Life @ Great Lakes Inst. of Mgmt-Chennai

[noelatwork]

Hi Champions,

Can someone throw some light on the progress with the new GLAKES campus construction? When will it be operational?

Thanks
NoeL

[twiceblessedman]

Originally Posted by noelatwork

Hi Champions,

Can someone throw some light on the progress with the new GLAKES campus construction? When will it be operational?

Thanks
NoeL

Hi Noel,

The construction is in full swing. We will be positively moving to the new campus on March 2009. 60% of the main administrative block is complete. A couple of hostels are ready and the others are in progress. We are on schedule to finishing it on time. Marg Constructions has been contracted with the project. In fact, the other day, our dean whom we lovingly call Uncle Bala, said that he would make sure that the current batch of champions would spend 2 to 3 weeks in the new campus before passing out. Convocation will surely be held in the new campus!! Boy o Boy, when the campus is complete, it will be something to behold.

[noelatwork]

Originally Posted by twiceblessedman

Hi Noel,

The construction is in full swing. We will be positively moving to the new campus on March 2009. 60% of the main administrative block is complete. A couple of hostels are ready and the others are in progress. We are on schedule to finishing it on time. Marg Constructions has been contracted with the project. In fact, the other day, our dean whom we lovingly call Uncle Bala, said that he would make sure that the current batch of champions would spend 2 to 3 weeks in the new campus before passing out. Convocation will surely be held in the new campus!! Boy o Boy, when the campus is complete, it will be something to behold.

@twiceblessedman That is a great news! Something for the next batch to look upto

NoeL

[twiceblessedman]

Hi All,

Some really exciting news for Great Lakers. Great Lakes students have won the
Eximus IIM B B-Plan contest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: gm::gm :

Shake it to the left and then to the right.......

[twiceblessedman]

Over the last 2 days, IBS, Chennai had their National Level Management Meet, and we had some of our Great Lakers win quite a handful of events –

EMBLEMA CONDUCERZ : Corporate Identity Management
Sirisha 1st Place

JOCUL DE ROL : HR Role play
Sirisha,Dheeraj,Piyush,Hiranjith,Murli and Indu 1st Place

MARCA PICTURA : Brand Pictionary
Sirisha, Prakash Randheer and Smita Arora 1st Place

ATTACCO DEL MARCATO : Mart Attack
Rohit, Prakash Randheer, Harshad 1st Place

INTAMPLARE : The Event Management Game
Gauthaman, Janani, KK 2nd Place
ANTREPRIZA SIRETLIC : The Turnaround Strategy
Rohit, Prakash Randheer, Harshad 1st Place



Congratulations !!!

[twiceblessedman]

Mr. Sriram, the Vice President of Marketing and Regional Head for Fuel Services at Reliance Industries visited Great Lakes on the 26th August. He has over 17 years of Sales, Marketing and Operations experience covering Automobile, Lubricants and POL industries. Mr. Sriram gave us an overview on ‘Relationship Management’ – a sphere that has been gaining considerable attention in the recent past. He spoke about how Relationship Management is the only way to gain a competitive edge by increasing customer loyalty both through better service and increased switching costs for the customer. The talk peppered with personal experiences was engrossing and gave us a new perspective on Relationship Management.

[Skunk Ray]

Mr. Srivatsa Krishna visits Great Lakes

The Class of 2009 is alpine fresh after a scintillating session of a power talk by Mr. Srivatsa Krishna. He reached the campus dot at 16:45 yesterday, the 28th and the talk was scheduled at 17:00 hrs. But before we go any further let me take you through his profile.
Srivatsa topped the Indian Civil Services Examination in 1994 and joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). (This is considered to be one of the toughest examinations in the world, and each year about 500,000 compete for 50 positions.) He went on doing his full time MBA from Harvard Business School and an executive MBA from The Wharton School of Business. He is currently the Executive Director & CEO South Asia of a Dubai World Group Company, one of the largest infrastructure companies globally.
Before Harvard, he was part of the core team of the Government of Andhra Pradesh and was responsible for some of the key investment promotion and e-government initiatives there. In fact the Cyberabad phenomenon could be attributed to him. He was the single most influencing factor to the then Chief Minister Mr. Chandrababu Naidu. Mr. Krishna is also a Staff member - Strategy, Finance and Risk Management Vice Presidency at World Bank in Washington D.C. He is currently co-authoring a case study as part of an ISR with Professor Michael Porter on technology clusters and economic development in India. A noted columnist and writer, he is currently working on a book on Leadership and e-Government Strategy. He has been honored as one of the Top 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum at Davos. Other past awardees include Bill Gates, Tony Blair, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page and Michael Dell to name a few. The list would run into a few hundred miles of national highways but I hold.
The next couple of hours took us into a realm of hope, dreams, despondence, optimism, helplessness, all put into one drink. It was amazing. The talk started with the current state of India - The competitive advantage, the Information Technology edge and the general scheme of things; put across in a positive light. And then came the killer - he took us through the Chinese statistics. The sheer progress that China has made in the past couple of decades has been breathtaking. He went on talking about a part of China which, once upon a time was tagged - deep ditch; now the ‘barren land’ houses more than three thousand and five hundred skyscrapers! That’s more than the total skyscrapers of Detroit, SanFransisco, Seattle and New York put together. In fact, what the US has done in the past 40 years, China has done that in 20 years. That itself talks volumes about the growth rate of the country. Simply put, it’s humungous. He went on hinting that comparing India with China is plain preposterous. The culture of the two countries had a role in molding the nations as they are. The Indian culture of sustainability amidst irreversible ruckus is not in sync with their Chinese counterpart. Of course, questions about human rights in China are bombarded on various occasions but it they have so far been kept away from the spotlight. The day concluded with a long question and answer session. He talked about his Harvard days, the Hyderabad stint and umpteen other things under the pale August sky,
It was one of the best presentations that the class has ever seen. Mr. Srivatsa is surely a person to watch out for.
(References :Harbus and Global Real Estate Institute - GRI )

[MenRoh]

To add to that -

The MBA Universe :- News & Updates

[twiceblessedman]

GL Date: September 1st
Guest: Mr. Raghu Iyer from McKinsey
Topic: Emerging Program Management Practices in Multinational banks

Mr. Raghu Iyer visited Great Lakes on 1st September. He is a Practice Specialist at McKinsey in the Business Technology Office (BTO) practice based in Singapore and has over 17 years of experience in senior roles in IT, banking, securities and consulting industries in N. America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Iyer spoke about Emerging Program Management Practices in Multinational banks, giving us a bird’s eye view of cutting edge practices that are being adopted today in the banking industry. The talk was interesting and highly informative and left us wishing the session lasted longer.

[twiceblessedman]

Guest: Prof. Bharadhwaj from IIT Chennai
Topic: Consumer Behaviour

Prof. Bharadhwaj visited Great Lakes on 1st September. A Phd from the University of Maryland,, he is currently with IIT Chennai in Faculty of Department of Management Studies. His talk on consumer behavior provided an insight about the steps involved in understanding the consumer behavior cycle from an organizational point of view. The talk was interesting and highly informative and left us wishing the session lasted longer.