Fellow Program in Management (FPM)

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App. Deadline: 12th January, 2026
Domains Offered:
Marketing
Finance & Accounting

Unique to Great Lakes, FPM candidates get mentored by a renowned international faculty advisor in addition to
their research guide. FPM candidates also have an option to pursue Dual-Track PhD from
University of Texas, Arlington, USA and build global careers.

Why Great Lakes FPM?

* Selection for the Dual-Track PhD is subject to additional criteria set by UTA and Great Lakes. UTA has the final right to selection. It also involves additional costs for tuition, accommodation, and travel only for the UTA component.

Eligibility

  • A Master’s Degree in any area or Two-year Post Graduate Diploma or a 5-year Integrated Master’s Degree with 60% or above marks. Candidates in the final year of their master's program may also apply.
  • Valid entrance test scores - JRF (NET)/CAT/GMAT/GRE/XAT
Eligibility

International opportunities with Dual Track Program

Pursue One-of-its-kind Dual Track FPM and earn a second PhD from a highly reputed American University

Get an option to pursue One-of-its-kind Dual Track FPM and earn a second PhD from University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Access to Placement opportunities in academic positions all over the world

Access to Placement opportunities in academic positions all over the world

Work directly with reputed International Faculty as your guides

Work directly with reputed International Faculty as your guides

Opportunity to apply for Assistantship abroad during the second year at Great Lakes

Opportunity to apply for Assistantship abroad during the second year at Great Lakes

Note: Selection for the Dual-Track PhD is subject to additional criteria set by UTA and Great Lakes. It also involves additional costs for tuition, accommodation, and travel for the UTA component.

International opportunities with Dual Track Program

World Class Great Lakes Faculty Mentors

Vidya Mahambare

Director - Research & FPM, Professor of Economics

Areas of Interest: Microeconomics, Monetary policy, Gender and Employment, International Trade, Development Economics

Top Publications

  • Analysing the sentiment-based variation in Finance Ministers' communication - Quality and Quantity, 93, B, 2025
  • Male Backlash and Female Guilt: Wome's Employment and Intimate Partner Violence in Urban India - Feminist Economics , 94, A, 2022
  • Family structure, education and women's employment in rural India - World Development, 98, A, 2019

Bharadhwaj S

Dr Bala V and Vasantha Balachandran Chair Professor of Marketing Areas of Interest: Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Research

Areas of Interest: Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Research

Top Publications

  • Airline social media recovery satisfaction: Has COVID changed everything? - Journal of Travel Research, 99, A*, 2025
  • Nostalgia: A review, propositions, and future research agenda - Journal of Advertising , 99, A, 2023
  • Organic food preferences: A Comparison of American and Indian consumers - Food Quality and Preference, 93, A, 2022

Raj Krishnan S

Professor - Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Areas of Interest: Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Top Publications

  • Heterogeneity in Organizational Search Behaviors: The Case of Corporate Venture Capital Units - Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 94, FT50, 2024
  • Quasipractice: How the entrepreneurship educator develops entrepreneurial practice expertise - Journal of Business Venturing, 97, FT50, 2024
  • Building Hyper-Awareness: How to Amplify Weak External Signals for Improved Strategic Agility - California Management Review, 99, A, 2023

Trichy Krishnan

Professor - Marketing

Areas of Interest: Marketing, Channel Pricing, Sales

Top Publications

  • Contract Length Determination in the B2B Service Industry: Role of Economic Factors, Business Relationship, and Learning - Journal of Service Research, 99, A*, 2022
  • Peak sales time prediction in new product sales: Can a product manager rely on it? - Journal of Business Research, 98, A, 2023
  • New sustainable product adoption: The role of economic and social factors - Energy Policy, 98, A, 2023

Subrat Sarangi

Professor - Strategy and Marketing

Areas of Interest: Quantitative modeling in PM and distribution, Sports Analytics, Brand Equity Measurement

Top Publications

  • Corporate sustainability and performance: a bibliometric review for two decades - Benchmarking: An International Journal, 90, B, 2025
  • Interactive effects of organizational commitment and incentives on firm resilience during a global crisis - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 95, A, 2024
  • Integrating SMEs market and technology orientation: an exploration of digital technological opportunism, agility, future focus and performance - International Marketing Review, 85, A, 2025

Ranjitha Ajay

Associate Professor - Finance and Area Chair - Finance & Economics

Areas of Interest: Corporate finance, corporate governance, financial reporting quality

Top Publications

  • A Multimarket competition effects on product line decisions–A multiobjective decision model in fast moving consumer goods industry - Journal of Business Research, 98, A, 2021
  • Advancing Understanding of ESG Scores and Executive Compensation Relationships in the Indian Context - Global Finance Journal, 87, A, 2024
  • VfM audit and the UK public sector: A critical review of the VfM reports - Financial Accountability and Management, 85, A, 2022

Angeline Gautami Fernando

Associate Professor - Digital and Social Media Marketing, Business Analytics

Areas of Interest: Digital Marketing and Consumer Behaviour

Top Publications

  • What do consumers want? A methodological framework to identify determinant product attributes from consumer's online questions - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 96, A, 2023
  • Investigation of consumers' cross-channel switching intentions: A push-pull-mooring approach - Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 92, A, 2021

Arti Srivastava

Assistant Professor - Marketing & Research Methodolog

Areas of Interest: Consumer Behavior, Marketing Management, Services Marketing, and Social Marketing

Top Publications

  • Advertising Stigmatized Products: Leverage Social Norms or Break the Stigma? - Journal of Business Research, 97, A, 2024

Benefits

  • Initial Tuition fee stipend of Rs. 50,000 for two years, increasing to Rs. 65,000 subsequently.
  • Funding for attending conferences, collecting data, purchasing software/books through faculty advisor’s research budget and a customised new laptop.
  • Single-occupancy campus accommodation (subject to availability). On-campus housing for married students.
  • Group Health Insurance Policy for Scholars and their immediate family (spouse and dependents).
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