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It is in this mould that you must resolve to learn, grow and build a career. Individuals are unique and so are great business schools. Just as you are unmatched in terms of your potential, skill sets, preferences and what you stand for, so are we distinct in our values, philosophy, programme architecture, learning approach and social orientation. Our selection process, perhaps the most rigorous but also intriguing to some aspirants, is designed for mutual selection in a peer moderated context. While we choose you on the basis of your potential, values and individual beliefs, we encourage you to choose us for a substantial overlap of similar criteria. This open-arms approach has been our hallmark almost since inception. With a good match, we make a formidable combination together that industry welcomes by awarding outstanding career opportunities to graduating candidates. A perfect match could mean finding a philosophy that seeds a fulfilling life, well beyond a successful career. Hence, it is important that you carefully assess (perhaps, even skeptically evaluate) our unique value proposition and leave no doubt in your mind that SPJIMR is the right place for you to spend two critical and formative years of your life. I would urge you to find your unique purpose and passion to study management at SPJIMR and not be one among the herd. Best wishes, Dr. M. L. Shrikant (DBA Harvard) Honarary Dean, SPJIMR Individuals are unique and so are great business schools. Just as you are unmatched in terms of your potential, skill sets, preferences and what you stand for, so are we distinct in our values, philosophy, programme architecture, learning approach and social orientation. 5