Great Lakes signs MoU with HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management..

Great Lakes Institute of Management, a top business school in India signed an agreement of cooperation with HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management effective from December 1st 2013. HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is the No-1 business school in Germany and is ranked 28^th globally in FT Rankings. HHL is the first private business school in Germany to be accredited by AACSB.

Prof Frank Hoffman, Director, International Relations who visited Great Lakes Chennai campus recently interacting with Faculty, students and was highly impressed with the quality of Students, Faculty and Infrastructure. He also acclaimed the reputation that Great Lakes have made in such a short span of time.

The agreement of cooperation between Great Lakes and HHL, enables student exchange from both Institute and allows students to spend one semester at the partner institute. The tuition fee is waived for exchange students, while the living expenses shall need to borne by the students. The exchange program is for a semester and is open to students of all programs (both full time and executive) at Great Lakes.

 The agreement also encourages exchange of Study Materials and exchange of teaching staff with the objective of giving lectures and seminars. Under this exchange the faculty shall be spending one year at Leipzig. Recently faculties from IIMB and MDI, Gurgaon have spent a year at Leipzig. The faculty can also participate in research programs and can visit the school in Germany on short trips for joint research work.

Another unique aspect of the association is the visit of Executive students at HHL to visit India on an immersion program for a week’s time. The program apart from the regular course modules shall also take students on Industry visits to give them a better understanding of the Indian working culture. The association with HHL is yet another step by Great Lakes, keeping in sync with its motto of Global Mindset, Indian Roots and providing Great Lakes students global exposure.

About Great Lakes Institute of Management..

Great Lakes Institute of Management is a leading B-school in India founded in 2004 by Prof. Bala V. Balachandran J.L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management Northwestern University, USA . Great Lakes IEMR has been set up with a vision to be the leading academic and research institute in Asia for developing leadership talent and innovative solutions for the Energy sector. It is an endeavor to develop world class human resources and knowledge capital to support the rapidly growing energy sector in India and the dynamically evolving energy landscape globally.

India today is investing heavily to build core infrastructure in energy, transportation and communications to support the economic growth of the country. The growth of the sector provides opportunities for young professionals to participate at an exciting phase of transition and growth as Change Masters and to take on top leadership positions in the foreseeable future. Great Lakes IEMR's innovative and industry-backed Post-Graduate Management Programs focus on developing strong business management skills and leadership qualities coupled with an opportunity to gain specific domain knowledge in the key energy areas and emerging renewable energy and sustainable development arena.

Faculty at Great Lakes, with their exceptional credentials and deep insights into the Industry, ensure an up-to-date and relevant learning experience in intellectual sphere, interfaced with emotional intelligence and social & spiritual consciousness, 3-orbits of learning as we call it. Our numerous corporate partnerships with leading firms that are offering their strong support bear testimony to the relevance of the programs, the quality of the Institute and the demand for future leadership paradigms. It is our honour that we have been considered by the industry as the country's leading energy management school and our constant endeavor is to be at the forefront of research, knowledge and talent building for India's growing energy sector.

The institute has academic alliances with Stuart Graduate School of Business USA, Yale University USA., and Nanyang Technical University, Singapore.

The institute offers a flagship Two year Post Graduate Program in Management - Energy besides One year Post Graduate Program in Management – General Management.

Great Lakes Institute of Management is guided by a Business Advisory Council chaired by Mr. Ratan Tata, and  comprises of corporate stalwarts like Mr. Jamshyd Godrej, Mr. S Ramadorai, Mr. Kumaramangalam Birla, Mr. Narayana Murthy to name a few. The Academic Advisory Council chaired by Dr. Bala V Balachandran includes world renowned management gurus including Dr. Philip Kotler, Dr. Seenu Srinivasan, Dr. Raghuram Rajan and Dr. Aswath Damodaran amongst others. Mr. Jamshyd N Godrej is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of  Great Lakes Institute of Management.

Faculty from leading business schools such as Harvard, Stanford, Stuart, Kellogg and Florida teach at the institute. Chinese is a mandatory course for the students at Great Lakes. Eminent personalities like Dr. Ratan Tata, Dr. Deepak Chopra, (Late) Dr. C.K. Prahalad, Dr. Y.V. Reddy, Dr. Philip Kotler, Dr. Finn E Kydland , Mr. Vivek Paul, and Mr. Rahul Bajaj have visited the institute and have addressed the students.

For further information:

Krishna Moorthy and Asad Ghalib Pasha

Avian-Media

94421 91717, 99432 16959

krishna@avian-media.com/asad@avian-media.com

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