Great Lakes Institute of Management

For the campus of Great Lakes at Gurgaon, see Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon.

Great Lakes Institute of Management
The entrance to Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai campus
Great Lakes Chennai Campus
MottoGlobal Mindset - Indian Roots
TypePrivate business school
Established2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Accreditation
ChairmanMohan Lakhamraju
DeanDr. Suresh Ramanathan
FounderBala V. Balachandran
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
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India

12°34′23″N 80°08′20″E / 12.573°N 80.139°E / 12.573; 80.139
CampusSuburban, 32 acres (13 ha)
NicknameGreat Lakes, GLIM
Websitewww.greatlakes.edu.in

The Great Lakes Institute of Management (also known as Great Lakes or GLIM) is a private business school in India. It was founded in 2004 by Bala V. Balachandran, a professor at Kellogg School of Management with its first campus in Chennai. A second campus was opened in Gurugram later.[1]

Its one year Post-Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) became the first one year full-time management programme to be accredited by India’s higher technical education regulator AICTE in 2008.[2][3]

History

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Great Lakes was set up in 2004 by Bala Balachandran, J.L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA.[4]

Following the establishment of Indian School of Business (ISB), Balachandran wanted to establish a business school in his home state of Tamil Nadu, and set up the Great Lakes Institute of Management in the capital city of Chennai with a model similar to the ISB involving a one year MBA programme, global visiting faculty and international academic collaborations.[5][6] Since 2012, Great Lakes has also started offering the traditional two-year PGDM programme.[7][8]

Accreditation

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Great Lakes classroom

Great Lakes is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), UK,[9] one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education. Great Lakes is the youngest and 7th institute in India to get accreditation from the association. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is accredited by SAQS (South Asian Quality Assurance System).[10]

Great Lakes’ PGPM and PGDM full-time programmes are approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE),[11][12] a statutory body for technical education, under Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Great Lakes’ Chennai campus is a LEED Platinum Rated Green Campus.[13]

In 2023, Great Lakes Chennai attained "Double Crown" status by additionally securing the AACSB accreditation. [14]

Programs

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Full-Time Courses

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Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM)

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This is the Flagship program of Great Lakes Institute of Management. It is a one-year program with rigorous course curriculum. Students applying for this program must have a minimum work experience of two years.[15]

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

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This is a 2-year program designed for young leaders with less than two years of work experience. It is an AICTE approved program, which has clear focus on emerging economies and their growth.[16]

Executive Education

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It is a customized program designed for executives to deliver quantifiable outcomes for their business. Executives from several private and public sectors are given a customized program that helps them with their managerial and leadership skills.[17]

Corporate Programs

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Post Graduate Executive Program in Management (PGXPM)

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This program helps executives who has spent a considerable amount of time in the industry. It helps professionals to developing management competencies and business leadership skills.[18]

Post Graduate Program in Management - Flex (PGPM FLEX)

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The PGPM FLEX program is aimed at working professionals with 2 to 10 years experience. This two-year program helps the executives to pursue the world-class program while giving them the flexibility to continuing their work.[19]

Diploma in Business Analytics

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This program is offered by at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in collaboration with Great Lakes Institute of Management, India.[20]

Global diploma For Family Enterprises Management

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The Global Post Graduate Program for Family Enterprise Management is offered in collaboration with Babson College, Massachusetts.[21]

Rankings

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Institute rankings
Business/Management – India
NIRF (2022)[22]31

Great Lakes Institute of Management was ranked 31 in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in the management category in 2022.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Great Lakes Accreditation Rankings". Outlook, Business Today, Business India and Careers 360.
  2. ^ "1-yr mgmt course gets AICTE nod". Economic Times. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Dr Suresh Ramanathan". www.greatlakes.edu.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. ^ "About Bala Balachandran". Northwestern University, Kellogg School.
  5. ^ "ISB & GL founding". Rediff.com.
  6. ^ "Indian vs Foreign" (PDF). Great Lakes Institute of Management.
  7. ^ "Great Lakes Institute of Management introduces a two year PGDM program". Indiainfoline.com.
  8. ^ "Emerging Leaders For Emerging Economics" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Great Lakes gets Global accreditation from AMBA". The Hindu. 17 July 2014.
  10. ^ "B-Schools granted SAQS Accreditation" (PDF). amdisa.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Great Lakes' 1 year management course gets AICTE nod". Economic Times. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  12. ^ "10 Best Private Universities For Online MBA in India". Learning Routes.
  13. ^ "LEED Platinum rating for Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. Glazette. November 08, 2012". glazette.com.
  14. ^ "Great Lakes gets Global accreditation from AACSB". The Financial Express. 4 March 2023.
  15. ^ "MBA Full Time Programs - Great Lakes". www.greatlakes.edu.in. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  16. ^ "MBA Full Time Programs - Great Lakes". www.greatlakes.edu.in. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Corporate MBA Programs for working professionals". www.greatlakes.edu.in. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  18. ^ "PGXPM - one of the top executive MBA program by Great Lakes | GLIM". www.greatlakes.edu.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Executive Development Program - PGPM Flex for Working Professionals | Great Lakes". www.greatlakes.edu.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  20. ^ "MBA in Business Analytics". www.greatlakes.edu.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Family Enterprise Management | Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai". www.greatlakes.edu.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  22. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Management)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
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