SP Jain Global placement: Over 50% of MBA 2019 batch secures overseas offers

The batch witnessed a three-fold jump in the starting salaries from Rs 6.5 lakh per annum (pre-MBA) to Rs 20 lakh after completing the course.

SP Jain School of Global Management, on November 25 announced that the ongoing successful campus placements for its Global MBA program and the Master of Global Business Program. According to the data released, over 50 percent international offers and top employment locations included India, Dubai, Singapore, Phiilipines, Vietnam, Bahrain, Qatar, Africa among others.

Key highlights from this season’s employment report:

1. Fifty percent placements for international opportunities giving our students best-in-class international, cross-geography, cross-cultural opportunities so as to better position them for C-Suite roles in global connected businesses.
2. The highest offer for the GMBA program was Rs 45 lakh and the average offer is Rs 20 lakh. The highest salary in 2019 witnessed a 10 percent increase as compared to 2018. The Global MBA program is designed for professionals with over three years of work experience and the batch has an average work experience of over six years.
3. Top recruiters for the Global MBA program this season included KPMG, Dell, Rivoli, KPI soft, Tata NYK, Accenture Strategy, E&Y, Deloitte, Vector Consulting, Cedar Consulting, Cogoport, Johnson & Johnson, Adani, Genpact, PWC, Barclays, Ceva Logistics, Zenrooms, Sofis.
4. The highest offer for the Master of Global Business program was Rs 36 lakh and the average offer Rs 18.5 lakh. The highest salary in 2019 witnessed a 16 percent increase when compared with 2018. The Master of Global Business program is designed for graduates with 0-3 years of work experience and the batch has an average work experience of over one year.
5. Top recruiters for the Master of Global Business programme this season included multinational companies across the world such as Deloitte, Schneider Electric, Johnson & Johnson, Landmark Group, Kuehne+Nagel, Redington Gulf, Aramex, Westcon, Dunia Finance, Homebox, Danzas, Essar, Johnson & Johnson, Adani, Cogoport, Cedar Consulting, Genpact.
6. Consulting emerged as the top recruiting sector with 24 percent placement offers followed by Logistics & Supply Chain at 17 percent and Information Technology at 16 percent. Other recruiting sectors in this season are Fintech, Banking, Investment Banking, Retail, Luxury, Education, Staffing, Energy, Pharmacuetical, etc.
7. Leading start-ups such as Zenrooms, Gnowbe, Cogoport also commanded a sweet spot in this season’s placement race.
8. All functions were well represented in the mix from advisory (consulting-24 per cent) to business management (general management-8 per cent) to customer facing (Sales & Marketing-35 per cent; Logistics & Supply Chain – 15 per cent) as well as production / cost centers (IT – 9 per cent, Finance – 9 per cent). This diversified split is strongly indicative of our students fungibility as well as future growth in their chosen career paths.

Dr. Balakrishna Grandhi, Dean of the School’s full-time Postgraduate Programs attributes this success to the School’s unique tri-city learning model that has proven to transform its students from ordinary graduates to 21^st century global business leaders. SP Jain Global which has campuses in the leading business cities of Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and Mumbai is known best for pioneering and offering the world’s first tri-city undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

“Our students have a unique edge when it comes to competing for global jobs. Having lived and studied in three of the world’s top business cities, they have first-hand knowledge of how to operate and succeed in a global business environment. They know how to work in global teams; they are globally minded and emotionally intelligent and these skills have continued to reap rewards in the form of better jobs and salaries long after they graduate. Our many rankings by the world’s top international publications are testimony to this,” shares Dr. Grandhi.

The Global MBA program of the 15-year-old business school was recently ranked #12 in the world by Forbes, even ahead of the 2-year MBA programs of NYU, USC, Georgia Tech, UNSW Business School, Schulich School of Business, Penn State and other top international business schools. The Forbes ranking is based on the return on investment achieved by business school graduates in their first five years post-MBA. Previously, the School has also featured in prominent international rankings by the Financial Times, Times Higher Education-Wall Street Journal, Nielsen and The Economist.

ABOUT SP JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT (SP JAIN GLOBAL)

SP Jain is an Australian business school with campuses in Mumbai, Dubai, Singapore and Sydney. The School offers a plethora of undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and doctoral programs with a motive of crafting leaders for the 21st century workplace. Their full-time MBA and Global MBA programs have significant recognition as evinced through global rankings.

• Forbes: Top 15 Best International 1-year MBAs (2019-21)
• Times Higher Education-Wall Street Journal: Top 5 Best International 1-year MBAs (2018)
• Forbes: Top 20 Best International 1-year MBAs (2017-19)
• The Economist: Top 100 Full-Time MBAs worldwide (2015)
• Forbes: Top 10 Best International 1-year MBAs (2015-17)
• Forbes: Top 20 Best International Business Schools (2013-15)
• Financial Times: Top 100 Global MBA programs (2011 and 2012)

SP Jain is registered as a Higher Education Provider in Australia. Upon graduation, students receive a degree conferred by S P Jain School of Global Management, Australia. S P Jain’s world-class business courses are accredited by the Department of Education/Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), Australia, and licensed by the Council of Private Education, Singapore and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority, Dubai. 

Note: This article has been published on the basis of a press communication by the college