September’ 2024, Chennai & Gurgaon: Great Lakes Institute of Management, a premier B-school with campuses in Chennai and Gurgaon, has opened admissions for its full-time two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) for the academic session 2025-27.
The Great Lakes PGDM is a full-time two-year MBA program for fresh graduates and young professionals with up to 3 years of work experience. It leverages a global faculty pool, peer learning among the high potential graduates, extensive industry networking, and experiential learning. The program is AICTE approved and accredited by AMBA (UK) and NBA, and recognized by AIU.
Admissions for the full-time one-year Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) for the academic year 2025-26 opened on July 31, 2024.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA for PGDM 2025-27:
● All applicants are required to apply with a valid GMAT, CAT, or XAT score. Previous year’s scores are also accepted
● Candidates with 0-3 years of work experience (by June 30th, 2025) can apply for the Two-year PGDM
● Candidates with 2-10 years of work experience (by April 30th, 2025) can apply for the One-year PGPM with a valid GMAT, CAT, XAT, or NMAT score. Scores from previous years are also accepted.
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Speaking on the commencement of the admission process, Mr. Gautam Lakhamraju, COO and Admissions Director, of Great Lakes Institute of Management said, “Great Lakes had an exceptional year with record placement and admission outcomes last year. The PGDM Class of 2024 witnessed impressive placements, with the highest annual CTC reaching INR 37 lakhs, with 48 students being offered PPO/PPIs post their summer internships.
The PGDM is a program of choice among freshers and young professionals. In addition to gender and educational diversity, we are now enhancing the professional diversity among candidates. We are inviting candidates with up to 3 years of work experience to apply and enroll for the program. As we commence this year’s admissions process, we are quite optimistic that we will have a stellar response this year as well.”
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Highlights of Great Lakes Institute of Management
● World Class Faculty: 25+ International visiting faculty from the likes of Kellogg, Stanford, Yale, etc., and 50+ renowned full-time faculty offer unparalleled learning and global perspectives.
● Innovative Curriculum: Great Lakes has a future-oriented business curriculum and has been a pioneer in introducing Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning specializations, in addition to courses and pedagogy that incorporate Generative AI, AR, VR, etc. The institute also offers Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Strategy specializations, from which students can choose a major and a minor.
● Rankings: Great Lakes, is ranked 3rd among top standalone institutions by Outlook, 8th among top standalone institutions by India Today, and 34th among top business schools in the management category by NIRF under the Ministry of HRD.
- Globally Benchmarked: Great Lakes is double crowned with the highly reputed international b-school accreditations – AACSB (US) and AMBA (UK), making it the youngest and among the top 10 b-schools in India to receive these accreditations. The institute also has collaborations with Top Global B-Schools and Universities like Cornell, Bordeaux, SKEMA, Frankfurt, IÉSEG, and Chicago Booth (Executive Education) to name a few.
● Placements: Great Lakes has witnessed 100% placements for the last 20 years. The PGDM batch of 2024 has a highest CTC of 37 lakhs p.a. Some of the top recruiters include HP, EY, Deloitte, HSBC, Wells Fargo, PwC, Axtria, Adobe, JP Morgan Chase, Deloitte, TVS Credit, Infosys, Barclays, BNY Mellon, GE Aerospace, CISCO, PayPal, Airtel, Bosch, Godrej Capital, Maersk, FedEx
● Experiential Learning: Emphasis on experiential learning which helps leadership and analytical skills to the test through Karma-Yoga – the Leadership Experiential Action Program (LEAP), Empirical Studies, and student-driven initiatives.
● LEED Certified Campus: The pristine campus of Great Lakes Chennai is Asia’s 1st LEED Platinum Rated campus. The Gurgaon campus also offers world-class facilities and is located in the corporate hub of Delhi-NCR.Admission is open for one-year PGPM – Admissions are also open for the One Year Full-Time Post graduate Program in Management (PGPM) students with 2-10 years of work experience.
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