Thought Leader Series

Every year, the Great Lakes community draws insights from leading academicians, nobel prize winners, successful business practitioners, industrialists and eminent personalities from the fields of sports and entertainment. On an average, over 100+ guest speakers share valuable insights beyond the classroom with our students every year.

Over the past few years, we have hosted speakers such as Indra Nooyi, Rahul Dravid, Narayana Murthy, Srikant Datar and more through our Distinguished Thought Leader Series and CXO Connect. Revisit some of the most memorable moments through the recordings that have been made available below.

Indra Nooyi
Former CEO & Chairman, PepsiCo India

Rahul Dravid
Indian Cricket Coach & Former Captain Indian National Team

N.R. Narayana Murthy
Former CEO, Infosys

Prof. Robert Wilson
Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus, Stanford University

R Madhavan
Indian Actor, Writer, Director & Producer

A.P.J Abdul Kalam
Former President of India

Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao
22nd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Harsh Lal
Co-founder & Director, Souled Store

Dr. Philip Kotler
Father of Modern Day Marketing, American Marketing Author & Consultant

Anil Kumble
Former Captain & Coach, Indian Cricket Team

Dr. Prabhakant Sinha
Co-founder, ZS Associates

Dr. Vijay Govindarajan
Coxe Distinguished Professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College

Prof. Ann L McGill
Sears Roebuck Professor of General Management, Marketing and Behavioral Science, Chicago Booth

Prof. Hayagreeva Rao
Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Stanford Business School

Lakshmi Narayanan
Co-Founder, Emeritus Vice Chairman, Cognizant

Dr. Sunil Chopra
IBM Distinguished Professor of Operations Management, Kellogg School of Management

Shankar Narayanan
Founder Sanaka Group, Former Managing Director, Carlyle Asia Growth Partners

Mridula Ramesh
Founder, Sundaram Climate Institute, Author

Capt. Raghu Raman
Leadership Advisor, Coach & Author

Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian
17th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India

Dr. Simon Gaplin
Director - Economic Development Office, NEOM

Dr. Devika Subramanian
Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

Shiv Shivkumar
Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy, Aditya Birla Group

Dr. Ram Charan
Indian-American business consultant, speaker, and writer

Dr. Shyam Sunder
James L. Frank Professor Emeritus of Accounting, Economics, and Finance at Yale School of Management

Dr. Philip Kotler
Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management,

Dr. Srikant Datar
Dean of Harvard Business School

V.G. Narayanan
Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education and HBS Online, Harvard Business School

John F. O. Bilson
Professor of Finance and Director of the MS and Ph.D. Programs of Finance, Illinois Institute of Technology

R Seshasayee
Ex- Chairman of IndusInd Bank

Madhav V. Rajan
Dean of Booth School of Business

Ganesan Ramachandran
Managing Director - Tech Strategy and Advisory at Accenture Services Pvt Ltd