Great Lakes, Chennai’s 18th Convocation presided by Vini Mahajan, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti and Harish Bhat - Brand Custodian, Tata Sons

 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, a premier management institute in the country, hosted its 18^th convocation for the Batch of 2022 students at the Chennai Trade Centre today.  Ms. Vini Mahajan, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, was the Chief Guest for the grand annual event. Mr. Harish Bhat, Brand Custodian, Tata Sons was the Guest of Honour.

 

Mr. Harish Bhatt (Centre), Brand Custodian, Tata Sons along with Mr. Mohan Lakhamraju (left), Chairman, Great Lakes Institute of Management and Dr Suresh Ramanathan (right), Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management handing over the certificate to a student during the 18th convocation of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

As a part of the convocation ceremony, 550 students from the 2022 batch: two full-time and two executive programmes which includes PGPM, PGDM, PGXPM, and PGPM FLEX received their graduation certificates. Cash prizes and Gold medals were announced for meritorious students across the four graduating batches of 2022.

 

Delivering the presidential address, Ms. Vini Mahajan said, “Choose to reach out to the voices that are not heard. As business managers, you must work towards inclusive workspaces. Be aware of what is happening around you. Remain engaged with what is happening in the community and in the society. Focus on reuse and recycle economy”

 

Mr. Harish Bhat shared anecdotes from the Mr. J R D Tata’s life and tips on achieving success. He said “Don’t settle for the good. Strive for excellence or even perfection, in every task, however small it may be. Excellence will lead you to success, which in turn would lead to confidence and fulfilment,” he said.

 

Mr. Mohan Lakhamraju, Chairman, Great Lakes Institute of Management, spoke about how India is poised to grow from GDP 2000 to 10,000 and the tremendous avenues for growth. “Make time your friend. Plan and act.  Let the power of compounding work. Take small steps consistently over a period of time and that will help to build credibility. Do small things right and own up things that happen to you” he said.

 

Dr Suresh Ramanathan, Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, spoke about the path taken by the institution towards its extraordinary growth over the years. In his address, he said, “We have made progress on all aspects and we are able to achieve excellent placement results with every passing year. Our three-point agenda of strengthening the curriculum, developing job ready skills in students and increasing our footprints by collaborating with companies have put us on the final glide path.” 

 

About Great Lakes Institute of Management: Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai founded in 2004 by Padma Shri Awardee Dr. Bala V Balachandran is one of the premier B-schools in India. Great Lakes has 50+ full time faculty and 150+ visiting faculty including over 25+ international faculty from top global schools like Yale, Kellogg, Stanford, and Harvard. Further collaborations with world’s leading institutions like the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Cornell University, University of Bordeaux, Skema School of Business, Frankfurt School of Management etc., have helped Great Lakes in globally benchmarking its programs.

 

Great Lakes, Chennai, is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), UK in 2014 and became the youngest B-school in India to receive this prestigious international accreditation. In 2015, Great Lakes, Chennai also received international SAQS accreditation and in 2017, its two-year PGDM program was accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). 

 

Led by exceptional academic faculty, steered by an outstanding advisory council, and buoyed by international collaborations, Great Lakes has been constantly innovating to stay ahead of the needs of our businesses and community. It is the first B-school in India to offer full time specialization in Analytics and first to introduce AI and Machine Learning specialization. 

 

Great Lakes has a 30-acre LEED Platinum-rated green campus in Chennai and a second campus in Delhi-NCR. In the year 2019, Great Lakes Gurgaon campus received the prestigious AMBA accreditation and was also ranked among the top 5 emerging business schools by the National HRD Network (NHRDN) for the year 2018-2019. 

 

Great Lakes offers One Year full-time MBA (PGPM) for experienced professionals, Two-year MBA (PGDM), Part Time Executive MBA for senior managers, and Weekend Executive MBA Program. Great Lakes alumni currently numbering 10000+, work at world-renowned organizations both in India and overseas across 33 countries.