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S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), established in 1981 in Mumbai, is a leading postgraduate management institute, recognised by Financial Times Global Rankings as India’s #1 business school, by Business Today as one of the country’s top five business schools, and by the Positive Impact Rating (PIR), a Swiss Association, as a ‘pioneering’ school with the highest ‘Level 5’ rating for its societal impact and sustainability achievements.

A constituent of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, India’s visionary educational trust established in 1938, SPJIMR offers a broad portfolio of management programmes to individual participants and organisations. SPJIMR is an AICTE-approved Tier 1 MBA institute accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA), UK.

Our mission

We aim to influence managerial practice and promote value-based growth of our students and alumni, organisations and their leaders, and society at large.

We do so by ‘advancing wise innovation’ at scale through teaching, thought leadership, and industry and community engagement.

Our vision

We aspire to be recognised globally as an innovative and socially-conscious management school.

Our values

Our values guide each of us at SPJIMR to act with courage and heart, and live our mission. We are/aspire to be:

  • Socially-sensitive

    Using Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as our call to action, we seek to serve all sections of society, including those on the margins

  • Open-minded

    We value diversity and inclusion, and make space for a range of ideas, including those that challenge us

  • Committed to individual and
    team excellence

    We pursue our individual goals with passion while supporting and delighting in our colleagues’ successes

  • Action-oriented

    We innovate and act decisively on our intent, knowing that perfect is the enemy of good

#AdvancingWiseInnovation

Our pursuit at SPJIMR centres on a very specific type of innovation, which we refer to as ‘wise innovation’. We define ‘wise innovation’ – as purposeful innovation done for the right reasons in the right way. This concept goes beyond mere novelty; it requires a nuanced understanding of innovation’s broader impact and implications. Know more.

SPJIMR’s Societal Impact

Since its inception, SPJIMR has pioneered several unique initiatives that have established its reputation as a world leader in creating positive societal impact. These initiatives deeply integrate the SPJIMR community of participants, faculty, and professional staff with our local K-Ward community, with grassroots NGOs across the Indian subcontinent, and the emerging community of entrepreneurs dedicated to creating positive societal impact.

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SPJIMR is committed to achieving a set of seven focused Sustainable Development Goals through its teaching, research and community engagements. Click below to follow SPJIMR’s contributions to the UN SDGs.
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Click on each SDG to learn more about our research impact.

  • GOAL 4

    Quality Education

     

    GOAL 4

    Quality Education

    Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

  • GOAL 8

    Decent Work and Economic Growth

    GOAL 8

    Decent Work and Economic Growth

    Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

  • GOAL 9

    Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    GOAL 9

    Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation

  • GOAL 10

    Reduced Inequality

     

    GOAL 10

    Reduced Inequality

    Reduce inequality within and among countries

  • GOAL 12

    Responsible Consumption and Production

    GOAL 12

    Responsible Consumption and Production

    Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

  • GOAL 16

    Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

    GOAL 16

    Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

    Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

  • GOAL 17

    Partnerships for the Goals

     

    GOAL 17

    Partnerships for the Goals

    Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Why SPJIMR?

SPJIMR  is consistently in the top 10 of Indian B-school rankings, and is establishing a global reputation as a school dedicated to fostering responsible innovation that benefits society.

SPJIMR is known across the student community for its teaching excellence and across the industry for the quality of its graduates.

100% of participants in SPJIMR’s full-time programmes attend a short-term international immersion programme, travelling to and studying at top academic institutions globally. 

Additionally, several participants take advantage of a longer but optional international exchange programme with partner universities in the USA, Europe and Asia.  Participants graduate from SPJIMR with the global fluency that today’s managers need.

Our 15,000+ alumni hold high-impact leadership positions across the globe in large corporations, family-managed businesses, entrepreneurial start-ups, and non-profit organisations. SPJIMR’s alumni network is uniquely vested in the success of their fellow alumni and the institute.

The network mentors new participants collaborates with faculty,  opens up opportunities for continued career growth to its members, and creates and sustains lifelong personal and business relationships.

Full-time students enjoy the support of the country’s best career services office, with a consistent placement record of 100%, even during the pandemic, and compensation that ranks amongst the country’s highest for new B-school graduates.

These results reflect industry’s perception of SPJIMR graduates as innovative and grounded team players who are able to hit the ground running.

SPJIMR was the first management school in India to introduce ‘non-classroom learning’ experiences in its pedagogy more than twenty years ago, and constant innovation has kept it at the forefront.

Its participants immerse themselves in a carefully curated set of experiences that are designed to put them outside their comfort zone. Collectively, these experiences accelerate their leadership development, teaching them to understand, reflect, and act in unfamiliar situations.

SPJIMR’s mission to influence practice permeates everything it does in co-creating curriculum with the industry and bridging the worlds of theory and practice. The faculty is a unique mix of accomplished scholars, richly experienced industry and non-profit practitioners, and hybrid scholar-practitioners.

A quest for relevance guides their research. SPJIMR’s four Centres of Practice (CoP) focus on learning about and influencing important communities. As a result, SPJIMR participants are more practice-ready upon graduation than their external peers.

Mumbai is one of the world’s most vibrant cities, blending a dynamic commercial culture with a global and cosmopolitan outlook. Our strong ties with national and international businesses in Mumbai add currency, relevance, and impact to our teaching and thought leadership and produce outstanding placement results.

Participants are exposed to leading practitioners in the classroom while they enjoy the excitement and cultural flair of Mumbai outside the classroom.

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