Industry Engagement
Indra Nooyi
Former Chairman & CEO
PepsiCo
Anil Kumar Misra
CHRO
Magic Bricks
Dr. Suresh Narayanan
Chairman & Managing Director
Nestlé India
Lakshmi Narayanan
Co-Founder & Emeritus Vice Chairman
Cognizant
Shashank Srivastava
Executive Director
Maruti Suzuki
Anil Bhasin
President
Havells India Ltd
Arindam Banerrji
EVP & MD - India & Philippines
Wells Fargo
Pavan Shah
Head of Machine Learning & Data Science
Google UK
Vinay Kushwaha
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Britannia
Dr. Ram Charan
Author - What the CEO wants you to know
World Renowned Business Advisor
VG Narayanan
Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Dr. Hayagreeva Rao
Atholl McBean Professor of OB & HR
Stanford GSB
Sunil Chopra
IBM Professor of Operations Management
Kellogg School of Management
Srikant Datar
Arthur Lowe’s Dickinson Professor of Business Administration & Dean Designate
Harvard Business School
Dr. Seenu Srinivasan
Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus
Stanford GSB
Sapience
Sapience is the flagship management conclave conducted by Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon. Each year, Sapience is conducted themed on current trends, innovations and matters concerning Marketing, Finance, HR & OB, Operations, Strategy, Analytics and Entrepreneurship. Over the years, Sapience has attracted hundreds of CXO’s and Senior Management Executives from renowned brands including Google, Britannia, Amazon, Uber, Maruti Suzuki, Axis Bank, AIG, Whirlpool, HDFC, Bharti Airtel, American Express, Cognizant and S&P Global.
Crest 2024
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, hosted its flagship management festival, CREST 2024, on December 4–5, 2024, under the theme "Kalpavriksha: Fulfilling Aspirations, Shaping Success." The event provided a platform for students from India's top business schools to engage in domain-specific competitions across key management areas, including economics, marketing, finance, operations, human resources, strategy, and entrepreneurship. Highlights included a keynote address by Mr. Nikhil Singhal, Managing Director & National Manager of Global Private Banking at HSBC India, and a masterclass by Prof. Bappaditya Mukhopadhyay on Sustainable Development Goals and unintended consequences in decision-making. The festival also featured cultural performances, fostering a blend of learning and celebration. Participants from institutions such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIT Bombay, and many others competed, with winners recognized across various competitions. CREST 2024 exemplified a commitment to leadership, innovation, and collaborative learning.
