tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278297052011-07-13T22:09:17.387-07:00" GLOBAL MINDSET. INDIAN ROOTS"GLakershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962588219936665032noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829705.post-1164389921912667892006-11-24T09:35:00.000-08:002006-11-24T09:38:41.923-08:00

Hi All.. Life @ Great Lakes has been imported to Wordpress.http://greatlaker.wordpress.com/Please visit there for the fun and happenings in Great Lakes....And BTW L'Attitude, the annual fest by Great Lakes is gonna be on Jan 5th & 6th.Please check out the blog or website for more details.http://www.glakes.org/lattitude/index.htmlCheers... Gopi Krishna..

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Stanford Business School News Letterwww.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/srinivasan_mktgcenter.shtmlSTANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — India’s Great Lakes Institute of Management has created the Kotler-Srinivasan Centre for Research in Marketing to develop knowledge in marketing, focusing on research in India and its global role. The center is named for Professor Philip Kotler, S. C. Johnson &

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Great Lakes is arranging a MDP on Strategic Profitability through Financial Planning and Management, in Mumbai and Chennai on 18/19 and 20/21 Dec respectively. The Sessions would be taken by Prof Bala V Balachandran, Dist. Prof of Accounting, Kellogg School and Dean, Great Lakes, Mr Ashok Vadgama, President CAM I and Mr Srikant Sastry, Partner in Grant Thorton's Global Public Sector Practice.For

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It would surely be a great opportunity, not only to work alongside Jimmy Carter, Former US President but also work for a noble cause.US President and Great Lakers will be involved in a noble cause, doing Social Work in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Lonavala. Around 25 to 50 Student associates along with the faculty from Great Lakes would take part in various forms, with Honarary Dean Prof Bala V

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Yale - Great Lakes Research Centre Presents the first International Seminar on "Global Mindset Indian Roots". With an aim to promote, facilitate and advance India Centric Management Research, the centre through this seminar will try to bridge the links between Speakers from across the Globe.Papers for the same are invited on the above mentioned theme. For more details pls. log on tohttp://

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Dear All, Pls see the B-School clustering done by Career Launcher.All GreatLakers wish to see GLakes in Cluster 2 with in the next 2 years and in Cluster 1 in 5 years.Lack of infrastructure ( the second imp criteria in ranking methodology) is the only reason for us not to be in Cluster 2, thats ofcourse will be having with in an year.Anyways getting into 3rd cluster in just 2 years of

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The crusade is almost mid way, and crusaders are enlightened with tremendous knoweldge transferred by some of the best in the profession. Some of the Prof’s we have had in last two terms are:-Mr Amitava Ghosh - Marketing ResearchHe makes us learn, he makes us laugh, he makes us read cases like any other prof’s would, but then which prof would make you play virtual volley ball in class to wake you

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Business - School: Battleground View from a Helicopter The best place to get the straight scoop about what B-school life is from students themselves rather than some “expatriated expert” from a pedigree b-school or some “high-society” magazine who do mumbo-jumbo about the school, faculty, facilities etc without experiencing…or rather not living the soldiers…breathing the same air…and

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Most of us got our money worth when we had an opportunity of having Mr Abhijeet Bhaduri with us last week. But not many would have thought theres something equally entertaining and insightful coming up this week.Today we had the privileg of having Mr Ravindran, Global Head HR Covansys, at Great Lakes. His first step in the seminar hall, got most of us interested. He was charming, and expressed

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Just thought to update you all with the recent major mergers & equity buyouts happened inIndian business..There were around 320 M&A deals in the first half of 2006 of total worth USD 25.6 bln. 76/320 were cross border deals of worth USD 5.2 bln.- Tata tea the worlds No 2 branded tea company (acquired Tetly, UK tea brand recently) isbuying a stake of 30% in Energy Brands Inc, maker of Glacueau

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Abhijeet Bhaduri - The Man behind the success of “Mediocre But Arrogant”, was at Great Lakes for a Guest Lecture today. We have had some of the best speakers in the past including T T Durai and others, and this guy was by no means lesser than any of those, and made sure that by the time he finished his session, we had cramps after laughing like crazy.A Graduate of XLRI Jamshedpur, he is presently

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Guys..sorry for not posting and updating you all about the happenings here. After Kotler's visit we had exams, assignments, case studies, (ofcoz as u all know these things are part of life here...) break for 2 days and a ban on blogspots for a while. So our blog team could'nt post any updates. Anyways as now we are back, more postings will be happening..check out this space.. Last few days were

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A Must see video by Bharatbala productions..Njoy it...This film is a journey through emerging India," the fastest growing free market democracy in the world". It celebrates the relentless spirit of the people of India, who through their karma give it a place amongst the leading economic nations of the world.Conceived and produced by Bharatbala Productions (BBP) for India Band Equity Foundation

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One of the USP’s of Great Lakes is the industry interface. The Strong Business Advisory Council, makes sure that we get the best in industry to interact with. And thats one of the reasons why I thought I will write abt the same along with faculty.I will just post along a brief profile of People from industry who have visited Great Lakes in past, and in future, will keep you updated as and when

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8th July'06 would be taken down as a memorable day for Great Lakes Community. It was on this day that we had formal inaugration of Alumni Inc. at Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai. Uncle Bala along with T.T Durai were present there to grace the function with their blessings.The Inaugral Function was held at MayaJaal, on East Course Road. Great Lakers including people from management,

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Check out the recent news articles about Great Lakes in Hindu & ET...."Kotler's focus on Asia-specific strategies " Hyderabad , July 6 After inspiring marketing professionals for generations, global marketing guru Dr Philip Kotler, 75, has kicked off fresh research with an objective of evolving new marketing strategies suited for Asian needs. Asia has arrived. And hence, the customers in the

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After having amzing faculties for first semester, the bar was raised and to say that Great Lakes was able to surprass that bar would be an understatement. We are already in the mid of Term 2 and there have been a few new faces coming and teaching us. And i feel lucky to be taught by such an amazing grp of faculties.We started the new semester with Strategic Management. The subject was taught by

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Hey All....Do not miss the 'Meet the Dean' sessions at Delhi, Chennai & Mumbai this month. A lot of ur queries can get solved over there.Please take this as an oppurtunity to meet our dear uncle.. Dr. Bala V Balachandran, Founder & Honorary Dean (JL Kellogg Distinguished Professor, Management, North Western Univ)More info at....http://www.glakes.org/meetthedean.htm

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While Manik updates you all with the faculty and other related issues, I would talk more about the student activities and the way of life here.I guess you might have heard that students at great lakes involve in almost all the college related activities and contribute to the growth of the institution.Apart from solving case studies, assignments and doing Karma Yoga project (ofcoz also attending

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Beginning of the Day(as on May 22, 2006)6:25 a.m. My alarm clock starts beeping and I reluctantly roll out of my bed. The sun is shining bright (read extremely hot) and it appears to be a nice early-spring day. Our XYZ subject (wouldn’t call it a specific subject as all subjects are equally interesting and gruelling) case for today required some significant pre class room reading and assumptions,

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To relieve the stress and to add a bit of fun and knowledge, our Events Comm is gonna conduct a inter section quiz competition on June 28th.Here are the details.....EVENT: Business Showdown – Quiz.· Groups must consists of three members from the same section· There will be a preliminary round initially to narrow down the teams to six, 2 from each section for finals.· The quiz will cover a broad

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Faculty forms one of the most important part of any good B School. At Great Lakes we get top of the bracket faculty, unmatched knowledge creators. We are on the verge of completion of term 1 and so i thought i will write about the people who have played a major role in increasing our knowledge level.To Start with we have PGPM Director Mr Venkat Krishnan, from XLRI,who taught us Philosphy in term

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Guess what... GLakers are going to have a special privilege of meeting Dr.Philip Kotler, the marketing guru, next month.Its a rare opportunity for any Indian management school students to meet such an esteemed and renowned person from the management teaching circles. GLakers are hoping to use this occasion to the best and gain some insights and knowledge from the marketing legend.Here is the

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Here are the suggested readings by Uncle Bala.1. "The Value Migration" by Adrian J. Slywotzky, Harvard Business Press2. "A Complete Guide to ABC" by Mike O'Guinn, Prentice Hall3. "Discipline of Market Leaders" by Mike Treaccy and Fred Wierseona,Addison Wesley4. "Reengineering Revisited" by Bala Balachandran and Ramu Thiagarajan,Financial Executives Research Foundation, 19995. "Balanced Scorecard"

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Uncle Bala with Ratan Tata Uncle Bala with Adi Godrej at Convocation Class 2006.Uncle Bala with CK Prahalad (with Vikranth)Uncle Bala with Satyam Ramalinga Raju ( with Vikranth)

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Dear Friends,I had a great privilege to spend a day with Uncle Bala and had the opportunity to interact with him for a long time. Basing on Uncle’s advice to share my experiences with you all, I herewith present an article "A Day with Uncle Bala".It’s quite well known that Uncle Bala is highly respected by all the business barons and by all corporate houses in India. I personally experienced how

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"Vagardhaviva sampripthoVagartha prathipathayeJagatha pitharau vandeParvathi parameshwarau "

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