Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, offers scholarships in two categories for its PGPM students - Dr. Bala V. Balachandran Scholarships, and Diversity & Merit Based Scholarships

The institute offers a total of 40 diversity & merit scholarships worth INR 5 Lakhs and 30% of the total scholarships are for female students.

A total of 20 diversity and merit based scholarships worth Rs. 5 Lacs each will be awarded for the PGPM Class of 2022-23 and a minimum of 30% of the scholarships will be for female students

Great Lakes Institute of Management is famous for its popular programme such as PGDM. The college is ranked 31 under the Management category by NIRF 2023.

Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai offers two full-time top ranked MBA programs, the one year Flagship PGPM and the two year PGDM program.

The best course among the offerings at Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai can be considered the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM). This programme is highly regarded and offers competitive placements with a high average salary package. Additionally, the PGDM programme at Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai has a strong faculty base, industry collaborations, and a well-rounded curriculum that prepares students for leadership roles.

The candidate can check the cutoff ranks for Great Lakes Institute of Management at the college's official website. Additionally, at external websites like shiksha. 

The cutoffs for various exams for GLIM are:

• CAT: 80 percentile
• XAT: 80 percentile
• GMAT: 600
• CMAT: 85+ percentile

Both the courses ( MBA and Executive MBA) have a great placement records at Great Lakes Institute of Management. 

There is a small edge to Executive MBA over MBA of 15% Higher packages. 

The executive MBA is a specially crafted course for the professionals who have a work experience of more than 8 years.

The Great Lakes Institute of Management has a the highest package record for the courses PGPM and PGDM - INR 34 Lakhs and INR 46 Lakhs respectively.

Whereas in GIM, Goa has the record of the same courses as INR 55 Lakhs and INR 60 Lakhs in previous year.

It can be said that GIM has a better placement record as compared to that of GLIM. Although the median package of these two are varied too much.

The top recruiters of Great Lakes Institute of Management are:

• Crisil
• DDB Mudra Group
• Darashaw
• Havells
• Hector Beverages (PaperBoat)
• Accenture
• Aditya Birla Sun Life
• CUMI
• ADP
• Airtel

The highest packages offered at Great Lakes Institute of Management for the courses PGPM and PGDM are INR 46 Lakhs and INR 34 Lakhs respectively with median packages being INR 18.1 LPA and INR 14.5 LPA.

There are also summer internships for students with median package being INR 4.25 LPA.