SPJIMR Social Impact Awards recognize pioneering NGO initiatives; nurtures socially sensitive MBAs

Add Review

MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
December 2, 2016
SPJIMR Mumbai celebrated the annual Social Impact Awards 2016, bringing together students and non-profits to recognise projects and initiatives born out of the Rural Internship Programme run as a part of its pioneering DoCC initiative
The future companies they will work in, the growth of their companies will be dependent on sustainable development of other India Dr Ranjan Banerjee, Dean SPJIMR

On November 30, SPJIMR Mumbai celebrated the annual Social Impact Awards 2016, bringing together students and non-profits to recognise projects and initiatives born out of the Rural Internship Programme run as a part of its pioneering Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC) initiative. Awards were sponsored by leading power sector company Cummins.

SPJIMR’s DoCC runs rural internship programmes under which all participants work with non-profit work for a period of six weeks even before they do corporate internships. The projects generated from this process then go for evaluation and the top five of these are recognized at the Social Impact Awards every year.

The five NGOs invited for the award this year were:

1.“Snehadhar” of NGO “Snehalaya” from Ahmednagar Maharashtra undertaken by Ashutosh Bhujabala & Atmaja 

2. “Sustainable Business Model” of NGO “GRAMA” from Chitradurga, Karnataka undertaken by Ashwin Jayaraman & Arjun Harish
 
3. “Expansion Trajectory” of NGO “Rural Healthcare Foundation” from Kolkata, West Bengal undertaken by Antariksha Banerjee

4. “Expansion Strategy” of NGO “SAWERA” from Amritsar, Punjab undertaken by Dhara Popat

5. “Development of an eco-friendly packaging solution for local retailers” of NGO “Eco-Ad” from Pune Maharashtra

The top award was won by Eco-Ad which incidentally also received an order from the sponsor of the awards Cummins for innovative high-strength paper bags to replace thin plastic bags. The second award went to Grama and the third to Rural Healthcare Foundation.

The evening saw performance by the children of St. Catherine Orphan Home. The performance received a standing ovation with a thumping applause and Mr. Anand Nevatia of Rural Healthcare Foundation immediately announced that his prize money would be donated to the welfare of the children.

Talking about this initiative, SPJIMR Dean Dr Ranjan Banerjee said, “We believe that students of premier B-School need to be aware of their country in totality. If they understand India in totality, it will be good for the country. Because the future companies they will work in, the growth of their companies will be dependent on sustainable development of other India. Too often in our B-Schools we are churning out graduates who have never seen a village. I believe that by just that exposure you are starting to change the things.”

Dr. Nirja Mattoo, Chairperson, DoCC, said, “Management is universal. It just cannot be applied in corporate sector, but also in the social sector. When I came here, this DoCC was very small initiative. Our former dean Dr. M. L. Shrikant has this dream of sensitising the students with ground realities of larger India to give them an exposure to the rural India. That is the area where management is really important.”

“I think this is a very special moment for all of us. It gives me immense pleasure to see all the people with whom we were working from so many years at one stage,” she further added.

SPJIMR is a leading school of management in the heart of India’s financial centre of Mumbai. SPJIMR has acquired the reputation of meeting societal needs of under-managed sectors by offering unique, purposeful and relevant initiatives. More than 1,000 participants from diverse backgrounds are enrolled at any given time across a range of management programmes offered by SPJIMR. In recent months, SPJIMR has enhanced student-faculty connect, launched Design Thinking across all programmes, accelerated faculty development and stepped up engagement with alumni, corporates and other stakeholders.

SPJIMR offers two year full time MBA-equivalent Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), 15-month full time MBA-equivalent PGPM, and a clutch of other reputed management programs. 

Related Article

MBA Admission 2017: SPJIMR Mumbai CAT 2016 cut off, Latest Placements, Fee, Last date

SPJIMR: Sectional percentile a prerequisite to qualify for admission to PGDM 2017-19; process begins Oct 1

SPJIMR Mumbai: We are World Class, but this has sometimes been a well kept secret: Dr R Banerjee, Dean

SPJIMR Mumbai: Autumn placement 2016 over; more companies attracted to innovative idea

Dr Ranjan Banerjee, Dean, SPJIMR Mumbai: Visualizes deeper academia industry engagement

SPJIMR Mumbai placement 2016 over; 100% Placement with higher average salary

SPJIMR Mumbai: Application last date extended for PGDM 2016-18; apply till Dec 9

SPJIMR opens PGDM 2016-18 application process; offers 2 specializations at application stage

SPJIMR to begin admission process 2016 on Sep 21; offers 2 specializations at application stage

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on SPJIMR