Great Lakes signs MoU with Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)

Chennai: Great Lakes Institute of Management, a leading B-School in India has signed a MoU with the School of Business and Management, the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) whose Executive MBA program was ranked #2 globally by FT in 2015. The MoU was signed by Dr.Bala V Balachandran - Founder, Dean and Chairman, Great Lakes Institute of Management and Dr.Jitendra Singh – Dean, School of Business and Management, the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology at HKUST’s campus in the presence of faculty and members of the institute.

The purpose of this MoU is to make possible and to institute academic exchange between Great Lakes and the HKUST Business School. Through this co-operative program, both the institutes will now be able to exchange faculty, graduate management students and research scholars. The MoU also facilitates joint research activities that could eventually lead to a Ph.D program besides organizing international conferences jointly. Immediate possibility foreseen is HKUST’s Executive MBA students doing one residency at Great Lakes along with Great Lakes PGXPM participants. Another area of mutual interest envisaged would be internship and placement opportunities for Great Lakes students in Hong Kong and vice versa.

Signing the MoU, Dr.Bala V Balachandran said, “Great Lakes has always emphasized on its credo – Global Mindset Indian Roots and such collaborations are a way of expanding our horizons globally. I am happy that we have collaborated with HKUST where the culture paves a way for an open environment and an atmosphere conducive to the exchange of knowledge and innovative ideas among students, research scholars and faculty.” Besides the exchange programs, I am positive that Great Lakes and HKUST will work towards newer initiatives in the future with a strong focus on research, he added.

About Great Lakes Institute of Management: Great Lakes was founded in 2004 by Padma Shri Dr.Bala V. Balachandran with a vision of becoming the leading Management Institution in India providing Quality Education at an affordable cost and Human Capital for Emerging Economies. In 2014, Great Lakes was accredited by Association of MBAs (AMBA, UK) for its PGPM and PGXPM programs and became the youngest B-school in India to receive this prestigious international accreditation. In 2015, Great Lakes received international SAQS accreditation from AMDISSA making it one of the few B-Schools in India to receive two prestigious international accreditations.

Led by exceptional academic faculty, steered by an outstanding advisory council and buoyed by the international collaborations, Great Lakes has, within a short span of 10 years emerged as a top-ranked business school. For the year 2015, Great Lakes has been ranked No.1 for its Analytics program by Analytics India, 5th among private B-Schools in India by Careers 360, 7th among India’s top one-year executive MBA/PGP programmes by Business Today, 9th under the category top one-year programs in the country by Business World, 9th among one year MBA program by Outlook India, and 10th among top ten B-Schools in India by Business India.‬‬‬
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Great Lakes has 50+ full time faculty and 130+ visiting faculty including over 20 international faculty from top global schools like Yale, Kellogg, Stanford, etc. Further collaborations with world's leading institutions like Georgia State University, Nanyang Technological University, University of Houston, University of Bordeaux, etc., have helped Great Lakes in globally benchmarking its programs. Great Lakes has a 27.5 acres LEED Platinum rated green campus in Chennai and a second campus in Delhi-NCR. Great Lakes offers One Year full time MBA for experienced professionals, Two year MBA with focus on Emerging Markets, Part Time Executive MBA Program, Weekend Executive MBA Program, Specialized sectoral management programs in Information Technology, Retail, Analytics, Health Care and Energy. Students graduating from Great Lakes are recruited by world renowned organizations both in India and overseas.