Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge [Kahlil Gibran]. This quote holds true when you are a couple of years into your workplace. You slowly realize that you do have deep problem solving skills in your home discipline, but cross - disciplinary requirements tend to leave you a bit perplexed. Engineers for one, take time in understanding the nuances of finance domain. In client-facing situations, you suddenly realize that system-facing and client-facing skills are not exactly the same. Cross-functional learning can be initiated by capsulated training sessions at the work place - yet they will take you only so far and no further. If you think that a rigorous rounding of skill sets is what will take your career to the next trajectory, then come back to the class rooms.

Welcome to Great Lakes Institute of Management's Post Graduate Working Professional Program in Management. This new program offers the same academic rigor that we are currently offering to our one-year, full-time residential PGPM students. The only difference is in the time frame of delivery. To facilitate learning while you are still at work, the working professional program is spread over 52 alternate week ends, thus making PGWPM an eight term, 2 year academic program. Over and above the 36 courses that are class room delivered, every enrolled student will go through a fully mentored Master Thesis Project, which will be treated as a full 12-credit course. Renowned faculty from various leading B-Schools and from industry will be hand-holding you through your course work.

Are you game for the new journey - a journey in which perplexity ends and knowledge-seeking begins? Then go ahead and apply. Become a Great Laker. We promise you that the experience will be rewarding

Easwar Krishna Iyer
Director [PGWPM]