Mumbai based SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) welcomed 180 participants to its PGDM batch of 2009-2011, which includes 75 girls. SPJIMR has informed that the selections were made from over 18000 applications through rigorous admission process, which included weight-age being given to the past academic background, versatility and overall student personality. The new batch has 144 participants with prior work-experience and about 155 with an engineering background.
SPJIMR’s PGDM program has been accredited by AMBA, U.K. giving it international credibility and status.
The orientation program started with a short prayer from Upanishad. Dr. Sesha Iyer, Director SPJIMR welcomed the new participants and spoke to them about SPJIMR, its history, culture, traditions and spirit of innovation and excellence. Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, the PGDM Co-ordinator introduced the program requirements and pedagogy. SPJIMR is known for its innovation in pedagogy and has incorporated unique initiatives like ADMAP i.e. “Learning by Doing”, DOCC, sensitivizing participants to social needs and Abhudaya, which involves mentoring the children from poor economic backgrounds as a part of its curriculum. Prof. A.B. Kulkarni, reiterated the expectations from students.
The day ended with a question-answer round with Dr. M.L. Shrikant, Hon. Dean SPJIMR. Dr. Shrikant. He said, “Management education does not teach participants to find big jobs and earn great money but facilitates their understanding of various management concepts and practices and its relatedness to real-life situations.”
According to him “Management education should not build arrogant managers but individuals with humility and receptiveness to new learning and SPJIMR would help participants explore their real self and their ability to serve the society at large”.
SPJIMR has also shared with MBAUniverse.com that its eleven months PGPM program is the first full-time post graduate program in India to have received the management education accreditation by AMBA. Other programs of SPJIMR that have received AMBA accreditation include PGDM and EMP. The Association of MBAs,(AMBA) London, U.K is an international impartial accrediting authority on postgraduate management education and represents the highest standard of achievement. With AMBA accreditation, SPJIMR joins the family of 158 programs in 72 countries and has earned international credibility and status.
On receiving AMBA accreditation, Dr. M.L. Shrikant, Hon. Dean, SPJIMR remarked “AMBA accreditation is an acknowledgement of our commitment to academic excellence and is a stepping stone towards our global journey.” Prof. Prem Chandrani who spearheaded the accreditation process said, “AMBA accreditation has brought global recognition for SPJIMR programs and reinforces its philosophy towards innovation in postgraduate management education.”
