Leadership Program for SHE LEADS Campaign Winners
Posted on: 07/Jun/2017 4:06:14 PM
Great Lakes Institute of Management, as a part of its Corporate Learning & Development Program,organized a three day residential leadership program for the winners of SHE LEADS Campaign its Manamai Campus near Chennai, in association with Madras Chamber of Commerce of Industry (MCCI). Mrs. K. Saraswathi, Secretary General, MCCI and Dr. Vaidy Jayaraman, Associate Dean � Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai along with Dr. C. R. Rajan, Director � Corporate Learning and Development, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai addressed and interacted with the participants/winners of the Campaign.
SHE LEADS is a nationwide social media campaign initiated by The British Deputy High Commission of India in partnership with The Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and Women of Worth � A Unit of Provide, to recognize aspirational young women across India. The campaign, open to graduate and post graduate students, identified and felicitated 10 Women on the 28th Feb at an event where Her Excellency, Lt. Governor of Puduchery, Dr. Kiran Bediwas the Chief guest.
The three day leadership program designed and delivered by Great Lakes Chennai will cover topics on Emotional Intelligence, Development Economics, and Leading a Team. The finalists participating in the program are: Ms. Gopica Dhawan - Christ University, Bangalore, Ms. Harshitha Puligadda � VIT University, Chennai, Ms. Olivia Varnika Dullapalli - Stanley College of Engineering & Technology for Women, Hyderabad, Ms. Sanjana S Rao � Christ University, Bangalore, Ms. Shreya Mervyn Kallingal � School of Excellence, Chennai
Inaugurating the program, Dr. C. R. Rajan, Director � Corporate Learning & Development, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, said, CLD program at Great Lakes has always commissioned towards building and providing support, visibility and development for the next generation leaders. Associating with MCCI, is an additional perspective, and mentoring the finalists of SHE LEADS Project is a benchmark for us.
Highlighting on the need of women leadership program, Dr.Rajan added, This program will emphasize practical learning, equip the participants with knowledge, tools needed to compete and strengthen their leadership skills for delivering positive results in their goals.
As the world is getting more and more competitive, every women out there must be prepared to lead through innovations and changes through leadership abilities and this the three day leadership program will nurture them with these skills and engage them with research and emerging trends that will prepare them for next step.
Partnering with Great Lakes, Mrs. K. Saraswathi, Secretary General, Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chennai,appreciated Great Lakes for coming up with a program for the finalists. She said, We are glad to have associated with one of the best B Schools in country for offering a customized and unique program for our campaign finalists. I have personally seen the program structure, it is well organized and designed, and will definitely advance each of the participants career and cultivate them to be among the next generation leaders.
About Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI): The Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry is one o of the premier industrial promotional organizations in Southern India and is currently into its 181st year of service to Trade & Industry. The mission of MCCI is to proactively influence public policy and practice on issues which impact Economy, Trade, Commerce & Industry as also social processes such as Education & Health, Infrastructure & Environment.
About Great Lakes Institute of Management: Great Lakes was founded in 2004 by Padma Shri Dr. Bala V. Balachandran with a vision of becoming the leading Management Institution in India providing Quality Education at an affordable cost and Human Capital for Emerging Economies. In 2014, Great Lakes was accredited by Association of MBAs (AMBA, UK) for its PGPM and PGXPM programs and became the youngest B-school in India to receive this prestigious international accreditation. In 2015, Great Lakes received international SAQS accreditation from AMDISSA making it one of the few B-Schools in India to receive two prestigious international accreditations. In 2017, the two year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Program at Great Lakes, Chennai was accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Led by exceptional academic faculty, steered by an outstanding advisory council and buoyed by the international collaborations, Great Lakes has, within a short span of a little over 10 years emerged as a top-ranked business school.For the year 2016, Great Lakes has been ranked No.1 for its Analytics program by Analytics India, 5th among private B-Schools in India by Careers 360, 6th among one year MBA by Outlook India and 10th among top ten B-Schools in India by Business India. In 2015, Great Lakes was ranked 7th among India�s top one-year executive MBA/PGP programs by Business Today and 9th under the category top one-year programs in the country by Business World.
Great Lakes has 50+ full time faculty and 130+ visiting faculty including over 20 international faculty from top global schools like Yale, Kellogg, Stanford and Harvard. Further collaborations with world�s leading institutions like Georgia State University, University of Houston, University of Bordeaux, Hong kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), University of Missouri, Kansas, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago and HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany etc., have helped Great Lakes in globally bench marking its programs. Great Lakes has a 27.5 acres LEED Platinum rated green campus in Chennai and a 7.5 acre campus in Delhi-NCR. Great Lakes offers One Year full time MBA for experienced professionals, Two year MBA with focus on Emerging Markets, Part Time Executive MBA Program, and Weekend Executive MBA Program. Great Lakes alumni currently numbering 5000+ work at world renowned organizations both in India and overseas across 30 countries. Great Lakes is also setting up an International University at Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, set to commence from Academic Year 2017.
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