PGPM 2025-26 | ADMISSIONS BROCHURE

THE
GREAT LAKES
EDGE
Globally Benchmarked Curriculum
» Constantly updated and globally benchmarked
curriculum with focus on key emerging areas including
Digital Business, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning

Extensive Industry Engagement

» Over 150 Leaders, Industry Experts and CXOs globally
share their perspectives with students every year

Pioneer in Analytics
» First B-School in India to offer specialization in Analytics
for full time MBA programs
» Great Lakes Analytics faculty consistently featured
among the top analytics academicians in the country

Constant Innovation
» Pioneer in introducing innovative initiatives such as the
one year MBA Program, Karma-Yoga and Analytics
specialization
» Became the first B-School in India, to introduce AI & ML
as full-time specialization to ensure that students are
future ready

Global Alumni Network

» 14,000+ Great Lakes Alumni spread over 30+ countries
provide a great lifelong network of leaders across
industries and geographies
ABOUT GREAT LAKES
Great Lakes Institute of Management is a premier business school
dedicated to shaping Business-Ready leaders for the dynamic
corporate landscape. Established in 2004 by Padma Shri awardee
Late Dr. Bala V. Balachandran, the institute has swiftly risen to
prominence as one of India’s top ranked and most innovative business
schools. It is among select schools in India to gain AMBA and AACSB
“Double Crown” global accreditations attesting to the quality and
relevance of our programs. It is also in the NBA Tier 1 Category of
leading schools in the country.

Led by exceptional academic faculty, steered by an outstanding

advisory council, and buoyed by international collaborations, Great
Lakes has embraced innovation as a cornerstone of its identity,
consistently staying ahead of the evolving needs of businesses and
the community. This commitment is evident in the institute’s
groundbreaking initiatives, such as being the first in India to introduce
full-time specializations in Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning to
establishing South Asia’s first LEED platinum certified Green Campus.
The globally benchmarked programs with their focus on continuous
innovation and applied learning ensure that the students are
Business-Ready from Day 1.

ACCREDITATIONS

NATIONAL BOARD
ACCREDITATION
OF
PGDM

RANKINGS

2 03 09 34
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SUPER
LEAGUE
BUSINESS OUTLOOK BUSINESS NIRF
STANDARD Top Standalone INDIA Management
Institutions Top B-Schools Category (2024)
 CONSISTENTLY INNOVATIVE
The School of Firsts
Among the first to introduce 1 year MBA Program in India

Among the few Indian B-Schools with Global Faculty

First B-School to introduce Analytics specialization

First to introduce AI & Machine Learning in MBA

First to introduce Karma Yoga Experiential Leadership Program

First Indian B-School with a LEED Platinum Rated Green Campus

You will learn the art of

doing business and its
impact on the community.
The spirit of ‘Pioneering’ is
a part of our DNA.

Late Dr. Bala V. Balachandran

Founder, Great Lakes Institute of Management
J. L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of
Accounting and Information Management
DEAN’S MESSAGE
When you ask yourself, “Where should I go for my MBA?” the answer
is quite straightforward – a innovative b-school which will equip you
with cutting edge skills to excel in a highly demanding industry.

Great Lakes Institute of Management is completing 2 decades of

consistent innovation in management education. We were one of the
forerunners in introducing a one year MBA program with exceptional
career growth opportunities. We pioneered in introducing
technologies in MBA curriculum which are now dominating the
business landscape, such as Analytics, AI and Machine Learning, even
before they were widely adopted. And we did it at South Asia’s first
LEED Platinum Rated Sustainable Green campus.

What sets us apart is our commitment to provide an unmatched

learning experience by bringing together international faculty, a
consistently revised curriculum to match industry needs, and
prestigious global accreditations – AACSB and AMBA accreditations –
which testify the value of the Great Lakes MBA programs on a global
scale.

If you truly seek to transform your career, Great Lakes is where your
journey begins!

DR. SURESH RAMANATHAN

Dean, Great Lakes Institute of
Management, Chennai
HIGHLIGHTS

2 3 4 6
Campuses in Top International International Collaborations
Chennai & Accreditations Research with Leading
Gurgaon Conferences Global Institutions

9 25+ 42 46
Centers of Visiting Faculty Thought Leaders Industry Titans
Excellence from likes of on Academic on Business
Stanford, Kellogg Advisory Council Advisory Council
and Yale

50+ 90+ 100+ 14K+

Full Time Prizes Won by Industry Leaders Alumni Network
Faculty Students at interacted with spread over 30+
National Level in students in Countries
2023-24 2023-24

GLOBAL ASSOCIATIONS
THE PGPM ADVANTAGE
The Flagship one year full time Post Graduate
Program in Management is for Achievers,
High Performers and Go Getters who want to
change the world for the better.
 Accelerated Growth Experiential Learning

» The PGPM helps transform high » Guest lectures and insights from
potential professionals into eminent thought leaders and industry
competent business managers and stalwarts
decision makers ready to deliver
» Karma-Yoga, a unique transformational
from day 1
program to help participants develop
» In a fast-changing business world, leadership skills while having a lasting
where billion-dollar companies are impact on thousands of people in 27+
created in a few years, the PGPM villages
allows participants to join industry
» Fully mentored empirical study for
and start creating value by the end
hands-on experience
of 1 year

International Immersion Global Perspectives

Opportunities
» 25+ international visiting faculty from
» Opportunity for students to pursue a the likes of Kellogg, Stanford & Yale,
6 week additional term at IAE along with renowned full time faculty,
Bordeaux, University School of offer you global perspectives and
Management in France and qualify for unparalleled learning
an additional triple accredited degree
» Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin),
» Immersion opportunities at IÉSEG two languages with relevance for
School of Management, Skema international trade, offered optionally
Business School and Frankfurt School
of Finance of Management offering
global perspectives

Globally Recognised Unparalleled Peer Learning

» Double Crown Accreditation by » 800+ years of collective work
AACSB (US) and AMBA (UK), in experience in class across diverse
addition to SAQS (South Asia) industries & functions enriching the peer
accreditation learning experience

» AICTE approved post graduate

certificate in management
PROGRAM DESIGN *

19 14 120
Core Courses Electives* Hours Empirical Study

CORE COURSES
» Microeconomics » Financial Accounting

» Statistical Methods in Decision » Managerial Accounting

Making-I
» Corporate Finance
» Statistical Methods in Decision
Making-II » Strategic Management

» Business Analytics » Emerging Technologies for Managers

» Strategic Marketing Customer Focus-I » Managing People, Working in Teams, &

Handling Difficult Situations
» Strategic Marketing Customer Focus-II
» Ethics & Sustainability
» Global Economic Perspectives
» Negotiation & Influencing
» Principles of Operations Management-I
» Law & Taxation
» Principles of Operations
Management-II » Leadership & Entrepreneurship

IMPACT SKILLS LAB:

Core Courses aimed at honing both soft and hard skills in students. Students will
spend time practicing skills under supervision to sharpen their ability to think,
articulate, and present ideas and arguments succinctly. These are skills which will
be helpful for students across roles and sectors.
INDUSTRY ALIGNED MAJORS AND LABS:
Students can choose two majors from an offering of six majors. Students will
complete six courses in each major and engage in three advanced labs to hone
their major area specific skills. Doing this will help our students be industry ready
by the end of their program. The six areas offered this year are:

» Product Management » Sales/Marketing/Business

Development
» Consulting (Tech/Non-Tech)
» Finance/FinTech/FinOps
» Operations/SCM/Logistics/Projet
Management » Data Science/Analytics

SOME KEY ELEMENTS AND INSPIRATION DRIVING

THE REVISED PGPM PROGRAM:
The unique culture of Great Lakes has the potential to ‘Challenge’ and
‘Transform’ because of the ‘Care’ that the institute offers to each and every
individual student. This year, Great Lakes has unveiled a distinctive and
pioneering initiative, ‘Fluid Intellect’ which is an innovative learning approach.
This initiative was seeded through a series of dialogues with the industry on key
focus areas and talent/skill requirements of the future.

This revolutionary approach is aimed at equipping students with

industry-relevant skills to help them hit the ground running. ‘Fluid Intellect’
involves a location and curriculum agnostic format with holistic and customized
learning pathways specifically curated to blend conceptual frameworks, hard and
soft skills and overall personality development. In order to cater to the talent
demands of worldwide trade and commerce, there is a burning need to create a
breed of business-ready professionals who are result-oriented and responsible.
And this is the impact that Great Lakes is poised to create. The PGPM curriculum
has been revamped to include many additional hours of experiential learning
interventions – through labs, live projects, real-life scenario analysis, simulations
etc. A structured mentoring initiative is also underway in order to help the
students make significant progress across multiple facets of learning and
personality to prepare them for corporate careers.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Great Lakes emphasizes on experiential learning, whether it involves
developing leadership and managerial skills, honing strong analytical
skills, understanding and analyzing business cases, or dealing with
capital markets. The end result is a business-ready manager who is
sensitized to the needs of the organization as well as the society.

The Empirical Study

» Empirical study provides a platform for students to do a real life
study under the guidance of the best people from the industry and
academia. In the past, some of the empirical studies have been
presented in national and international conferences.

Student Clubs & Committees

» Being a student centric institute, all key functions of the institute
are ably supported by committed student bodies - be it
admissions, placements, or branding and content creation, apart
from various clubs that help students hone their skills.
 Karma-Yoga
» Karma-Yoga, Leadership Experiential Action Program, is a real life
practical lab to learn and experience the power of transformational
leadership with the key focus on empowering through on education,
health, agriculture and small business.
» It creates a mutual win-win for both- the villages get budding
managers to enable them elevate themselves into their better selves,
while the students acquire a first-hand understanding of what it
means to transform them.

The Karma-Yoga Impact

27+ 60+ 5000+

Panchayat villages Village level events School-going children attended
under the project conducted annually tuition classes, science clubs, etc.

10000+
People given individual medical
attention so far
LEARNING FROM DISTINGUISHED
THOUGHT LEADERS
Academic Elegance blends with Business Relevance

Great Lakes provides an opportunity for students to be groomed by

transformational leaders spanning private organizations and public
administration. These distinguished thought leaders give unparalled
perspectives and insights, and help nurture into future business
leaders.

25+ 50+ 50+ Globally acclaimed

70+
Academic &
International Full Time
Visiting Faculty Faculty Thought Leaders Industry Visiting
Talks in 2023-24 Faculty
THE PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Over the years, Great Lakes students have interacted with
world-leading business and academic leaders.

DR. RATAN TATA DR. SRIKANT DATAR SURESH NARAYANAN

Chairman Emeritus Dean Managing Director
Tata Sons Ltd. Harvard Business School Nestle India

INDRA NOOYI KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW LAKSHMI NARAYAN

Former Chairman and CEO Executive Chairperson Co-founder, Emeritus
PepsiCo Biocon & Biocon Biologics Vice Chairman, Cognizant

SUMANT PADMANABHAN DR. PHILIP KOTLER PROF. SUNIL CHOPRA

Group Head Professional Professor Emeritus - Marketing IBM Distinguished Professor of
Services - Americas, Adobe Kellogg School of Management Operations Management,
Kellogg School of Management
INTERNATIONAL IMMERSION
PROGRAM
At Great Lakes, we offer you a chance to develop global perspectives
and learn international best practices through our international
immersion opportunities.

The international immersion can be in the form of a dual-degree

program if you’re opting for IAE Bordeaux University School of
Management, or a semester abroad program if you’re opting for IÉSEG
School of Management. These international immersion programs are
designed to expose you to global markets, business practices and
cultures, adding further value to your learning experience.

Dual MBA from IAE Bordeaux, University Semester Abroad at IÉSEG School
School of Management, Bordeaux, France of Management, Paris & Lille, France
ADVANTAGES

Exchange/additional term at the partner

school

Course work including instructor led

teaching, industry visits and
extra-curricular activities

Additional MBA degree or certification on

successful program completion

Opportunity to interact and network with

students from the exchange school

Exposure to an international cohort,

culture and business environment
BATCH PROFILE PGPM 2024-25

3.2 Years
Average Experience
303
Batch size
30 Female
%

WORK EXPERIENCE (in months)

3% 47% 16% 30% 4%

21-23 24-35 36-47 48-60 > 60

INDUSTRY DIVERSITY (Pre-MBA)

50% IT/ITES

8% BFSI

6% Consulting

5% Manufacturing

4% E-commerce

2% Automobile

2% Ed-Tech

23% Others*

*Real Estate, Healthcare, Hospitality, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Textile, Telecom, Merchant Navy etc.
PLACEMENT REPORT PGPM 2024

39.3 LPA 25.1 LPA 17.3 LPA

Highest Domestic CTC Average CTC for Top 10% Average CTC

FUNCTION-WISE ROLES OFFERED

36% Business & Strategy Consulting

20% Tech Consulting

15% Sales & Marketing

11% Operations

9% Analytics

5% Product

4% Finance

DIVERSE PROFILES OFFERED*

» Product Manager » Business Value Architect
» Marketing Manager » Recruitment Consultant
» Retail Logistician » Pricing Analyst
» Decision Analytics Consultant » Pursuit Manager
» Business Research Consultant

*Partial-List
LIST OF RECRUITERS*
» Accenture-AIOC » Ford » Nissan Digital

» Accenture ATCI » Freshworks » Otto Clothing

» Accenture Strategy » Gramener » Oval edge

» Aditya Birla Capital » HCL Technologies » Particleblack

» ADP » Hero Fincorp » PepsiCo

» Agilisium Consulting » Incedo » Pinclick

» Alstom » Indus Tower » Preferred Square

» Argus » Infinity learn » Prime Focus

» Aspire Systems » Infosys Consulting » Quest GLobal

» Beghou Consulting » Infosys Technology » Sagility

» BlackNGreen » Jio-Bp » Sectona

» Bandhan Bank » Kantar » GAVS

» CAMS » Kirloskar Oil Engines » TA Digital

» Caplin Point » KYN » Tasty Bite

» Career Technologies » Laxai Life Sciences » Tata Communications

» Chola MS » Lotte India » TCS

» Cognizant » Lowe's » Tiger Analytics

» Convergint » Mastercard » Tube Investment

» Decathlon » Maveric » TVS ILP

» Deloitte India » Medi Assist » Virtusa

» eClerx » Michael Page » WE Matter

» EID Parry » Mirketa » Wheels India

» Exide » Mphasis » Wolters Kluwer

» Factspan » Muthoot » Yubi

» Fedex » NeoRoots Design » Zopper

» FIITJEE » Nippon Paint India

*Partial-List
ADMISSIONS PROCESS

STEP 01 Online Application available on

www.greatlakes.edu.in

STEP 02 Make a payment of INR 2000 at

www.greatlakes.edu.in

STEP 03 Fill the online application.

Candidates have the option of either applying to
Great Lakes Chennai or Gurgaon campuses
separately or to both the campuses through the
common application form by selecting the
appropriate option in the registration form.

STEP 04 Initial Screening and PI Invite by e-mail

STEP 05 Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview

STEP 06 Final Shortlisting and Offer Letters by e-mail

STEP 07 Offer Acceptance and Initial Fee payment

STEP 08 Course Registration and Orientation

STEP 09 Course Commencement

For all admissions related queries, please write to

admissions@greatlakes.edu.in
PGPM 2025-26 ELIGIBILITY

EDUCATION A Bachelor’s degree in any

discipline from a recognized
institution

WORK 2+ Years
EXPERIENCE of work experience by
30th April 2025

SCORES GMAT 2022 or later

CAT** 2023/24
ACCEPTED
XAT** 2024/25
NMAT 2023 onwards

OTHER Two Recommendations (provide

email-ids of the recommenders,
APPLICATION
the recommenders would be
REQUIREMENTS
contacted at a later date).

**Great Lakes uses CAT scores only for screening applications for admissions and IIMs have
no role in the conduct of Great Lakes academic programs.

**Great Lakes is not an associate institute of XLRI but uses XAT scores only for screening
applicants for admission & XLRI has no role to play in the conduct of any of Great Lakes
Management programs.
FEE STRUCTURE 2024-25

Program & Indian International

Academic Fees Students (INR) Students (Dollar)

Tuition & Academic Fee 11,50,000 21,050

Program Fee 6,45,000 12,300

Total ` 17,95,000 $ 33,350

Other Charges
Housing and Food
3,70,000 7,700
(Single AC*)

Caution Deposit 10,000 300

(Refundable)

Alumni Subscription 5,000 100

NOTE:
1. Fees for PGPM 2025-26 will be updated shortly.

2. Tuition fee is inclusive of reading material, including case studies, text books and online resources.

3. The course is approved by AICTE.

4. Students are compulsorily required to have their own laptop as per institute specifications.

5. *Students will be provided with single room accommodation based on their order of acceptance; twin sharing
accommodation will be provided for whom single room allocation is not available and a part of the fee would be refunded
in such cases.

6. Certain non-academic aspects such as catering, skill development, admission processing are outsourced at the discretion of
the Institution and the related charges are paid to the respective service providers on behalf of students with the Institute
facilitating and coordinating these services.

7. All meals (vegeterian) are included in the above fees; non-vegetarian food is optional and will be charged extra.

8. Refund Policy: As per AICTE norms.

9. Disputes whatsoever arising, if any, with the Institution/Service provider as the case may be will be subject to jurisdiction of
court in Chennai only.
THE ALUMNI NETWORK
Great Lakes, over a period of 20 years, has prepared its students to
succeed and inspire while shaping their careers in the long run. Great
Lakes alumni now hold several leadership roles in well reputed
corporates around the world.

14000+ 300+ 30+

Alumni Alumni in CxO and Countries
Leadership roles

NOTABLE ALUMNI
RAMYA BALAKRISHNAN SHOBHA SUBRAMANIAN
Class of 2007 Class of 2007
Global Director - Strategy Lead Product Manager,
& Ops, Meta (FB), USA Uber, USA

NEHA KUMAR SARAF HARSH RATAN MEHTA

Class of 2007 Class of 2010
Sr. Director Global Director,
Visa, Singapore PepsiCo

APARNA S RITESH PAL

Class of 2010 Class of 2014
Director & Business Lead, Director, Morgan
Bain Capability Network Stanley, UK
MEET THE ALUMNI

An MBA is a learning for lifetime. Amisha Arora,

Head - Customer Activation & Marketing - South
Asia at H&M talks about how Great Lakes shaped
her professional journey.

Watch the video

bit.ly/AlumniStories1

Hemant Grover (PGPM Batch of 2013) - Director of

Technology at Xceedance, reflects on his key
takeaways from the PGPM and delves into how AI is
going to transform businesses.

Watch the video

bit.ly/AlumniStories2

Guneet Gyani, Senior Manager - Search and

Commerce, Google, talks about her journey with one of
the leading tech conglomerates and the key skills you
need to succeed as a Leader

Watch the video

bit.ly/AlumniStories3

Divyansh Nasa, Partner - Transaction Strategy and

Execution, EY-Parthenon, recalls his life at Great Lakes
and the initiatives that he took up in campus, which
prepared him for his journey as a consultant ahead.

Watch the video

bit.ly/AlumniStories4
Contact Us
+91 78240 11333
+91 78240 11555
admissions@greatlakes.edu.in

Chennai Campus:
Dr. Bala V. Balachandar Campus, ECR Road,
Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu - 603102