Remarks
It's a great place to study. A little far from the main city of Chennai but you get everything on the campus so it's OK. The food is also very good. Course is bit hectic but it's worth every penny.
Course Curriculum Overview
Being a one year course, the curriculum is quite rigourous. There are total 7 terms, 3 with core subjects and 4 with elective subjects. Whatever you cover in first year of two year pgdm, you'll cover here in first 3 terms. The course is hectic, so you need to be mentally prepared. But it's worth it.
Internships Opportunities
No. Its a one year course and criteria for admission is minimum 2 years of work experience hence internships are not required as every one has worked before. For 2 year PGDM programme, 2 month internship is mandatory.
Placement Experience
For last batch, avg package was Rs 13.1 Lpa. Hopefully for the current batch it'll further go up as it did for previous batches. Placement report is available on the website. Majority of the companies come with a profile of consulting.
College Events
In past two and half months, we have celebrated 5 events - 1. Gala dinner night 2. Founders day 3. Chef special night with chef Ajay Chopra 4. Cricket leagues 5. Badminton leagues We have basketball, table tennis and football leagues upcoming. We are also going to have a huge symposium very soon along with a cultural event.
Fee Structure And Facilities
Fee for Chennai campus is Rs 19 lacs. Its more or less same in almost all colleges in this category. It's bit expensive but it's feasible as more or less you'll be spending the same money. Here you also get to save your one year.
Loan/ Scholarship Provisions
Great lakes has tie up with various banks like SBI, BOB, BOI, HDFC Credila etc for collateral free loan upto Rs 20 lacs. Availing loan is very easy if you have all the documents ready. There are no scholarships.
Campus Life
We have committes and clubs for everything. All this is student driven and each committee is headed by a distinguished professor. We have gymnasium, TT table, pool table, basketball court, cricket ground, tennis court, badminton Court and amphitheatre.
Hostel Facilities
It's the best. They provide everything you can ask for. Rooms are clean and you have facilitators for cleaning. Washrooms are not attached but they get cleaned on regular basis. The infrastructure is great and the campus is a lead platinum green campus.
Alumni/Alumna
Alumni network is great and it's widespread. We have a lot of people working in different different industries. Batch Suze is 400, so you also get a great opportunity to network amongst your batchmates as well.
Exam Structure
Continuous evaluation throughout the term on the basis of quiz, mid-term, end-term and assignment / projects. This is done for all 7 terms. There are multiple project submissions throughout the term along with quizzes and term exams.
Admission
Step 1 : Give entrance exam (GMAT, CAT, XAT) Step 2 : Fill the application form along with the 2 SOPs. You also need to fill in details of 2 recommendors. There are total 2 cycles, with deadlines typically in end of November and end of January. For, Gurgaon campus, there are total 3 rounds Step 3 : Collate all the required documents - Transcripts, work experience certificate, payslips etc Step 4 : You'll get a call for WAT and PI. Also, you'll have to submit photocopies of all the required documents and show your original for verification at the time of PI-WAT. Step 5: If you are selected, you'll get an email and further steps will be mentioned there.
Faculty
Faculty is amazing. All professor's have tremendous relevant experience and have a doctorate degree from world class institutes like Havard, Stanford etc. They follow case based pedagogy and everything is relevant to the current industry requirements.
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