December 2023, Gurgaon & Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management, one of the premier B-schools of the country with campuses in Chennai and Gurgaon, has an upcoming admission deadline on 4th January, 2024 for its programs - Two Year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and One Year Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - for the 2024 intake.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA for PGPM 2024-25:
- A minimum work experience of 24 months by April 30th, 2024
- At least one valid score among CAT 2022/23, XAT 2023/24, GMAT taken after 1st Jan 2021 & NMAT 2022/23
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA for PGDM 2024-26:
- Fresh graduates or candidates with less than 36 months of work experience as on June 30th, 2024only are eligible
- At least one valid score among CAT 2022/23, XAT 2023/24, GMAT taken after 1st Jan 2021 & CMAT 2023/24; please note, NMAT will not be accepted for the 2 year PGDM
Highlights of Great Lakes Institute of Management
- World Class Faculty: 25+ International visiting faculty from the likes of Kellogg, Stanford, Yale, etc. and 50+ renowned full-time faculty offer unparalleled learning and global perspectives.
- Innovative Curriculum: Great Lakes has a future-oriented business curriculum and has been a pioneer in introducing Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning specializations. In addition to AIMLAB, we also offer Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Strategy specializations, from which students can choose both majors and minors.
- Rankings: Great Lakes is ranked 3rd by Outlook in Top standalone institutions, 9th by Business India in top Indian B-Schools, 31stamong top b-schools by NIRF under Ministry of HRD, and in Super League 2 by Business Standard (Chennai Campus).
- Globally Benchmarked: Great Lakes is among the 10 top Indian B-Schools to be Double Crowned with the prestigious AACSB (US) &AMBA (UK) accreditations. The institute also has collaborations with Top Global B-Schools and Universities like Cornell, Bordeaux, SKEMA, Frankfurt, IÉSEG to name a few.
- Placements: Great Lakes has witnessed 100% placements for the last 19 years. For the batch of 2023, the highest CTC was 46 lakhs p.a. Some of the top recruiters include Bain, ZS Associates, Accenture, ADP, Aditya Birla, Bridgestone, Michael Page, Bristlecone, Deloitte, Cognizant, FedEx, HCL, Dell, Incedo Inc., Optum, Tiger Analytics and Lowe’s.
- Experiential Learning: Emphasis on experiential learning which helps put into action the concepts learned in class through Karma-Yoga, the Leadership Experiential Action Program (LEAP), Empirical Studies, insights from distinguished Thought Leaders and student-driven initiatives.
- Diverse Peer Group: Great Lakes ensures of bringing diversity in class and its PGPM students have over a thousand years of collective work experience gained from different industries.
- Campus: The pristine campus of Great Lakes Chennai is Asia’s 1st LEED Platinum Rated campus. The Gurgaon campus also offers world-class facilities and is located in the corporate hub of Delhi-NCR.
About Great Lakes Institute of Management:
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai founded in 2004 by Padma Shri Awardee Dr. Bala VBalachandran is one of the premier B-schools in India. Great Lakes has, within a short span of 19 years,emerged as a top-ranked business school. Great Lakes has 50+ full-time faculty and 150+ visiting facultyincluding over 25+ international faculty from top global schools like Yale, Kellogg, Stanford, and Harvard.
Further collaborations with the world’s leading institutions like Cornell University, The University ofChicago Booth School of Business, University of Bordeaux, SKEMA Business, Frankfurt School of Financeand Management etc., have helped Great Lakes globally benchmark its programs.Great Lakes, Chennai, was accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), UK in 2014 and became theyoungest B-school in India to receive this prestigious international accreditation. In 2017, its two-yearPGDM program was accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and it is currently in thehighest Tier 1 Category. In 2023, Great Lakes received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the oldest gold standard accreditation body for business schools worldwide.
Great Lakes has a 30-acre LEED Platinum-rated green campus in Chennai and a second campus inGurgaon in the corporate hub of Delhi- NCR. In the year 2019, Great Lakes Gurgaon campus received theprestigious AMBA accreditation, and was the youngest b-school in India and one of the youngest globally to receive this accreditation. It was also ranked among the top 5 emerging business schools by theNational HRD Network (NHRDN) for the year 2018-19. Great Lakes Gurgaon was also ranked 12th byBusiness World for its one-year program in the year 2021.
Great Lakes offers the Flagship One Year full-time MBA program (PGPM) for experienced professionals, Two-year MBA program (PGDM), Part-Time Executive MBA program (PGXPM) for senior managers, and Weekend Executive MBA program (PGPM Flex). GreatLakes alumni currently numbering 13,000+, work at world-renowned organizations both in India and overseas across 30+ nations, and consists of senior corporate leaders, CXOs and entrepreneurs.
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