SP JAIN'S EVENTS

Business students, every day, witness how the current business atmosphere is changing and how essential it is to be able to adapt to it. Every sphere of life has become digitally transformed, from education to business. On the 28th of June, 2017, Mr. Faisal Ameer Malik, the Chief Technology Officer of Huawei Technologies Enterprise, delivered a session titled ‘the Era of Disruption’.

Topics: Visiting Wisdom

The SP Jain Toastmasters Club completed its 7th meet on 24th June, 2017. It was a fantastic experience with the theme, “Leave a Legacy”.

Topics: Executive MBA, Dubai

This year, SP Jain was invited by the Indian High Commission to be a venue sponsor of its 3rd edition of International Day of Yoga (IDY). The event took place on Sunday, 18 June 2017 at SP Jain’s Singapore Campus.

Topics: International Yoga Day, Singapore

As part of the “Principles of Management” course, SP Jain’s BBA Jags of the Jan 17 cohort from Mumbai were treated by Prof. Shrinivas Shikaripurkar to a practical understanding of Total Quality Management(TQM) practices by touring the state-of-the-art facilities of TajSATS at Mumbai near the Mumbai Airport’s International Terminal.

Topics: BBA, Mumbai

SP Jain’s Executive Career Acceleration Pathway (ECAP) initiative conducted a Corporate Interface Session on 17th June, 2017, for the EMBA cohort at its Dubai Campus. The session focused on Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics, and called upon Mr. Safdar Hussain (Head, Operational Excellence & Data Analytics, ADCB) to share strategic & innovative insights on the topic.

Topics: Executive MBA, Dubai

SP Jain’s DMM cohort recently undertook an 18-hour Live Project for Hands-On experience in Digital Marketing & Metrics at the Mumbai campus. This project was conducted by 3-time award winning Digital Marketer, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, and Founder CEO of Techdivine Creative Services, Ananthanarayanan V.

Topics: Digital Marketing & Metrics, Visiting Wisdom

On 12^th February 2017, the GMBA cohort specialising in IT and a few selected Undergraduate students keen to pursue technology and business visited the Microsoft Technology Centre located at Dubai Internet City for an interaction with the Developer Experience (DX) team to understand the business overview of Microsoft and the key role in plays in the UAE & GCC market.

Topics: Industry Visit

“Digital is the main reason just over half of the companies on the Fortune 500 have disappeared since the year 2000.” – Pierre Nanterme, CEO of Accenture

The Digital Transformation Conclave 2017, held on the 8th of Feb at the Raffles Hotel, in partnership with Microsoft and Protiviti, saw a confluence of great minds from the IT and business worlds of the Middle East. Professionals from leading organizations came together to discuss and share the emerging digital trends needed now and in the future. In the current era, key technologies are driving digital transformation across industries. Disruptive technologies used in services and products will accelerate the growth of digital transformation. Understanding and adapting to these changes and their associated challenges is one of the top priorities of businesses today. Aptly themed ‘Leading Digital Transformation’ the conclave witnessed business leaders and change agents participating in panel discussions titled ‘Enabling Digital Transformation’ and ‘Driving Business Advantage with Digital Transformation.

Topics: Digital Transformation Conclave

The Nanyang MBA Olympics, hosted by Nanyang Business School is a volunteer interscholastic one-day sporting event that gathers the top MBA schools of Singapore (Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National University of Singapore (NUS), INSEAD, Singapore Management University (SMU), ESSEC, S P Jain School of Global Management) in a friendly sports competition on 5^th February, 2017.

Topics: MGB & GMBA, NTU Olympics

SPJ Toastmasters Club held their 6^th meet on the 10^th of June 2017, with the focus on Women Empowerment. The event was attended by various EMBA cohorts (Batch 32-40), and saw a brilliant start by the Sergeant at Arms, TM Arti Thanki, followed by an equally engaging and thought provoking Presidential Address, by the President of the club, TM Parmita Debnath.

Topics: EMBA; Dubai

Business, like any other relationship, works on an ecosystem which is equally giving, receiving, and sharing. Many of the SP Jain students are at crossroads in their lives; some who have achieved the roles they always dreamt of, and some who are finding new and creative pathways for themselves. 

Topics: EMBA

To help students get exposure to the nuances of the corporate world, as part of their SCSR subject, BBA Jags witnessed 3 impressive Guest sessions at SP Jain’s Mumbai campus. The 3 guest speakers invited by Prof Shrinivas Shikaripurkar included Harsh Gandhi (Executive Director, Gujarat Reclaim & Rubber Product Ltd), Homi N Daruwalla (Chairman, IGBC; Deputy Chairman, CII Energy Efficiency) & Cristiana Peruzzo (CSR Specialist, Innovaid India).

Topics: Visiting Wisdom