A Tribute to Dr. M. L. Shrikant Hon. Dean SP Jain Institute of Management and Research
Dr. M.L. Shrikant has been associated with the SP Jain Institute of Management Research for 25 Years and it has been his relentless efforts that have brought this Institute to be counted among the best in the World. I was fortunate to be among the first students whom Doctor taught at S.P.Jain and I value my learning from this great Guru. Let us turn the clock back to 1987 when Doctor Shrikanth decided to come back to India and contribute to management education at a time when Indians were waiting for their visas to leave the country. Doctor joined as Director of S.P.Jain a Management Institute which was then affiliated to Bombay University for the Master in Management Studies Program. In 1987 SP Jain had two outstanding qualities, it belonged to the Bhavan’s family and was inaugurated by Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, the then Prime Minister of U.K. Dr. Shrikant has a brilliant academic record; he is a B.S. ( Production) from the Michigan Technology University and an M.S. (Mechanical...