Life @ Great Lakes Inst. of Mgmt-Chennai

[noelatwork]

Originally Posted by theunkindmonk

Hi all,

Finally the long wait of junta comes to an end as this years placement report is finally ready now. It shall be updated soon on the website , u can also read about it on PG at the following link

PaGaLGuY.com - The Everything of MBA, CAT 2008, GMAT, XAT, IIM - Great Lakes Institute of Management: Placement Report 2008 - Placements


Cheers

Why is the placement report stil not updated in institute (Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai) website?

NoeL

[trulyyours]

Good placements for people with ex less than 2 years, but am really disappointed with placements of 2+ years of experience.

This disappointment increased when i saw the links below the great lakes placement report on PG:- PaGaLGuY.com - The Everything of MBA, CAT 2008, GMAT, XAT, IIM - Average Domestic Salary up by 33 pc at DMS, IIT-Delhi - Placements

Most of the MBA collages have higher average salaries as compared to what people got in great lakes. It gets bad when you realize that in such collages the average work ex is just 6 months and we in gLakes have work ex of 37 months.

UKM can you explain the reason for this.....

[theunkindmonk]

Originally Posted by noelatwork

Why is the placement report stil not updated in institute (Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai) website?

NoeL

Here u go mate....

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

Cheers

[noelatwork]

Originally Posted by theunkindmonk

Here u go mate....

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

Cheers

Thanks

NoeL

[ranju_08]

Hi,

anybody knows about 1 bedroom, drawing, kitchen aprtments nearby college.

I am planning to bring in my family as well..

or any brokers contact in that area..

UKM - heeellllllp!

any info will be really helpful

Hiran
Hiranjith - Looking forward

[kanoos]

Originally Posted by trulyyours

Good placements for people with ex less than 2 years, but am really disappointed with placements of 2+ years of experience.

This disappointment increased when i saw the links below the great lakes placement report on PG:- PaGaLGuY.com - The Everything of MBA, CAT 2008, GMAT, XAT, IIM - Average Domestic Salary up by 33 pc at DMS, IIT-Delhi - Placements

Most of the MBA collages have higher average salaries as compared to what people got in great lakes. It gets bad when you realize that in such collages the average work ex is just 6 months and we in gLakes have work ex of 37 months.

UKM can you explain the reason for this.....

I would say the reason for that might be the great number of career switches that happen at Great Lakes. The report says that about 90-odd out of 164 have opted for a sector change from their previous sectors. With that in mind, I think, the placement report is pretty encouraging.

Regards,
Kanoo

[theunkindmonk]

Originally Posted by trulyyours

Good placements for people with ex less than 2 years, but am really disappointed with placements of 2+ years of experience.

This disappointment increased when i saw the links below the great lakes placement report on PG:- PaGaLGuY.com - The Everything of MBA, CAT 2008, GMAT, XAT, IIM - Average Domestic Salary up by 33 pc at DMS, IIT-Delhi - Placements

Most of the MBA collages have higher average salaries as compared to what people got in great lakes. It gets bad when you realize that in such collages the average work ex is just 6 months and we in gLakes have work ex of 37 months.

UKM can you explain the reason for this.....

Hi there....

Well if u observed the avg figure of the 2-4 years of wrk exp is closest to our average and largely this bracket is the majority in our batch which has an average experience of 37 mnths.Nw if the avg figures of this bracket whould have been much better then that wld have lead to a significant rise in our average package too which unfortunately didnt happen due to numerous factors.

As for other bschools faring better than us........point is recession and the vulnerable state of economy at present is for real. Check todays ET which has an entire page abt hw this is affecting the choices of an MBA. Now thats exactly what we saw at the time of placement and hence is coherent with the over all logic of us not managing some huge increase in our average when economy is not doin good.

However other colleges r claiming 33 and 25 % growth and if u c those numbers wht comes across is that their performance is going opposite to where economy is going! Since economy has an direct impact on the corporate, if u ask me there is a sense of incoherence about these claims.

Nevermind all of this , our numbers are right in frnt of u and they may be slightly disappointing bt they demonstrate the year which went by and nothing more. Its on u guys now to take this to a level which is comparable to other institutes......if they come out wth realistic figures in first place

Cheers

[ranju_08]

Originally Posted by theunkindmonk

Hi there....

Well if u observed the avg figure of the 2-4 years of wrk exp is closest to our average and largely this bracket is the majority in our batch which has an average experience of 37 mnths.Nw if the avg figures of this bracket whould have been much better then that wld have lead to a significant rise in our average package too which unfortunately didnt happen due to numerous factors.

As for other bschools faring better than us........point is recession and the vulnerable state of economy at present is for real. Check todays ET which has an entire page abt hw this is affecting the choices of an MBA. Now thats exactly what we saw at the time of placement and hence is coherent with the over all logic of us not managing some huge increase in our average when economy is not doin good.

However other colleges r claiming 33 and 25 % growth and if u c those numbers wht comes across is that their performance is going opposite to where economy is going! Since economy has an direct impact on the corporate, if u ask me there is a sense of incoherence about these claims.

Nevermind all of this , our numbers are right in frnt of u and they may be slightly disappointing bt they demonstrate the year which went by and nothing more. Its on u guys now to take this to a level which is comparable to other institutes......if they come out wth realistic figures in first place

Cheers

hmmm..how do we obtain a validity check on the other schools reports? other than talking to our contacts in such schools, if any.

Hiran
Hiranjith - Looking forward

[theunkindmonk]

Hi all,

Life at Great Lakes has come full circle........today as a batch we complete an entire year in GL as this was the day last year when we were supposed to report for registration.
The classes r still on unlike our predecessors and probably couple of exams too

However largely tht fact has beginning to sink in tht we are just 10days away from passing out ......the experience and the life of an MBA is at its fag end.For most of us this is the last time we took a break from our careers to peruse academics and the fact that its ending now brings along with it a mixed bag of emotions. There are fervent attempts to catch up with pals, have outings wth them, writing testi fr them and thngs which can generally be classified as attempts to freeze this experience as one of the most memorable times in our life. As days will come come to an end emotions and nostalgia will be running high in the campus and i am sure when u guys will join us in our cultural fest then the high velocity of emotions will take u by surprise......

Quite a few of us are expecting our family members to join us on convocation and many of us are also looking frwrd to go back to our families and yes the sense of anticipation regarding that is building up too....

Overall lot of thngs r going on , its just tht these mixed emotions r understandably very different frm wht the incoming batch mst be going thrgh....

I have few more posts left for last few days in GL after which i shall pass on the baton to Champions......

Cheers

[theunkindmonk]

Today is the last day in college for the current batch as tomorrow convocation is lined up for us......

Its almost a surreal feeling that MBA is over and along with it so many things which are part and parcel of the journey called MBA. This year will go down as one of the most special year fr the entire graduating class and i am positive emotion will run high tomorrow at convocation.....

While there are many things about this entire year which were very exciting there are also few personal favorites which shall stand out for rest of my life. MBA is essentially about these special moments which imprints into the memory and make the entire experience so memorable.I am glad that i went through this journey and i am definitely a different person today then the guy who entered the hallowed gates of Great Lakes.....

However at the same time i am being stuck by this empty feeling of leaving college tomorrow.......frankly not a great feeling to have but i guess was part and parcel of the deal called MBA

Its also obvious that the mantle of posting latest about Life@Greatlakes is on " Champions" now and i am sure they will do a great job but tht comes with the truth tht more or less i have outlived my utility here.So with a heavy heart i am signing off from this thread but i am i shall be looking for opportunities ( whenever there shall be)to come and post here


Keep on rocking ppl and let the world know about Great Lakes.....

Cheers and Bye
Ashutosh