Great Lakes Institute of Management, established in 2004, is a premier B-school in the country with campuses in Chennai and Gurgaon. Great Lakes offers a uniquely curated experience that blends academic rigor with industry relevance, delivered in an experiential learning format.
Accredited Internationally by AACSB, AMBA and SAQS, Great Lakes Chennai is a highly ranked B-school with Rank #32 among top 125 B-schools in Govt of India Ministry of Education NIRF Rankings 2023 Management.
Great Lakes offers One Year full time MBA (PGPM) for experienced professionals, Two year MBA (PGDM) for freshers as well as for experienced professionals, Part Time Executive MBA for senior managers, and the Weekend Executive MBA Program. Great Lakes PGPM program has been consistently ranked in the top one year MBA programs in the country. Great Lakes accepts CAT/ XAT/CMAT and GMAT scores for PGPM and PGDM admission. For 1 Year PGPM Admission 2024, Great Lakes will also accept score of NMAT 2023 onwards alongwith CAT, XAT, GMAT, CMAT. Great Lakes has collaborations with Top Global B-Schools like HKUST, Babson, IIT Stuart School of Business to name a few.
Great Lakes Chennai has consistent record of excellent placements over the years. In placement 2024, Great Lakes has registered the highest package at Rs.39.30 LPA and Average salary of Rs.17.30 LPA for PGPM; and For the PGDM programme, it has registered Average Salary of Rs.15.10 LPA and Highest Salary of Rs.37 LPA. Top Recruiters include HP, EY, Deloitte, HSBC, Wells Fargo, PWC, Accenture, Aditya Birla, Cognizant, Infosys, HCL among others.
Great Lakes Institute of Management is housed in 32 acre green campus in Chennai. Great Lakes was the first campus in South Asia to be given the LEED Platinum rating. The facilities on campus include a state of the art gym, a library that caters to the needs of every reader, be it fiction or business, a football field, a basketball court and an auditorium that provides the perfect backdrop for every occasion or performance
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai: Alumni
Great Lakes Chennai alumni are occupying top positions including CEOs, Directors, HR Heads, Entrepreneurs and are spread across the Globe. The 13000 Global alumni network is spread across 30 countries with 15 Alumni Chapters. 300+ Alumni of Great Lakes are CXOs or are in leadership roles.
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai: Reviews
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai Students, past and present, review their institut
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai: Director Faculty
Founded by Late Prof. Bala V. Balachandran (05 July 1937 - 27 September 2021), J. L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA; Executive Professor and Strategy Advisor to the Dean, Bauer College, University of Houston, Texas, USA; Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is led by its Dean and Pricipal, Dr Suresh Ramanathan.
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai: Infrastructure
Great Lakes Institute of Management is housed in 32 acre green campus in Chennai. Great Lakes was the first campus in South Asia to be given the LEED Platinum rating. It is also recognized among the most beautiful educational campuses in the country. Set on the scenic ECR road which runs from Chennai to Pondicherry and just 9 kms from UNESCO heritage site Mahabalipuram, the LEED Platinum rated – green campus provides a serene and tranquil environment with ideal setting for pursuing extremely rigorous and intellectually challenging programs.
Wi-Fi Campus -- Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai
Great Lakes campus is Wi Fi enabled with fast networking facility
Sport Complex -- Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai
Great Lakes has well equipped sports complex with indoor and outdoor sports facilities
Shuttle Service -- Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai
Great Lakes offers shuttle service to students, faculty and staff
Incubator -- Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai
Incubation Centre is set up at Great Lakes Chennai campus to encourage entrepreneurship among students
Hospital & Medical Facilities -- Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai
Great Lakes Medical Centre is an in-house Health Care Centre with a team of specialist doctors
Gym -- Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai
A state-of-the-art gym at Great Lakes campus provides students ample fitness opportunity