< Back to the Message pageMessage from the Founder & Dean

Dear friends,

Great Lakes has always had societal wellness at the heart of all its initiatives. Our programs have been crafted to benefit the professional population and also the society at large. We have found our offerings to be successful enough to replicate through the country and as a first step in creating our Pan-India presence, I am delighted to announce the maiden batch of the Great Lakes Post Graduate Working Professional Program in Management (PGWPM) in the National Capital Region – at Gurgaon.

Targeted at those working professionals who work by the week and study by the weekend, by default, the working professional brings to the table a wealth of experience gained from his employment and automatically ‘raises the bar’ of quality in classroom interactions. The program is a potpourri of a wealth of courses, specially designed by some of the best teachers in the management academia in India and the US and provides a holistic integration of scholastic aptitude as well as industrial pragmatism. Apart from the curricular necessities, we have also included imperative initiatives in Corporate Social responsibility, care-share activities and Karma Yoga programs that instill a sense of responsibility amongst our participant students. The result is a great learning opportunity combining the progressive management thought of the west with the value systems, ethical poise and cultural ethos of the east.

In conclusion, if you are looking to make a wise ‘investment’, reap rich dividends from it and cultivate relationships while doing it, Great Lakes is the place to come to. Our uniqueness lies in our ability to transform people into vivacious, enterprising, highly-skilled, motivated and responsible managers and leaders and I invite you warmly and whole- heartedly to join us and simply, feel the difference!

Dr. Bala V. Balachandran
J. L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor (Emeritus in service) of Accounting and Information Management,
Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
Founder and Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India
Executive Professor and Strategy Advisor to the Dean, Bauer College, University of Houston, Texas, USA