Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai Reviews on Placements, Faculty & Facilities ,Kanchipuram

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4.3

Based on 77 Verified Reviews
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3.9
Infrastructure
4.7
Faculty & Course Curriculum
4.6
Crowd & Campus Life
4.4
Value for Money
3.9
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Amit Bisht | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2025
Reviewed on 5 Sep 2023
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Review of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

Placements: Our college provides good placements. Many top companies visit our college to recruit students. They provide summer internship opportunities. The average salary package offered is 1.4 LPA. Top recruiting companies are KPMG, Deloitte, etc.

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Shlok Chadda | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 27 Feb 2022
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4.4
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
If worked hard in study period, the ROI is good.

Placements: Our batch witnessed an excellent season of placements this year. Business and Strategy Consulting came up with the most job offering industry, followed by Technology Consulting. The highest domestic package offered was 33.26 Lacs per annum. The season saw participation from major recruiters like Accenture, ADP, Brain, Bristlecone, Deloitte, Cognizant, E&Y GDS, FedEx, HCL, Infosys, Incedo, Optum, Tiger Analytics, Zoom, and ZS Associates.

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Vijay Veerwal | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 27 Feb 2022
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
The return of investment from this college is not as good as it could be.

Placements: The institute helps us to get exposed to an appropriate mix of knowledge and experience of the real-world. During our placement term, the institute observed an excellent placement record of over 97% with the highest salary pacakhge of 13 LPA being offered. Maximum offers are made by TCS, Deloitte US & India, Accenture, HCL, Aditya Birla Capital, ADP, Amazon, Barclays, Cognizant, Capgemini, etc.

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Vinod kumar | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2019
Reviewed on 22 Jan 2022
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4.8
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Life of students at the college.

Placements: Around 80 percent of students get placement easily. The highest package was around 5lakh and the lowest was about 2 Lacs. Around 60 percent of students got internship. Top roles offered from college are they support you in every possible manner. And guide you towards your future.

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JUDIN FINNY | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 19 Sep 2019
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Great lakes ; Great life.

Placements: Great lakes ensures 100% placements. The average CTC was around 9.3 Lacs and the figures are increasing year after year. Deloitte, McKinsey, CRISIL, JP Morgan & Chase, world bank, RBS, Barclays, Amazon, Anheuser-Busch InbevITC, Britannia, Lotte are some of our top recruiters for internships and placements.

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Anirban Basu | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 18 Sep 2019
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
Global mindset, Indian roots.

Placements: We are yet to sit for placements. Although according to the trend, great Lakes Institute of Management has been on the rise and top companies come for recruitment. Analytics is the niche course of Great Lakes and is considered amongst the best in India.

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RAHUL KUMAR JHA | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 15 Sep 2019
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4.4
Placements 5 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 4
Awesome faculty and Good Placements.

Placements: 100% of students are placed each year, and the dream company is Accenture strategy which gives a top package of 29 Lacs per annum. Our average package is 13.1 Lacs per annum. Students in PGPM course get a minimum of 9 Lacs per annum package. Top roles offered are consulting and data scientist.

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Akshay Garg | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 14 Sep 2019
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4.2
Placements 3 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 3
It is a good college, but it requires time to provide better placements.

Placements: Almost 100% of the students got placed in the previous year with an average salary package of around 8 LPA, and the highest salary package of 13.5 LPA and the lowest salary package of 6.5 LPA. The top recruiters of our course are the Consulting and Analytics firm. Internship placements are also good, and about 89% of the students can get internships with a stipend in almost 95% of the companies which visit the college to offer internships.

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Malavika Chatterjee | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 7 Sep 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Review of Great Lakes Institute of Management.

Placements: Almost 100% of the students got placed. The highest salary package offered is 12.5 LPA. The lowest salary package offered is 8 LPA. The average salary package offered is 10.5 LPA. Companies like McKinsey, JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland, eClerx, Gain Insights, I2 Decisions, Aditya Birla Capital, Barclays, Crisil, HDFC Bank, HDFC Life, HSBC, ICICI Bank, ICRA, Vysya Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Marsh, Samunnati, Societe General, Wells Frago, etc., visited our campus for placements. Roles like corp...

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Abhijit N. | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 7 Sep 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
The college offers fun and education in correct proportions. There is very less time to sleep.

Placements: Generally, there is 100% placement record. Great Lakes considers TCS sabbaticals who are going back to TCS are considered to be placed. Around 40 out of 400 people went back to TCS. The highest salary package offered was 34 LPA. The lowest salary package offered was 8 LPA. The average salary package offered was 12.3 LPA. Cognizant, Capgemini, Deloitte, Accenture, are the top recruiters. Roles of a product manager are offered. I am doing a one year course, so the internship is not offered here. P...

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Anonymous | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 7 Sep 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Very good faculty, amazing campus, good placements.

Placements: Placements usually are in the range of rupees 10-15 LPA. Average was around rupees 13.9 LPA last year. Various domain roles visit the campus. Last year almost all students got placed till their course got completed. PGPM course doesn't have a internship window because its a 1 year course.

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Vipul Verma | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 6 Sep 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
A World class faculty and a beautiful campus.

Placements: 100% of the students were placed at an average CTC of Rs.13.1 Lacs. The highest salary that was offered was 29 Lacs. Top roles that were offered were in Management Consulting, Tech Consulting, Strategy, Business Analysts, Data Analytics, etc. Almost every student from PGDM programme got summer internships in top Consulting firms.

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Minnu Sathish | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2021
Reviewed on 3 Sep 2019
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4.2
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Absolutely it is an awesome college.

Placements: Almost 100% of the students got placed in our course. The highest salary package of 26 LPA and the lowest salary package of 7 LPA and the average salary package of 14 LPA are offered. Deloitte, Aditya Birla and Amazon are the top recruiters. Business analyst, business consultant, BFSI and commerce are the top roles offered in our course. Almost 100% of the students got internships. Deloitte, JP Morgan, Barclays, McKinsey, Aditya Birla and HSBC offer internships.

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Akshay Agnihotri | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 2 Sep 2019
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4.8
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Best one year MBA in India. Best ROI with quality faculty in a top-quality campus.

Placements: Almost 100% placements were provided for 2019 batch. Amazon offered the highest salary package of 29 LPA, and Accenture Strategy offered a salary package of 27 LPA. The average salary package of 13.1 LPA was offered for the entire batch. HCL, Accenture, TCS and Deloitte were top recruiters. Consulting and analytics were the top roles offered. Accenture offered 17 LPA salary package for operations role.

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Kishan Ajaykumar ... | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 2 Sep 2019
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
The college has good faculty, 100% placements, good infrastructure and industry-ready curriculum.

Placements: As per the last year's data, 100% of students were placed, for this season placements have not started. The highest salary package offered is 29 LPA, and the average salary package offered is 13.9 LPA. Top recruiting companies like TCS, Accenture, Deloitte India and US, HCL, United Health Group, Bristlecone, Fractal Analytics, Mu Sigma visited the campus for placements.

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Dhiraj Mishra | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 30 Aug 2019
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4.6
Placements 4 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
The college offers a fast track management course to make you industry-ready with required skills.

Placements: Currently, I am pursuing my degree and placement season is not yet started, so the placement rate is not provided yet. However, from the previous year records, the college had achieved 100% placements in the past years. As per the previous year validated data, the median salary package offered was around 12-13 LPA. The top recruiters include Amazon, Deloitte, Accenture, Fractal Analytics, Infosys, HCL, TCS, etc. Various roles offered as per the specialisation of domain like operation manager, ma...

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Smruti Dash | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2017
Reviewed on 29 Aug 2019
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4.4
Placements 3 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Review of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

Placements: The college provided 100% placements. The average salary package offered in our batch was 9.5 LPA. The top recruiting companies were Deloitte and Cognizant, who offered a consultant profile. The highest salary offered was 1.3 lacs per month. The lowest salary package offered 8.5 LPA. Since it was a one year course, we didn't have an internship programme.

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Snigdha Liza Priy ... | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2019
Reviewed on 20 Aug 2019
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4.6
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
The college has good infrastructure and facilities.

Placements: All the students got placed through campus recruitment. The highest salary package offered was 30 LPA, and the average salary package offered was 14 LPA. There were many top recruiting companies like Deloitte, TCS, Infosys and ITC. Top roles offered were executive manager, project manager and operations manager.

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Atishay Jain | Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Batch of 2020
Reviewed on 22 Jan 2019
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Good Infrastructure, opportunity to grow, high class faculty, good placement, best in Chennai.

Placements: I am currently in 1st year of PGDM, our placement has not started. But, recruitment for internship is going pretty well, almost 90% of the batch has already been recruited by companies from all over India. The highest stipend offered in internship is around 80,000 per month. Median Internship stipend is 25,000 per month, roles varies from Finance, marketing, market research, operations, project manager and Analytics. Coming to the placement of the senior batch, around 90% students or so are alre...

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Abhijit Mishra | Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) - Batch of 2019
Reviewed on 28 Oct 2018
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4.8
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 4
Great Lakes offers a great learning experience.

Placements: The campus placements for PGPM witnessed 100% placements for the year 2018 across diverse sectors and functional areas. The leading recruiters were Deloitte, ZS Associates, EY, Amazon, Flipkart, Dunia Finance, HSBC, Accenture, TCS, Infosys, and many others. The average salary offered for the batch was 12.17 LPA. The highest salary package offered was 26.38 LPA. Also, the college is doing well this year, and the placement results will be better than the previous year.

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