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{{For|the campus of Great Lakes at Gurgaon|Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
| native_name =
| image = GLIM Chennai Entrance.jpg
| caption = Great Lakes Chennai Campus
| motto = ''Global Mindset - Indian Roots''
| head_label = Founder & Dean
| head = [[Bala V. Balachandran]]
| type = [[Private school|Private]] [[business school]]
| established = {{Start date and age|2004}}
| postgrad =
| city = [[Chennai]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = [[India]]
| website = {{url|https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/}}
| nickname = Great Lakes, GLIM
| logo = Great Lakes Institute of Management Logo.jpg
| image_alt = The entrance to Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai campus
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'''Great Lakes Institute of Management''' (also known as '''Great Lakes''' or '''GLIM''') is a [[Private school|private]] [[business school]] in India. It was founded in 2004 by [[Bala V. Balachandran]], a professor at [[Kellogg School of Management]] with its first campus in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bschool.careers360.com/great-lakes-institute-management-chennai/about | title=About Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | publisher=careers360.com}}</ref> Great Lakes’ second campus started functioning in Gurgaon, [[Delhi NCR]] on 2011. Great Lakes offers full-time and executive post graduate programmes in management. Great Lakes offers programs in Marketing, Operations, Finance, Strategy, Data Science, Business Analytics & Cloud Computing. These programs are best suited for professional who have good knowledge about programming languages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Is it worth joining a 1 year PGPM course at the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai? - Quora|url=https://www.quora.com/Is-it-worth-joining-a-1-year-PGPM-course-at-the-Great-Lakes-Institute-of-Management-Chennai|access-date=2020-07-08|website=www.quora.com}}</ref> Great Lakes was accredited by AMBA,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/accreditation-rankings|title=Great Lakes Accreditation Rankings|publisher=Outlook, Business Today, Business India and Careers 360}}</ref> one of the three main global accreditation bodies. It has two campuses, one on the outskirts of Chennai and one in [[Gurgaon]], Delhi [[Delhi NCR|NCR]].

Great Lakes Institute of Management is among the first business schools in India to offer a one year full-time management programme. Its one year Post-Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) became the first one year full-time management programme to be accredited by India’s higher technical education regulator [[AICTE]] in 2008.<ref name="1-yr mgmt course gets AICTE nod">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-08-11/news/27580618_1_aicte-nod-aicte-approval-certificate-programme | title=1-yr mgmt course gets AICTE nod | publisher=Economic Times}}</ref>

Currently, at the helm of Great Lake Institute of Management is Dean & Principal Dr Suresh Ramanathan. Dr Suresh has a B. Tech. degree in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and an MBA degree from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He has received his Ph.D. from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 2002. Before joining Great Lakes, Dr Suresh was an Associate Professor of Marketing at the prestigious University of Chicago Booth School of Business between 2002 - 2011, and later, Professor of Marketing for close to 8 years at the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, holding the David R. Norcom’73 Endowed Professorship.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr Suresh Ramanathan|url=https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.greatlakes.edu.in}}</ref>

==History==

Great Lakes was set up in 2004 by [[Bala V. Balachandran|Bala Balachandran]], J.L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at [[Kellogg School of Management]], [[Northwestern University]], USA.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/balachandran_bala.aspx | title=About Bala Balachandran | publisher=Northwestern University, Kellogg School}}</ref>

Following the establishment of [[Indian School of Business]] (ISB), Balachandran wanted to establish a business school in his home state of [[Tamil Nadu]], and set up the Great Lakes Institute of Management in the capital city of [[Chennai]] with a model similar to the ISB involving a one year MBA programme, global visiting faculty and international academic collaborations.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/23inter1.htm | title=ISB & GL founding | publisher=Rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greatlakes.edu.in/pdf/indian-versus-foreign.pdf | title=Indian vs Foreign | publisher=Great Lakes Institute of Management}}</ref>

The first intake was for 127 students for its one-year programme and classes were held in a small rented building in [[Saidapet]], a residential neighbourhood in Chennai city. Great Lakes developed a new greenfield campus at Manamai village near [[Mahabalipuram]], a [[UNESCO Heritage Site]] 50 km south of Chennai, and shifted to this campus in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bschool.careers360.com/great-lakes-institute-management-chennai/about | title=Location | publisher=careers360.com}}</ref>

The regulatory body for technical and management education in India, [[AICTE]], also did not have a provision for approving one-year programmes. However, Great Lakes received approval for its PGPM from AICTE, the first instance of an approval for a one-year programme in the country. While the two-year programmes were categorized as a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management, the one-year programme was categorized as a Post-Graduate Certificate in Management.<ref name="1-yr mgmt course gets AICTE nod"/>

Since 2012, Great Lakes has also started offering the traditional two-year PGDM programme.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news/great-lakes-institute-of-management-introduces-a-two-year-pgdm-program-5276632284_1.html | title=Great Lakes Institute of Management introduces a two year PGDM program | publisher=Indiainfoline.com}}</ref>

==Accreditation==
[[File:GLIM classroom pic.jpg|thumb|Great Lakes classroom]]
Great Lakes is accredited by the [[Association of MBAs|Association of MBAs (AMBA)]], UK,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/on-campus/great-lakes-gets-global-accreditation-from-amba/article6221609.ece | title=Great Lakes gets Global accreditation from AMBA | publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education. Great Lakes is the youngest and 7th institute in India to get accreditation from the association. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is accredited by SAQS (South Asian Quality Assurance System).<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.amdisa.org/b-schools_granted_saqs_accreditation_24042015.pdf
| title=B-Schools granted SAQS Accreditation
| publisher=amdisa.org
| access-date=11 November 2015
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222212257/http://www.amdisa.org/b-schools_granted_saqs_accreditation_24042015.pdf
| archive-date=22 December 2015
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Great Lakes’ PGPM and PGDM full-time programmes are approved by [[AICTE|All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-08-11/news/27580618_1_aicte-nod-aicte-approval-certificate-programme | title=Great Lakes’ 1 year management course gets AICTE nod | publisher=Economic Times}}</ref> a statutory body for technical education, under [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of HRD]], Govt. of India. Great Lakes’ Chennai campus is a [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Platinum Rated Green Campus <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.glazette.com/leed-platinum-rating-for-great-lakes-institute-of-management-chennai-309.html | title=LEED Platinum rating for Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. Glazette. November 08, 2012. | publisher=glazette.com}}</ref>

== Programs ==

=== Full-Time Courses ===

==== Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) ====
This is the Flagship program of Great Lakes Institute of Management. It is a one-year program with rigorous course curriculum. Students applying for this program must have a minimum work experience of two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/full-time-programs|title=MBA Full Time Programs - Great Lakes|website=www.greatlakes.edu.in|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref>

==== Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) ====
This is a 2-year program designed for young leaders with less than two years of work experience. It is an AICTE approved program, which has clear focus on emerging economies and their growth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/full-time-programs|title=MBA Full Time Programs - Great Lakes|website=www.greatlakes.edu.in|accessdate=14 June 2020}}</ref>

==== Executive Education====
It is a customized program designed for executives to deliver quantifiable outcomes for their business. Executives from several private and public sectors are given a customized program that helps them with their managerial and leadership skills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/corporate-programs|title=Corporate MBA Programs for working professionals|website=www.greatlakes.edu.in|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref>

=== Corporate Programs ===

==== Post Graduate Executive Program in Management (PGXPM) ====
This program helps executives who has spent a considerable amount of time in the industry. It helps professionals to developing management competencies and business leadership skills.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PGXPM - one of the top executive MBA program by Great Lakes {{!}} GLIM|url=https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/pgxpm|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.greatlakes.edu.in|language=en}}</ref>

==== Post Graduate Program in Management - Flex (PGPM FLEX) ====
The PGPM FLEX program is aimed at working professionals with 2 to 10 years experience. This two-year program helps the executives to pursue the world-class program while giving them the flexibility to continuing their work.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Executive Development Program - PGPM Flex for Working Professionals {{!}} Great Lakes|url=https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/pgpm-flex|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.greatlakes.edu.in|language=en}}</ref>

==== MBA in Business Analytics ====
This program is offered by at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in collaboration with Great Lakes Institute of Management, India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MBA in Business Analytics|url=https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/mba-in-business-analytics|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.greatlakes.edu.in|language=en}}</ref>

==== Global PGP For Family Enterprises Management ====
The Global Post Graduate Program for Family Enterprise Management is offered in collaboration with Babson College, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Family Enterprise Management {{!}} Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai|url=https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/family-enterprises-management|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.greatlakes.edu.in|language=en}}</ref>

==Rankings==
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type=Institute
| BT_2019 = 16
| NIRF_B_2020 = 23
}}
It was ranked 16 by ''[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]''{{'}}s "India's best B-schools 2019".<ref name=Rankings_BT_2019 /> It was ranked 23rd by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) in Management category.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_B_2020 />

== See also ==

* [[SMOT – Business School]]
* [[Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship]]
* [[Department of Management Studies IIT Madras]]
* [[Loyola Institute of Business Administration]]
* [[Rajalakshmi Engineering College]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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[[Category:Business schools in Chennai]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2004]]
[[Category:Private schools in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

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>Tom.Reding at 22:14, 11 March 2021