BWI: Great Lakes bags MMA Award for ‘Managerial Excellence’

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Source: Great Lakes Institute of Management
Wednesday, July 06, 2011 03:49 PM IST (10:19 AM GMT)
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Great Lakes bags MMA Award for 'Managerial Excellence'
Wins the MMA Award in the Educational Institution category

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Wednesday, July 06, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Great Lakes Institute of Management, one of the leading B-schools in India, founded by Professor Bala V. Balachandran, today bagged the prestigious "MMA Award for Managerial Excellence" (MAME) 2011, awarded by the Madras Management Association (MMA) in the category for Educational Institutions. The ceremony was graced by the Chief Guest, Shanker Annaswamy, Managing Director, IBM India Private Limiteddignitaries, members from Great Lakes and members of MMA.

Madras Management Association (MMA) promotes sound management knowledge, experience and ideas in various disciplines and awards annually excellence in managerial thinking, action and demonstrable results to companies and institutions that have their corporate or registered office in any of the Southern States of India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

About the award:

MMA Awards for 'Managerial Excellence' are designed to recognize and reward companies and institutions that are broadly comparable. The awards are given away in four categories as: Category A: Manufacturing sector; Category B: Services sector; Category C: SME sector; and Category D: Educational Institutions. MMA Awards are given to companies/ institutions that have excelled in their business segment. The focus is on overall managerial excellence rather than on select functional areas of excellence. The judgment is based on the company/ institution's vision and goals and how managers have directed the various disciplines of management in a focused manner to meet or exceed the objectives set.
A special issue of the Business Mandate, a monthly MMA news magazine on Managerial Excellence, with the participation of the Awardees of MAME, was released by the Chief Guest today, at the Valediction of the Awards Function. The special issue on "Managerial Excellence" will show case Great Lakes' journey towards managerial excellence.

Prof. S. Sriram, Executive Director, Great Lakes Institute of Management said, "We are delighted to receive this prestigious award from Madras Management Association as it represents the success of our overall management strategy at Great Lakes and signifies how we have directed the various disciplines of management in a focused manner to meet or exceed the objectives set."

About Great Lakes Institute of Management:

Great Lakes Institute of Management is a leading B-school in India founded in 2004 by Prof. Bala V. Balachandran, J.L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management Northwestern University, USA, The institute has academic alliances with Stuart Graduate School of Business USA, Yale University USA., and Nanyang Technical University, Singapore. The institute offers a one year Post Graduate Program in Management. The B-school is a not-for-profit organization; Section 25 registered company with the mission of "A Global Mindset and Indian Roots".

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CONTACT DETAILS
T. N. Swaminathan, Director External Relations & Professor - Marketing, Great Lakes Institute of Management, +91 9840195454, tnswami@greatlakes.edu.in
Twinkle Xavier, 20:20 MSL, +91 9884480115, twinkle.xavier@2020msl.com

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