Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

The course is very rigorous and the curriculum is up to date. The classes includes regular case study discussion, presentations. For PGDM, there are 6 terms - 3 terms in the first year and next 3 on the second year. Each term consists of mid-term exams and end term exams. The college has excellent faculties with Analytics being their USP. One can learn about R, Python, Machine learning, deep learning, SPSS, Power BI , Tableau. The curriculum completely prepares us for the real world with the inclusion of latest technologies

The college provides internship opportunities. The companies that come here includes EY, Crisil, Atomberg, Yash technologies, Marsh McLean, DDB Mudra, Droom. The students are assigned different kinds of projects in their interest of domain like Marketing strategies project, market research project, Consuting, Audit, Business analyst. The highest stipend offered was Rs 70000 per month. Students gained a lot of practical exposure through the Summer internship

The students have to maintain a Gpa of 2.5 overall out of 4 to be eligible for placements. Around 50+ companies come here for recruitment like Deloitte, KPMG, EY, Gartner, Bank of America, Crisil, HCL technologies, Great Learning, Havells, Brane, Axtria, DDB Mudra, Droom, Vedanta etc. The highest package in my batch went to 20.xx LPA. The college successfully achieves 100 % placement every year. The college starts their placement season from September and I got placed in September in a reputed top company with my inclined role

During PGDM 2022-24 , the fees was Rs 16,75,000 including hostel and mess food. They serve you food 4 times- Breakfast, Lunch, dinner, snacks. The college provides internship and placement opportunities. Every year college achieves 100% placement. There are different kind of roles that are provided here- Business analyst, Management trainee, B2B sales , Strategist role, Research role, Structured Finance role, Consulting etc.

The campus life is very good. There are lots of events that happens in the campus like Foundation Day, Crest, Sapience, Sports day. There is a library which is accessible to all 24 hrs. You will get all kinds of relevant books there. There are different kinds of clubs like Finance , analytics, marketing,HR and different committees like sports, placement committee, admission committee, cultural committee, etc. The clubs are students driven.

The hostels are twin sharing. They give you 2 beds, 2 almirah, 2 study table, racks and ac for a room. Maintenance is also very good. There are cleaning ladies who regularly clean the rooms and washrooms. For food, Sodexo is there. They serve food 4 times a day. And canteen is open till 2:30 am in the night where one can buy food for late night snacking purpose. Since it's a residential program, everyone needs to stay in the campus.

The admission process was quite smooth. I had my AWT and PI . I applied with my CMAT score. The details of the application process is given in the website. After applying, they will shortlist you on the basis of you entrance exam score, your overall profile and achievements. Then they will schedule a date for you AWT test and after few days interviews were conducted.

We had AWT which is Analytical Writing test. The topics mostly revolved around current affairs. There was no specific preparation from my side. Just some awareness of what was happening around and having an opinion on it. They look for candidates who are aware of the things happening around and has some opinion around it. Plagiarism is not allowed. After AWT, we were given dates for interview. Interview was mostly around knowing the person I am, my interests and all this. They also asked some basic academic questions.