SP JAIN GLOBAL BLOGS

Today, Blockchain has emerged as a harbinger to the financial sector for its digital transformation. As a crypto technology, it started off by enabling the most-buzzed about virtual currency, i.e. Bitcoin. However, it is now expanding its range to other sectors as well, such as energy and energy-related sectors. For example, industrial, transportation, and residential.

Topics: Blockchain, Thought Leadership, Faculty Insights

Gender disparity has existed in many aspects of life, including recruitment in the technology and computer sciences sector, with only about 20% of tech jobs being held by women as reported by Small Business Trends. Here’s an exclusive interview with Dr. Shalini Chandra who is the Assistant Professor (Undergraduate) at SP Jain School of Global Management (SP Jain Global). She has successfully pursued IT in her field of further education and career – teaching Computer Skills at SP Jain Global.

Topics: Thought Leadership

CAN A ROBOT TAKE MY JOB? Yes, there is no doubt automation destroys jobs. However, job losses are temporary. Indeed, temporary job losses often result from innovation. It is only natural to anticipate layoffs when new technology is introduced but the good news is that jobs that remain are often better paid and new better jobs are created. Robots and AI are changing completely the way companies compete in the market, the way they produce and how they approach different clients.

Topics: Thought Leadership

Dr Rajiv Aserkar, Professor & Head of Logistics and Supply Chain at SP Jain on  managing these challenges with technology.

Topics: Thought Leadership, Supply Chain & Logistics

Dr CJ Meadows, Director of the Innovation & Insight Centre, SP Jain lends expertise on the workforce of tomorrow.

Topics: Thought Leadership, Faculty Insights

 

Various softwares and the internet have already become an intrinsic part of our lives, while others, like AI and Virtual Reality, will soon be ubiquitous

Topics: Thought Leadership

 

With the advent of Data Science, retail brands are exponentially resorting to the volume, variety, velocity, and value of the big data every year. Major players in the retail sector are aware that each one of these factors contributes to generating profits. They are now increasingly relying on information like consumer behaviour and preferences to notify, examine, and devise their strategies.

Topics: Thought Leadership, Big Data & Visual Analytics, Disruptive Technologies

 

With the job market rewarding specialisation, a one-size-fits-all MBA may no longer be enough. While the classic specialisations in Marketing, Finance, HR, IT, and others are still useful, they won’t necessarily make you stand out from the crowd.

Topics: Thought Leadership

 

The increasing pace of financial services is now responded by the industry’s necessity to upgrade. This has driven the experts to deduce that the finance, in today’s scenario, acts more as a facilitator than the purveyor of financial products and services. In such scenario, the amalgamation of Finance and Technology (FinTech) is the hottest sector to be in, thanks to enabling technologies like Blockchain, API, Big data analytics, AI/ML and Internet of Things. Of these, Blockchain holds the biggest promise.

Topics: MBA, Thought Leadership, Disruptive Technologies