SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (India) and the College of William and Mary Mason School of Business (United States) have won TeamMBA award for their community service and social responsibility programmes.

The winners were announced on Thursday by the Graduate Management Admission Council.

TeamMBA award

A total of 78 service programmes from business schools around the world were considered for the TeamMBA award and more than 21,000 votes were cast online in May.

These programmes involved nearly 1,500 students who volunteered almost 50,000 hours and raised $2.6 million.

SP Jain won the award, which recognises a school for its commitment to promoting and supporting social engagement by its students through school-led programmes, services, institutional culture and community outreach.

Through more than a dozen individuals, team and school-wide projects, students at SP Jain worked to improve the lives of milk and agricultural growers, women, disaster victims and rural villagers.

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