Great Lakes Institute of Management, a premier B-School in the country, recently held its 8thYale - Great Lakes International Research Conference at its LEED certified campus. The event was graced by Prof. Serge Evraert, Dean, IAE Bordeaux and Dr. Jyoti Bachani, St. Mary’s College of California.
The annual Yale-Great Lakes conference by
Yale-Great Lakes Center for Management Research aims to promote, facilitate and
advance India-centric management related research which contributes to the
development of basic and applied knowledge in the field of management. The
center acts as a bridge that links scholars around the globe with India as a
common interest. This 8thinternational
conference had various research papers presented on all area of business
and management.
26 excellent full research
papers were presented and 17 research proposals were displayed in the
conference. Professors and Doctoral students from renowned Institutions in the
country such as IIMs, IITs, IBS, Symbiosis, to name a few, presented the papers
under wide range of topics such as Rural Woman Entrepreneurship, Motivation in
teaching business, perspective of money laundering in real estate, Hybrid ERP,
Green Marketing in India. Apart from student’s proposals, the conference also
witnessed proposal being presented by participants from one of world’s leading
technology consulting outsourcing company Capegemini, Mumbai.
The conference was inaugurated and
opened with a welcome note by Dr. Bala V Balachandran, Founder & Dean,
Great Lakes Institute of Management who addressed and welcomed delegates,
professors and the students.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Bala
said, “Great Lakes is a perfect combination of academic elegance blending with
business excellence and in this direction the institute contribute towards
knowledge creation by supporting research.
With his vast knowledge in finance and accounting
Prof. Serge Evraert, Dean, IAE Bordeaux shared his perspectives on the
outlook for the European economy and the growth drivers which can give thrust
to the current financial condition. He also shared his views on international
financial and banking scenario among European nations.”
Dr. Jyoti Bachani, St. Mary’s College of
California, during her presentation on the topic ‘JUGAAD: An Indo American
perspective on India ingenuity’ said “that Indian Jugaad is capturing global
attention as an ingenuity platform where Indians manage to innovate given time
and resource constraints. She said that in the western context therefore it is
very confusing since it is not structured. Jugaad, according to her, cannot be
explained but only be experienced.
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 . The campus
has been built on sprawling 27.5 acres and is LEED Platinum rated. The
institute has academic alliances with Stuart Graduate School of Business USA,
Yale University USA., and Nanyang Technical University, Singapore to name a
few. In a short span of 9 years since inception, it is ranked in the Top 10 B
Schools of India in 2012 (Outlook & Careers 360)
The
institute offers a flagship one year Post Graduate Program in Management
besides a Two year regular Post Graduate Diploma in Management. In addition,
for Executives there are 2 part time programs to choose besides a Global
Executive MBA in Energy Management in association with Bauer college, Houston
Texas.
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 and Dr. AswathDamodaran
amongst others.
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.
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