SP Jain in the News

“2016 saw relatively weak private equity deal flows within the GCC and can be best described as a watershed year as the demand and supply gap further narrowed, promising well for more activity in 2017.” — says Prof. Arindam Banerjee in his article, Undiscovered Horizons, published in Banker Middle East, April Edition.

Congratulations to Dr Rajiv Aserkar (Professor and Area Head – Logistics & Supply Chain, S P Jain School of Global Management) who presented his paper titled “Making Sourcing Decisions Through Total Landed Cost Exercise” in The International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference in Budapest, Hungary. The paper received appreciations from fellow educators from the top universities and leading industries from across the world. The Conference was co-hosted by University of Pannonia, Corvinus University of Budapest and Supply Chain Finance Community.

Dr. Nicolas Hamelin has been invited to chair the 26th World Business Congress of the International Management Development Association (IMDA), which will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, between the 19th and 23rd May, 2017. Dr. Nicolas will chair the congress as well as present at the Session II.14: Global Marketing Management and Business Strategies. His keynote address will focus on the topic “How neuroscience can help package design.”

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.

The human brain is one of the most complex living structure in the known universe. It is no surprise then, that neuroscientific methods, such as eye tracking, are often used by organisations to get an insight into the human brain. How does neuroscience affect the packaging designs of various products? Dr Nicholas Hamelin, Director-Neuroscience Lab & Nikhita Kishore (Student, GMBA) explain.

In the ever-evolving world of Family Businesses in the 21^st Century, why are women much less involved in managing the family businesses than the men? What are the societal factors which cause this gender bias? Prof Parimal Merchant comments.

Second year BBA students, Aadit Mohnot, Ganeshram Rajagopalan, Lavena Bhansali, Sai Kartheek and Kunal Dugar won the enviable MENA CFA Society Emirates Winner title, as they represented UAE to compete among other MENA countries like Bahrain, Egypt and Jordan at the CFA Institute Research Challenge on 7th April 2017.

The research challenge is considered as the gold standard among students pursuing a degree in Finance. The two teams from SP Jain emerged as winners after competing with seven teams from various Universities across UAE.  Both the teams demonstrated absolute commitment, rigor and hard work during last four months which helped them in tis major win.

S P Jain’s MGB students from May 2016 batch pursuing their final term in Dubai recently won the 2nd place at the prestigious UAE Global Management Challenge, 2017. Calling themselves FutLeads (read as Future Leaders), the team consisted of Ashish Khinvasara, Charu Sancheti, Ganesh Prasad Nagarajan, Navaneeth Madhusudanan & Piyush Jejani.