
"The One Year at Great Lakes is truly challenging, exhilarating and ultimately transformational"
"The One Year at Great Lakes is truly challenging, exhilarating and ultimately transformational"
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The Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) is the flagship one-year full-time MBA program offered by Great Lakes since 2004, custom-designed to transform high-potential professionals into competent, business-ready managers and leaders through mentorship from world-class faculty, unparalleled industry interface, and a cutting-edge curriculum.
The Great Lakes PGPM is among top ranked one year MBA programs and is meant for achievers, high performers and go-getters who want to change the world for the better. The carefully crafted MBA course is designed to develop business administration competencies, effective team-work and leadership skills to set you up for an accelerated career growth. The program experience is further enhanced by the fact that the class comprises students from very diverse backgrounds and across industries which provides incredible peer learning and sharing of perspectives based on real world experiences. The program attracts participants from leading Indian and MNC firms, many of which also sponsor candidates or offer sabbaticals. The PGPM is an AICTE approved post graduate certificate in management and is accredited by AMBA, UK, one of the world’s most prestigious accreditation bodies for MBA institutes. Discover more about Great Lakes PGPM here and start your journey of transformation.
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World’s renowned Management Gurus and thought leaders are a part of our Academic Advisory Council who help us continuously innovate and globally benchmark our one year PGPM curriculum.
Full time faculty with rich academic and industry experience from across the world ensure that you learn business management from the best of the best.
International visiting faculty from the best colleges for MBA in the world, the Ivy League schools such as Kellogg, Stanford, Yale, etc., provide global perspectives to our PGPM students.
In line with our motto of Global Mindset - Indian Roots, Great Lakes has consistently attracted global thought leaders to share their perspectives with the students in the past. The students of the one year program get a once in a lifetime opportunity to interact with management doyens from some of the best MBA Schools of the world like Harvard, Stanford, Booth, Yale, INSEAD, Kellogg, etc - people who have impacted management education, written textbooks and advised CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
Every year India’s leading companies vie to recruit from the PGPM Batch leading to 100% of the class getting placed consistently before the completion of the program. The recruiters represent a wide range of industries and offer diverse roles across functions. Irrespective of where they work, Great Lakers are equipped and driven to outperform with well-rounded competencies and strong values.
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Thought leaders and industry veterans from across the world interact and share their perspectives with Great Lakers every year.
Full time member strong Business Advisory Council headed by Dr. Ratan Tata and comprising the who’s who of business helps us stay connected and business relevant.
Adi GodrejChairman, Godrej Group
Vijay GovindarajanProfessor, Tuck
Ram CharanGlobal Thought Leader
Philip KotlerProfessor, Kellogg
Ratan TataChairman, TATA Sons
Indra NooyiEx-Chairperson & CEO, PepsiCo
Each year, Great Lakes hosts top executives from the world's largest organisations and most well-known brands. CXO talks present interactive sessions with business leaders on several topics which include management functions, AI, data science, digital transformation and evolving business models.
Mr. R. Seshasayee Fmr Chairman, Infosys
Mr. Ganesan Ramachandran MD, Accenture Strategy
Mr. Suresh Narayanan Chairman & MD, Nestle India
Mr. Ananth Krishnan CTO, TCS
Mr. Mohan Nair SVP & CIO Cambia Health Solutions
Mr. Shrijeet Mishra CIO, Aditya Birla Group
As an MBA student, experiential learning helps the participants put into action the concepts learnt in the class - be it developing leadership and managerial skills, honing strong analytical skills or understanding and analyzing business cases.
A unique Transformational Leadership program which helps the participants develop leadership and management skills while having a lasting impact in 27 villages and lives of thousands of people.
An important aspect of MBA and one-of-a-kind platform for participants to study and critically analyze a real life business problem under the guidance of seasoned industry and faculty mentors.
Great Lakes actively seeks to enhance the student diversity in terms of gender as well as academic and professional backgrounds. The One Year PGPM cohort consists of students from major industry and roles ranging from Finance, Accounting, Advertising, Sales, Marketing, Consulting, Operations, Tech, Human Resources, Defence, Law, Journalism, etc.
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