SPRIHA Intercollegiate 2013

Mumbai, October 21,2013 : Spriha is an annual intra-college competition that started off as a flagship event of K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research to test the learning of the students during their summer internships. This year, on October 18, 2013, Spriha took a momentous leap ahead by extending the summer project competition to an Inter B School level for Mumbai and Pune based B Schools.. Twenty B schools participated in the competition. After clearing various rounds of internal screenings and rigorous eliminations, 7 best candidates from various colleges across Mumbai and Pune were selected for the final battle of winning Spriha under the watchful eyes of another elite panel of judges for the finale. The judges for the finale were:

Mr.P.K.Sabherwal- B.E. (Hons.) (Mech); Post Graduation in Business Management; Post Graduation in Industrial Management, Senior Management Programme (IIM-A); Top Management Programme (IIM-A) and is also a visiting faculty in the field of Operations Management.

Mr. Rajiv Wadhwa- Brand Services Partner with Leo Burnett. A Post Graduate in Marketing and has handled more than 22 brands across 13 categories.

CA Sameer Karnik- Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has been practicing in Mumbai from 1989 with diversified clientele across various industries. Consultant to various multinationals in banking and liquor industry and an associate member of various societies like chamber of tax consultants, All India federation of tax consultants, etc.

Benaifer Karkaria- Senior Process Manager with eClerx's Knowledge Management Core (KM Core) . Commerce graduate from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics. She was an MMS student with SIMSR's 2007-2009 batch.

The Finale was nothing short of spectacular with all the finalists coming out with all guns blazing and braving the penetrative questions posed by the judges. The winners left not only with accolades and praises but also took back home many attractive prizes.

The first prize of INR 20,000 and a trophy was won by Varun Punjabi from K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research and the second prize of INR 10,000 was awarded to Manasawi from Welingkar.

     Other finalists were: Ankit Jain - SIIB, Pune; Karan Rangrej –JBIMS; Rohini U -   

     SIMS Pune; Arpita Narangikar – IES; Sheba –        RBS

Our sponsors for the event were The Wounded Tiger, India’s first interactive digital magazine and Stupid Sid, an education portal.  

About K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR)

Established by Padmabhushan Late Shri K J Somaiya, SIMSR is ranked among top 20 Management Institutes and top 10 private sector B-schools in India. Nestled in a 60 acre campus in the central suburbs of Mumbai, SIMSR offers full time and part time Masters and Post Graduate Programmes in Business Management, and Masters in Computer Applications. All the programmes are approved by All India Council of Technical Education, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India New Delhi and / or affiliated to University of Mumbai.  More than oen third of SIMSR’s 80-odd faculty members hold doctoral degrees and possess a combined industry experience of more than 500 person-years. Certified under ISO 9001:2008 by Bureau Veritas, SIMSR has an excellent placement track record in large Indian Corporate and MNCs with over 5000 alumni

working in top Indian and International Organizations. SIMSR has also been awarded the “Best Management Institute of the Year 2008” by Bombay Management Association.