Best MBA College & Business School in Mumbai, India - About Us

Our Vision

We aspire to be Asia’s most innovative and socially responsive school of management.

We create knowledge and influence practice by combining original research and thought, innovative pedagogy and proactive industry engagement.

How we add value to our stakeholders

Students: Our students become value-based leaders of tomorrow with a global mindset and social sensitivity. We do this through the creation of a collaborative and engaging two-way learning experience. Our student body is diverse - spanning adults at different career phases and from a multitude of sectors.

Corporates: Leading corporates and entrepreneurs see us as the preferred academic partner.

Alumni: Our alumni are our brand ambassadors. They are deeply engaged members of an extended community. Significant aspects of our strategy are co-created and executed in partnership with alumni.

Society at large: We develop leaders for the underserved sections of the society.

Faculty: We provide an enriching, flexible and challenging work environment which allows faculty members to pursue excellence in their chosen areas of interest.

Employees: We provide an enriching, flexible, and challenging environment for employees to learn and grow.

International partners: We are the preferred partner for leading international institutions which seek to partner with academia.

What does SPJIMR mean to you? Watch our faculty and alumni share their distinctive SPJIMR experiences here #IamSPJIMR

Our Mission

Our mission is to Influence Practice and Promote Value-based Growth . Our students will recognise, understand, and uphold the social relevance of business decisions, including within the underserved sections of the society.

We uphold this mission because we recognise our twin roles – as a responsible member of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and as a responsive member of the Indian society at large and look at ourselves in a wider context as a ‘Beyond MBA’ institution.

We will accomplish our mission through:

(a) learner-centric pedagogy that will emphasise attitudes, including spirituality and skills as much as knowledge;

(b) exposing students to value-based growth in underserved parts of our communities;

(c) synthesis of competition-based western efficiency and collaboration-centric eastern ethos in our intellectual contributions and curriculum; and

(d) intellectual contributions aimed at influencing practice.

In our students, we recognise a predisposition and willingness to be a doer first. We also emphasise sensitivity to the social footprint of business actions and the role of spirituality in a balanced approach to decision making.

In our faculty members, we recognise a commitment to delivering outstanding learner-centric pedagogy by taking advantage of the personal, residential nature of our programmes. We also require them to create and disseminate knowledge aimed at influencing practice.

As a community, we will realise these objectives through integrity, self-accountability, professional discipline, and hard work.

We value operational freedom and uphold an entrepreneurial, agile, flexible, and collaborative culture.

Our logo

Our new brand identity echoes SPJIMR’s raison d'être and unique spirit. It is a representation of the courage to rise above.

The upward strokes are a reflection of SPJIMR’s innovative and progressive mindset that underpins its quest to rise above the norm. SPJIMR empowers its students with the courage to do the same, by pushing them to think differently and independently.

The five strokes in our logo represent the five personality attributes of the new SPJIMR brand – authentic, dynamic, grounded, innovative and socially sensitive.

Orange is an optimistic, energetic and uplifting colour that speaks to SPJIMR’s ‘heart’ and emphasises contribution. It also represents the institute’s determination to create value-based business leaders who balance profit with purpose.

Purple symbolises intellect and wisdom. This is a metaphor for SPJIMR’s knowledge and insight, which empowers us to challenge conventions and defend our convictions.

Our Guiding Philosophy

The philosophical pillars upon which rests the edifice of SPJIMR’s educational pedagogy and development are Influencing Practice and Promoting Value-based Growth.

Influencing Practice

The initiatives and innovations at SPJIMR aim to influence industry practices and participate in re-shaping the nation. The learning imbibed through a flexible and versatile curriculum develops in the students, not only a capacity for analysis and judgement, but also an innate ability to relate to social problems and then draw upon their own resources for understanding and action.

Promoting Value-based Growth

SPJIMR propounds that individuals need to build the right blend between concern for their own welfare and social good. The institute encourages development of a co-operative outlook that recognises the value of sharing and mutual respect. This is emphasised in the curriculum through practical experiential learning as well as by example. SPJIMR seeks to incorporate within its management curriculum strategies for innovative business practices and social value through the integration of corporate social responsibility programmes.

Learning Approach

SPJIMR’s approach to innovation is influenced by its emphasis on the different stages in the Learning Process, its conviction with regard to the pedagogic method and the deployment of the KSA (Knowledge, Skills and Attitude) Matrix.

SPJIMR's underlying framework for innovations can be expressed by the following three fundamentals:

The learning experience must result in the enhancement of the capabilities of the individual for actual practice.
Professional ethics should stress on and also include social values and social responsiveness.
The seeker of knowledge should accept responsibility for continuous professional growth and development.

Organisation and Governance

Shri Surendralal G. Mehta M/s. Jardine Henderson Ltd.	Shri Harsh Vardhan Kanoria Chairman, Cheviot Company Ltd.
Shri Deepak S. Parekh Chairman HDFC Ltd.	Justice Shri B.N.Srikrishna
Smt. Shobhana Bhartia Vice-Chairperson & Editorial Director, Hindustan Times Ltd.	Shri Avnish Mehta M/s. Jardine Henderson Ltd
Shri I. R. Khandwala	Shri Banwarilal Purohit
Shri Mukul A. Sonawala

Shri Surendralal G. Mehta

(President & Trustee)

Shri H.N. Dastur

(Executive Secretary & Director General)

Justice Shri B.N. Srikrishna

(Vice President)

Shri Mukul Amratlal Sonawala

(Hon. Secretary)

Shri Kirtidev G. Munshi

(Hon. Secretary)

Shri I. R. Khandwala

(Hon. Treasurer)

Shri Avnish Mehta

(Trustee & Member)

Shri Banwarilal Purohit

(Trustee & Member)

Shri Deepak Parekh

(Trustee & Member)

Smt. Anjanabehn Amratlal Sonawala

(Member)

Shri Deepak Parekh - Chairman Chairman, HDFC	Shri H.N. Dastur - Member Executive Secretary & Director General, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan	Shri Banwarilal Purohit - Member Trustee, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Dr. Srikant Datar - Academic thought leader / Educationist. Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School	Dr. Anitesh Barua - Academic thought leader / Educationist Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management, University of Texas	Mr. Yogi Sriram - Corporate leader Sr. VP Corporate HR, Larsen &Toubro
Mr. Rajesh Jejurikar - Alumni representative CEO, Mahindra Tracto	Mr. Ravi Venkatesan - Corporate leader Former CEO, Microsoft India; Chairman, Social Venture Partners	Dr. Ranjan Banerjee - Secretary Dean, SPJIMR
Prof. Om Narasimhan - Academic thought leader / Educationist. Professor, London School of Economics	Ms. Ireena Vittal - Corporate leader Fomer Partner, McKinsey and Company; Board member at several leading corporations	Dr. Vasant Sivaraman -Professor & Chairperson - PGDM Programme
Dr. Renuka Kamath - Faculty representative Professor, SPJIMR	Dr. R. Sesha Iyer - Faculty representative Professor and Advisor to the Dean, SPJIMR	Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan - SPJIMR Executive in Residence
Ms. Anjali Bansal - Founder, Avaana Capital. Former global Partner & Managing Director with TPG Growth PE, Spencer Stuart India CEO, and strategy consultant with McKinsey and Co in New York and India.

Approvals and accreditations

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
www.aicte-india.org

The AICTE has approved our two-year, full time, residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), the 15-month full time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) and full-time doctoral programme, Fellow Programme in Management (FPM).

AICTE approval letter 2019-20

Click here to see previous AICTE Approvals

National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
www.nbaind.org

The NBA has accredited our PGDM programme for five years with effect from July 01, 2016.
NBA Approval Letter 2016-2021

The Association of MBAs (AMBA), U.K
http://www.mbaworld.com/

AMBA, the UK-based global accreditation agency has accorded accreditation to our two-year, full time, residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM); 15-month full-time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM); 21-month modular Post Graduate Executive Management Programme (PGEMP); and the 18-month modular Post Graduate Programme in Family Managed Business (PGPFMB).

AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
http://www.aacsb.edu/about

SPJIMR joins the league of top global B-schools who are accredited by AACSB, International. AACSB Accreditation recognizes institutions that have demonstrated a focus on excellence in all areas, including teaching, research, curricula development, and student learning.

Rankings

The PGDM programme at SPJIMR has consistently been ranked amongst the top 10 in the country.

B-School Survey Rankings

Survey	Rank	Source
Business Today	6th	Business Today
Business World	7th	Business World
Outlook	6th	Outlook
Mint - MBAUniverse	5th	Mint
The Week	8th	The Week
Youth Inc.	8th (in Asia)	Youth Inc.
Youth Inc.	52nd (in the world)	Youth Inc.

Survey	Rank	Source
QS Global MBA Ranking 2018	+201	QS Top MBA

QS Global MBA Rankings by Specialisation

Rank	Specialisation	Source
41	Strategy	TopMBA.com - Strategy
39	Operations Management	TopMBA.com- Operations Management
45	Finance	TopMBA.com - Finance
42	Marketing	TopMBA.com - Marketing
49	Entrepreneurship	TopMBA.com- Entrepreneurship

MHRD - National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)
Ranked 16th in Management category for the year 2019

Click to view data submitted for NIRF 2017, NIRF 2018 and NIRF 2019 . For any feedback/comments on the data submitted you can write to us at spjimr.nirf@spjimr.org.

Awards & Recognition

Date	Event / Competition
July 30, 2015	SPJIMR's Abhyudaya Project wins Gold at the IMC Awards 2015 under the Theme "Innovations in Teaching Methodology" IMC Award, instituted in 2013 to recognize excellence in management education, is India's most prestigious recognition of B-schools and Universities. In 2015, more than 75 entries from India's leading B-schools were received, of which 7 winners across 3 categories were decided by Jury lead by Dr Shekhar Chaudhuri.
September 5, 2015	HEF awards committee through the process of nomination / identification has selected Prof. Abbasali Gabula for a special award towards your outstanding contribution to academic corporate relationship. HEF is the community of individuals & practitioners of higher education in India. The journey started a few years ago through Google group and today with more than 4,000 members, it is the largest such on-line community in India. The motto of the group is singular: to help development of an Indian higher education system that is world class in terms of quality & excellence. The forum has also been incorporated as a Public Charitable Trust.
February 2016	AACSB International (AACSB), the global accrediting body and membership association for business schools, recognised the S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) among a sampling of 30 innovations that represent how business schools are innovating and diversifying the business education environment. SPJIMR is the only Indian B-School to be recognised by AACSB International for global ingenuity, innovation and creativity. The recognition came for the the unique #IamSPJIMR campaign on Teachers' Day in 2015 which detailed a timed, zero-cost social media campaign around authenticity — the core of the Institute. This campaign was co-created with a group of senior alumni and faculty through an email group. The idea that emerged was that, on a voluntary basis, in a two-hour window, SPJIMR stakeholders (faculty, staff, students, alumni) would describe a way in which the Institute has touched their lives with the hashtag #iamspjimr. Emails were sent out to all internal stakeholders and alumni. Each alum who was part of the co-creating team reached out to his or her network. SPJIMR alumni included some of the top names in digital marketing, and the campaign strategy itself was completely co-created.

Date	Event / Competition
September 05, 2016	HEF awards committee through the process of nomination / identification has selected Dr. Renuka Kamath for the Best Teacher Award in Marketing. HEF is the community of individuals & practitioners of higher education in India. The journey started a few years ago through Google group and today with more than 4,000 members, it is the largest such on-line community in India. The motto of the group is singular: to help development of an Indian higher education system that is world class in terms of quality & excellence. The forum has also been incorporated as a Public Charitable Trust.
February 8, 2017	SPJIMR was honoured at the Open Group global awards in Bengaluru on Wednesday 8 Feb, 2017. The citation and the award, received on behalf of SPJIMR by Professors Oscar D'Souza and AditiDivatia. The award was given to SPJIMR by Open Group in recognition of the pioneering work done in "Competency Development" by the faculty of the Information Department in Enterprise Architecture and TOGAF.
August 4 2017	At the Indian management conclave held on August 4 & 5, 2017 at IIM Lucknow's Noida campus, our initiative on 'teaching With Simulations' received the first prize in the area of "Aligning Curriculum with Desired MBA competencies" This is a national level competition open to all business schools in India. (http://www.mbauniverse.com/imc2017/imc-awards.html)

Date	Event / Competition
August 09, 2017	Every year, AACSB runs a contest called 'Innovations That Inspire'. 'Innovations That Inspire' is an AACSB initiative to " recognise institutions that stand out as champions of change” and “to highlight the variety of ways that business schools are changing the face of business education.” In 2017,AACSB received a pool of 315 submissions, spanning 33 countries and 188 institutions. We are happy to share that for the second year running, SPJIMR is the only Indian school to feature in the prestigious ‘Innovations That Inspire’ list. We received the award under the category 'Engaging a Diverse Community.' The citation this year came to SPJIMR for its innovative academic initiative, the PGMPW, which launched its maiden batch of 20 women participants earlier in the year. The programme is designed to meet the needs of women leaders and managers who are ready to return to their careers after a break.
September 05, 2017	Dr. Sesha Iyer, one of the senior-most faculty members of SPJIMR was honoured at the 8th Teachers’ Day event of the Higher Education Forum (HEF), which is a large community of individuals and practitioners in the area of higher education in India. Dr. Iyer was awarded for his outstanding contribution in the area of Operations Management. HEF celebrated Teachers’ Day last weekend(Sept 9) in the presence of more than 150 delegates, awardees and HEF members..
November 20, 2017	Turnitin Writing with Integrity Award winner for Asia! - Her story stood out among the hundreds of other nominations for the Turnitin Global Innovation Awards 2017 and based on her interview and recommendations from their international judging panel Dr. Haldar was selected as a winner. http://turnitin.com/en_us/community/award-winners/item/arunima-haldar

Date	Event / Competition
May 5, 2018	Mahindra Group won UN GCNI Award for Best Innovative Practices for Women at Workplace for successfully implementing a first of its kind Women Leaders Program (WLP) in collaboration with SPJIMR in March 2018.
June 8, 2018	SPJIMR bags the prestigious Innovative Practices Award 2018! SPJIMR was conferred the prestigious Innovative Practices Award 2018 by the United Nations Global Compact Network India during the 13th National Convocation of GCNI on June 8th at Shangri La in Bangalore. The award is for two of our initiatives, Abhyudaya and DoCC which address two SDGs, quality education and partnership for the goals. A total of 65 organisations across India, including public and private sector enterprises, multinationals, MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), NGOs, Entrepreneurs and B-schools had submitted entries for the awards in the form of case studies to showcase their efforts, aligned with one or more of the 17 UN SDGs.
September 08, 2018	Dr Tulsi Jayakumar received the K C Malkani Award for Best Teacher in Economics at HEF teachers day celebration
February 04, 2019	SPJIMR's PGMPW program won the AMBA Innovation Award 2019, reflecting innovation in the way a business school responds to societal needs, cares to bring about a change and take risks to make it happen. The AMBA Excellence Awards celebrates the quality and achievements of post-graduate business education at the forefront of leadership excellence, recognizing the talents and contributions made by AMBA accredited business schools. The award was received by Dr. Ashita Aggarwal , Chairperson, PGMPW at the ceremony held in London, England on February 1, 2019.
March 2019	Dr. Sesha Iyer has been voted as the InsideIIM Professor of The Year2019 from SPJIMR, Mumbai. InsideIIM presents an opportunity to students across MBA campuses in India to acknowledge and recognise the best professors who have contributed in creating leaders out of students.

Date	Event / Competition
May 2019	Global Compact Network India, the Indian arm of United Nations Global Compact, that aids in aligning business with #UN Goals #SustainableDevelopmentGoals held their annual convention on 31st May 2019 Grand Hyatt Mumbai SPJIMR won a certificate of merit for featuring in the Top 11 for #SDGs. Prof Vineeta Dwivedi hosted the event that featured 30+ renowned speakers. Prof Rukaiya Joshi, Prof Deepa Krishnan and Prof Chandrika Parmar attended the event. SPJIMR is an institutional member of United Nations Global Compact Network, India
August 2- 3, 2019	SPJIMR's PGPDM wins bronze award for ‘Excellence in Management Education’ at the Indian Management Conclave (IMC). Chief Guest Hon’ble Former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the award at the 10th edition of the Indian Management Conclave, 2019 held in New Delhi on August 2 and 3, 2019. Chairperson of SPJIMR’s Post Graduate Programme in Development Management (PGPDM), Dr Rukaiya Joshi made a presentation about the recent innovations of the programme. PGPDM is a specialised executive management programme for professionals in the social development sector (NGOs, Corporate CSRs and Social Enterprise) and is noted for innovations in new knowledge creation, innovation pedagogy and structured learning reflections. Indian Management Conclave is India's definitive annual Management Education Conference & Awards Platform, organised by MBAUniverse.com in partnership with India’s top B-schools and knowledge organisations.

Date

Event / Competition

May 2019

Global Compact Network India, the Indian arm of United Nations Global Compact, that aids in aligning business with #UN Goals #SustainableDevelopmentGoals held their annual convention on 31st May 2019 Grand Hyatt Mumbai SPJIMR won a certificate of merit for featuring in the Top 11 for #SDGs. Prof Vineeta Dwivedi hosted the event that featured 30+ renowned speakers. Prof Rukaiya Joshi, Prof Deepa Krishnan and Prof Chandrika Parmar attended the event. SPJIMR is an institutional member of United Nations Global Compact Network, India

August 2- 3, 2019

SPJIMR's PGPDM wins bronze award for ‘Excellence in Management Education’ at the Indian Management Conclave (IMC).
Chief Guest Hon’ble Former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the award at the 10th edition of the Indian Management Conclave, 2019 held in New Delhi on August 2 and 3, 2019. Chairperson of SPJIMR’s Post Graduate Programme in Development Management (PGPDM), Dr Rukaiya Joshi made a presentation about the recent innovations of the programme.
PGPDM is a specialised executive management programme for professionals in the social development sector (NGOs, Corporate CSRs and Social Enterprise) and is noted for innovations in new knowledge creation, innovation pedagogy and structured learning reflections.
Indian Management Conclave is India's definitive annual Management Education Conference & Awards Platform, organised by MBAUniverse.com in partnership with India’s top B-schools and knowledge organisations.