DOCC | SPJIMR

What is DOCC?

Development of Corporate Citizenship, or DOCC, is a course that aspires to sensitise our participants to the Indian ethos and culture by working as a partner with development programmes and projects in the non profit sector and related stakeholders.

In addition to involvement with several development programmes, the Centre also facilitates and provides experiential learning to our PGDM and PGPM course participants. DOCC thus works as a bridge between rural stakeholders and budding managers and leaders from the participant base of SPJIMR.

Participants learn about ground level conditions, challenges and opportunities, notably in rural India, while NGOs get managerial inputs from our participants during the phase of DOCC internships.

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Why DOCC?

To demonstrate to the participants (alumni, current and prospective students) the universality of management principles and their applications to the social sector.
To empower the participants to deal with an unstructured environment and make decisions
To provide capacity development programmes for the development sector, including the government and NGOs
To develop amongst the participants sensitivity to the underprivileged constituents of society
To consult for M&E as well as Impact Assessment study for various development programmes/projects
To undertake action field research and develop cases and research papers along with other publications

In addition to the above, the Centre also facilitates our PGDM students to take up internships in socially relevant rural projects for five weeks. PGPM participants intern for two weeks. These projects are in association with NGOs working in rural areas which have been valued for implementing innovative social sector approaches.

The emphasis of the DOCC social project is :

To explore, develop/modify and document sustainable solutions
To achieve programme goals more efficiently and deliver superior value to the beneficiary
To address operational as well as strategic issues/problems of the NGOs

What do we do?

Preparatory exposure to the social sector
Interacting with pioneers in the field
Sensitization to burning issues of human life
Visit to exemplary work centres

The students apply and hone their management skills in an unstructured environment and are sensitized to problems/issues of the underserved sections of our society. The programme creates socially responsible managers through its unique learning in the field, coupled with the following

Learning through feedback from NGOs, experts and peer presentations.
Courses on Sustainability and Distributive Justice
Developing case studies

Briefing and de-briefing through Design Thinking methodology
Action field research
Learning through the consultation with the community in rural settings
Learning decision making within constraints and limited resources
To develop the ability to face hardships and adversities

Some of the initiatives conducted by DOCC annually are:

1. Ehsaas
2. Heroes Speak
3. Social Impact Awards
4. Tata Social Internship (and here)
5. Field visits for our participants and exchange students.

International Student Exchange

S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) is recognised as one of the premier business schools in India. SPJIMR is a constituent of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a trust of national eminence. The Institute grew rapidly from one of the three B-schools in Mumbai in 1981 to one of the top ten B-schools in the country by 1994-1995. Since then, SPJIMR has consistently been cited as a top 10 B-School in India, and is noted for academic innovations and pioneering programmes, particularly in the social sector. The guiding philosophy of SPJIMR is “Influencing Practice” and “Promoting Value Based Growth”. SPJIMR sits on a sprawling 45 acre campus and is centrally located in Mumbai. SPJIMR is located near the new Metro and is a short ride from the airport. SPJIMR accepts students into its 2 year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), equivalent to MBA.

Contact Information

Prof. Malay Krishna.
Chairperson- International Relations.
malay.krishna@spjimr.org
Tel:+91 22 61454372

Prof. Prem Chandrani.
Chairperson- International Relations.
pchandrani@spjimr.org
Tel :+91 22 61454209

Prof. Debraj Ghosal.
Faculty – International Relations
debraj.ghosal@spjimr.org
Tel: +91 22 61454242

Rashi Borkar
Program Associate – International Relations.
international.relations@spjimr.org
Tel: +91 22 61454334

S.P Jain Institute of Management & Research,
Munshi Nagar, Dadabhai Road
Andheri(West), Mumbai 400053
India.

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