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Great FOR BUSINESS

   Great Lakes is not just another School of Business, but a holistic
  competency building centre. With a 360-degree learning system,
 we nurture and develop an exceptional pool of candidates who are
  “Business Ready”. Discover how the next generation of Business
             Leaders can help transform your business.
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index
2.    About Great Lakes
3.    Great Lakes Rankings 2017
4      Why are Greatlakers Great for Business?
6.    Message from the Dean
8.    Academic Excellence with Business Relevance
10.	Mentored By World Class Faculty
12.   Perspectives from Top Industry Leaders
13.   Some Prominent Speakers
14.   Student Quality
16.   List of recruiters
18.	PGPM One Year Post Graduate Program in Management
19.	
    program highlights
20.   PGPM Curriculum
22.   PGDM Two Year Post Graduate Diploma in Management
23.	Program highlights
24.	PGDM Curriculum
26.   Placement Report PGPM 2017-18
28.   Batch Profile Pgpm 2018-19
30.   Placement Report PGDM 2016-18
32.   Batch Profile Pgdm 2017-19
34.   Internship Report PGDM 2017-19
36.   Batch Profile Pgdm 2018-20
38.   Campus Events
40.   Corporate – Campus Collaboration
42.   Recruiters Speak
44.   Placement Calendar
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About
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Institute of Management, founded in 2004 by
Dr. Bala V. Balachandran, Padma Shri awardee, is among India’s
leading B-schools with campuses in Chennai and Gurgaon. Led by
exceptional academic faculty, steered by an illustrious advisory
council including some of the world’s most renowned academicians,
policy makers and business luminaries, Great Lakes has emerged as
a top ranked B-school within a short span of 14 years.

Highlights

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Campuses
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                                       Centres of Excellence
                                                                     10
                                                                     Collaborations with leading
                                                                                                   25+
                                                                                                   Global visiting faculty from
                                                                     international universities    Stanford, Yale, Kellogg and 50+
                                                                                                   full time faculty

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Renowned global
                                       46
                                       Industry titans on Business
                                                                     150+
                                                                     Industry leaders on campus
                                                                                                   7800+
                                                                                                   Alumni members across 30
academicians on Academic               Advisory Council (BAC)        in 2017                       countries
Advisory Council (AAC)
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GREAT LAKES
RANKINGS 2017

 1  st
                                       4 th
                                                                     2 nd
         by Analytics India Magazine                                         by   NIRF
                                               by CAREERS 360
         (Top 10 Analytics Education                                         Private B-Schools
                                               (Private B-Schools)
         Institutions)                                                       (Teaching and Learning)

 3rd     byOUTLOOK
         (One Year Programs)
                                       9 th    by BUSINESS INDIA
                                               (Top B-Schools)
                                                                     4 th    by   NIRF
                                                                             (Private B-Schools)

 4 th
                                       14 th
                                                                     16 th   by   NIRF
         byBusiness World                      by BUSINESS TODAY
                                                                             Overall Ranking
         (One Year Programs)                   (Top B-Schools)
                                                                             (Top B-Schools)

Global Associations                                     INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS

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Why are                                         Business-Ready Students
Great Lakers
                                                Great Lakes is one of the first schools in India to have a flagship program
                                                exclusively for experienced students who can start delivering on their job
                                                post-MBA from day 1.
great for                                         Our PGPM batch form a cohort that is diverse, has a head-start in business and

business?                                         an understanding of cross-functional collaboration
                                                  A typical PGPM class at Great Lakes has over 1300 years of collective work
                                                  experience across diverse industries, functions, and geographies

                                                CUTTING EDGE CURRICULUM
                                                Great Lakers build their fundamentals through our curriculum that is
                                                constantly innovated to meet the emerging trends in business.
                                                  One of the first B-schools in India to pioneer Business Analytics as a
                                                  specialization, today Great Lakes’ Analytics program is ranked No.1 for three
                                                  years in a row
Great Lakes has an unrelenting focus on           First to introduce Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning specialization in
being Relevant for the Industry. Right from       the curriculum
enrolling experienced students to co-creating     The only Indian B-School to make Mandarin a mandatory course so that Great
the curriculum with the best in industry          Lakers are ready for an Asian century

and ensuring our students get unparalleled
access to industry leaders, we endeavor         Perspectives from Industry
to transform Great Lakers into managers
who are ready to deliver organizational and
                                                Leaders
functional impact from day 1.                   Great Lakers meet, interact with and learn from titans of business, global
                                                academicians, policy makers and other such luminaries throughout the year.
                                                  100+ CXOs and industry leaders shared perspectives with Great Lakers in 2017-18

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SKILLS NURTURED THROUGH
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Great Lakers develop problem solving, team and leadership skills through
experiential learning opportunities outside of the classroom.
  Karma Yoga, a unique Leadership Experiential Program (LEP) to learn transformational
  leadership by creating meaningful impact at the base of the pyramid
  Till date, over 11,000 households in 24 villages have been positively impacted by
  Great Lakers

Guided by the Best
Great Lakes is guided by some of the most outstanding individuals across
the world who are committed to creating a business relevant academic
experience for Great Lakers.

  The Business Advisory Council (BAC) is chaired by Dr. Ratan N. Tata and
  comprises of 46 industry titans
  The Academic Advisory Council (AAC) is chaired by Dr. Bala V Balachandran
  and comprises of 42 global thought leaders including Dr. Philip Kotler,
  Prof. Aswath Damodaran, Dr. Srikant Datar, Dr. Shyam Sunder, to name a few

STRONG ALUMNI NETWORK
Nearly 8000 Great Lakers work in over 30 countries across 5 continents,
with many in leadership roles.

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Dear recruiter,

Message from                           Let me begin with one of my favourite quotes:

the Dean
                                       “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing is the
                                       wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing” - Theodore Roosevelt
                                       I suppose that in this day and age, it is not inappropriate to add another line to his wise counsel –“Are
                                       we doing the RIGHT THINGS or are we doing THINGS RIGHT?”
                                       Let me take you back a couple of decades. The PC was just starting to become popular and we in
                                       India were using GPRS at 64kbps speeds to commence our love affair with the Internet. With the
                                       turn of the century, there was the dotcom revolution, a little later it was the subprime crisis followed
                                       by the spotlight on the BRICS economies, the Arab Spring, Brexit. A couple of years ago, it was the
                                       4th Industrial revolution spearheaded by disruptive technologies, IoT, Analytics, bots and innovative
                                       best practices. Today it is the turn of AI, Machine Learning and Block Chains. The world is facing the
                                       onslaught of technology in its myriad ways that politics, government, alliances, trade & commerce and
                                       even day to day life as we know it have all changed beyond recognition.
                                       It is in this scenario of VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) variables that you are
                                       expected to conduct business, make profits and achieve long-term sustainability. Quite frankly, I don’t
                                       envy you! It is a tall order – one that cannot be achieved without the acumen, knowledge and attitude
                                       of the millennial. You would therefore appreciate the bind that this puts me in! As a teacher and a
                                       mentor, I have the supreme responsibility of making sure that every student who passes through the
                                       hallowed portals of Great Lakes is worth his/her weight in gold.
                                       For the last 14 years, Great Lakes has been in the business of grooming smart managers and
                                       exceptional leaders. Our rigorous selection process is designed to select those that have it in them
                                       to go the extra mile. Great Lakes has been a pioneer in Management education and here’s why: A
                                       rigorous selection process that brings to the class a heterogeneous peer group from across the country
                                       and all walks of life; superb mentors who are not only great teachers but also eminent gurus in their
For the last 14 years, Great Lakes     chosen fields of interest; a robust program that uses a blend of different pedagogies like classroom
                                       instruction, experiential learning interludes, industry interface and interaction opportunities, seminars,
has been in the business of            conferences and research forums, live projects, care-share/Karma Yoga activities, contests, experiential
                                       learning etc. A wide variety of co-curricular activities also ensures that the students have a perfect
grooming smart managers and            balance between academic and co-curricular activities thereby providing them multiple opportunities
                                       to grow and develop their personalities as a whole. In order to provide the best ambience for
exceptional leaders. Our rigorous      maximizing the value of the time that you spend with us, the Great Lakes campus has been conceived
                                       as a state-of-the-art, green and eco-friendly ‘Gurukulam’ creating the perfect setting in which to learn

selection process is designed to       and transform. In fact, in a recent Outlook survey of the best b-schools in the country, we have been
                                       ranked #6 (and the five above us are some of the oldest schools in the country)!

select those that have it in them to   So, where does that leave you? The need to adapt, be flexible, to respond, react and mutate to changes
                                       in surroundings is the very basic principle of evolution. The fittest alone shall survive and it is to recruit
                                       the best fit and professional talent in the country that I invite you – I am delighted to welcome you to the
go the extra mile.                     Campus Placement activity for the Graduating Class of 2019 at Great Lakes Institute of Management!

                                       Bala V Balachandran
                                       J L Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting & Information Management (Emeritus), Northwestern
                                       University, USA
                                       Founder, Dean & Chairman, Great Lakes Institute of Management, India
                                       Founder & Chancellor, Great Lakes International University, Sri City, India
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WITH BUSINESS RELEVANCE
The Great Lakes MBA experience is designed to be industry-centric and business-relevant. The programs are
co-created and co-delivered by some of the most accomplished business leaders of our time.

CONFERENCES                                                                                                                  CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
The International Conferences bring academicians and industry practitioners from                                             The Centres of Excellence facilitate research, exchange of ideas, solutions
across the globe to a common platform to discuss, debate, and initiate a dialogue                                            to industry problems and offer guidance to future decision makers.
 North American Society for Marketing Education in India (NASMEI) Conference                                                     Kotler - Srinivasan Centre for Research in Marketing
 Union Bank Financial Conference                                                                                                 Centre for Excellence in Technopreneurship [CET]
	Human Capital Management Conference                                                                                             Union Bank Centre for Banking Excellence
 Business Analytics Conference                                                                                                   Great Lakes Centre For Management Research
                                                                                                                                 Centre For Excellence in Retail Management
                                                                                                                                 Centre for Excellence in Business Analytics and Business Intelligence

Academic Advisory Council
The Academic Advisory Council (AAC) is chaired by Dr. Bala V Balachandran and comprises of 42 global thought leaders including Dr. Philip Kotler, Prof. Aswath Damodaran

         Dr. Philip Kotler                       Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth                        Dr. Shyam Sunder                              Prof. Aswath Damodaran                   Dr. Seenu V. Srinivasan

     S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished        Charles M. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing   James L. Frank Professor of Accounting,                     Professor of Finance             Adams Distinguished Professor of
    Professor of International Marketing           Goizueta Business School,              Economics and Finance School of                   Leonard N Stern School of Business,         Management (Emeritus)
      Kellogg School of Management,                  Emory University, USA               Management, Yale University, USA                       New York University, USA              Graduate School of Business,
    Northwestern University, Illinois, USA                                                                                                                                              Stanford University, USA

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Leadership Perspectives                                                                                  Continually Innovating
Great lakers regularly gain insights and perspectives from industry leaders, shaping                     We believe in making our students future ready in a rapidly changing
them for future leadership roles.                                                                        employability landscape.
Some of the names include senior level industry leaders from KPMG, Deloitte,                             This culture of continual learning and development is not only reflected in
Oracle, HDFC, Microsoft, RBI, Yatra, etc                                                                 our teaching but also inter-weaved in our curriculum offerings.
  100+ CXOs and industry leaders shared perspectives with Great Lakers in 2017-18                           F irst B-School in India to offer full-time specialization in Analytics
                                                                                                              First B-School in India to offer full-time specialization in AI & ML

Business Advisory Council
The Business Advisory Council (BAC) is chaired by Dr. Ratan N. Tata and comprises of 46 industry titans including Mr. Narayana Murthy and Ms. Indra K. Nooyi

    Dr. Ratan N. Tata                Mr. Kumarmangalam Birla    Mr. Jamshyd N Godrej           Mr. Narayana Murthy                        Mr. A. M. Naik                   Ms. Indra K. Nooyi

         (Chairman - BAC)                      Chairman               Chairman & MD               Executive Chairman and                  Group Executive Chairman             Board Chairman and CEO
  Chairman Emeritus Tata Sons Ltd.         Aditya Birla Group         Godrej & Boyce           Additional Director, Infosys Ltd.           Larsen and Toubro Ltd.                     Pepsi Co

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MENTORED BY WORLD CLASS FACULTY

                                      Dr. Vaidy Jayaraman                                                                   Prof. Sanjoy Sircar
                                      (PhD - The Ohio State University, USA)                                                Program Director - PGPM,
                                      Principal & Associate Dean, Distinguished                                             Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
                                      Professor of Supply Chain Operations, Data
                                      Sciences & Analytics,
                                      Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

OPERATIONS & IT                                                                        FINANCE
Prof Vaidy’s research, teaching and consulting expertise in the areas of Supply        In the finance area, we have started focusing on the issue of risk and
Chain Operations, Data Sciences & Analytics provide him with a unique                  compliance as an essential value adding component. Given the volatility and
perspective on how companies need to manage their global supply chains. Though         interconnectedness of financial markets, there is an increasing risk of contagion,
most supply chains were built to manage high-volume and stable production,             and we have expanded the scope of risk measurement beyond the traditional
companies now need to shift to smaller, agile/nimbler entities that are better         frameworks to include newer techniques of risk analytics using Big Data and black
prepared to handle high levels of uncertainty and complexity. Students are able to     box approaches.  BFSI recruiters find this as a very desirable skill set to add to
understand how with better visibility into Supply Chain operations, companies can      their global operation centers in India in strengthening their risk assessment and
achieve higher efficiency gains and profitability and also manage operations in this   measurement capabilities with our students.
VUCA world.

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Dr. P. K. Viswanathan                                                                      Dr. S. Bharadhwaj
                                      (PhD - University of Madras, India)                                                        (PhD – University of Maryland, USA)
                                      Professor of Analytics & Operations & Area                                                 Bala V. Balachandran & Vasantha Balachandran,
                                      Chair - Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,                                         Distinguished Professor of Marketing &
                                      and Analytics,                                                                             Director of Research,
                                      Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai                                               Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

ANALYTICS                                                                                  MARKETING
AIMLA (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Analytics) is the new frontier       Being research active is a great boon in the class as well. Prof Bharath is able to
in business analytics that promises a great future in terms of attractive career           explain relevant statistical techniques (in his Marketing Research class) due to
opportunities for budding young students of management from leading business               constant use. Moreover, he applies them in real-world research issues; students
schools. Against this backdrop, Great Lakes to be in tune with the current pattern         get to learn not just the techniques but also their application, and this helps them
in Analytics Education and be a Champion and Trend Setter introduced the AIMLA             during the placement process. His research typically involves an extensive review
Specialization this year for the PGPM students. AIMLA is being implemented with            of the literature and thus, he is able to impart cutting edge knowledge to students,
the aim of training our students to be job ready and addressing the talent gap             which they apply to real-world marketing situations.
alongside. In my course on Statistical Methods for Decision Making (SMDM) and
Predictive Analytics for Marketing (PAM), I emphasize on how Analytics should be
positioned in the ambit of AIMLA so that students can straightaway understand the
need of corporates and swiftly move into action for strategic decisions.

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PERSPECTIVES FROM TOP INDUSTRY LEADERS
At Great Lakes, students have the opportunity to meet with titans of business, global academicians, policy makers and other such
luminaries. The program is designed in a manner to provide the students industry insights through periodic industry interactions.

     100+
     Corporate Guest Lectures
                                  75
                                  CXOs on campus in
     in 2017-18                   2017-18

ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE LEADERS INTERACTED WITH OUr STUDENTS

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SOME PROMINENT SPEAKERS

         Pankaj Sancheti                   Nagaraj V. Mylandla              P Madhusoodhanan
   Partner - Transfer Pricing, PWC         Founder and MD, FSS           Senior Director, AstraZeneca
             Shivkumar                         Lilly Prasad               Arvind Purushothaman,
             MD, Exeltis                   MD - Operations, BNY             SVP & Global Head -
                                           Mellon International       Data Management Practice, Virtusa
          Sandeep Dhar
          COO, Capgemini                    M S UnniKrishnan                Ranganath N.Krishna,
                                        MD and CEO, Thermax Limited          MD & CEO - Grundfos
            Rahul Sinha                        Milan Wahi                       Pumps India
  President - HR, Pidilite Industries         MD, Lottee India
                                                                               Mahesh Anand
  Manikandan Thangarathnam,                    CP Gurnani,            President - Decorative Paint Division,
   Director- Engineering, Amazon            CEO, Tech Mahindra                    Nippon Paint

      Chandrashekar Katuri                  Gaurav Ahluwalia                Suresh Narayanan
        MD, Deloitte US India            MD - HR, JP Morgan Chase             MD, Nestle India
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                                                                                                                   Partial List

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STUDENT QUALITY
Our admission process includes rigorous evaluation of candidates based on standardized test scores, profile, analytical writing
test, and personal interview to ensure a high quality and diverse cohort.

 660
 Students across programs
                                   3.3Yrs
                                   Average Work Experience
                                                                    1.7Yrs
                                                                    Average Work Experience
                                   in PGPM                          in PGDM

A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS OUR STUDENTS COME FROM

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PGPM Pre-MBA Industry

   72%                 8%                 6%                  5%                        5%                      4%

   IT/ITES       Construction &      FMCG, Consumer        Engineering                Others                    BFSI
                 Manufacturing          Durables,       Services, Energy         (others includes:
                                      Consulting &       / Oil and Gas &         E-commerce, real
                                       Healthcare            Telecom             estate, Education,
                                                                                 Pharma, events &
                                                                                  Entertainment)

PGDM Pre-MBA Industry

   42%               15%               7%                7%                       7%                      7%             5%

   IT/ITES          Others              BFSI           Education               hospitality,           manufacturing    Analytics
               (others includes:                      management           services, tourism &
              Chemical, oil & Gas,                                               travels
               telecom & textile)

    5%                5%

 Automobile       consulting

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List of recruiteRS

Accenture                     Crisil                       FSS                            Infosys BPO
Aditya Birla Sun life         CUMI                         GAEA Technologies              ITC Infotech
ADP                           Daimler Financial Services   Galaxy surfactants             ITC Limited
Adqvest Capital               Data Tracks                  GAVS Technologies              Jhaver Group
Agaram Technologies           Dell                         GEP                            JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Airtel                        Deloitte                     Goproducts Engineering India   L&T Infotech
Amazon                        Dexler                       Great Learning                 Latentview Analytics
Ameex Technologies            DHFL                         HCL Technologies               Lotte India
Ascent Healthcare             Dunia Finance                HDFC Bank                      Lynk Logistics
Barclays                      DVIVERT Solutions            HDFC Standard Life             Madura Microfinance
Bhawar Group                  DXC Technology               HERO Motocorp                  Manipal Education & Medical Group
BlazeClan                     eClerx                       Hexaware                       Mentis Software
Camomile Healthcare           Episource                    HP                             Mindtree
Capgemini                     Equitas Bank                 HSBC                           Musigma
Cartesian Consulting          Ernst & Young                HSBC Data processing           Muthoot Fincorp
City Union Bank               Factspan                     I2DECISIONS                    Neeyamo Enterprises Ltd
CKs Foods (Cavinkare Group)   Federal Bank                 ICICI Bank                     Nestle
Cognizant                     Flipkart                     iMaCS                          NinjaCart
Collabera technologies        Fractal Analytics            Infoedge                       Nippon Paints
Congruent Solutions           Freshworks                   Infosys                        Novartis

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Nuance Transcription Services   Standard Chartered Global Business Services
Olacabs                         Sutherland
Owl Tech                        Swiggy
Photon Infotech                 TAFE
Prakash Kochaar                 Tally Solutions
Prodapt Solutions               Tata Consultancy Services
Quest Global                    Teamlease
Rane Group                      Tech Mahindra
Rapid Value Solutions           Temenos
Reydel Automotive India         Tiger Analytics
Royal Datamatics                Virtusa
Royal Enfield                   Wheels India
Scope International             Wipro
Servion                         Zasti
Shopclues                       ZS Associates
Shriram Properties
SMERA Ratings
Société Générale
SPI Global
SPI Incubator

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    List is Partial

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PGPM
One Year
Post Graduate Program
in Management

The Great Lakes PGPM is uniquely designed
to deliver customer-centricity, meritocracy
and corporate ethics in one intensive
year. With strong emphasis on leadership,
teamwork, inclusivity principles and value
based management, PGPM makes the
students capable of responding to complex
business requirements that arise in a
changing global business environment.

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program
highlights

One year intensive and rigorous          Experiential Learning         Diverse and experienced
MBA program in management           methodology to provide students   peer group for unparalleled
                                     lessons in applied leadership           P2P learning

   Unique focus on emerging           Perspectives from renowned       Artificial Intelligence and
areas like Analytics and internet       international faculty and     Machine Learning, a part of
            business                      globally benchmarked              core curriculum
                                               curriculum

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Core Courses
PGPM                                                                        Term I

Curriculum                                                                  Intelligently Interacting with Others
                                                                            Micro Economics
                                                                            Statistical Methods for Decision Making
                                                                            Business Communication
                                                                            Marketing Management I
In line with our focus on continuous innovation and making the curriculum   Financial Accounting

business relevant, we have become the first business school to introduce
AI & ML along with Analytics as a specialization this year.
                                                                            Term II
                                                                            Market Research
                                                                            Macro Economics
                                                                            Organizational Behavior
                                                                            Managerial Accounting
                                                                            Financial Management I
                                                                            Operations Management
                                                                            IT for Managers

                                                                            Term III
                                                                            Financial Management II
                                                                            International Entrepreneurship
                                                                            Quantitative Methods
                                                                            Strategic Management
                                                                            Human Resource Management Systems
                                                                            Management Information System
                                                                            Business Analytics
                                                                            Marketing Management II

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TERM 4 TO TERM 7 ELECTIVES
Marketing                                      Finance                                                          OB & STRATEGY
Services Marketing                             Analysis of New Generation Investment Products                   Design Thinking & Innovation
Consumer Behaviour                             Applied Macro-Economics                                          Economics of Strategy
Sales & Distribution Management                Behavioral Finance                                               Leadership, Influence & Power
Brand Management                               Current Issues in International Finance                          Negotiation & Bargaining
Marketing Metrics                              Economic Crisis & Resolution                                     Strategy Execution
Advanced Multivariate Modeling for Marketing   Financial Analysis - Risk , Transparency / Forensic Accounting   New Venture Planning
B2B Marketing                                  Financial Modelling                                              Emerging Market Strategy
Digital Marketing                              Financial Statement Analysis                                     International Entrepreneurship
Integrated Marketing Communications            Fixed Income Securities                                          Management Consulting
CRM                                            Game Theory Applications in Finance                              Emotional Intelligence for Managerial Effectiveness
Advanced Business Analytics                    Global Financial Markets                                         International Business Strategy
Social Media Analytics                         Investment Banking                                               Business Strategy Simulation (Board Room)
Consumer Insights                              Management of Commercial Banks                                   Entrepreneurship in Agri Business
Consumer Focused Product Planning              Mergers & Acquisitions                                           Strategic HRM
Retailing Management                           Options, Future & Derivatives                                    Social Entrepreneurship
New Product Development                        Project & Infrastructure Finance                                 Business Ethics & Corporate Governance
Sports Marketing                               Security Analysis & Portfolio Management
Strategic Marketing                            Strategic Cost & Profitability Management
Markstrat Simulation                           Strategic Financial Management
Rural Marketing                                Trading Practices I
Internet of Things                             Trading Practices II
                                               Valuation
Operations & IT
Advanced Issues in Supply Chain Analytics      AIMLA
Big Data Management and Business Informatics
                                               Deep Learning - AI
Business Intelligence
                                               Data Visualization and BI
Data Visualization and Analytics
                                               Predictive Analytics for Marketing (PAM)
Demand Planning and Forecasting
                                               Supply Chain Operations & Analytics
Emerging Technology and Business Innovation
                                               Marketing Analytics
Enterprise Business Applications
                                               Multivariate Machine Learning Algorithms
Enterprise Resource Planning
                                               Data Visualization and BI
E-tailing and Retail Supply Chain
                                               Web & Social Media Analytics
Finance and Risk Management
                                               Consumer Focused Product Planning
Applications in Supply Chain Management
                                               Financial Risk Analytics
Information Technology Consulting
                                               Natural Language Processing (NLP)
International SCM
                                               Business Applications for AI
Lean Manufacturing & Process Management

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PGDM
Two Year
Post Graduate Diploma
in Management

The PGDM helps its participants transform
into Business-Ready Managers capable of
tackling complex business requirements.
The two year program is closely oriented
to industry needs, in addition to a full-
time 10 weeks summer internship, it also
has a compulsory academic requirement
of a 6 month industry live project in
parallel with coursework.

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program
highlights

  Two year fully residential      Curriculum co-created and         Distinguished faculty
 program with a rigorous 12     co-delivered with and by the     including PhDs, MBAs and
 weeks summer internship         industry to ensure business    industry professionals who
                                          relevance             have extensive research and
                                                                   consulting experience

Chinese (Mandarin) language      Opportunity to gain global         Empirical Study Program
offered as a mandatory course   exposure through Semester      encourages students to do a real
                                     Abroad Program            life study under the guidance of
                                                                      the finest in business
                                                                         and academia

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Core Courses
PGDM                                             Term I                        Term iiI                         Term V

Curriculum                                       Micro Economics
                                                 Financial Accounting for
                                                 Decision Making
                                                                               Cost and Management
                                                                               Accounting
                                                                               Financial Management II
                                                                                                                Business,
                                                                                                                Government and
                                                                                                                Society
                                                 Marketing Management I        Business Analytics               Elective VII
                                                 Individuals in Organization   Groups in Organization (OB II)   Elective VIII
One of the first B-schools in India to pioneer   (OB I)                        Optimization Models for          Elective IX
                                                 Written Analysis of           Business Decision Making         Elective X
Business Analytics as a specialization to        Communications                Strategic Management             Elective XI
prepare our students for a data-driven world.    Quantitative Methods for      Marketing Research               Elective XII
Great Lakes’ Analytics program has been          Decision Making I             Empirical Study
                                                 Human Resource
ranked No.1 for three years in a row
                                                 Management
                                                 Karma Yoga
                                                 Chinese

                                                 Term ii                       Term iV                          Term vi
                                                 Macro Economics               Understanding Emerging           Business Law
                                                 Management Information        Markets                          Emerging Market
                                                 Systems                       Stress Management                Strategies
                                                 Financial Management I        Elective I                       Elective XIII
                                                 Marketing Management II       Elective II                      Elective XIV
                                                 Quantitative Methods for      Elective III                     Elective XV
                                                 Decision Making II            Elective IV                      Elective XVI
                                                 Production and Operations     Elective V
                                                 Management                    Elective VI
                                                 Verbal Communication
                                                 Chinese

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LIST OF ELECTIVES
FINANCE                                   IT & Systems and Operations                            MARKETING
Financial Statement Analysis              Database Management Systems                            B2B Marketing
International Finance                     Structured Programming and Algorithms                  Consumer Behaviour
Corporate Financial Strategy              Object Oriented Software Development                   Services Marketing
Mergers and Acquisitions                  Software Project Management                            Sales and Distribution Management
Financial Institutions and Markets        Enterprise Resource Planning                           Brand Management
Investment Banking                        Artificial and Neural Networks                         CRM
Corporate Valuation                       Decision Support Systems                               Strategic Marketing
Security Analysis and Portfolio           IT and e-Business                                      Retailing
Management                                Business Intelligence                                  Digital Marketing
Options, Futures, and Derivatives         Enterprise Business Applications and Emerging Issues   IMC
Equity Research                           Project Management                                     Business Analytics
Financial Modeling                        Logistics and Supply Chain Management                  Marketing Metrics
Trading                                   Total Quality Management                               Markstrat
Commodities Markets                       Lean Manufacturing Systems                             Sports Marketing
Private Equity and Venture Capital        Business Process Re-engineering                        Rural Marketing
Retail Banking                            Supply Chain Innovation                                New Product Development
Project and Infrastructure Finance        Managing Service Operations
Investment and Finance in Emerging Mkts   Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis
Financial Risk Analytics*                 Strategic Operations Planning

OB, HRM & Strategy                        Analytics
Design Thinking and Innovation            Business Analytics
Leadership, Influence and Power           Marketing Metrics
Strategic HRM                             Supply Chain Analytics
Talent Acquisition                        Financial Risk Analytics
Motivation Theory and EQ
Strategy Execution including Economics
of Strategy
New Venture Planning
Management Consulting
Performance Management
Rewards and Recognition
International Business Strategy
Emerging Market Strategy
Learning and Development
Managerial Counselling
                                                                                                   *
                                                                                                       Cross-listed with the respective discipline

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Placement Report
PGPM 2017-18                                            KEY HIGHLIGHTS
                                                        Participation of diverse set of companies across Analytics, BFSI, Consulting,
                                                        E-commerce, IT/ITES, Manufacturing/Auto, Pharma, Healthcare, Real Estate
                                                        Offers by marquee recruiters like Amazon, Aditya Birla Group, Barclays,
                                                        Deloitte, Flipkart, ZS Associates, EY, Novartis, Olacabs, Royal Enfield, Swiggy
                                                        to name a few

The campus placement process for the PGPM
Class of 2018 witnessed 100% of the students
getting placed across diverse sectors and

                                                        26.38LPA 12.17LPA
functional areas. The placement process saw
participations from leading recruiters like Deloitte,
EY, ZS Associates in Consulting, Amazon, Flipkart,
Olacabs & Swiggy in E-commerce, Aditya Birla,
Barclays, Dunia Finance & HSBC in BFSI, Fractal          Highest Domestic CTC                     Average CTC offered to
                                                         offered to class of 2018                 class of 2018
Analytics, Musigma & Latentview in Analytics,
Accenture, ADP, Capgemini, Infosys, ITC Infotech,
Mindtree, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Virtusa & Wipro in

                                                        18.30LPA 36.30LPA
IT/ITES, to name a few.

                                                        Average CTC for top 10% of                Highest International CTC
                                                        the class                                 offered by Dunia Finance

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FUNCTION-WISE
CLASSIFICATION                   45.5%                   24.6%                  10.4%                    8%                     6.5%                    5%

                               Technology           Sales & Marketing          Operations              Business                Finance                ANALYTICS
                               Consulting                                                             Consulting

INDUSTRY-WISE
CLASSIFICATION                   33.7%                    27%                   18.3%                   9.3%                    8.7%                    3%

                               Technology                 it/ites            Business Consulting          BFSI                  others                ANALYTICS
                               Consulting                                                                                  (Others Includes:
                                                                                                                               Chemical,
                                                                                                                            Conglomerates,
                                                                                                                              Education,
INDUSTRY-WISE                                                                                                           manufacturing & auto,
                                                                                                                         healthcare & pharma,

RECRUITERS*                                                                                                                   real estate)

Analytics    Fractal Analytics | Musigma | Latentview Analytics
BFSI         Aditya Birla | Adqvest Capital | Barclays | City Union Bank | Dunia Finance | HSBC | Madura Microfinance | Muthoot Fincorp | Scope International
Consulting   ADP | Cartesian Consulting | Deloitte | Ernst & Young | Teamlease | ZS Associates
E-Commerce   Amazon | Flipkart | Olacabs | Swiggy
             Accenture | ADP | Blazeclan | Capgemini | Dexler | DXC Technology | Factspan | HCL | Hexaware | Infosys | ITC Infotech | L&T Infotech  | Mindtree |
IT/ITES      Photon Infotech | Rapid Value Solutions | Royal Datamatics | Servion | SPI Global | TCS | Tech Mahindra | Virtusa | Wipro | Zasti
Product      Infoedge India | Freshworks | FSS | GAVS Technologies | Mentis Software | Tally Solutions | Goproducts Engineering India
             Camomile Healthcare | CUMI | Galaxy Surfactants | Great Learning | Manipal Education & Medical Group | Novartis | Rane Group | Reydel Automotive |
Others       Royal Enfield | Shriram Properties | TAFE | Wheels India
                                                                                                                                                        *
                                                                                                                                                            List is partial

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BATCH PROFILE
PGPM 2018-19

                                   Gender                                                                 Work Experience

3.3Years
Average Experience
                                                                         73%

                                                                         27%
                                                                                Male

                                                                                Female
                                                                                                                                      44% 2 to 3 Years

                                                                                                                                      41% 3 to 4 Years

                                                                                                                                      15% 4 to 5 Years

27%
Percentage of Women in the class
                                   Undergraduate Specialization
                                                                          48%    Electricals, Electronics, Instrumentaion & Telecom
                                                                          27%    Computer Science
                                                                          14%    Mechanical, Metallurgical & Materials

25.3Years
                                                                          7%     Others
                                                                          4%     Art, Humanities & Science

                                   Others includes: Aerospace, Bio Medical/Informatics, Biotechnology, Civil & Chemical, Naval
Average age                        Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Petroleum, Power and Production

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Industry Diversity                                                              Domain Experience*
(Pre-MBA)                                                                       (Pre-MBA)

                                    72% IT/ITES

                                    8%    Construction & Manufacturing                                                                                                             33%
                                                                                                               30%                                                                                           29%
                                                                                                                                                  28%                                                                                                                27%            27%
                                    6%	
                                       FMCG, Consumer Durables,                                                                                                                                                                  25%
                                       Consulting & Healthcare
                                                                                 16%
                                    5%    Others                                                                                    13%
                                                                                                        11%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     8%
                                    5%	
                                       Engineering Services, Energy / Oil                                                                                           3%
                                                                                                                                                                                                  5%
                                       and Gas & Telecom

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Pharma &

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Technology &
                                                                                                               Business Analysis

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Quality Assurance

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Business
                                                                                 Big data & Analytics

                                                                                                        BFSI

                                                                                                                                       Business

                                                                                                                                                  Client Services

                                                                                                                                                                    Manufaturing

                                                                                                                                                                                   Operations

                                                                                                                                                                                                Healthcare

                                                                                                                                                                                                             Project Mangement

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Supply Chain
                                                                                                                                   Development

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Testing
                                    4%    BFSI

Others includes: Advertising & Media, Aviation, Consumer Durables, Education,
E-Commerce, Exports, Hospitality Sports and NGO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     *
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Cross-listed across domains

   Sijo Kuruvilla George

                                    The PGPM program at Great Lakes, helped shape my mindset and gave me the
                                    perspective to leverage my skills and competence. It also provided me with the
                                    opportunity to work with PwC in a consulting role.
   PGPM Class of 2009
    Founder, Rethink
      Foundation
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Placement Report
PGDM 2016-18                                           KEY HIGHLIGHTS
                                                       73 Corporates participated in the placement process, 18 of which were
                                                       first time recruiters. HDFC and ICICI emerged as the largest recruiters with
                                                       8 employment offers each for PGDM
                                                       BFSI continued to be the largest recruiting sector with 43% of the batch
                                                       taking up roles in this industry followed by IT/ITES (25%), Consulting (7%),
                                                       FMCG (7%) & Manufacturing (7%)
The campus placement process for the PGDM
Class of 2018, witnessed an excellent season with
participation from marquee recruiters like Deloitte,

                                                                               18.3LPA
ZS Associates in Consulting, Barclays, Crisil, DHFL,
HDFC, ICICI & JP Morgan in BFSI, CavinKare,
ITC, Lotte India & Nestle in FMCG, Accenture,
Cognizant, HCL, HP, Infosys, L&T in IT/ITES,
Daimler, Dell, Hero Motocorp in Manufacturing and                          Highest Domestic CTC
                                                                           offered to Class of 2018
Airtel, Infoedge & Shopclues in other sectors to
name a few.

                                                                9LPA                                 9.3LPA
Students were offered roles across BFSI,
Consulting, E-commerce, FMCG, IT/ITES,
Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Real
Estate, Entertainment, and Telecom.
                                                       Median Domestic CTC                      Average Domestic CTC
                                                       offered to Class of 2018                 offered to Class of 2018

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FUNCTION-WISE
CLASSIFICATION                        35%                     29%                     24%                     11%                       1%

                                Sales & marketing           Operations               finance                analytics                  general
                                                                                                                                     management

INDUSTRY-WISE
CLASSIFICATION                        43%                     25%                     11%                      7%                       7%              7%

                                        BFSI                  IT/ITes                 others                  FMCG                  manufacturing    consulting
                                                                                (Others Includes:
                                                                                   E-Commerce,
                                                                               entertainment, real
                                                                                 estate, pharma &

INDUSTRY-WISE
                                                                                healthcare, supply
                                                                                  chain, telecom)

RECRUITERS*
                Barclays | Crisil | DHFL | Equitas Bank | HDFC Bank | HDFC Life | HSBC | ICICI Bank | iMaCS | JP Morgan | Novartis | SMERA Ratings | Société Générale |
BFSI            Standard Chartered Global Business Services

Consulting      Deloitte | Prakash Kochhar | ZS Associates | GEP

FMCG            CK Foods (CavinKare) | ITC | Lotte India | Nestle | Nippon Paints
                Accenture | Agaram Technologies | Cognizant | eClerx | Freshworks | GAVS Technologies | HCL | HP | Infosys | L&T Infotech | Neeyamo | Photon |
IT/ITES         Quest Global | Sutherland | Temenos

Manufacturing   Daimler Financial Services | Dell | Hero Motocorp

Others          Airtel | Infoedge | Lynk Logistics | NinjaCart | Shopclues | Shriram Properties | SPI Incubator | Tiger Analytics
                                                                                                                                                            *
                                                                                                                                                                List is partial

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BATCH PROFILE
PGDM 2017-19

                             Gender                                                               Work Experience
                                                                                                  (in months)

1.7Years
                                                                                                                                    67% Freshers
                                                                   60%    Male                                                      14% Above 18 Months
                                                                   40%    Female                                                    13% Up To 12 Months

Average Experience                                                                                                                  6%     13 To 18 Months

40%
                             Undergraduate Specialization

                                                                   27%    E lectrical, Electronics, Tele-Communication,            6% Aeronautics, Chemical, Civil,
Percentage of Women in the                                                 Instrumentation & Controls                                  Industrial Engineering
class                                                              18%    Accounts, Banking, Finance & Commerce                     3% Biomedical, Energy & Environment,
                                                                                                                                       Food Processing
                                                                   17%    Computer Science & Information Technology

22.3Years
Average Age
                                                                   15%

                                                                   14%
                                                                          Mechanical, Petroleum & Production

                                                                          Arts & Humanities

                             Arts & Humanities Includes: Business Management, Business Administration, Computer Science (Honors), Design, Economics, IBM & Hospitality,
                             Journalism & Media, Marketing, Statistics, Taxation and Zoology

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Pre-MBA Industry                                                         Undergraduate Degree
                           42% IT/ITES

                           15% Others                                                       38%

                           7% Manufacturing                                                                  29%

                           7% BFSI
                           7% Education Management                         16%

                           7% Hospitality, Services, Tourism & Travels
                                                                                                     8%
                           5% Analytics
                                                                                    4%
                                                                                                                   2%    3%
                           5% Automobile

                           5% Consulting

                                                                                                     BBA

                                                                                                             BE

                                                                                                                   BMS
                                                                            B.Com

                                                                                    B.Sc

                                                                                            B.Tech

                                                                                                                         Others
                       Others includes: Chemical, Oil &
                       Gas, Telecom and Textile
                                                                         Others includes: BA, B.Arch, BMM, BMS

 Aditya Rajagopalan

                        Great Lakes curriculum has rigour and relevance. To be taught by some of the best
                        academicians in the country as well as outside is an unparalleled lifetime experience.
                        I must say Great Lakes helped me prepare for a seamless transition to the industry.

PGDM Class of 2016
Advisory Consultant,
   Deloitte India
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Internship Report
PGDM 2017-19
                                                     KEY HIGHLIGHTS
                                                     Profiles were offered in Marketing (45%), Finance (25%) and Logistics &
                                                     Supply Chain (18%), Analytics (11%), and HR (1%)
                                                     Offers made by BFSI (29%), followed by E-commerce (14%), Manufacturing
                                                     (14%), and FMCG (11%) respectively

Great Lakes had an excellent internship season
for the fifth batch of PGDM Class of 2017-19,
the Guptas. It saw participation from a plethora

                                                                              45%
reputed corporates such as Amazon, JP Morgan,
Wells Fargo, Nestle, ITC, Dell, GSK, Lottee India,
HDFC, Genpact, and Bosch to name a few.
Roles were offered across domains such as                               Profiles offered in Sales &
Analytics, Consulting, Finance, Operation, and                                  Marketing
Sales / Marketing from industries

                                                            29%
                                                     Offers made by BFSI Sector
                                                                                                    53
                                                                                             Corporates on campus

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FUNCTION-WISE
CLASSIFICATION                              45%                    25%                    18%                      11%                   1%

                                      Sales & marketing           finance               oPERATIONS         analytics & cONSULTING         hr

INDUSTRY-WISE
CLASSIFICATION                              29%                    14%                    14%                      11%                   9%                    5%

                                              BFSI              e-COMMERCE           manufacturing                 fmcg                 IT/ITes             consulting

                                              5%                    5%                     4%                      4%

                                      eNTERTAINMENT/mEDIA         pHARMA                  Others                   rETAIL
                                                                                     (others includes:
List of Industries*                                                                Chemicals, education,
                                                                                   real estate, telecom)
FMCG                  Nestle | Ninjacart | Lotte India | ITC | Gen Mills
                      Muthoot Fincorp | Samunnati | HDFC | JP Morgan | Optacredit | Reliance Capital | Metis Family office services Pvt. Ltd | Sutherland Wells Fargo |
BFSI
                      CAMS | Colliers | AWE Funds
Manufacturing         Dell | Bosch | Ford | Isuzu Motors | Ashok Leyland
Consulting            GEP | PKC
E-commerce            Matrimony | Shopclues | Aahaa Stores | BigBasket | Lynk Logistics
IT/ITES               TCS | Vokse Digital | DvitA Solutions | CIAR Software Solution | Adrich Tech | Episource
Entertainment/media   SPI incubator | Exeter Premedia
Retail                Gopal Daas
Pharma                Medlife | GSK | Kauvery Hospitals
Others                RuTAG | Shell
                                                                                                                                                                    *
                                                                                                                                                                        List is partial

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BATCH PROFILE
PGDM 2018-20

                             Gender                                                                 Work Experience
                                                                                                    (in months)

1.3Years
                                                                   74%    Male                                                                 64% Freshers

                                                                   26%    Female                                                               16% Above 18 Months

                                                                                                                                               12% 0-12 Months
Average Experience                                                                                                                             8%    13-18 Months

26%
Percentage of Women in the
                             Undergraduate Specialization

                                                                   23%     E lectricals, Electronics & Communications,                        10%   Arts & Humanities
class                                                                       Instrumentation
                                                                                                                                               5%    Others
                                                                   20%      Mechanical

23Years
                                                                   17%     Accounts, Commerce & Finance

                                                                   13%     Architecture, Aeronautics, Chemicals & Civil

                                                                   12%     Computer Science & Information Technology
Average Age                  Others includes: Industrial engineering, Metallurgy, manufacturing & Material Science, Power Arts & Humanities:
                             Advertising, Economics, HR, Marketing, Mass Media, Maths, Physics

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Pre-MBA Industry                                           Undergraduate Degree
                        51% IT/ITES                                                                      44%

                        14% Pharma, Real Estate, Telecom

                        12% Analytics Audit & Consulting                                           27%

                                                                             17%
                        9%   Edutech
                                                                                                                   6%
                        7%   Manufacturing                       4%
                                                                                           2%
                        7%   FMCG, Retail

                                                                                                   BE
                                                                              B.Com

                                                                                          B.Sc

                                                                                                         B.Tech

                                                                                                                  Others
                                                                 B.B.A.
                                                           Others includes: BA, B.Arch, BMM, BMS

    Vidhi Gupta

                       Great Lakes provides you with a world class faculty base which guides you on a
                       well-structured curriculum in a breath-taking campus and help you transform
                       into business-ready managers. What else can one ask for?

 PGDM Class of 2014
  Assistant Manager
   Digital Strategy,
     KPMG India

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Campus Events
 NASMEI 2017
 Great Lakes held the 11th edition of Great Lakes NASMEI (North American Society for Marketing
 Education in India) the International Marketing Conference organized by the Kotler-Srinivasan
 Center for Research in Marketing on 22nd and 23rd December 2017.
 The event kick-started with the lighting of lamp ceremony by Chief Guest Dr. Priya Raghubir,
 Dean Abraham L. Gitlow Professor of Business, Professor of Marketing, Stern School of Business,
 New York University, USA, Dr. Vaidy Jayaraman, Associate Dean, Great Lakes Institute of
 Management, Chennai, Conference Co-Chairs, Dr. Bharadhwaj. S, Professor of Marketing, Great
 Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, and Dr. Sridhar Samu, Associate Professor - Marketing,
 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai in the presence of research scholars, faculty, and
 students.
 The event saw participation from over 110 participants from leading institutions in the world,
 including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIT Madras, ISB Hyderabad, University of Florida -
 Dartmouth College, University of Michigan, IIT Stuart School of Business, Chicago, Murdoch
 University, Australia, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong. A three-day
 doctoral workshop by Dr. Priya Raghubir and Dr. Ana Valenzuela, City University of New York,
 preceded the event and added to the understanding of the participants on research methods for
 doctoral students nurturing their skills to think and solve problems.

 L’Attitude                                                                                        TEDx GLIMChennai
 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai hosted its Annual Inter B – School fest –            The second edition of TEDxGLIMChennai was organised by Great Lakes Institute of
 ‘L’Attitude 13°05 2018’ on 27th & 28th at its campus. The two day event was inaugurated by        Management, Chennai on 4th February 2018.
 Mr. Ranganathan , Managing Director - Grundfos, Mr. N. Krishnamoorthy, Chief Quality Manager,
                                                                                                   The theme of the event was “Be”. BE is a pool of all possibilities. It gives you the power
 Blue Dart Aviation and Mr. Rajashekharan, CEO - ITC Agarbattis division in the presence of
                                                                                                   to BE anything whether it is what others expect of you or what you expect from yourself.
 Dr. Vaidy Jayaraman, Associate Dean & Principal, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai,
                                                                                                   It could represent the present, the current state of BE-ing. It could represent the future,
 students and faculty members
                                                                                                   a motivation to BE something. It is the whole sum of everything humanly possible. An
 The theme of this year’s fest was ‘Kairos – the opportune moment’ that witnessed over 5000+       audience of 100 enjoyed the event which featured 5 speakers.
 registrations, for 7 grand events, from various B-Schools across the country. The shortlisted
 participants were invited for the final rounds at L’Attitude 2018.

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Comprensio                                                                                       Comprensio PANELISTS
Great Lakes Institute of Management brought together THE GAME CHANGERS - CEOs/                   Mr. Manikandan Thangarathnam   Director - Engineering, Amazon
Founders of successful ventures, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and budding
entrepreneurs for an exciting event – Comprensio.                                                Mr. Ranjit Punja               CEO & Co-Founder, Credit Mantri

On October 12th, 2017, as these inspiring personalities unveiled their journey along the path    Mr. Raman Govindarajan         Founder & CEO, Perfsystems,
less travelled, Great Lakes helped in manifesting latent entrepreneurial spirit of prospective                                  Investor - Indian Angels Network
management graduates via Comprensio.
                                                                                                 Ms. Archana Priyadarshini      Venture Partner, Unicorn India Ventures
How to come up with great business ideas and what it takes to build a future on it?
Comprensio answered all the questions and cleared such ambiguity. This is the platform           Mr. Mayuresh Raut              Co-Founder and Managing Partner, SEA Fund
where “innovation meets excellence” to create the best. As part of the event, Great Lakes
has arranged a face to face interaction with 20 top level Managers, CEOs and Directors of        Mr. Shashank Randev            Director, Z Nation Lab
illustrious organizations for the students.
                                                                                                 Mr. Sidu Ponnappa              Head - Data Engineering & Director, GO - JEK
The B-Plan Competition at the event was a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to present
their ideas and propositions to eminent industry personalities and gain hands-on experience      Mr. Raghava Rao                Co-Founder, Camomile Healthcare
and guidance on how to institute those models and ideas into successful live ventures.
                                                                                                 Mr. R B U Shyam Kumar          Chief Executive Officer, Puthiya Thalaimurai Group

                                                                                                 Ms. Saichithra Swaminathan     Chief Portal & Mobile Officer, Matrimony.com

                                                                                                 Mr. Karthik Sundaresan         Business Head - Emerging Cities, Nearbuy

                                                                                                 Ms. Aruna R Krishnan           Editor & Publisher, RITZ Magazine

                                                                                                 Mr. Pallav Kaushish            Head - Marketing, Inc42 Media

                                                                                                 Mr. Sreejith Hrishikesh        VP - Operations (Regional Head), Zoomcar

                                                                                                 Mr. Atul Mehta                 Business Head, Mobikwik

                                                                                                 Mr. Ashish Kumar               Director - Business Head
                                                                                                                                Men’s Apparel (E-Commerce), Flipkart

                                                                                                 Mr. Srikant Kotapalli          Head - Product : VWO, Wingify

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CORPORATE – Campus COLLABORATION
Corporate Interaction Series
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai believes in continuous engagement with eminent industry practitioners and professionals across the globe to
facilitate an experiential learning and development of students under the programs - PGPM and PGDM. While the corporate lectures bring forth vast exposure
and opportunities to the students to interact closely with visionaries at CxO level of various organizations, it also provides an opportunity for corporates to
interact with the young minds and understand their requirements and mindsets.
Such lectures are organized on the basis of following six broad categories i.e. Special Interest Groups (SIGs) taking into consideration students’ specific areas
of interest:
     Analytics              Sales & Marketing        IT/ITES            BFSI         Strategy & Consulting             Manufacturing/Non-IT Operations

Short term live projects for PGPM
In today’s times, practical or applied learning is of utmost importance for the budding management graduates. We create this opportunity by way of a
tripartite system in which students, corporate mentors and faculty guides work together (e.g. Amazon Kindle live project) on projects based on analyzing a
current business problem, conducting market research for a new product or benchmarking current organization practices. The students are allowed work
in a team size of 1 to 5. This brings together an additional platform for students, giving them pioneer knowledge along with a skillset towards developing a
management oriented thought process.

B - School Case Study Competitions
While continuous learning is ensured at our Institute, various competitions are also organized in collaboration with esteemed corporates that enables students to identify,
understand and analyze real time business situations. These competitions provide avenues to the students to think and bring in new ideas to solve real business issues.
Few of such key competitions organized at campus till date are:
     Amazon - Kindle Case Study Competition           Cognizant - Battle of the Mind-CXO Contest;               Sutherland - Espirit De Corps
     Deloitte - Maverick                              EY Quiz - EYQ                                             Philips India Journos
     Hyundai Global Youth Marketing Camp              GEP - GamEPlan                                            TCS-E-Biz
     Google Crowdsource                               HUL - LIME (Lessons in Marketing Excellence)
     Infosys - inGENIOUS                              Mahindra War Room Challenge

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Annual Events
The annual events form a vital part of our culture which add a new flavor to our campus. Such events - conceptualized, coordinated and staged by
Great Lakers - provide a distinct platform for connecting the talent with prospective employers. Few of such major events are SWIM - Successful
Women in Management, Human Capital Management Conclave, FinTech Conclave, Pharma Conclave, Start-up Day, International Entrepreneurship
Conference, Business Analytics, Great Lakes International Research Conference.

Empirical Study
The most important aspect of experiential learning at Great Lakes is the Empirical Study. It achieves the institute’s objective of creating
business-ready managers under close guidance of best and distinguished personalities from industry and academics. The study is concluded
with a paper co-authored by students with their respective faculty guides, to be submitted to a refereed journal or conference.

Summer Internships for PGDM
The 2-year PGDM students engage with industry for the mandatory 12 - week internship program from April to June in their respective
specializations. It provides them a hands-on experience before they can get into different domains of corporate world, full-time. The stipend for
PGDM summer internship ranges from INR 15,000 to INR 50,000 per month. Students specialize in areas such as Sales & Marketing, Finance,
Operations & IT, HR.

Pre-Placement Talks
As the roller coaster ride reaches its zenith with the placement season during October - November every year for both programs - PGPM
and PGDM, corporates use pre-placement talks as a platform for branding and talent sourcing. Corporates also share the roles and profiles
during this process that would later be offered in Campus Recruitment Program. This gives a comfortable platform to both students as well as
corporates to interact with each other and exchange all the required information before getting into the actual placement drive, making it a
smoother process.

Campus Recruitment Program
The actual recruitment season for both the programs at Great Lakes, Chennai commences every year during November/December. Slots for
various corporates are provided based on profiles offered and aspirations of the batch.
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RECRUITERS
 SPEAK

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Well Attended,

                                                   In a short span, Great Lakes has touched
                                                   heights and has become visible in the eye of
                                                   recruiters across industries. Students from
                                                                                                         reat Location for Talent. We are
                                                                                                        G
                                                                                                        happy to continue
Students were paying attention. Good
questions & Write ups. Looking forward for
                                                   Great Lakes are                                      visiting and
more collaboration with Great Lakes.
                                                   “Business Ready”                                     having budding
               Thangarathnam Manikandan
                  Director – Engineering, Amazon
                                                   managers and they symbolize excellence,
                                                   creativity and growth – values which are
                                                   in line with ZEEL’s strengths. The quality of
                                                                                                        professionals
                                                   marketing and research students who have             join us and grow their careers.
                                                   joined us from the institute is excellent and                                               Anil Visal
                                                   matches our expectations in every way.                                          Partner - Deloitte India

                                                                                       Nirmal Nair
                                                                   Vice President - Human Resource,
                                                                                        Network 18

I am happy to say that the student, whom          The students come in with the right                 We have had very good experience in

                                                   mix of quality
we hired from your campus this year is                                                                   recruiting the graduates of GLIM for a few
performing well so far. I am sure that he                                                                years now. The institute does a great
will go a long way in building his career in
SynCore with his                                   and years of                                         job of imparting
valuable                                           experience.                                          not only quality management education to
                                                                                                        its students, but more importantly, the skills

contributions                                      Also the placement process is handled
                                                   seamlessly. Overall a very engaging
                                                                                                        that are essential for a successful career.
                                                                                                        We are very happy with the GLIM graduates
                                                                                                        working in our organization as they bring a
to the consulting assignments.                     experience.
                                                                                                        positive environment and contribute well
                                 Javin Bhinde                                        Sivani Nanda       to the teams and client organizations they
                                                                 HR Business Partner, Tiger Analytics
                          Director & Co-founder,                                                        work with.
                       Syncore Consulting Group
                                                                                                                                 Madhavan Seshadri
                                                                                                                           Senior Vice President, Virtusa

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Placement calendar

                       Pre-placement talks
                       Days               Dates                             Slots
                       Thursdays          October 4, 11, 18, 25;            09.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m
                                          November 1,15, 22, 29;            (2 hour duration)
                                          December 6, 2018

                     (Depending on Recruiting Organization’s convenience, the slots for the PPTs can be
                     provided on other days as well.)

                       Summer Internship
                       Selection Process
                       PGDM 2018 - 20 (1st Year Students)

                       Pre-MBA Experience
                       64% freshers and 36% with 0 - 24 months

                       Internship period
                       1st April to 30th June 2019 (3 Months)

                       Rolling process
                       From September, 2018 - December 31, 2018

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Placement Week                                                      to confirm your participation or for requesting any further
                                                                    information, please contact:
(Final Placements)
One year Post Graduate Program in Management
                                                                    Mr. M. Balaji,
(PGPM 2018 - 19)
Students with pre-MBA industry experience.                          Director – Corporate & Career Services & Head (PlaceCom)
Min 24 months & Max 60 months & average experience of  39 months.   balaji.mani@greatlakes.edu.in
Day 0 - 4                 Rolling                                   M: +91 99620 28046
December 10, 2018 to      placements
December 14, 2018          December 17, 2018 -
(Monday to Friday)         January 31, 2019                         Please confirm your participation for the final placements by
                                                                    first week of November, 2018.
Two year Post Graduate Diploma in Management
(PGDM 2017 - 19)
                                                                    Please note that the preliminary screening exercises,
Final year students 67% freshers and 33% with 0 - 24 months
pre-MBA work experience.
                                                                    if any, may be completed before the commencement of the
                                                                    placement week.
Day 0 - 2                 Rolling
November 19, 2018 to      placements
November 21, 2018     November 22, 2018 -
(Monday to Wednesday) January 31, 2019

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L E E D P la t inum R a t ed G reen C a m pus in C henna i

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