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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To widen reach, Great Lakes adopts dual admission cycle for PGPM

For admissions 2012, Great Lakes is adopting two cycles of GD-PI, one in mid-December 2011 and the second in mid-February 2012. For Cycle 1 GD-PI process.
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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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