Bhoola
Humour as a Part of Pedagogy
Vasant Sivaraman
Reliance Jio, the ‘Disrupter’
Jagdish Rattanani
Leadership BS : The Search Within
Prof. Snehal Shah
An Agenda for Educators
Aditi Divatia
Dance for Yourself
Tulsi Jayakumar
Of Black Swans and Tigers: The Power of Episteme
Renuka Kamath
Teacher, A Joy, But…They did it, Not Me!
Rajiv Agarwal
In the Luxury Industry, Family Businesses Lead
Ashita Aggarwal
The ‘6E’ Framework for Building Brands
Harsh Mohan
Some Reflections on Handy’s ‘Second Curve’
Pallavi Mody
Are We Future Ready-I?
Ratika Gore
I Want to Help, Does This Help?
R Jayaraman
Driverless Cars, Pilotless Planes…Soulless Life
Ranjan Banerjee
‘Knowledge, Vibrancy, Originality’
R Jayaraman
The Industrial World – And What It Implies
R Jayaraman
Will Developing Countries Ever Catch Up With Developed Countries?
R Jayaraman
On Leadership
R Jayaraman
Dance Shows on TV – To Be or Not To Be?
R Jayaraman
MBA Education in India – What is in Store for the Future (PART II)
R Jayaraman
MBA Education in India – What is in Store for the Future? ( PART I )
Pallavi Mody
Are we Future Ready-II?
R. Gopalakrishnan
Two Eyes of a Great Institution
Nirja Mattoo
Changing Scenario in Urban Slum Communities
R Jayaraman
Terrorism in the Modern World
Prof. Surya Tahora
Some insights into karma
About the faculty
Surya Tahora
Surya Tahora is a professor in the area of general management at SPJIMR. He teaches Spirituality and Leadership to around six hundred MBA and Executive MBA students annually and conducts workshops for various organisations in India, Europe, and Asia.
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