Great Lakes Institute of Management donates two electric garbage collection vehicles to Manamai Village.
Initiative part of Great Lakes Institute’s CSR drive
Chennai April 7, 2022: Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai donated two electric garbage collection vehicles to Manamai Village as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. This will help the village collect and segregate garbage effectively.
The Dean of the institute, Dr. Suresh Ramanathan presented the vehicles to T. Senkeni, President of Manamai village panchayat in the presence of Panchayat Vice president S. Poornima, BDO Mr. Jeyabal and Deputy BDO Mr. Duraivel. Chief Administration Officer, Mr. K Subaash, Finance Manager, Mr. Venkit and other staff and faculty members from Great Lakes.
Upon receiving the vehicles, Mr. Senkini, said that there are 6,500 residents in the village panchayat and close to one tonne garbage is generated every day. “The conservancy workers used to push tricycles and make multiple stops to collect waste from households. These two electric vehicles will make work easier for them,” he said.
Dr. Suresh Ramanathan said that ethics are rooted in every programme of Great Lakes. “We motivate our stude nts to contemplate on how business can contribute to the greater good of the society. In the future, when they become corporate leaders, such initiatives will help them consider the impact their decisions will have on the environment and on people,” said Suresh Ramanathan, Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management.
He explained that similar activities are being carried out through the Leadership Experiential Action Program (LEAP) called Karma Yoga. “It is an integral part of both full time programmes – the PGPM and PGDM at Great Lakes. The mission is to enhance the self-esteem and self-efficacy of the villagers, empowering them to be able to lead a better-quality life,” he added. 
About Karma Yoga :
Karma Yoga is a real-life practical lab to learn and experience the power of transformational leadership. In this attempt by Great Lakers to transform people belonging to nearby villages, the key focus has been in the fields of education, health, agriculture, and small business.
There are 24 villages surrounding the institute’s campus that have been adopted by Great Lakes for the LEAP. Students visit these Karma Yoga villages every week. Over the past years, Great Lakers have been involved in organizing health camps, financial inclusion programs, agricultural training programs, activity-based learning programs, etc., in association with leading hospitals and several NGOs. Karma Yoga project runs throughout the year and has been quietly transforming the lives of the people around the institute’s campus.
About Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai:
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai founded in 2004 by Padma Shri Awardee Dr. Bala V Balachandr an is one of the premier B-schools in India. Great Lakes has, within a short span of 17 years, emerged as a top-ranked business school. Great Lakes has 50+ full time faculty and 150+ visiting faculty including over 25+ inter national faculty from top global schools like Yale, Kellogg, Stanford, and Harvard. Further collaborations with world’s leading institutions like Cornell University, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Univer sity of Bordeaux, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), and Babson College etc., have helped Great Lakes in globally benchmarking its programs.
Great Lakes, Chennai, was accredited by Association of MBAs (AMBA), UK in 2014 and became the youngest B-school in India to receive this prestigious international accreditation. In 2015, Great Lakes, Chennai also receiv ed international SAQS accreditation and in 2017, its two-year PGDM program was accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). For the years 2019 -20, Great Lakes was ranked No.1 in India by Analytics India for its Analytics program. Great Lakes, Chennai was ranked 3rd by Outlook India among top private MBA institutions, 9th by Business India, and 9th by Business World and featured in Super League 2 by Business Standard.
Led by exceptional academic faculty, steered by an outstanding advisory council, and buoyed by international collaborations, Great Lakes has been constantly innovating to stay ahead of the needs of our businesses and community. It is the first B-school in India to offer full time specialization in Analytics and first to introduce AI and Machine Learning specialization.
Great Lakes has a 30-acre LEED Platinum rated green campus in Chennai and a second campus in Delhi-NCR. In the year 2019, Great Lakes Gurgaon campus received the prestigious AMBA accreditation and was also ranked among the top 5 emerging business schools by the National HRD Network (NHRDN) for the year 2018-2019. Great Lakes Gurgaon was also ranked 13th by Business World for its one-year program in the year 2019.
Great Lakes offers One Year full time MBA (PGPM) for experienced professionals, Two-year MBA (PGDM), Part Time Executive MBA for senior managers, and Weekend Executive MBA Program. Great Lakes alumni currently numbering 9800+, work at world renowned organizations both in India and overseas across 33 countries.
