Great Lakes 2 year PGDM program to make profile based calls: GD PI on March & April

If you are aiming at Great Lakes Institute of Management, this article of MBAUniverse.com will bring to you all the information related to admission that you are looking for regarding the two year PGDM program
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INSTILLING INNOVATION

Yesterday, many third world economies were called developing economies. Today, the fastest growing amongst them are called emerging economies - a promotion indeed the day is not far when Europe will learn thrift from India and the West, in general, will learn fiscal discipline from the East
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Great Lakes moves away from one-year niche, introduces two-year MBA

After championing the cause of the one-year MBA for seven years, the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai has introduced a traditional two-year MBA programme with its first batch slated to begin in 2012. It is a difficult to digest idea, considering that Great Lakes had even gone to the lengths of getting a certificate-programme approval stamp from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for its one-year program.
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Great Lakes to offer 2 year PGDM with focus on emerging economies

The programme will offer six specialisations including marketing, finance, operations, strategy, IT and Systems and international business. The programme, set to start in July 2012, will have one intake and will admit 120 students every year.
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Great Lakes Launches New Management Course - Business Line

Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) has launched a two-year management programme with a focus on emerging economies - targeted at aspiring leaders with an eye on transnational businesses.
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Great lakes to invest Rs 50 crore for expansion

By S Shyamala Oct 31 2011, Chennai
Great Lakes Institute of Management has launched a two year postgraduate diploma programme with focus on emerging economies. The institute will invest about Rs 50 crore to expand its Chennai campus to accommodate the new management programme.
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Great Lakes Invest Rs.50 Cr ( 31st October'2011 - Financial Express)

Chennai based management school, Great Lakes Institute of Management has made an investment of Rs 50 crore at its Chennai campus to launch a new two-year post graduate diploma programme in management (PGDM). The new programme is aimed at preparing management students to take on challenges in operating in the globalised business and economy, said Tapan Panda, director of the PGDM,Great Lakes."This is a kind of programme meant to develop leaders who can handle transnational business. The programme is offered with six specialisations and a thrust on entrepreneurship," he said.
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Placements 2011-12: Damp World markets may hurt packages, but new sectors could save the day

Other schools also deny having indications that the market had slowed down already. “Even an industry like IT, which has got a direct growth correlation with the global boom/recession cycle, is hiring heavily this year, if the campus tech hiring of 2011 is taken as a pointer,” reasons Easwar Krishna Iyer, Director Admissions, PGWPM and Associated Professor Marketing at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. He adds that in fact public sector banks, hospitality and healthcare companies are moving into the MBA hiring space.
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Mandarin on the menu at Indian B-schools

Bala V. Balachandran, founder of the Great Lakes Institute of Management in Chennai, said that knowledge of Hindi, English and Mandarin is a great advantage for any young manager. “You have to learn the language of the country which is leading or going to lead the global economy,” said Balachandran, whose school has made it mandatory for all students to learn Mandarin.
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Quality 1-yr MBA helps both candidate & industry: Great Lakes' Prof Easwar Iyer

MBAUniverse.com recently interviewed Prof. Easwar Krishna Iyer, Director Admissions, GLIM to know all about the PGPM programme. MBAUniverse.com asked Prof. Iyer questions on PGPM Admissions Process 2012, benefits of one year MBA, acceptance of 1 year PGPM by the industry, qualities that GLIM looks for in candidates, and other relevant questions.
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