S P Jain Global Inks Collaboration With Rise Mumbai: Innovation Platform Created by Barclays

MUMBAI, October 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Collaboration aimed at equipping students to seize the opportunities in the bourgeoning FinTech landscape through content sharing, mentoring, research and internships

S P Jain School of Global Management, the leading international business school, today announced its tie-up with Rise Mumbai to augment its certificate course in Financial Technology.

The two category leaders will collaborate and co-operate in various areas to offer the best learning opportunities to the students of S P Jain Global and to the start-ups at Rise Mumbai. This collaboration enables content sharing, mentoring, research collaboration and seminars.

Speaking about the tie-up, Mr. Vikram Pandya, Director FinTech program, S P Jain School of Global Management said, "This tie-up with Rise Mumbai is significant for us, as it will help our students to build their skills in this space. Through seminars, workshops and events, as well as internship opportunities at Rise Mumbai, our students will get the right start to their professional lives. They will also gain in-depth learning, which will enable them to be market as well as future ready in the financial technology services."

Mr. Ram Gopal, CEO, Barclays Bank Plc India said, "We are delighted to be able to partner with S P Jain School of Global Management. The school's focus on creating a financial technology curriculum coupled with Barclays' commitment to co-create the future of financial services, has the potential to create a more vibrant FinTech community, which can make a greater value contribution to the financial services sector as a whole."

With this partnership, students of S P Jain Global will now get exposure in real time and in addition will benefit in understanding the emerging trends that will further enhance them scholastically and professionally. In return, SPJSGM faculty members will offer mentorship to start-ups at Rise Mumbai.

About S P Jain School of Global Management (SPJSGM)  

S P Jain Global is an Australian business school of Indian origin with campuses in Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and Mumbai. 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 20 Best International 1 Year MBAs (2017 - 2019)

- The Economist: Top 100 Full-time MBAs Worldwide (2015)

- Forbes: Top 20 Best International Business Schools (2013 - 2014)

- Financial Times: Top 100 Global MBA Programs (2011 and 2012)

S P Jain School of Global Management 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. 

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About Rise Mumbai  

Rise is Barclays' Open Innovation program worldwide which operates in 7 locations (http://www.thinkrise.com) and focusses on connecting start-ups with each other, co-creation of solutions along with the start-ups and helps start-ups scale their businesses.

Rise is a global community of the world's leading tech firms and founders working together to create the future of financial services. Barclays is focused on leveraging the start-up ecosystem in delivering value to its customers and leading disruption in financial services technologies. Rise program is created to join hands with global innovators in co-creating the future of banking. It is the global network of start-ups, investors, mentors and a platform that helps start-ups scale up. We already have 7 working sites globally and the 6th Rise site was launched in Mumbai in June 2016.

The program has positioned Barclays as a principal member of the open innovation, bringing together entrepreneurs, high-growth start-ups, disruptive innovators, corporates (banks and financial services, other industries), ecosystem partners and leading-edge companies across industries to collaborate, accelerate growth and co-create the future. The Rise program is one of the many elements of a broader global proposition, which also includes other elements around R&D, and partnering and local initiatives. For more information about the Rise program, please visit http://www.thinkrise.com; http://www.barclaysaccelerator.com and http://www.theriseaccelerator.com.

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