Life @ Great Lakes Inst. of Mgmt-Chennai

[haripi2]

Well,
guyz i guess i am going to post after a huge hiatus in PG that too a very long one.so kindly adjust.well , college for us started on April 21st and we did not have much events except for giving the college our orginal certificates and other formalities.so not much of intro or general exchanges happened on the first day.
April 22nd
we had our formal induction at tidel park auditorium which was graced by Uncle bala(well, we are supposed to call him like that and we love to call it that way.. ),DR. s krishnamoorthy(former chairman of SAIL,maruthi blah blah..),MALLIKA SRINIVASAN( DIRECTOR,TAFE) and miss mangalam srinivasan. it saw the launch of a new initiative by GLIM called as SWIM(smart women in mangement) where MRS mallika is expected to head it from front. we had a series of advices and lectures on the same day and uncle bala i must say immediately got into the act and i must confess that he is brilliant in conveying his point and keeping up the crowd in rapt attention. he has got an amazing sense of humour and conveying management fundas using the simplest of terms.

April 23rd and 24th

we had a series of lectures by some eminent personalities in the business arena,the most prominent of them being the CEO of ma foi consulting Mr. Pandiarajan. There were other lectures on Systems thinking,Personal mastery,Marketing basics and HR basics. these lectures were there to make us aquainted as to what is B-school education. Some were really good and others were really heavy . anyways it helped us in knowing what was in store for us once the courses started.

April 25th and 26th

The best part of the learning so far. We had an Fun oriented Outdoor learning (FOOL ) programme conducted at MGM beach resorts for all the batch.

The main objectives of the program were the following:

• To ensure that all the students are well acquainted with each other, they lose their inhibitions and the concept of classmates as family members is internalized by all participants.
• To unleash the latent talents in people, by giving them a platform to perform.
• To introduce key management concepts like, teamwork, leadership and time-management in an innovative & practical way. Also to make sure people have fun during the program.

Experience:


The program was extremely well designed and perfectly executed. Everybody had a tremendous amount of fun and learning. Everybody was richer through this experience because they made new friends and realized some very key insights about important concepts like, friendship, teamwork, leadership and most importantly we realized we are limited by our perceived limitations but in reality we can achieve more than

We think if we try.


Listed below are some of the best activities undertaken by us.

• Trekking: This trek unlike normal treks was based on teamwork. All of us were divided into five teams of 7-8 members each. There were certain constraints applied to each team these were: two people were to pretend that they were blind, other two people were to pretend they were dumb, finally two other people were to pretend they were deaf. This was a unique experience which brought out the trust aspect of a team because it is very difficult to navigate the mountains unless you trust your teammates completely. Moreover many of us thought they could not undertake the trek before they started the trek but they surprised themselves with the ease with which they completed it. This reinforces the concept of stretch; that is we can stretch further than we think we can.

• Jam Bottle:the objective of this game was to fish out a Jam bottle from a set of concentric squares. This was to be done maximum number of times in twenty minutes. There were certain constraints imposed such that this had to be done by the means of given tools; these were two ropes, a bunch of rubber bands and two reels of tapes. Further more neither of the tools or a person should touch the periphery or the interior of the outer rope. In the event that this occurred there was a penalty of 100 points. The points for the successful attempt were calculated by the following formula (20- time from the beginning when attempt was made)*100 this game fostered lateral thinking and team work and was a great learning experience

• Skit: We were divided into five different teams and each member was asked to pick up a chit from a box, each chit consisted of a character, and the chit-bearer had to assume that character and the team had to enact a play based on the given characters. This was very challenging and required on spot creativity and teamwork. It was fantastic fun and it gave us insight into fundamental concepts in management such as dealing with sudden change as sometimes characters were introduced at the last minute when storyline was set.

• Besides the above games there were some other fantastic games, time on the beach, a short capsule on Salsa Dance, Yoga lessons, Karaoke, and dance to English, Tamil and Hindi songs. It was an amazing experience and amazing is an understatement.

• Perhaps the most crucial part was getting to know our batch mates well and getting a sneak preview of the amazing diversity and talent in class. This was best demonstrated by the last exercise of the day in which we were asked to complement our batch mates on their qualities; it was a complete riot with people rushing to complement each other.

We had amazing fun. trust me you have to be there to believe it. the salsa and jive dance were brilliant. the professional DJ's on the discotheque made dancing on the dance floor during 24th and 25th really enjoyable.

but as they say there is no such thing as free lunch our two day utopia came to an end and we returned backon 26th night.

April 27th
This was the convocation day and we had it in Taj coromandel. The function was presided by Uncle bala as usual who looked majestic in his robe and wearing the distinguished Kelloggs professor medal.The chief guests for the function were Jamshed Godrej(CEO,godrej companies) and Dennis connors(CEO,3com). All the seniors wearing the customary coat and graduating hat looked Splendid. there was an air of royalty in their attire as well as the way in which uncle bala and the guests occupied the dias. the background score was simply brilliant and was defly an symbol of class . after the awarding of degrees and other awards the way the students threw upo their hats in mid air was a treat to watch . i just couldn't believe that in a year's time i too would be doing the same. after that as usual we had a sumptuous lunch. Yeah, the food was brilliant.

[haripi2]

NOw since i have given details about various activities lemme give data abt college. well the college is just one year old and comprises of a single building in saidapet. the entire building is wi fi enabled and has a decent library with an extensive e-library and journo collection. the computer lab is pretty fast and thats why i am typing all the above points from here. the canteen is pretty decent.



now regarding ppl.



The class has 130 ppl with 113 experienced ppl and 17 freshers. can u believe it,well i coudn't when i initially joined but its the truth.



102 guyz and 28 gurlz a pretty low female populace ..i do agree but with lesser fresher intake that is bound to happen.



the average work ex (inclusive of freshers) is 3.8 years next only to that of ISB in india. so the class composition ias brilliant for a 1 year old school and i expect it to get even better in the coming years. we have at least 50-60 % of ppl from other parts of India(leaving out tamil nadu) whioch makes for a multi varied diverse background.



50 % engineers and 50 % non engineers.



star profiles of the class



well, a few of them whom i can recall now..

• one guy with 5 years of work ex in NASA
• 3 CA chaps
• 4 sailors with 4-5 years of work ex
• one guy with 20 years of work ex holding posn of CEO in an danish company
• three 7 year work ex guyz from US
• one project manager from a major indian IT company
• one IIT chap with 17 years of work ex who had been asia pac head of some operations in a major company.

there are still many but at this point this is it...



hope i haven't bored u... will be back with more details and any clarifications abt Great lakes please feel free to PM me..



cheerios,

Prashanth

[haripi2]

here are some pictures guyz..sorry no pictures of the campus yet,well its just a building lemme be frank so still we have not taken any snaps but will post in due course.. some snaps of the outbound trip and parties we had..

getto at Amethyst



the Disco party at Buena Vista





Following are trekking snaps

[haripi2]

[Trail Blazer]

Originally Posted by haripi2

102 guyz and 28 gurlz a pretty low female populace ..i do agree but with lesser fresher intake that is bound to happen.


the average work ex (inclusive of freshers) is 3.8 years next only to that of ISB in india.

Girls... !!!!!!!!!!!! something where things upside down... Why there are deficiency of good looking working females in the world... Still things are not that bad.. Vijai.. Winner.. Rambo.. what say guys.. .

Regs,
- T'Blazer..

[uRmad]

Hey Guys, have split the original thread and moved the discussion to the B-school student section....Hope to cya guys regularly here. All da best everyone

Cheers

ps: lemme know in case ya guys feel any changes in the thread title are required...

[vijaikrishnak]

That was a wonderful post by haripi aka Prasanth. Now, this dude is fast becoming the popular guy at Great Lakes. He is a bundle of energy and was the darling of the crowd in the party ( of course only among guys ) at Bueno Vista.

As haripi has mentioned, Great Lakes is a great place to be at and no doubt, this school will be "the much sought after" in a couple of years. We have great faculty and the placement for the first batch has been really good.

Life will be hectic since this is a one year course, but that is the challenge this place offers.

As far as girls are concerned, our senior batch was gifted. And I stop here.

Vijai

[Mru]

Originally Posted by Trail Blazer

Girls... !!!!!!!!!!!! something where things upside down... Why there are deficiency of good looking working females in the world... Still things are not that bad.. Vijai.. Winner.. Rambo.. what say guys.. .

Regs,
- T'Blazer..

Oye...ppl....dont be so rude...!!! u forgot there's a PG gal in yr class? TB, "Deficiency of good looking working females" ???????? what the.....????

Originally Posted by vijaikrishnak

As far as girls are concerned, our senior batch was gifted. And I stop here.

tut tut..........vijai...am gonna getcha fr this
But yeah...the course is hectic....but am having loads of fun too....no complaints frm my side!
Cheers
Mru

[The G0dfather]

Nice work Haripi. Neat summary of your first week at GLIM. Update us regularly
Cheers
Guhan

[vijaikrishnak]

The last thing we wanted to do 3 days into the course was to analyse Indian economy and submit a report. Anyway, the energy levels of people here are amazing. And we are enjoying the assignment.