Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon
The Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon (GLIM), (formerly Great Lakes Institute of Energy Management and Research) is a private business school in India. It began its operations in 2010 and is an extended arm of the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, founded by Dr. Bala V. Balachandran. It is one of the 14 institutes and youngest to have received AMBA(Association of MBAs) accreditation in India. The Institute offers various full-time and executive management programs with the one-year Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) being its flagship course. Great Lakes institute of Management is the only institute to have their flagship PGPM programs i.e. the 1 year full time MBA program to approved by AICTE. Great Lakes also offers a two-year full-time AICTE approved Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) (formerly, Post Graduate Program in Management - Energy).
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| Motto | Global Mindset - Indian Roots |
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| Type | Private (Education and Research) |
| Established | 2010 |
| Chairman | Dr Bala V. Balachandran |
| President | Mr Mohan Lakhamraju |
| Director | Debashis Sanyal |
Academic staff | 50 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Gurgaon (Bilaspur-Tauru Road) |
| Website | http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/gurgaon/ |
History
Great Lakes was founded in 2010 by Dr. Bala V. Balachandran, JL Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA. Unlike its Chennai campus, Great Lakes, Gurgaon, started its operations with the two-year Post Graduate Program in Energy Management.
Following the graduation of the first batch of its two-year program, the institute started offering its flagship one-year PGPM program for experienced professionals in 2012. Both the Chennai & Gurgaon campuses of the Institute follow a model similar to Indian School of Business (ISB), involving a flagship one-year MBA program, international academic collaborations and global visiting faculty.
After initially conducting classes and operations out of a rented property in the suburbs of the city, Great Lakes developed a 7.2-acre residential campus in the outskirts of Gurgaon which became operational in 2016. AICTE approval for both its full-time MBA programs followed shortly after. Following which, the two-year post graduate programme in energy management got converted into Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM).
Campus
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, sits on a 7.2-acre residential campus situated on the Bilaspur-Tauru Road. Campus facilities include lecture theaters, gymnasium, resource center, and cafeterias; hostels for men and women have a capacity of housing approximately 300 students. There is a 300-seater amphitheater, and also an auditorium for hosting cultural events on campus. The Great Lakes Gurgaon campus is located just off NH8, close to Manesar at the Bilaspur-Tauru road and is easily accessible from the corporate hubs of New Delhi and Gurgaon as well as from IGI Airport. It has an additional hostel block construction got completed adding 200+ capacity to accommodate the students.
Programs
Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM)
This is the flagship program of Great Lakes offered at both the Chennai and Gurgaon campuses. This one-year program follows a rigorous course curriculum, consists of seven terms and offers a unique learning experience with extensive industry engagement and live projects. Students applying to this program must have a minimum of two years of work experience.
Post Graduate Diploma in Management
The traditional two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is a general management MBA program offering in-depth understanding of the management concepts, experiential learning and deep industry engagement. It offers specializations in Finance, Marketing, Operations and Analytics with options of choosing Major and Minor specializations.