[twiceblessedman]

Mr.Ajay Kela, COO & MD of Symphony visited Great Lakes on 25th July. Mr. Kela in his capacity is responsible for global operations, worldwide sales and continuing relationships with clients. In his previous leadership role with Symphony, Mr. Kela led the substantial business expansion in India growing the team from 500 employees to more than 3000.
Prior to joining Symphony, he was Entrepreneur in Residence with NEA, a Silicon Valley VC, making investments in software and services as well as playing an operating role in the funded companies. He received his Ph.D. in engineering and computer science from the University of Rochester, New York and received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Mr. Kela spoke about the importance of innovation and new product development. He emphasized the need for more product based companies and spoke about how India is positioned to be the world leader in offering customized product solutions. Mr. Kela generated a lot of enthusiasm in the audience who were curious to know the kind of product line Symphony specialized in and also the kind of opportunities available today in the product development domain.

[twiceblessedman]

Mr. A. Janakiraman’s guest lecture on “Indian Aviation Industry Fuel Business – Opportunities and Challenges”

Date : September 3, 2008

Time : 2: 30 pm to 4 pm

Venue : Seminar Hall

Summary : Mr.Janakiraman began the evening by showing 2 amazing videos - the dangers of carelessness on duty in airports (where a small car was literally blown away into the sea by the back draft of a jet engine) and the deadly effects of negligence (where a crew member was sucked into a jet engine). He showed these videos to highlight an important point - there's more to aviation than airhostesses and glamour.

Representing the aviation fuel business of Reliance Petroleum, Mr. Janakiraman spent the remainder of the evening enlightening the group of the intricacies of the ATF business. He recounted several incidents of how Reliance had to overcome oil PSU interference and entry barriers in setting up fuel farms and refueling stations in the major airports of India and how privatization was improving airport efficiency and aircraft turnaround time. He then delved into the technicalities of refuelers and hydrants (technologies used to refuel the planes) and revealed some staggering numbers on fuel requirements of planes (approx. 600,000 litres for a single trip). He also shared some very topical information on how airport infrastructure was exploding in India, but only in selective places and he ended his talk with where he saw the Indian aviation industry a few years down the line.

All in all, it was an interesting evening where the students gained an insight into a little known but tremendously important field of business.

[twiceblessedman]

Date : September 23rd, 2008 (Tuesday)

Time : 5:30 pm to 7 pm

Venue : Seminar Hall

Summary:
Lt.Gen.S.Pattibhiraman, Vice Chief Of Army Staff (Retd.) engaged the students of Great Lakes this evening in a lively discussion on India's armed forces, their role in society and what corporates in India could learn from seasoned army officers.

He spoke at length about the history of armed conflict, from the time of Christ all the way upto today's Iraq conflict, and how over the years the nature of war was changing in fundamental ways. Today's engagements mostly involve terrorist threats and guerilla warfare, but traditional wars (like the World Wars) are not predicted. Furthermore, the role of men in battle will slowly decline as robotics and automated devices like UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) take over deadly tasks. In this and other regards, he lamented India's lack of truly world class warfare equipment and the lukewarm success of indigenous defense technology.

He was quizzed extensively by the students on how soldiers adapted to normal life after active tours of duty, how officers leaving the armed forces were absorbed by companies into mainstream business and where he saw India on the geo-political stage of tomorrow. All in all, it was a fact-filled evening for the audience.

[twiceblessedman]

Guest: Mr. Prakash Krishnaswamy
Date: 24th September 2008
Topic: Global Engineering and Entrepreneurship

Mr. Prakash Krishnaswamy, the Founder and President for EASi, a company that provides advanced engineering services and technology to automotive OEMs and suppliers visited Great Lakes on September 24th. He is also a Director of Allegis Services India, a subsidiary of the Allegis Group. During the session, Krish gave us an overview of global engineering through collaboration and entrepreneurship in engineering. The question and answer session following the discussion was just as informative and interesting as the session with a high degree of student participation.

[theunkindmonk]

Great going Champs!!!!!........Kudos

Its great 2 log in after such a long time and c such great efforts being put in by u guys. Special wrd of praise for Twice blessed!!!!........Keep it up champs and Let there be light......Let there be Great Lakes!!!!

Cheers.......

[twiceblessedman]

Date : 19 / 09 / 2008

Venue : Seminar Hall

Summary :

Prof.T.N.Swaminathan, a professional with over 33 years of experience in the field of marketing, enthralled the audience for over 90 minutes when he delved into the intricacies of strategic Brand Management. He explained his case with a real life example of Ivory soap. He showed us how companies used psychological techniques to enable customers to retain the brand image in their mind and how customers made decisions on brands. Overall, it was an extremely interesting evening for everyone.

[chhavikhurana]

hey i have work experience of more then three years in education ..i will be writing gmat soon .can u tell me what is the score required to get into great lake..n what all does one need to have

[twiceblessedman]

Originally Posted by chhavikhurana

hey i have work experience of more then three years in education ..i will be writing gmat soon .can u tell me what is the score required to get into great lake..n what all does one need to have

Hi,

We have a separate thread running for admission queries. The link is as below. Please find the answer to your query in the thread below.

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-an...2009-a-17.html (Great Lakes Admissions 2009)

[haripi2]

Hi Twiceblessedman,

great work and you are truly a Champ:cool2: in ensuring that all activities at GL are being reported. I guess with enthu guyz like you we can aim only higher.. btw, just to give an intro .. moi name is prashanth a Junior pioneer 2006 batch and an old timer in PG. Keep maintaining the enthu..

[twiceblessedman]

Originally Posted by haripi2

Hi Twiceblessedman,

great work and you are truly a Champ:cool2: in ensuring that all activities at GL are being reported. I guess with enthu guyz like you we can aim only higher.. btw, just to give an intro .. moi name is prashanth a Junior pioneer 2006 batch and an old timer in PG. Keep maintaining the enthu..

Hi Prashanth,

Thanks a lot.....it is an honor...

much of the activities reported are co-ordinated through the Guest lecture committee.....so, they are champs in equal measure....so, we have our own little supply chain here......