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Great Lakes Institute of Management, India - Class of 2013

Great Lakes is proud to inform you of GL Connect , a platform wherein Management aspirants across the country get a chance to network & associate with the Institute. Going beyond the regular agenda of discussing the School, application norms, addressing FAQs etc., this year the event offers much...

by varsha_a

Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:03 pm
Forum: MBA Student Life
Topic: Great Lakes Institute of Management, India - Class of 2013
Replies: 64
Views: 38276

“Microfinance: A Panacea for financial Inclusion? If so, how to get there?� was the theme of the 2nd Great Lakes – Union Bank Conference on Financial Inclusion on August 12, 2011. The Financial inclusion is the process of ensuring access to timely financial services and adequate credit needed...

by varsha_a

Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:25 am
Forum: MBA Student Life
Topic: Great Lakes Institute of Management, India - Class of 2013
Replies: 64
Views: 38276

Article provided by Avani Mittal of her visit to Ms. Hillary Clinton's speech at Chennai on 20th July 2011- As we, the students of Great Lakes Institute of Management, started on our journey to Anna Centenary Library on 20th July 2011, we could not ask for more. The 30 of us were super thrilled abo...

by varsha_a

Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:30 pm
Forum: MBA Student Life
Topic: Great Lakes Institute of Management, India - Class of 2013
Replies: 64
Views: 38276

I liked the pig with heart shaped glasses, what exactly does it signify ? It was shown during the talk by Mohit Bhatnagar, MD - Sequoia Capital India, where he spoke about the last lesson he learnt during his start-up. Specially it was a part of the 10th lesson he learnt. Regards, Varsha Agarwal PG...

by varsha_a

Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:07 pm
Forum: MBA Student Life
Topic: Great Lakes Institute of Management, India - Class of 2013
Replies: 64
Views: 38276

5th July each year marks the Founder’s day for Great Lakes Institute of Management as well as the birthday of our very own Dr. Bala. V. Balachandran (Founder and Dean- Great Lakes). At 74, Uncle Bala, as he is fondly called is one of the most dynamic personalities who not only had a vision to prov...

by varsha_a

Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:19 am
Forum: MBA Student Life
Topic: Great Lakes Institute of Management, India - Class of 2013
Replies: 64
Views: 38276

It was a great privilege for us to have Sushma Rajagopalan, Head of Global Strategy and Corporate Development at L&T Infotech, address us on Sushma Rajagopalan, MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a global business leader with more than 20 years of experience in IT services, outsourcing and ...

by varsha_a

Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:24 pm
Forum: MBA Student Life
Topic: Great Lakes Institute of Management, India - Class of 2013
Replies: 64
Views: 38276

It is with pride I mention that mention Great Lakes has added yet another feather to its achievements. Great Lakes Institute of Management has been applauded with the Green Chariot Gold Award by the Rotary Club of Madras for its 27 acre first and only Platinum rated campus. The award was presented o...

by varsha_a

Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:46 am
Forum: MBA Student Life
Topic: Great Lakes Institute of Management, India - Class of 2013
Replies: 64
Views: 38276

Hi Chandni PG in advertising and PR can certainly help you in marketing. Further it depends on what aspect of marketing do you plan to specialize in. In most of the professional courses such as MS/MBA you will have a funneling study pattern where initially you will read the subject broadly but towar...

by varsha_a

Tue May 31, 2011 8:52 am
Forum: Research MBA Programs
Topic: Need help.....!!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 1445

Apart from the ones mentioned here, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai also accepts GMAT scores in addition to CAT and XAT scores. It is a full time one year PGPM program for aspirants with minimum 2 years of work-experience. The program that starts in April. You can visit the website www....

by varsha_a

Tue May 31, 2011 12:13 am
Forum: The Application Process
Topic: List of B-schools in INDIA that accept the GMAT.
Replies: 19
Views: 52026

Hi Siva and Devaraj The extracurriculars can be anything ranging from mountaineering to scuba diving. These activities does not always have to be relevant to MBA. For eg. in my case I was into kick-boxing (sounds tough I know) and this is not really related to MBA. The schools want to check what do ...

by varsha_a

Mon May 30, 2011 11:43 pm
Forum: The Application Process
Topic: Extra Curricular activities
Replies: 3
Views: 1337

You can also practice from the Quantitative review book (2nd edition) published by GMAC. It will be useful as these are past GMAT questions.

by varsha_a

Mon May 30, 2011 11:38 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Quants Improvement!
Replies: 8
Views: 1295

I have been a MBA consultant and coming from my experience you can start the AWA practice in the beginning so that towards the last few days you can focus more on the quant and verbal sections. The AWA is not the kind of section where you will want to spend a lot of effort as this score does not get...

by varsha_a

Mon May 30, 2011 11:36 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Best time to prepare AWA
Replies: 4
Views: 1285