BWI: Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Joins GMAC's Elite List of Member B-schools

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Great Lakes Institute of Management
Monday, March 28, 2011 05:05 PM IST (11:35 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Education & training; Technology
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Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Joins GMAC's Elite List of Member B-schools


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Monday, March 28, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, founded by Prof. Bala V. Balachandran is among the top B-schools in the country (Business India, October, 2010 survey; Careers 360, February, 2010 survey).

Great Lakes Institute of Chennai joins GMAC's elite list of member B-schools
In a major development the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the Apex body that conducts GMAT worldwide, has expanded its membership by including Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai in its list.

The membership of the body is only by invitation and to select few top management Schools of the world, who have played a leadership role in Management Education. From India the only other Institutions that are the members are ISB, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and SPJIMR.

Commenting on this important development Prof. T.N.Swaminathan, Director External Relations , Great Lakes Chennai said, "We are honored that GMAC has invited us for the membership of the GMAC council. This recognition reflects the strides that the Institute has made in a short span of six years in Management Education in India and look forward to continuing to play a leading role in management education in India and the opportunity to move to a global level."

"The membership will also help us play an active part in the direction of GMAT and help assist in our international accreditation," added Prof. Swaminathan.

In his communication, GMAC President, Dr. David A. Wilson said " We hope that you will accept our invitation as all of us at GMAC are looking forward to a long and fruitful relationship with you at these challenging times for management education, and look forward to having the opportunity to exchange ideas and work more closely with you"

GMAC member schools are drawn from graduate business and management schools around the world. Although the number of schools who are members is relatively small, more than 1,800 schools are valued customers because they use the GMAT exam.

Some of the leading B-schools from across the globe which are members of GMAC are: ESADE Business School, IESE Business School, INSEAD, London Business School, Stanford University-Graduate School of Business, Yale University-School of Management and many others.


CONTACT DETAILS
Prof. T.N.Swaminathan, Director External Relations & Prof. Marketing, Great Lakes Institute of Management, +91 9840195454, tnswami@greatlakes.edu.in
Ms. Twinkle Xavier, Senior Account Manager, 20:20 MSL, +91 98844 80115, twinkle.xavier@2020msl.com

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