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ABOUT GREAT LAKES<br />

<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Management was founded by Dr. Bala V. Balach<strong>and</strong>ran<br />

<strong>of</strong> Kellogg School <strong>of</strong> Management, with a conscious endeavor to create <strong>leaders</strong><br />

with a global perspective, capable <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling scale <strong>and</strong> diversity with great zeal<br />

<strong>and</strong> passion <strong>and</strong> who also have an impeccable virtue <strong>and</strong> character. <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong><br />

represents a perfect fusion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wonderful concepts <strong>and</strong> innovations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> West<br />

with <strong>the</strong> ageless ethos <strong>and</strong> values <strong>of</strong> India, packaged into one world-class<br />

<strong>of</strong>fering <strong>for</strong> budding pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. Reflecting this is <strong>the</strong> institute’s motto:<br />

“Global mindset, Indian roots”.<br />

<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers 1-year full-time Post Graduate Program in Management <strong>and</strong><br />

2-year part-time Post Graduate Global Executive Program in Management.<br />

<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> is supported by a very eminent Business Advisory Council <strong>and</strong><br />

Academic Advisory Council consisting <strong>of</strong> luminaries from <strong>the</strong> business world as<br />

well as <strong>the</strong> academia. <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> has a truly world class faculty from <strong>the</strong> top<br />

international B-Schools such as Kellogg, Stan<strong>for</strong>d, Harvard, Chicago,<br />

Columbia, Yale, etc, besides premier Indian ones like IIM-A, IIM-B, IIM-C,<br />

TISS, XLRI, S.P.Jain, etc.<br />

Within 5 years <strong>of</strong> its establishment, <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> has evolved into a reputed <strong>and</strong><br />

preferred business school in India. <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> has academic collaborations with<br />

Stuart School <strong>of</strong> Business at <strong>the</strong> Illinois Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology, Chicago, USA.<br />

The “Yale-<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> Centre <strong>for</strong> Management Research” has been established<br />

with <strong>the</strong> objective <strong>of</strong> pursuing advanced research in management in partnership<br />

with Yale University <strong>of</strong> USA. The Institute has also entered into an MoU with <strong>the</strong><br />

Nanyang Technological University <strong>of</strong> Singapore; Universiti Tun Abdul Razak,<br />

Malaysia; Bauer College <strong>of</strong> Business at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Houston; <strong>and</strong> Indian<br />

Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology, Madras <strong>for</strong> academic exchange programs.<br />

<strong>Great</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> is located in a sprawling 18-acre campus situated very close to <strong>the</strong><br />

famous shore temple <strong>of</strong> Mamallapuram, near Chennai. The campus has been<br />

designed to be LEED Platinum rated ‘green campus’ <strong>and</strong> would be one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

first in India <strong>and</strong> among very few in <strong>the</strong> world.<br />

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