SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) is a constituent of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and is ranked among the top ten business schools in India. It is in the top 50 ranks in the Financial Times (FT) 2020 business school rankings and is placed 3rd in India and 36th in the world. As a premier school of management, SPJIMR is noted for pedagogic innovations and pioneering programmes, which have helped the Institute stand out for its unique and distinctive path in management education. SPJIMR's mission is to 'influence practice' and 'promote value-based growth'. The Institute currently operates from its 45-acre campus in Andheri, Mumbai, and a campus in New Delhi.
Taking forward the SPJIMR motto of thought leadership, SPJIMR Thoughtcast showcases the 'influencing practice' principle of the institute and features an expert SPJIMR faculty in a reflective conversation with a senior industry leader on management and business.
Past Imperfect Episode 32: Ramachandra Guha on Gandhi’s enduring arguments
Past Imperfect Episode 32 features Dinyar Patel, Associate Professor of History at SPJIMR, in conversation with Ramachandra Guha, Distinguished University Professor at Krea University and author of Arguments with Gandhi.
In India and abroad, Mahatma Gandhi has been the object of veneration and endless encomiums. Guha wants us to remember something else: that Gandhi has been deeply controversial, both in his time and ours. Arguments with Gandhi delves head-first into how Gandhi wrestled with some of the world’s greatest questions. This went beyond anti-imperialism and religious harmony to include gender and race relations, caste, economics, and the environment. Perhaps no other individual in recent times has had such a breadth of opinions on so many subjects. Those opinions, quite naturally, have incited sharp reactions, both positive and negative. Was Gandhi racist and casteist? Was he against modernity? Were his views on religion and nonviolence counterproductive? As Guha tells us, the answers are oftentimes complicated and surprising.
11 Sept 2026
Past Imperfect Episode 31 : Sudev Sheth on how to do business in Mughal India
Past Imperfect Episode 31 features Dinyar Patel, Associate Professor of History at SPJIMR, in conversation with Sudev Sheth, Senior Lecturer at the Lauder Institute, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and the author of Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India.
Sheth unearths the remarkable story of how one family, the Jhaveris of Ahmedabad, navigated business and politics under Mughal rule. As prominent diamond merchants, the Jhaveris prospered under the protection of the Mughals, becoming partners in empire. Once the Mughal Empire disintegrated, however, they faced enormous risks and opportunities: state violence but also new leverage in influencing politics. In a manner familiar to any contemporary Indian business tycoon, the Jhaveris had to cultivate diverse political ties while conducting their commercial activities, all while managing the delicate task of family succession. And they largely succeeded: the family, now known as the Lalbhais, remains in business today, some fourteen generations later.
29 Jul 2026
Past Imperfect Episode 30: M. Visvesvaraya’s technocratic vision with Aparajith Ramnath
Past Imperfect Episode 30 features Dinyar Patel, Associate Professor of History at SPJIMR, in conversation with Aparajith Ramnath, Associate Professor of History at Ahmedabad University and the author of Engineering a Nation: The Life and Career of M. Visvesvaraya.
M. Visvesvaraya was much more than India’s most famous engineer. As Ramnath details, he was a risk-taking diwan of Mysore, a liberal statesman, and a tireless advocate of mass education and industrialization in India. Engineering a Nation provides us with a critical chapter in modern India’s development trajectory, telling us how Visvesvaraya presided over the construction of big dams, ironworks, factories, bureaucracies, education systems, and the scaffoldings of democracy. His vision for India was highly technocratic, one that embraced economic planning and top-down leadership. This technocratic vision helped lay the foundations for things like India’s IT economy—but it also, as Ramnath is careful to note, came with some significant costs.
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