Business Perspectives

Industry Leadership Series

Great Lakes, Gurgaon, has 50+ CXOs, Policy Makers and Senior Management Executives engaging with our students every year. Students get an opportunity to interact with industry leaders who have been at the helm of innovation and transformation in their organizations and industries. Apart from regular guest lectures, industry interactions are also facilitated through various conclaves and events.

Recent Industry Guests

Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi
Former Chairman & CEO
PepsiCo

Anil Kumar Misra

Anil Kumar Misra
CHRO
Magic Bricks

Dr. Suresh Narayanan

Dr. Suresh Narayanan
Chairman & Managing Director
Nestlé India

Lakshmi Narayanan

Lakshmi Narayanan
Co-Founder & Emeritus Vice Chairman
Cognizant

Shashank Srivastava

Shashank Srivastava
Executive Director
Maruti Suzuki

Anil Bhasin

Anil Bhasin
President
Havells India Ltd

Arindam Banerrji

Arindam Banerrji
EVP & MD - India & Philippines
Wells Fargo

Pavan Shah

Pavan Shah
Head of Machine Learning & Data Science
Google UK

Vinay Kushwaha

Vinay Kushwaha
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Britannia

Global Thought Leader Series

Great Lakers get a chance to interact with Thought Leaders, Management Experts and Global Academicians every year through Leadership Talks, Masterclasses and Conclaves. The result is a holistic grooming of students in business acumen, leadership and value systems which have been shaping the contemporary industry.

Dr. Ram Charan

Dr. Ram Charan
Author - What the CEO wants you to know
World Renowned Business Advisor

VG Narayanan

VG Narayanan
Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

Dr. Hayagreeva Rao

Dr. Hayagreeva Rao
Atholl McBean Professor of OB & HR
Stanford GSB

Sunil Chopra

Sunil Chopra
IBM Professor of Operations Management
Kellogg School of Management

Srikant Data

Srikant Datar
Arthur Lowe’s Dickinson Professor of Business Administration & Dean Designate
Harvard Business School

Dr. Seenu Srinivasan

Dr. Seenu Srinivasan
Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus
Stanford GSB

Corporate Events

Sapience

Sapience 2023

Sapience is the flagship management conclave conducted by Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon. Each year, Sapience is conducted themed on current trends, innovations and matters concerning Marketing, Finance, HR & OB, Operations, Strategy, Analytics and Entrepreneurship. Over the years, Sapience has attracted hundreds of CXO’s and Senior Management Executives from renowned brands including Google, Britannia, Amazon, Uber, Maruti Suzuki, Axis Bank, AIG, Whirlpool, HDFC, Bharti Airtel, American Express, Cognizant and S&P Global.

HR Conclave

HR Conclave 2019

Great Lakes, Gurgaon, conducted the HR Conclave based on the theme Millennials and the Evolving Work Environment. Ms. Niti Khosla, Global Head of People Analytics and Business Impact at Novartis International, and Dr. Manoj Varghese, former HR Director (APAC) at Google, delivered the keynotes. This was followed by panel discussions on ‘Managing Millennial Motivations’ and ‘Navigating the Technology-Impacted Workspace’, with top executives from renowned firms including IndusInd Bank, Infosys, Reckitt Benckiser and Genpact.

Next Steps

Associations

  • IIT Stuart School of Business
  • BABSON
  • BAUER
  • University of Bordeaux
  • HKUST
  • UMKC
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