Average salary package offered by companies to students increased from Rs 13.6 lakh per annum to Rs 17.86 lakh per annum. This average salary also marked a historic high for the institute since its inception.
GLIM, which says it has consistently achieved 100% campus placements since its launch, saw 313 job offers for its students this year, up from 224 offers last year. This year the campus saw 22 new recruiters from startups and new age ventures such as CredAvenue, Intellect Design, Bristlecone, KMK Consulting, Lowe’s India and others.
Accenture, ADP, Bain, Deloitte, Cognizant, FedEx, HCL, Infosys, Tiger Analytics and Zoom were some of the top recruiters this year. Most of the proposals came from the business and strategy consulting segment (42%) and technology consulting was another top role.
GLIM said this year the requirements of companies have increased, especially for those with prior work experience in various fields, and the institute’s flagship PGPM program (1 year MBA) includes such talent.
Suresh Ramanathan, Dean and Principal, Great Lakes Institute of Management, said, “The year 2022 saw tremendous results for recruiters with a significant increase in placements and salaries and quality of roles in record time.”
“We have created history with an unparalleled success in this placement season with new opportunities for the class of PGPM 2022. This is a result of the continuous increase in the training of our institute and the performance of the students who are looking forward to the corporates to come back for recruitment. Builds trust. From Great Lakes, apart from the brand new marquee corporates who hired for the first time,” M Balaji, Group Director – Corporate & Career Services, Great Lakes Institute of Management – Chennai, said.
Great Lakes offers a one-year full-time MBA (PGPM), two-year MBA (PGDM) for experienced professionals, part-time executive MBA and weekend executive MBA programs for senior managers.
,