Articles in Great Lakes
CHARISMATIC CHOLAS, PGPM CLASS OF 2015 witnessed the best ever placement season this year. Leading corporates across Industries and functional areas participated in large numbers offering exciting roles. Top recruiters like Accenture, Airtel, Cognizant, Deloitte, Dell, Genpact, Dunia Finance, HCL, KPMG, MuSigma, Snapdeal, TCS, Universal Consulting, Wipro, ZS Associates and many more, recruited students in […]
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai has entered the league of global B-Schools through its international accreditations – AMBA and SAQS. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Bala V Balachandran, a Padmashri recipient and a well-regarded management guru in India and abroad, Great Lakes has received these prestigious international accreditations in little over a decade of […]
Date: Some date in Sept 2013 Location:Office(Second Shift) Time:6:30PM(remember it coz it’s the free snacks time) Me sitting at my desk and frantically trying to solve a 15 min mock DI test I have decided to take.One guy who sits near my cubicle comes up and askes,”Hey you preparing for CAT??”I’m thinking,”Damn,There goes my DI […]
Date: Some date in Sept 2013 Location:Office(Second Shift) Time:6:30PM(remember it coz it’s the free snacks time) Me sitting at my desk and frantically trying to solve a 15 min mock DI test I have decided to take.One guy who sits near my cubicle comes up and askes,”Hey you preparing for CAT??”I’m thinking,”Damn,There goes my DI […]
Institute Review for Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon: Dean: Prof. Bala. V. Balachandran TALIEE Scores: Critical Factors Rating (0 – 5) Technological Absorption: Good, and efforts are ON to make it better – 3 Admission Team: One of the best in the country – 4 Learning System: One of the best in the country […]
Taking a cue from the written analysis component in the admission process of the new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai has also decided to introduce a similar exercise for candidates who apply for admission. The institute will now ask aspirants to write on-spot essays and submit recommendations after the […]
A unique program with special focus on emerging economies Great Lakes Institute of Management is offering the Two Year Post Graduate Management Program (PGDM) in its Chennai campus. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved program has got an intake of 120 seats. The programs curriculum will have a special focus on the […]
(Photo credit: Great Lakes by Shiva Jeevanantham) After championing the cause of the one-year MBA for seven years, the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai has introduced a traditional two-year MBA programme with its first batch slated to begin in 2012. It is a difficult to digest idea, considering that Great Lakes had even gone […]
Two significant investments related to Indian business education were announced in the last ten days. Here is a brief roundup. 1. Great Lakes expands beyond Chennai in partnership with Educomp Not wanting to be left behind the ISB, IMT or IMI franchises in creating a national footprint, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai on May […]
(Photo credit: Abhimanyu Sharma) Chennai-based Great Lakes Institute of Management, which offers a one-year PGPM for experienced candidates completed its placements for the batch of 2010-11. The PGPM Class of 2011 comprised 296 students with work experience ranging from 20 months to 81 months. A total of 121 companies participated in the placements and offered […]