The convocation address was delivered by Uday Gharpore, CEO ATOSOrigin at the sprawling institute campus in Mumbai. Some of the other guests on the occasion to congratulate the graduating students were Mr Samik Biswas, CEO – McKinsey KC, Mr Aveek Mukherjee, CTO – ANZ, Mr Soumitra Sen, President, Brand Therapist – Mudra Communications, Ms Vidya Sen, Director South Asia – AC Nielsen BASES.
The grand ceremony saw the inaugural batch of a total of 47 corporate ready managers graduating in the disciplines of Operations Management and Information Management with a strong input focus on a combination of “Western Efficiency” with “Eastern Values & Ethos.”
Ranjan R Rao, who has 5+ years of experience in Production, Planning and Projects in a German MNC automotive firm, chose to join SP Jain over a hree year onsite stint in Europe says “Its not just sufficient to dream. You need to follow it with lot of perseverance and sacrifice.”
Mohit Mehrotra, another PGDM student with 6 yrs experience spread over ERP implementation, Enterprise Solution Development & Maintenance and IT Infrastructure Management is spreading his wings to European countries for grabbing a big pie for his company.
he graduating class also saw placement offers from blue chip corporate concerns like 3i Infotech, Atos Origin, Kanbay Software, Birla Soft, BristleCone, Infosys Technologies Limited, L & T Infotech, Mindtree Consulting, Mphasis, SatyamComputers, Aditya Birla Group, Reliance Industries, Eicher Consulting, Fidelity Business Services, HCL, HR Johnson, IBM Consulting, ICICI Bank, Jewelry Solutions, L & T and Mckinsey KC among others, visiting campus and vying with each other to make offers. All the participants of the course were placed laterally, with sixty percent hike in their offers compared to their previous salaries. The Average Indian salary for the first batch of this program has been Rs 10.5 lacs.
“The convocation of the first batch of the one-year PGDM programme marks a new chapter in the history of SPJIMR’s value based pedagogy and management education initiatives,” said an institute press release.
“One year MBA is a big hit not only with the candidates but also with the corporate which has lapped up the concept. The corporate world today is facing acute shortage of suitable Managers at middle and higher levels. This course seeks to bridge that gap to a great extent by providing experienced managers trained in modern management practices,” the release added.