Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon is a young budding institute beckoning the field of Energy Management and Research. Students who join Great Lakes IEMR are trained as such that they are able to prove their standing in the less explored Energy sector. A world class institute, Great Lakes IEMR was established with the vision to facilitate learning in a state-of-the-art mode. To nurture students all round growth is this institute prime focus. For this, it works diligently round the clock with sheer support and commitment. Set under the auspices of Padma Shri Dr. Bala V. Balachandran, Great Lakes IEMR aims towards carving a niche for itself as a premier management institution. Private by nature, this B-school ranks in the list of top 20 B-schools as per surveys by Business World and Career 360 magazines.
Through means of holistic approach and career development sessions, students here get to gain a professional outlook along with critical thinking ability. Not just another B-school, Great Lakes IEMR believes in covering all those aspects that can enable students to face real-time situations with correct perspectives and strategies. Also, with its exponential faculty with great industry experience, this institute succeeds in fulfilling its endeavour.
Strong coalitions with various renowned companies easily boost up this institute’s standing. Corporate partnerships with leading firms too add stars to this institute’s footing
The duration of the program is 2 years (52 alternate weekends), spread across 8 terms with rigorous 720 hours of class room learning. The program targets the learners who are ambitious, career focused working professionals with 2 to10 years’ of work experience. The curriculum comprises of 36 class room delivered courses & 1 year long dissertation work for a 120 credit program.
The private sector has become an integral part of this hitherto public sector dominated industry. Even the investors with several multi-billion dollar IPOs prefer investing in the Power sector. The policy framers and the corporate administration have started concentrating on below listed areas as they have acquired great importance:
Alternative energy
Energy efficiency
Environmental management
Smart technologies
In order to realize the growth promised by these investments there is a requirement of numerous efficient managers. Moreover, there is a vital need engage even the existing managers from the sector with the different facets of sustainable development. The course has been designed taking into consideration all these requirements. Course content matches that of the core PGPM program offering of Great Lakes. Only the delivery is staggered over 2 years.
The admission shall be through an entrance test and a panel interview. Competent and dexterous personnel taken from the faculty pool of Chennai & New Delhi shall comprise the staff. The second year comprises of a unique, fully mentored 12 credit dissertation work. Each student will have to identify a core problem in his or her functional area. Functional specialization option will be given spread across three areas:
Interested candidates must satisfy the below listed criteria:
Should have completed a minimum 10+2+3 years of education with an academic track record of 50% throughout from 10th standard through graduation.
Should be currently WORKING.
Should have a minimum work experience of at least 24 months. Candidates with 18-24 months work ex will be considered, if found to be exceptionally good.
All candidates who do not have a valid [<2 years] CAT, XAT or GMAT score will have to write the Great Lakes Entrance test GREAT. Even if your score is valid in terms of its year, if it does not meet up with the selection requirements of Great Lakes, you would be advised to give GREAT.
Students who meet all admission criteria and who need to write the written test would be called for the GREAT test. The test would be conducted in Delhi.
The personal interview would be held in Delhi campus. Dates are mentioned in the inside back cover of the Brochure.
Selected candidates would be intimated of the results, with instructions for payment of fees and completion of any other admission formalities.
For candidates who are directly sponsored by their organisations, the institute would enter into an agreement with the employer.
Participants once admitted into the program shall abide by the rules, regulations and codes of conduct of the institute. Any deviation shall entail appropriate action which may include expulsion from the program, if found warranted by the institute.
Those willing to take admission must adhere to the following line of action:
Payment of application fee (Rs 1500), filling out the application form and submission is fully online.
The online payment option will create a password accessible application format for you. You can have multiple accesses to your application for filling up at your pace. Once application form is fully complete, upload it for final submission.
Candidates have to provide the official email id of the recommender. The recommendation letters will also have to be submitted online only.
Great Lakes IEMR boasts a superb placement cell with robust enthusiasm and round the clock approach. It is with this placement cell’s activeness and esteemed advisory board that students are able to garner top positions in leading concerns. Students who seek its assistance are assured full placement opportunity in blue chip concerns.
Through means of workshops and lab practices, students get to hone their personality and caliber. Moreover, crisp and interactive methodologies too play a pivotal role in sharpening student’s employment prospects. They include sessions on:
Financial Modeling
Leadership Development
Role playing
Platform skills
The placement cell, here, works as such that its students go onto prove themselves as assets in the industry with dynamic potential. Key highlights of Summer Placements 2011 (PGPM 2012):
More than 25 companies from the Energy sector participated in the summer placements
25 % of the batch received offers for highly sought after consulting roles in leading firms
Major public sector giants like HPCL, BPCL, IGL, PFC made a large number of offers in both Oil &Gas and Power
Most of the profiles offered were in the domain of Strategy and Finance
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