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Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

📍 Dr. Bala V. Balachandran Campus, ECR Road, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu - 603102 · Est. 2004 · Director: Dr. Debashis Sanyal
₹15 LPA
Reported average
PGDM · 2025 · CTC
Not disclosed
Reported median
PGDM · 2025 · CTC
₹39.3 LPA
Highest reported
2025 · CTC
2004
Founded
Institution establishment year
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Deep dive into each section
💰 Fees & ROI
Breakdown, scholarships, loans
📊 Placements
Report, sectors, recruiters
🎯 Admissions
Cutoff, process, batch profile
🏛️ Campus
Hostels, clubs, student life
🎓 Alumni
Notable graduates and network
📚 Programs
PGDM · PGPM (General) · PGPM — Finance · PGPM — Analytics · PGPM — Consulting · PGPM — Data Science · PGPM — Product Mgmt
⭐ Reviews
Honest student feedback

Sources and reporting scope

Reviewed 19 September 2026 · PGDM (two-year)

The headline uses PGDM placements alongside PGDM fees. The one-year PGPM is a different programme with different work-experience requirements and salary outcomes.

Placement figures, report history and definitions →

GLIM Chennai Overview — Rankings, Accreditations & Quick Facts

Great Lakes Chennai offers a two-year PGDM and a separate one-year PGPM.

Their 2025 average CTCs are ₹15 lakh and ₹17.8 lakh respectively.

The headline below uses PGDM placements alongside PGDM fees.

NIRF Management 2025 ranks the Chennai institution 37.

Rankings & recognition

NIRF Management 2025
Official institutional ranking; not a Collvera placement rank.
37

Quick facts

Accreditations
AACSB (US), AMBA (UK), SAQS, NBA Tier 1, AICTE Approved
Campus
32 acres · LEED Platinum · ECR Road, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu
Programs
PGDM · PGPM (General) · PGPM — Finance · PGPM — Analytics · PGPM — Consulting · PGPM — Data Science · PGPM — Product Mgmt

What makes GLIM Chennai distinctive

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Programme and cohort matter

Great Lakes Chennai offers a two-year PGDM and a separate one-year PGPM. Their 2025 average CTCs are ₹15 lakh and ₹17.8 lakh respectively. The headline below uses PGDM placements alongside PGDM fees. NIRF Management 2025 ranks the Chennai institution 37.

GLIM Chennai Placements 2025 — Average Package, Sectors & Top Recruiters

Placement headline — Batch 2025 · PGDM · institute-reported data

₹15 LPA
Reported average (CTC)
—
Reported median (CTC)
₹39.3 LPA
Highest reported (CTC)

9-year placement trend

2015 BATCH
₹8.75 LPA
avg
High: ₹17 L
2018 BATCH
₹9.3 LPA
avg
High: ₹18.12 L
2019 BATCH
₹10.14 LPA
avg
2020 BATCH
₹10.4 LPA
avg
High: ₹21.5 L
2021 BATCH
₹11 LPA
avg
High: ₹21.5 L
2022 BATCH
₹12.5 LPA
avg
High: ₹25.8 L
2023 BATCH
₹14.5 LPA
avg
High: ₹46 L
2024 BATCH
₹15.1 LPA
avg
High: ₹37 L
2025 BATCH
₹15 LPA
avg
High: ₹39.3 L

Top recruiters

33 firms
Accenture ATCI
Adani Wilmar
Airtel
Amazon
Axis Bank
Birla Precision Technology
BNY Mellon
Cisco
CRISIL Ltd.
Decathlon
Deloitte India & USI
EY India

GLIM Chennai Fees — Total Cost, Scholarships & Education Loans

GLIM Chennai fee breakdown
Tuition fee
₹16.03 L
Library, computing, materials
₹6.47 L
Total programme fee
₹22.50 L
Monthly living (on-campus)
Included in fees (veg meals)
Education loan available
Up to ₹50 L
Loan interest rate
9.5–12%
Fee-to-package comparison: ₹22.50 L equals 18.0 months of the reported ₹15 L annual package. This is not a repayment forecast: tax, living costs, loan interest, foregone earnings and variable pay are excluded.
Scholarships available
Diversity & Merit Scholarship
40 awards/year · min 30% to women · assessed at admission · no separate application
₹5 L off tuition
Balachandran Merit Scholarship
2–4 awards/year · exceptional academics, leadership and profile · full assessment
Full tuition waiver (PGPM) + CXO mentorship
Education loan information: Up to ₹50 L. Interest rates: 9.5–12%.

GLIM Chennai Admission 2026-27 — Eligibility, Cutoffs, Selection Process & Important Dates

Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai runs two flagship full-time programmes — the 1-year PGPM (for experienced candidates) and the 2-year PGDM (for freshers and early-career). Admission is via CAT / XAT / GMAT / NMAT (PGPM only) through an 11-step process: online application → AI interview → personal interview → offer.

1-Year PGPM
For experienced candidates · 2+ years work-ex by 30 Apr 2026 · CAT 2024/25, XAT 2025/26, GMAT 2023+, NMAT 2023+ accepted · ₹23.5 L (Chennai) · ~₹21.7-24.1 L (Gurgaon) · 1 recommendation mandatory
2-Year PGDM
For freshers and early-career · strictly under 36 months work-ex by 30 May 2026 · 60% throughout (10th, 12th, UG) required · CAT 2024/25, XAT 2025/26, GMAT 2023+ accepted (NMAT NOT accepted) · 368 students (Chennai)
CAT cutoffs
PGDM published minimum 85 %ile · competitive range 90-92 %ile · sectional minimum 50 %ile · PGPM effectively lower because of higher work-ex weight (80-85 %ile with strong profile)
Equivalent scores
XAT 90 %ile · GMAT 650+ · NMAT (PGPM only) considered broadly equivalent to CAT minimums
Shortlist weights
CAT/entrance 50% · Academic performance 25% · Work experience 15% · Personal Interview 10% (heavy emphasis on test score + academics)
PGDM 2025-27 profile
368 students · 35% female · 66% freshers · ITES/Telecom 26%, BFSI 18%, Manufacturing 13%, Education 12%, Consulting 10%
PGPM 2025-26 profile
Avg 3.2 years work-ex · avg age 25 · 24% female · 38% from IT/ITES backgrounds
Application fee
₹2,200 · single common form covers Chennai-only, Gurgaon-only, or both campuses
AICTE status
All Great Lakes programmes are AICTE-approved · residential (hostel mandatory)

Cutoff expectations (by category)

CategoryMin qualifyingRealistic shortlist
General / EWS85%ile90–92%ile
OBC80%ile87–89%ile
SC70%ile75–80%ile
ST65%ile70–75%ile

How selection works

Stage 1 — Shortlisting for PI
CAT / Entrance Score50%
Academic Performance25%
Work Experience15%
Personal Interview10%

Batch profile

368 students
Batch size
35%
Female %
8 months
Avg work exp
60%
Engineers
34%
With work exp

GLIM Chennai Financial Aid 2026 — Loans, EMI Options & Scholarships

GLIM Chennai scholarships — published categories

Diversity & Merit Scholarship
40 awards/year · min 30% to women · assessed at admission · no separate application
₹5 L off tuition
Balachandran Merit Scholarship
2–4 awards/year · exceptional academics, leadership and profile · full assessment
Full tuition waiver (PGPM) + CXO mentorship

GLIM Chennai Programs — Fees, Duration & Eligibility

ProgramDurationTotal FeesIntakeExamNotes
PGDM2 years · 6 terms₹22.50 LJuneCAT 2024/25 · XAT 2025/26 · GMAT 2023+Freshers & <36 months exp · 60% throughout required
PGPM (General)1 year · 7 terms₹23.50 LAprilCAT · XAT · GMAT · NMAT 2023+2+ years exp by 30 Apr 2026 · 1 recommendation required
PGPM — Finance1 year₹23.50 LAprilCAT · XAT · GMAT · NMATDerivatives, Fixed Income, FinTech, FM Lab
PGPM — Analytics1 year₹23.50 LAprilCAT · XAT · GMAT · NMATPredictive Modelling, Time Series, Big Data, Pricing Analytics
PGPM — Consulting1 year₹23.50 LAprilCAT · XAT · GMAT · NMATManagement Consulting, Digital Transformation, Execution Excellence
PGPM — Data Science1 year₹23.50 LAprilCAT · XAT · GMAT · NMATNLP, Computer Vision, GenAI Models Lab, Big Data Technologies
PGPM — Product Mgmt1 year₹23.50 LAprilCAT · XAT · GMAT · NMATAI for PMs, Product Lab, Stakeholder Management, Tech Product Sales

GLIM Chennai Campus — Infrastructure, Hostels & Student Life

Campus facts
Area
32 acres
Dormitories
4 dorms
Heritage
South Asia's first LEED Platinum B-school campus · Founded 2004
Student clubs
15 active clubs
Life highlights
South Asia's first LEED Platinum certified green campus — solar panels, rainwater harvesting, native landscaping
Bloomberg terminal access for finance and PGPM specialisation students
Harvard Business School (HBS) case collection subscription — thousands of teaching cases
9,000+ online journals via EBSCO and Emerald academic databases
25+ international visiting faculty per year from Kellogg, Stanford, Harvard, Yale
50+ full-time faculty · 70+ academic and industry visiting faculty
42 thought leaders on Academic Advisory Council · 46 industry titans on Business Advisory Council
Karma-Yoga programme — 27+ panchayat villages, 10,000+ people given medical attention, 5,000+ children in tuition
9 Centers of Excellence · 13 global institutional collaborations
4 International Research Conferences held on campus
Student Exchange with 8 global universities · Dual Degree option at Université de Bordeaux
90+ national-level prize wins by students in 2024-25
Annual cultural fest and Finance/Analytics/Consulting club events
Faculty

GLIM Chennai Notable Alumni — Leaders, Founders & Industry Veterans

Alumni network
15,000+
Ramya Balakrishnan
2007
Global Director — Strategy & Ops, Meta (FB), USA
Divyansh Nasa
2010
Partner — Transaction Strategy & Execution, EY-Parthenon
Hemant Grover
2013
Director — Technology, Xceedance
Amisha Arora
2015
Head — Customer Activation & Marketing South Asia, H&M
Ridhima Arora
2015
Founder, Namhya Foods
Harleen Kaur
2016
Associate Director — Marketing, Tata Digital

Is GLIM Chennai Worth It? — Honest Pros, Cons & Who Should Apply

GLIM Chennai is genuinely best for
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Applicants selecting between the two-year PGDM and one-year PGPM
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Applicants able to compare programme-specific reports and residential fees
Watch out for
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PGDM and PGPM are different cohorts; their salaries and fees must not be mixed
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Personal costs are outside the quoted PGDM fee
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Historical PGPM report pages are labelled separately from the current PGDM series
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The chosen programme’s format, eligibility and full cost match your plans.

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Your budget assumes the PGPM average salary will apply to the PGDM cohort.

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