SP JAIN IN THE NEWS

As an extension of the course “Happiness by Choice” and Project Giving, the students of SP Jain’s Dubai Campus recently expressed their care and support for refugee children across the globe through the artistic avenue of collages and letters which were sent to the children at various NGOs to. The Letters of Love Campaign aims to take this initiative across borders and wishes to gather over 1000 letters of love by reaching out to a larger community - schools, universities, and individuals, to contribute to this noble initiative.

Topics: Happiness by Choice

10 student teams from SP Jain’s PG Programs recently participated in the intra-competitive exercise of understanding retail management in the UAE using Carrefour as a case study at SP Jain’s Dubai Campus. All the student presentations were well-thought and creative in terms of industry recommendations, and marked improvements in presentation skills and showcased a great amount of quality peer to peer learning/knowledge sharing, collaboration, and discussion.

The event started with a global learning session with guest speaker Dr. Kiran Nair, observational field visits to Mirdiff City Center to gain an overview of retail management sector in the UAE, and the presentation rounds.

On 1st August 2017, the event further saw the top 5 teams in the final round, presenting their industry recommendations, from which the winners were chosen.

Topics: Postgraduate Programs

“Entrepreneurship, much like professional dancing, is often a passionate affair between a man and his creation. And, just as in dancing, entrepreneurship takes creativity, perseverance, agility, discipline, and teamwork to succeed,” share Dr Vishal Talwar (Former Assistant Dean and Head of Mumbai Campus - EMBA & BBA) and Amrita Singh (Development Trainer & Coach) while explaining the key aspects of Entrepreneurship in DNA India.

Topics: EMBA BBA

In our continuing effort to help give students a competitive edge in the workforce, S P Jain is pleased to announce its academic partnership with IBM Watson Analytics.

Topics: Big Data & Analytics, IBM Watson

Dr. Nawazish Mirza was invited as the keynote speaker for the 8th International Conference with the theme “Future World 2050” hosted by University of Pula, Croatia. This conference is indexed in Web of Science, and brings together various stakeholders including policy makers, professionals and academia to brainstorm on issues related to the current day business. The 2017 conference was aimed at discussing innovations and its impact on various business verticals for developed and emerging economies. Dr. Mirza’s key note speech explored challenges and opportunities for financial systems of the future amidst technological innovations.

Topics: Faculty in the News

Dr Rajiv Aserkar (Professor & Head of Logistics and Supply Chain Management) and Ali Ahammed Shamir (Academic Manager, GLSM in Dubai) recently published the lead article in The Link Magazine (Page 37-42, Issue 4, Volume 14, June 2017) evaluating the results of the survey conducted to understand various supply chain disruptions and its impact in the Middle East.

Topics: Supply Chain Disruptions

“Over the last few decades, B-schools have developed massive intellectual property which has in turn helped them in catering to the dynamic knowledge and skill requirements of the corporate sector. Typically, some B-schools have a more academic inclination with research capabilities while some are more pro-corporate or inclined towards influencing the practice.” says Dr. Mathur in his article in The International Indian Yearbook 2017.

Topics: Next-Gen Business School Leaders

Hearty Congratulations to our PG - GMBA students Gurtejbir Sandhu and Sumanta Deb who won ‘First – Global Runners Up Winners’ at TATA Crucible Campus Business - International Finals 2017.

This impressive win was just days after the duo won the first place at ‘TATA Crucible Campus Quiz Dubai 2017’ held at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. Gurtejbir and Sumanta aced among the top 8 finalists through the competitive quiz with a 10-point lead – beating over 140 teams in the qualifying stages.

The GMBA May’16 duo were awarded AED 15,000 and the coveted Tata Crucible trophy.

Topics: Tata Crucible

Dr Nawazish Mirza publishes his paper in Economic Research (Taylor & Francis Publication)

Topics: Taylor & Francis Publication