Bridging the Intelligence Gap

Empowering 'Leaders of Tomorrow' by giving them the 'Power to Know' with SAS Data Warehousing Solution

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) is rated among the top ten B-schools in the country. Since its inception in the year 1981, the Institute has moved from strength to strength due to its innovative pedagogic approach and its ability to adapt to the changing business environment.  
 
Life at SPJIMR is a journey through education, sprinkled with a variety of academic and non-academic learning that goes beyond the conventional classroom method. The entire learning process at SPJIMR is focused on inculcating in participants, sensitivity to real-world issues and an ability to become leaders in their chosen fields. 
 
With an underlying philosophy of encouraging change, SPJIMR believes that adaptability to change is the driving force in their efforts to produce valued and socially responsive managers.  
 
One major step in this direction was to inculcate analytical thinking within the students by engaging them in project work and problem solving sessions to develop innovative and quantitative decision making approach.
 
With emphasis on a seamless combination of the theoretical and practical, Data Warehousing & Data Mining Solution was being looked at as the key solution to garner analytical capabilities in true business situations within students at SPJIMR. 
 
“Our students are tomorrow’s business managers. What is important is that they should understand the benefits they can derive from various analytical business intelligence solutions. It was therefore imperative for us to make them equipped with knowledge on Data Warehousing & Data Mining using SAS, so that they can validate all their future business decisions with the appropriate quantitative methods”, says Prof. Sunil Rai, Chairperson, Center for Information Technology, S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR). 
 
SAS being a top business intelligence and data warehousing solution, it was the obvious choice to help students make better business decisions in the future and to empower the faculty of SPJIMR with knowledge of cutting edge technology. 
 
 According to Prof. Sunil Rai, Chairperson, Center for Information Technology, SPJIMR, “We deployed SAS in our institute to provide exposure to students with the state-of-the-art business intelligence solution and to help students develop analytical decision making ability, for achieving competitive business advantage. With SAS being an industry recognized Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Solution, experience on SAS software is certainly seen as an advantage for better prospects for our students in the Industry.”
 
 Data Warehousing and Data Mining Solution being the backbone to any quantitative analysis, the faculty of S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), today embarks on SAS to empower their students with the analytical & quantitative capabilities, to make informed business decisions in future. 
 
 Says Prof. Sunil Rai, Chairperson, Center for Information Technology, S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), “We want our students to have a good feel for business, but we want them to be exact in their approach. This is what will make them highly marketable individuals. And there is no doubt that knowledge of SAS makes our students more marketable.”