Great Lakes Institute of Management

Great Lakes Institute of Management, founded in 2004 by Padma Shri Dr. Bala V. Balachandran is one of the premier B-schools in India. Great Lakes has, within a short span of 14 years emerged as a top-ranked business school. Great Lakes has 50+ full time faculty and 150+ visiting faculty including over 25+ international faculty from top global schools like Yale, Kellogg, Stanford and Harvard. Further collaborations with world's leading institutions like University of Houston, University of Bordeaux, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), University of Missouri, Kansas, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago and Babson College, etc., have helped Great Lakes in globally benchmarking its programs. Great Lakes, Chennai, was accredited by Association of MBAs, UK in 2014 and became the youngest B-school in India to receive this prestigious international accreditation. In 2015, Great Lakes, Chennai also received international SAQS accreditation and in 2017, its two year PGDM program was accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). For the years 2017-2018, Great Lakes was ranked No.1 in India by Analytics India and 3 rd in the world by Analytics insights for its Analytics program. For its one year program, Great Lakes, Chennai, was ranked 3 rd by Outlook India & 4th by Business World and 9th by Business India and 16 th by NIRF among top Indian B-Schools. Led by exceptional academic faculty, steered by an outstanding advisory council and buoyed by the international collaborations, Great Lakes has been constantly innovating to be business relevant. It is a first B-school in India to offer full time specialization in Analytics and also first to introduce AI and Machine Learning specialization. Great Lakes has a 27.5 acres LEED Platinum rated green campus in Chennai and a second 7.2 acre campus in Delhi-NCR. Great Lakes offers One Year full time MBA (PGPM) for experienced professionals, Two year MBA (PGDM) with focus on Emerging Markets, Part Time Executive MBA Program, and Weekend Executive MBA Program. Great Lakes alumni currently numbering 7800+ work at world renowned organizations both in India and overseas across 30 countries.