SPJIMR-Mumbai Concludes its Annual National Inter B-school Sports Meet, "Sprint '09"

SPJIMR-Mumbai Concludes its Annual National Inter B-school Sports Meet, "Sprint '09"

Sprint, the annual national inter B-school sporting extravaganza at SPJIMR-Mumbai, just concluded on the 1st of February 2009, with participation from 13 top business schools from different parts of India competing against one another in the true spirit of participation and the zeal to win.

SPJIMR is known for innovating new path-breaking ways to produce the best of managers for the India Inc. Organizing a grand show of best sporting activities at a national level, by future leaders of corporate, was a part of their learning of managing people, operations management, marketing management, and also management of finance. Initially conceptualized as a sporting event for leading B-schools in the Western Zone, Sprint has established itself as a behemoth to host the best of athletes the premier B-schools in India have to offer, in the years to come.

Dean of SPJIMR, Dr. M. L. Shrikant, Addressing the Participants During Sprint '09

Sprint '09 witnessed over 450 participants representing 13 of the 20 top B-schools in India. This included six B-schools from outside Mumbai coming in. Sprint '09 had participants coming from IIM-Indore, FMS-Delhi, MDI-Gurgaon, IIFT-Delhi, JBIMS-Mumbai, NMIMS-Mumbai, IIT-Mumbai, KJSOM-Mumbai, Wellingkar-Mumbai, SCMHRD-Pune, NITIE-Mumbai and IMT-Ghaziabad.

Sprint '08 was the first year of this event, and started on a modest scale with participation from 8 of the top 20 B-schools with around 200 participants. Two institutes from outside Mumbai (IIM-Indore and SCMHRD-Pune) participated last year. This year, there were also a few participants hailing from France and Italy, who took part on behalf of their institute, IIFT-Delhi.

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Contributed by -
Sripradish Kapikad,
PGDM, Batch of 2008-10,
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai.

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