January 7, 2021

After a rough ride in 2020, India’s banking system faces a litmus test this year

When the spread of Covid-19 was on the verge of hurting the Indian economy in early 2020, the central bank quickly moved to protect the country’s banking system. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) provided relief to banks as well as borrowers by offering the option of halting loan repayments for six months (March-August).

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January 6, 2021

Budget 2021: Will it bring revolutionary changes into banking and financial sector?

The finance minister has called for a one-in-a-100-year budget. So can it bring some revolutionary changes into the banking and financial sector? Now one of the cobwebs in the banking sector is the legacy of nationalised banks.

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January 5, 2021

Teachers can’t wait to get back to classroom learning

Colleges and universities across the country are continuing to devise new methods to operate in the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The academic community is still grappling with subjects, which are still complicated to teach in an online environment. Efforts are also on to reskill the professors and lecturers themselves so that they enhance their teaching abilities.

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January 5, 2021

Little chaos, more Chaayos

Last February—after eight long years—Nitin Saluja managed to put all the ingredients in place. The IIT-Bombay grad was finally ready to brew a perfect masala cuppa at his tea retail chain brand Chaayos, which he co-founded with fellow IITian from Delhi, Raghav Verma, in 2012. Saluja was understandably excited.

December 28, 2020

This agritech startup’s farming-as-a-service is impacting 25,000 farmers

The shortage of labour in the agriculture sector in the past few years in India has been a rising cause of worry. While the percentage of people working in the sector is declining, it remains the main sector of employment in the country.

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December 26, 2020

SIBM Pune wins BLoC Boardroom Challenge 2020

A team from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Pune came out tops in the finals today, at the end of a gruelling three-stage BusinessLine on Campus (BloC) Boardroom Challenge 2020. SPJIMR, Mumbai, was the first runner up while IIM Bangalore finished third.

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December 24, 2020

Silver Bullet: How Samsung has risen like a phoenix in India—again and again

India has emerged as the biggest smartphone market for Samsung, 25 years after it entered the country. It now needs to keep the Chinese rivals at bay.

  • Faculty Name Dr. Ashita Aggarwal
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December 16, 2020

How to embrace nature during a pandemic

Our relationship with nature is delightfully summed up in this quote from the popular tele-serial ‘Boston Legal’. As the lawyer on an exotic holiday tells his friend talking about environmental laws: “Let me tell you something, I came out here to enjoy nature, don’t talk to me about the environment.”

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December 15, 2020

B-Schools undergo a new evolution

For Akash Choubey, a business management graduate from a reputed private institute (it usually figures in the top 50 ranking done by different agencies) located in Delhi/NCR, the post academic life began on a high note.

  • Faculty Name Dr. Ranjan Banerjee
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December 10, 2020

XAT 2021: Last two days left for registration

NEW DELHI: XLRI Jamshedpur will close XAT 2021 registration on December 10, 2020. Candidates can apply online for XAT 2021 on the official website, that is, xatonline.in. XAT 2021 application form can be filled online by using login ID and password.

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December 9, 2020

If The World Economy Is Facing Recession, Why Is Billionaires’ Wealth Shooting Up?

On 22 March 2020, Prime Minister Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown amid the rise of coronavirus. The lockdown affected the nation in myriad ways including a sharp rise in unemployment, stress on the supply chain, the collapse of the tourism and hospitality industry and many more.

December 9, 2020

Bajaj Finserv successfully concludes its B-school Campus Competition ‘ATOM’ Season 3 with TAPMI as the winner and JBIMS in second position

Pune: Bajaj Finserv successfully completed the third season of its coveted B-school campus competition ‘ATOM’, with over 7,746 students from top 17 B-schools participating this year, pan-India. The competition, which aimed at engaging the bright young minds in building solutions for futuristic Fintech scenarios, witnessed 1,228 teams virtually fighting it out at campus, regional and national levels to reach the finale.

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December 8, 2020

SPJIMR sweeps Mumbai leg

The trio of Priyanka Gautam, Shikhar Mohan Srivastava and Vishal Sardana from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) won the Mumbai leg of the BLoC Boardroom Challenge semi-finals 2020.

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November 24, 2020

How listening to customers helped MOD dominate the niche doughnut market

Started in 2008, Mad Over Donuts (MOD) has managed to stay relevant despite international competition and the fact that doughnuts are not that popular in India. How has it managed this?

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November 20, 2020

Gen WFH doesn’t miss the office too much

“Our lives become richer when we interact with people. With work from home, things like peer learning, mentorship and coaching, especially for younger employees, are affected. There may be formal coaches appointed, but what happens to the informal interactions,” asks Lata Dhir

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November 16, 2020

Refine your career path with SPJIMR’s GMP

People pursue graduation in management for two reasons – one, to learn the nuances of running a company and second to seek employment. For those seeking employment, the primary reason is for placement in a big corporation. Some others pursue an MBA to build a network of people who matter.

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November 5, 2020

The Name Game: Picking a Brand Name that Sounds Right

A good brand name has to be memorable, easily recognized, and easily recalled, it has to be meaningful, have a descriptive meaning that could be persuasive, be likable, maybe fun and interesting, richly visual and aesthetically pleasing, be transferable, should be able to travel across product categories and

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November 5, 2020

SPJIMR Mumbai PGDM registration for 2021-23 has started! know all the details here

SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai has recently announced the important dates for registering to the Post Graduate Diploma in Management course offered by the institute.

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November 4, 2020

The Bombay Debate: Does the rise of OTT platforms spell the doom for Bollywood?

The debate whether the OTT platforms can take over Bollywood might have seemed very far-fetched around this time last year. Although the OTT platforms were consistently churning out interesting content, the Hindi film industry was also

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November 2, 2020

Top Private Standalone Institutions

Outlook’s annual rankings of India’s top private standalone institutions for 2021 can help students make an informed choice. Here’s the list of India’s top private standalone institutions.

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