Great Lakes Chennai Reviews on Placements, Faculty & Facilities ,Kanchipuram

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4.3

Based on 75 Verified Reviews
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Placements
3.9
Infrastructure
4.7
Faculty & Course Curriculum
4.6
Crowd & Campus Life
4.4
Value for Money
3.9
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Amit Bisht | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 5 Sep 2023
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Review of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

Placements: Our college provides good placements. Many top companies visit our college to recruit students. They provide summer internship opportunities. The average salary package offered is 1.4 LPA. Top recruiting companies are KPMG, Deloitte, etc.

Infrastructure: The hostel facilities are good.

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Shlok Chadda | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 27 Feb 2022
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4.4
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
If worked hard in study period, the ROI is good.

Placements: Our batch witnessed an excellent season of placements this year. Business and Strategy Consulting came up with the most job offering industry, followed by Technology Consulting. The highest domestic package offered was 33.26 Lacs per annum. The season saw participation from major recruiters like Accenture, ADP, Brain, Bristlecone, Deloitte, Cognizant, E&Y GDS, FedEx, HCL, Infosys, Incedo, Optum, Tiger Analytics, Zoom, and ZS Associates.

Infrastructure: Life at Great Lakes is awesome. Great Lakes is situated 40 km away from Chennai city. The event is conducted throughout the year by various clubs in the college. Library cards are provided to us through which we can access all the books in the library. We do have sports events in our college, like cricket tournament, volleyball etc. I got a four-sharing room with attached bathroom and food facilities included, with fees 6500 per head. Wi-Fi facility is provided. A gym, indoor games, table tennis...

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Vijay Veerwal | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 27 Feb 2022
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
The return of investment from this college is not as good as it could be.

Placements: The institute helps us to get exposed to an appropriate mix of knowledge and experience of the real-world. During our placement term, the institute observed an excellent placement record of over 97% with the highest salary pacakhge of 13 LPA being offered. Maximum offers are made by TCS, Deloitte US & India, Accenture, HCL, Aditya Birla Capital, ADP, Amazon, Barclays, Cognizant, Capgemini, etc.

Infrastructure: Classrooms are technology embedded and Wi-Fi enabled. There are many recreational facilities along with...

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Vinod kumar | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2019
Reviewed on 22 Jan 2022
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4.8
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Life of students at the college.

Placements: Around 80 percent of students get placement easily. The highest package was around 5lakh and the lowest was about 2 Lacs. Around 60 percent of students got internship. Top roles offered from college are they support you in every possible manner. And guide you towards your future.

Infrastructure: Yes Wi-Fi is available within college premises and the speed of Wi-Fi is also fine. Labs, classrooms and library are regularly cleaned and maintained. The quality of food at the college is also fine and they prepare dif...

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Vinamra dutt jonn ... | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 17 Apr 2020
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
Slightly dissatisfied about ROI.

Placements: Students were offered roles of business consulting, tech consulting, product manager, BSFI, also in analytics wing as data scientists etc. Companies like ab InBev, Accenture strategy, amazon, EY, Gartner, society general, ADP, ZS associate came for recruitment.

Infrastructure: Sports facilities are good because it is students driven. Infrastructure is outstanding and was well maintained. Students are given Individual rooms with all the facilities. Also there are dual sharing rooms in the facility if interested ...

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JUDIN FINNY | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 19 Sep 2019
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Great lakes ; Great life.

Placements: Great lakes ensures 100% placements. The average CTC was around 9.3 Lacs and the figures are increasing year after year. Deloitte, McKinsey, CRISIL, JP Morgan & Chase, world bank, RBS, Barclays, Amazon, Anheuser-Busch InbevITC, Britannia, Lotte are some of our top recruiters for internships and placements.

Infrastructure: Great lakes is South Asia's first LEED platinum campus and the infrastructure is top-notch. All the classes are air-conditioned and well-equipped with individual laptop charges and other teaching aids. The Wi-Fi is accessible to students 24*7 for both laptop and mobile phones. The mess and canteen are good even though the food is vegetarian (You can pay for non-veg separately). Hostel life is amazing with air-conditioned rooms and furnished with good quality Godrej furniture. The campus and host...

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Prabhat Mehta | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 19 Sep 2019
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
The college is a bit costly, but worth it.

Placements: All students got placed in our course. The highest salary package offered is 28 LPA, and the lowest salary package offered is 9 LPA, and the average salary package offered is 13 LPA. Deloitte and TCS are the top recruiting companies. Top roles offered are business analyst, data scientist, sales, presales, and tech consultant, etc. It is a 1-year programme, and no internship, but direct placements are provided. Data available on site is trustworthy.

Infrastructure: Faculty members are very good, and in analytics,...

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Anirban Basu | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 18 Sep 2019
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
Global mindset, Indian roots.

Placements: We are yet to sit for placements. Although according to the trend, great Lakes Institute of Management has been on the rise and top companies come for recruitment. Analytics is the niche course of Great Lakes and is considered amongst the best in India.

Infrastructure: The infrastructure is better than many other campuses across India. It is a platinum campus. Campus is equipped with a gym, football field, badminton courts, tennis court, basketball ground, and many other things. Hostels are well maintained. You'...

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Ankur Bhargava | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 15 Sep 2019
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3.2
Placements 3 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 3
You need to know about GLIM.

Placements: The placements are really good in terms of offerings, package and alumni relations. The companies offer good roles and positions. The reviews from alumni are very positive in terms of job culture and environment, and it is relevant to the past work experience.

Infrastructure: The infrastructure of the college is on par with any other top management colleges. It is the leed campus. You may search what leed campus means. The hostel is well-equipped with all the amenities and luxuries. One cannot have a better educ...

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RAHUL KUMAR JHA | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 15 Sep 2019
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4.4
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Awesome faculty and Good Placements.

Placements: 100% of students are placed each year, and the dream company is Accenture strategy which gives a top package of 29 Lacs per annum. Our average package is 13.1 Lacs per annum. Students in PGPM course get a minimum of 9 Lacs per annum package. Top roles offered are consulting and data scientist.

Infrastructure: Our campus is the first platinum-rated campus in India. We have top class infrastructure which includes centralized A/C classrooms, AC hostels to beat the heat. The entire campus is Wi-Fi connected and Libr...

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Akshay Garg | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 14 Sep 2019
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4.2
Placements 3 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
It is a good college, but it requires time to provide better placements.

Placements: Almost 100% of the students got placed in the previous year with an average salary package of around 8 LPA, and the highest salary package of 13.5 LPA and the lowest salary package of 6.5 LPA. The top recruiters of our course are the Consulting and Analytics firm. Internship placements are also good, and about 89% of the students can get internships with a stipend in almost 95% of the companies which visit the college to offer internships.

Infrastructure: I would rate 5 stars to the infrastructure of the college. The campus is fully Wi-Fi enabled, and 24x7 water facility is available. The library is well-equipped with books as well as the digital subscription. Classrooms are generally in a semi-circular manner so that every student can have the right focus toward the teaching faculty members. The mess is good and is maintained by Sodexo, and there is a 24x7 shop for other eaters on the campus. Medical faculty is available for 24 hours, along with...

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Vivek Vasireddy | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 14 Sep 2019
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Great Lakes is a great place to learn.

Placements: Almost 100% of the students from our course got placed. The highest salary package of 23 LPA and the average salary package of 13 LPA and the lowest salary package of 8 LPA are offered in our college. Amazon, Accenture Strategy, Deloitte, TCS, etc., are the top recruiters of our college. Business analyst, data scientist, financial risk analyst and consultant are the top roles offered in our course. As this is a PGPM course (1 year MBA), so we don't have internships. Our college offers other cour...

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Saurabh Chawla | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2019
Reviewed on 8 Sep 2019
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3.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
Placements, faculty and infrastructure are good.

Placements: Almost 100% of the students got placed. The highest salary package offered was 29 LPA. The lowest salary package offered was 7.5 LPA. The average salary package offered was 13 LPA. Analytics companies were the top recruiting companies. Technology consultant and functional consultant were the top roles offered to students. Almost 100% of the students got an internship in companies like Wells Fargo, TCS, etc.

Infrastructure: There are air-conditioned classrooms. The hostel is also equipped with air-conditioner. Th...

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Malavika Chatterjee | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 7 Sep 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Review of Great Lakes Institute of Management.

Placements: Almost 100% of the students got placed. The highest salary package offered is 12.5 LPA. The lowest salary package offered is 8 LPA. The average salary package offered is 10.5 LPA. Companies like McKinsey, JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland, eClerx, Gain Insights, I2 Decisions, Aditya Birla Capital, Barclays, Crisil, HDFC Bank, HDFC Life, HSBC, ICICI Bank, ICRA, Vysya Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Marsh, Samunnati, Societe General, Wells Frago, etc., visited our campus for placements. Roles like corp...

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Abhijit N. | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 7 Sep 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
The college offers fun and education in correct proportions. There is very less time to sleep.

Placements: Generally, there is 100% placement record. Great Lakes considers TCS sabbaticals who are going back to TCS are considered to be placed. Around 40 out of 400 people went back to TCS. The highest salary package offered was 34 LPA. The lowest salary package offered was 8 LPA. The average salary package offered was 12.3 LPA. Cognizant, Capgemini, Deloitte, Accenture, are the top recruiters. Roles of a product manager are offered. I am doing a one year course, so the internship is not offered here. P...

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Anonymous | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 7 Sep 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Very good faculty, amazing campus, good placements.

Placements: Placements usually are in the range of rupees 10-15 LPA. Average was around rupees 13.9 LPA last year. Various domain roles visit the campus. Last year almost all students got placed till their course got completed. PGPM course doesn't have a internship window because its a 1 year course.

Infrastructure: Infrastructure of hostels and classrooms is very good. Library is top notch with all the reference materials available. Campus is LEED Platinum rated, so its completely green and pollution free. There are facili...

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Vibhu Raj | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 6 Sep 2019
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4.0
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 3
It is an excellent college to do a 1-year fast track course.

Placements: About 100% of the students got placed. The average salary package offered is 13.1 LPA, and the highest salary package offered is 29 LPA. The placement season top companies like Accenture, ADP, Amazon, Barclays, TCS, Delloite, EY, HCL, ITC, infotech, ZS associates, and Honeywell visited the campus. The top roles offered are tech consulting, business consulting and strategy roles.

Infrastructure: Facilities like Wi-Fi, labs, library and classrooms are available, and quality of mess and canteen food is good. Medic...

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Vipul Verma | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 6 Sep 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
A World class faculty and a beautiful campus.

Placements: 100% of the students were placed at an average CTC of Rs.13.1 Lacs. The highest salary that was offered was 29 Lacs. Top roles that were offered were in Management Consulting, Tech Consulting, Strategy, Business Analysts, Data Analytics, etc. Almost every student from PGDM programme got summer internships in top Consulting firms.

Infrastructure: We have world class infrastructure. A platinum rated LEED Certified campus with lush greenery all around. You would actually feel like you are in a resort with the close...

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Minnu Sathish | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 3 Sep 2019
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Absolutely it is an awesome college.

Placements: Almost 100% of the students got placed in our course. The highest salary package of 26 LPA and the lowest salary package of 7 LPA and the average salary package of 14 LPA are offered. Deloitte, Aditya Birla and Amazon are the top recruiters. Business analyst, business consultant, BFSI and commerce are the top roles offered in our course. Almost 100% of the students got internships. Deloitte, JP Morgan, Barclays, McKinsey, Aditya Birla and HSBC offer internships.

Infrastructure: Facilities available here are top-notch, and the entire campus is enabled with high-speed Wi-Fi facility. All the classrooms and auditorium are well maintained. The resource centre has a huge collection of books and is open from 8 am to 2 am. There are many syndicate rooms where students can sit together and do their projects, which is a good facility. The mess food is managed by Sodexo, which is good, and we get a good variety of food. The sports facility is also good with tennis court, basketb...

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Akshay Agnihotri | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 2 Sep 2019
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4.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Best one year MBA in India. Best ROI with quality faculty in a top-quality campus.

Placements: Almost 100% placements were provided for 2019 batch. Amazon offered the highest salary package of 29 LPA, and Accenture Strategy offered a salary package of 27 LPA. The average salary package of 13.1 LPA was offered for the entire batch. HCL, Accenture, TCS and Deloitte were top recruiters. Consulting and analytics were the top roles offered. Accenture offered 17 LPA salary package for operations role.

Infrastructure: The infrastructure of the college is top class. Platinum LED campus and the entire campus is W...

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