#AlumniSpotlight Apoorva Mittal (BBA’14) recently authored her first book, Refugee Changemakers: From Displaced to Indispensable, which documents the journey of thirteen immigrants fro...  Read more

#AlumniSpotlight Apoorva Mittal (BBA’14) recently authored her first book, Refugee Changemakers: From Displaced to Indispensable, which documents the journey of thirteen immigrants from Syria, Iraq, Er  Read less

#AlumniSpotlight Sahil Rajpal (GMBA’14), Business Architect at Appirio (a Wipro company) was recently conferred with the HITR (Hero in the Ranking) award during Appirio’s Annual General Meeting. He was awarded for his excellent overall performance in the FY 2017-18 and his excellence in client management.

 

Sahil is an active member of the SP Jain Alumni Association (Australia Chapter) and has been instrumental in building a stronger connect with the Australia based graduates.

 

Team SP Jain congratulates Sahil for the brilliant achievement and wishes him all the best for his future endeavours! 

 

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AlumniSpotlight Jimit P. Shah (GMBA’09) founded JPS Legal – Advocates & Consultants in 2013. We caught up with Jimit to learn more about JPS Legal and his journey post SP Jain. 

Read more : https://blog.spjain.org/community/alumni_stories/my-story-with-jps-legal       BUILDING A BOUTIQUE LAW FIRM FROM SCRATCH – MY STORY WITH JPS LEGAL   Jimit P. Shah (GMBA’09) founded JPS Legal – Advocates & Consultants in 2013. We caught up with Jimit to learn more about JPS Legal and his journey post SP Jain.   Could you tell us about your venture, JPS Legal?   Founded in December 2013, JPS Legal is a Mumbai based boutique first generation law firm providing quality legal solutions in our chosen practice areas. We have an active Capital Markets & Securities Laws practice covering the entire spectrum of Capital Markets activities.   JPS Legal has thus far been legal advisor to more than eighteen companies who have successfully listed their securities on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited / BSE Limited. We have also advised entities on the substantial acquisition of shares and takeover of listed entities in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India.   Apart from capital markets practice, JPS Legal has been advising clients and representing them before the National Company Law Tribunal and Securities and Exchange Board of India as well.   Where do you see yourself and JPS Legal 5 years from now?   With healthy growth in clientele, team strength, geographical reach and areas of practice as our target, five years down the line, I see us continuing to provide quality legal services to our clients in our chosen practice areas.   What do you consider to be your most notable achievements in your career so far?   Recently, in the ‘Bloomberg – Global Legal Advisers – League Tables – H1-2018’ JPS Legal was   (1)  Ranked 6th – India Equity Offerings: Legal Adviser – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count; (2)  Ranked 10th – India Equity Offerings: Legal Adviser – Issuer Ranked by Volume; and (3)  Ranked 20th – Asia ex-Japan Equity IPO: Legal Adviser – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count.   Additionally, in March 2018, JPS Legal had the privilege of being the Legal Advisor to the largest Initial Public Offering till date on the EMERGE Platform of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited.   What are your key learnings from SP Jain that helped lead you?   Before joining the GMBA course in January 2008, while practicing corporate laws, as a lawyer, I realised the relevance and importance of developing a broader business perspective and honing my managerial competencies. With this intent, I pursued the Global MBA program at SP Jain. The program has been a tool to acquire the dual capability of managing the day to day intricacies while staying focused on the “bigger picture”. My time at SP Jain has enriched me as a professional, in terms of both knowledge and global exposure.   I believe my background in law combined with the management skills from my education at SP Jain have enabled me to provide more encompassing, holistic, practical and effective legal solutions to our clients.   Read less

Akshay Kila (Director - Perfect Group Of Companies), our GFMB 2016 alumnus and the Alumni – Treasurer of the SP Jain Alumni Association – India (North) Chapter, recently completed the Forensic Audits and Fraud Detection course, exclusively offered to Charted Accountants by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. How does this course help in the current market? Akshay shares.

Akshay Kila (GFMB 2016) recently completed the Forensic Audits and Fraud Detection course, exclusively offered to Charted Accountants by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. How does a course like this help in the current market? We caught up with Akshay to learn more about the course and how it could help our students.   Could you tell us about your family business?   You can call us a financial supermarket, providing end to end services to our clients (sourcing, investment & disbursement, taxation/corporate advisory). We give loans to people looking for vehicular or personal/enterprise loans and have about 2.5 lakh customers in Delhi & NCR. Our investment team comprises equity analysts and brokers who help our clients in taking major investment decisions. However, the core of it all is our CA firm. We have a 35-year-old CA firm with 14 partners who are experts in GST, international taxation, and forensic audits.   The ideology behind our CA firm is that we are not compliance officers; we act as our clients’ virtual CFOs and help their business grow by leveraging our existing client base or our networks.   You recently cleared the Forensic Audits and Fraud Detection course, exclusively offered to Charted Accountants. What inspired you to take up this certification course? Do you have any tips on clearing this?   The Forensic Audits and Fraud Detection (FAFD) is a course offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) ICAI. Clearing this course enables us to get audits of nationalised banks, public sector units (PSUs), stock exchanges and big corporates.    The biggest motivation for me was the GFMB course and the learning I gained both in the class and during our numerous industry visits. The course taught me to do something big, to grow my family business, and to do whatever it takes to fulfil my dreams.    Once you become a CA, you need to give 3 more exams and undertake 6 months of practical training to qualify for FAFD. If you have the right motivation and direction, the course can be cleared very easily.   How has this course helped you in your business?   Due to increasing white-collar crimes in the financial industry, the need for Forensic Auditors is on a rise. You can’t catch a white-collar conman with a generic Chartered Accountancy expertise. You require tools and knowledge of forensics. After the Satyam case and the recent fraud at PNB Bank, the need for a forensic auditor has increased multi-fold. At present, there are only 3240 forensic auditors in India. The supply is much lower than the current demand.   What can you tell us about your SP Jain experience? Any fond memories you recollect?  

 

Some of the best moments of my life were in SP Jain with my friends, batchmates, and my teachers (who have now become my lifelong Gurus). I was the organiser of our Annual event in GFMB (UDAAN). The learnings that I gained organising that event was something I could have never learnt anywhere. It was like starting a new business, bonding with different team heads, making them do what they would have never thought of doing, and guiding them in performing activities the way you had envisioned them. The theme for our event was “KAROBAR". And yes, it did go a long way in teaching me the intricacies of running a Karobar (Business).  Read less

#AlumniSpotlight The Indian Aviation Ministry recently unveiled its first Drone Policy. What are its implications?   SP Jain’s Global MBA alumnus, Vignesh Santhanam (Head of M...  Read more

#AlumniSpotlight The Indian Aviation Ministry recently unveiled its first Drone Policy. What are its implications?   SP Jain’s Global MBA alumnus, Vignesh Santhanam (Head of Marketing & Business Development – Quidich Innovation Labs), discusses on CNBC-TV18 with Shereen Bhan   Click Here : https://www.facebook.com/cnbctv18india/videos/247835492731875/b    #spjalumni #spjain   Read less

#AlumniSpotlight Rajiv Nair (EMBA’10) and his venture, Terrabit Consulting, were recently featured among the 50 Best Companies to Watch Out For – 2018Read more