Articles in Great Lakes
This initiative is the brainchild of Dr. Bala. V. Balachandran, Founder Director and Honorary Dean of Great Lakes who in his life was deeply influenced by three important women – his birth Mother, Mother Teresa and Mata Amritanandamayi. He started SWIM last year to pay homage to womanhood and give a forum to accomplished women […]
In association with a network of academics, thought leaders and stakeholders, would submit a whitepaper on the proposed institute by this year-end. This would include proposals on the institute’s organisational structure, governance, curriculum among others. According to a government release, the institute would require Rs 211.00 crore of investment. The government has allocated Rs 47 […]
Each student of the batch of 165 students has been assigned the task as a part of their rigorous one year fast paced PGPM. The students are being involved with Children Orphanages, Old Age homes, Schools & Hospitals for the relatively powerless people and various social service groups as AIDE ET ACTION, Aid India, Relief […]
The team consisted of 3 faculty members namely Prof.Jim Beach, Dr.Sivanathan, Prof.Zoe Salloom and 16 students. The Great Lakes – EDF under the guidance of Professor Veeravalli is a forum to hone the entrepreneurship skills of students and assist them in developing viable ideas into full fledged business plans and provide a platform for the […]
The students of the Batch of 2007, fondly called as “Crusaders” by our loving Uncle Bala, the honorable dean of Great Lakes, received their certificates for Post Graduate Program in Management. The certificates were given out by the Honorable governor of Tamilnadu, his highness Mr. Surjeet Singh Barnala. The event was also marked by the […]
The meet provided an excellent platform for the junior crusaders present to get to know the Crusaders batch up close and also to interact with the alumni. It always helps to have a network in the business world and this presented itself as a wonderful opportunity. Of course there was a lot of catching up […]
The Great Lakes Herald is a half-yearly journal of the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India. The mission of “Great Lakes Herald” is to translate research findings on important issues concerning management and business for non-specialists and present new evidence that describes the world of management and business. It aims to publish articles that […]
With companies competing to recruit Great Lakers, the entire batch was placed within hours, with quite a few recruiters going back empty handed. This clearly demonstrates the faith the corporate world has put in Great Lakes’ growing brand equity. Among the praises showered by most of the recruiters visiting Great Lakes, one comment seemed to […]
In addition to the regular recruiters, 2006 saw the entry of bigwigs like Standard Chartered Bank, KPMG, Pepsico, Pricewater House Coopers and Deloitte, which recruited for the first time from Great Lakes. The growing visibility of the institute is reflected in many similar companies offering fall projects to Great Lakers. As many as 81 companies […]
Ms Nooyi, who epitomizes the theme “Global mindset, Indian Roots”, felt that it was time for academia and research to come with more contemporary methods of ‘predicting future behavior’ of consumers by observation, by cultural focus and by ethnography rather than using the traditional methods of qualitative research. Ms Nooyi commended Great Lakes Institute of […]