Brochure - 1 - Great Lakes

MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER AND DEAN
It is a matter of delight for me to write this message for the maiden class of the
PGDM program soliciting your help and support in offering internships and
projects/assignments for our students.
Great Lakes has always prided itself in offering the highest degrees of customer
satisfaction bordering on delight and may be even ecstasy. In fact, we have had a
successful run right from our inception in 2004 to date precisely because of this -
we are able to provide a 'Great' learning experience to our 'student' customers at
one end of the continuum, while offering our 'Corporate' customers (recruiters) a
fantastic range of business-ready professionals at the other end.
This brings me to our present proposition. As a part of the curricular requirements
of our two-year PGDM program, our students are required to undertake a twomonth
long project-work during the summer months. We are very keen to have
your organization participate in this 'Internship' phase of our program and are
keen to enlist your support in leading this initiative to fruition.
In return, we are delighted to provide you with complete access to all students
from which point forward you may shortlist and select just the specific talent you
are looking for. I am in no doubt that you will find exceptional managerial and
leadership talent at Great Lakes. Our students not only possess contemporary
management skills and knowledge learned from some of the best known
international faculty but are also a set of people with the right attitude and team
skills who are result-oriented. Add to this their specific course differentiators
(which include a semester abroad program, student exchange flexibility, a
heterogeneous classroom composition plus a unique CXO mentoring exercise
through the year), and I am sure that you are able to realistically assess the true
value of my proposition!
In conclusion, I wish to reiterate that Great Lakes is best at creating and
executing win-win offers for both the sets of customers that we cater to the
students and you, the industry patrons. The opportunity to participate in our
summer internship program is yet another avenue for mutual collaboration and I
am excited at the infinite benefits that such an association can bring forth to all
participants.
Best wishes,
Bala V Balachandran.