Industry Engagement
Vimal Choudhary
Head and Board Member
McKinsey Knowledge Center
Hari Krishnan
Managing Director, Content & Marketing Communications
Publicis Groupé India
Shobhna Rajagopal
Group Finance Manager
Microsoft
Atantra Dasgupta
Senior Director (South West Asia Head)
Samsung India HME
Vishal Sharma
Global Head of HR- Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain and Quality
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Ashish Maheshwari
Chief Financial Officer
Apollo Health & Lifestyle
Cherryn Dogra
Chief Marketing Officer
Bharti Realty
Charit R Agarwal
Chief Analytics Officer
Niva Bupa Health Insurance
Vishal Sagar
Director
Pocket FM
Indra Nooyi
Former Chairman & CEO
PepsiCo
Anil Kumar Misra
CHRO
Magic Bricks
Dr. Suresh Narayanan
Chairman & Managing Director
Nestlé India
Lakshmi Narayanan
Co-Founder & Emeritus Vice Chairman
Cognizant
Shashank Srivastava
Executive Director
Maruti Suzuki
Anil Bhasin
President
Havells India Ltd
Arindam Banerrji
EVP & MD - India & Philippines
Wells Fargo
Pavan Shah
Head of Machine Learning & Data Science
Google UK
Vinay Kushwaha
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Britannia
Dr. Ram Charan
Author - What the CEO wants you to know
World Renowned Business Advisor
VG Narayanan
Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Dr. Hayagreeva Rao
Atholl McBean Professor of OB & HR
Stanford GSB
Sunil Chopra
IBM Professor of Operations Management
Kellogg School of Management
Srikant Datar
Arthur Lowe’s Dickinson Professor of Business Administration & Dean Designate
Harvard Business School
Dr. Seenu Srinivasan
Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus
Stanford GSB
Sapience
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.
CREST
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, annually hosts its flagship management festival, CREST, centered around diverse themes such as Kalpavriksha, Chanakya Neeti, and The Galilean. The event serves as a platform for students from premier business schools, including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, and IIT Bombay, to compete in domain-specific challenges across key management disciplines—economics, marketing, finance, operations, human resources, strategy, and entrepreneurship. Beyond academic rigor, CREST integrates cultural performances, fostering a dynamic blend of learning and celebration. The festival underscores a commitment to leadership, innovation, and collaborative excellence.
