SPJIMR is not affiliated to any university and is completely autonomous. This status has given the institute the ability to utilize academic freedom, to develop trend-setting educational programmes and pedagogic processes with long-term benefits for all stakeholders. SPJIMR also has entrepreneurial agility that has made it the only self-financed institute to be ranked among the top ten in the country.

The guiding philosophy of SPJIMR is ‘influencing practice’, and ‘promoting value based growth’. The institute has an enviable track record of recognizing the needs of the society and formulating its programmes based on them. Augmenting its advantage is the fact that SPJIMR is situated in Mumbai, the commercial capital of the country.