Another event to celebrate the 10 years of completion of Great Lakes Institute of Management, this time at Hyderabad. A celebration fitting to the royal city took place at the Park Hyatt. Here's the event in pictures.
Dr. Bala, Dr Vaidy and Dr. Rakesh Singh Lighting the lamp and commencing the Supply Chain Conclave 2014.
Great Lakes has been ranked among top 10 for one year MBA program in India!
Student blog:
Because when I look back now, I realize,
Falling that day has made me rise.
Ever fell in the deception of a fall? Where the insidious losses entwine with your existence and the fragrance of hope seems abstract, where your bruises are what you become and where your purpose stands smashed. Where failures creep into capacity of the mightiest, plant a thought of hopelessness and watch you dwindle down to the forgotten. And all that is left is a wrecked and shattered being. All hopes confiscated and all definitions lost. By now it's all dark and dangerous, leaving you unnerved. Ever fell in the deception of a fall?
So how do you start and where do you start again? And if you ever, then why? Haven't your losses already accomplished a lot? Lot enough to lose everything.
So when every bit seems lost, you sit back and one day, decide to talk. To yourself. Somehow the divine faith becomes defining and the moment brings you to your other side. The side you didn't know much about and one you yearned to know for long. The side that wouldn't let you give up. The side to which you actually belonged. Something that was never just a part of you. Something that was just you completely. Flowing in your veins and that which they say, in every bit of you. Your belief. Your faith. It conjures the heart to beat again and composes the tune, the tune of passion and desire. That is the moment in which you find yourself, and you know, you have to start. And that is why you will. Because that is what you were destined to. To not give. To never give up. And when everything was lost, you will be known - for believing, for holding on to yourself, for rising.
You are what you do. What you do is what you believe in. And when faith stands so strong, it defines you. Your actions echo through time. Long lived. Unending. Because when your faith becomes defining, it becomes the faith of time, of lives around you and of lives to come. Standing tall and ready. To try more. To win again. To fall. And the only question that now you want to answer more is "ever fell in the deception of fall?"
Samer Akhter
Class of 2015
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
Student shares her experience in the first month of course:
Life At Great Lakes
When asked to share my experience, I was bit unsettled. 28 days? Already? That can't be possible. I mean I have seen the better side of the main gate just once; that also when I went for the outbound training. So, it can't really be that much. Gladly it is; the last 4 weeks on campus and some of the most intense weeks I have ever been through.
So to give a brief introduction about me, I graduated with a bachelor In Electronics and Communication Engineering and if you talk about my education curve, I would define it to be average. To be honest, management was something that always amused me and engineering was something that always bored me. So I thought to go for something I will enjoy. What next??? Then the usual euphoria-crappy interviews-unexpected convert, sequence followed and I made my way to Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.
When I came to Chennai, and as I entered the gate of Great Lakes, I was taken aback by the very modest entrance. There was a big globe, a big statue of Swami Vivekanand, an amphitheater and tower of reflection standing proudly in the center of amphitheater. This isn't a diary so I won't bore you with how my room was allotted or how I was provided with all books on the first day; I would rather be writing something that makes the land of awesome, even more awesome...
While bricks and mortar never make a home but living well never hurt anyone now did it. My hostel, Manimegalai at Great Lakes is really comfortable and in the end a good place to come back to after a tiring day. So now that I was set, it was time to move onto the more important things in life.
The first week was packed with activities.... Wait... THAT was really packed,. So the first week was packed with management activities and lined with gifted introductory lectures from our professors. I remember Uncle Bala's speech and how within a short span of time he got so many of us to look at the world around us in different shades of light and how he made everyone fall in love with our dreams and this institute. When I heard Mr. Santosh Anand from Deloitte who touched the skies - quite literally, did set me buzzing.
As the first week of Orientation drew to a close, the week gone by was extremely satisfying as it really did start feeling like I was home. The next week was the first to be the next of our lives and all apprehension, excitement and energy just naturally started kicking in. The first thing that strikes me about this place is the wealth of knowledge the professors bring to the classroom and that alone justifies the huge-ass 7 figure fees I paid a few days back. One could actually feel the healthy competition within the academic groups to better themselves.
Every B-school will tell that they have strong inter batch ties and how seniors are always willing to help juniors but one thing that I can say is that here in Great Lakes, it is in the institute DNA. From holding late night help sessions to help us through our subjects despite their own busy schedule; to always find time to review our projects, they are overarching support system for us. They are always one step ahead of us.
The energy within the campus is sky-high always... Its like Great Lakers never sleep. From holding interviews for different committees from 9 pm to 2 am to partying throughout the night for any random reason, everyone is just flush with gusto every time. It is almost a waste to sleep longer than the bare minimum here as one might end up missing out on something going on in campus. The assignments to be submitted at 11:59 EOD make the life of Great Lakers even more exciting. Its like we are challenging ourselves everyday and pushing our limits. The campus is always buzzing and I guess that is what makes this place so cherished. There are cricket matches, football matches and shuttle wars going on until 3 at night or some event like "Paisa Vasool" is going on which can teach more than any book and that becomes the soul of Great Lakes- Experiential Learning. There is a feeling of solidarity knowing that whatever you are going through, there are some 360 other people going through the similar thing with you and beside you.
There are so many of other things I would like to tell you but there are a few things you would rather come and find out on your own and the fact that it is 11:45 pm and I am late for a birthday party.
Astha Singh
PGDM 2014-16
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