Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

GLIM Chennai is NBA accredited and AICTE approved B-School. The Institute have 18 NIRF ranking among the top business schools and 9th ranking by business India. Now come to the your point, If we see the PGDM Class profile for batch 2018-20, than 26% are female while the 74% are Male students. Now lets see the educational background of students, than 21% of students are from Non-Technical background, While from technical side these are about 71% and 8% from B.Sc. And other streams. Total 77% of students are fresher here and 23% of students are having experience from 0-24 months. Further the campus placement process for the PGPM Class of 2020 witnessed an excellent season with 95% students already been placed within 9 months of programme commencement. The average CTC of the batch increased to 13.6 Lacs p. a. and the highest domestic CTC offered increased to 28.6 Lacs p. a. So keeping the above facts in consideration you may take the appropriate decision regarding this. Good Luck.

Our academic record is good, you should stand a chance if you maintain your CAT. Your CAT score should be nothing less than 93-95%. The reason for their higher cut offs can be justified by their placement opportunities. 138 PPOs were offered to MDI students by 106 participating recruiters. The average salary was INR 20.13 Lacs and the highest domestic salary was 40.79 Lacs. A candidate with an excellent academic track, has all eligibility criteria points, good communication skills and analytical skills and possesses the ability to take up challenges is called an ideal Candidate. And with your academic track, you can make it to MDI, if you can score a percentile of at least 95. Last year 55% of CAT score is given weightage. And for an example we shall give you an idea of score for each section of CAT exam and its overall weightage so as to let you prepare accordingly.

For PGDM 2020 Intake, Great Lakes Institute of Management will accept scores of GMAT taken after 1st January 2018, CAT taken in 2018/2019, XAT taken in 2019/2020 or CMAT taken in 2019/2020.
PGDM applicants are evaluated based on GMAT/CAT/XAT/CMAT scores, past academic performance, essays, work experience (if any) and performance in the personal interview. The selection process builds in a criterion that facilitates evaluating each applicant on Academic Abilities, Standardized Test Scores, Rank Holders, Integrity & Ethical Values and Diversity of Background. At Great Lakes, we do not have fixed cut-offs, we try to evaluate candidates in a holistic manner. We consider the complete profile, so while the test scores are important, we emphasize more on selecting well-rounded candidates with a strong overall track record.