Articles in Great Lakes
New Ventures Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is all set to open a university in Orissa, besides another b-school in Delhi. This is after taking Mumbai Business School, Mumbai under its wings a few months ago. Disclosing this, Founder and Dean of Great Lakes, Dr Bala V. Balachandran told Pagalguy that the university in […]
(Photo credit: Archit Srivastava, as an entry to the B-school Shutterbug Photo Contest 2010) After years of being meted out step-fatherly treatment by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), b-schools that offer one-year MBA courses now have reason to cheer. The AICTE has just about approved the one-year Post Graduate Program in Management […]
Great Lakes Institute of Management, (Great Lakes), Chennai becomes the second institute to come up with alternatives to accepting the CAT scores for their admission process 2010 after Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad. Professor T N Swaminathan, Director Admissions, External Relations & Associate Professor – Marketing, Great Lakes, Chennai told PaGaLGuY that apart from accepting […]
Get ready for a long drive if you decide to visit the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. It takes nearly one and a half hours to reach the institute, which is situated 70 kms from Chennai at Manamai Village on the East Coast Road (ECR). However, the scenic beauty on the way to Great […]
Yale – Great Lakes fourth International Research Conference held on December 20, 2009 ‘Marketplace’ held at IIM Calcutta Mindful Leadership Competition – 2010 launched at LIBA, Chennai IIM Lucknow Launches ‘Treatise- the International Thought Challenge’ Yale – Great Lakes 4th International Research Conference on December 20, 2009 Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Chennai, a […]
Great Lakes Institute of Management is amongst top 20 B Schools in India (Business India, November 1, 2009) built on a 20 acre facility near historic Mamallapuram on the scenic East Coast Road. Learning here is ensconced under every book in the library under every pillow of each Great Laker. Vision With the motto, Global […]
Chennai’s Great Lakes Institute of Management sent in their placement report for the 2008-09 batch, reporting a 10% decrease in average salary and large-scale participation by small first-time companies, pretty much the same story as at other b-schools. Here is how the numbers stacked up: Number of students placed: 162Average salary: Rs. 8.7 Lakhs per […]
The guest of ceremony, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Former under Secretary General, United Nations, addressed the graduating class. He spoke on the need for being philanthropic as managers holding responsible positions, said the school’s official statement. The batch of 2010 was also formally introduced at the function, added the release. The event was followed by the […]
Some of the major companies to have recruited from Great Lakes in 2009 are: Big Entertainment, Cognizant Technology Solution, CSC, HCL, Knight and Frank, L&T;, Marg, Mu-Sigma, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Redpill Solution Pte. Ltd (Singapore), Renoir Consulting, Siestema Shyam Telelink, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata International and ZS Associates.
In his talk Mr Gopalakrishnan said “There are tremendous opportunities in the current crisis. The unusual nature of this downturn is its global nature with major developed countries like US and Japan being affected. The recovery will start but the question is how long will it take and it may happen sometime in 2010. The […]