Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM, Chennai), Chennai Great Lakes Institute of Management is a Private College and it was established in 2004 and accredited by AICTE, NBA, AMBA, SAQS. Great Lakes Institute of Management offers 7 courses in Management streams. Popular courses are PGPM, PGDM, PGPEx, PGP, MBA. The placement record of the college varies from stream to stream. Highest package was 18 Lacs in 2018 academic year.

Established in 2004, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai was founded by Dr.Bala V Balachandran with the vision of becoming a leading management institute in India providing low-cost quality education to the students. The College is accredited from AMBA (Association of MBAs), UK, SAQS (South Asian Quality Assurance System) and approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and National Board of Accreditation(NBA). Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai ranked 3rd in one-year programs by Outlook in 2018, 7th by Business Today, 1st among the Top 10 Analytics B-Schools in 2016. The college also comes under the NIRF Rankings at 16th Rank among Best Business Schools of India.

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai provides admissions in Management Degrees, Post Graduate Degree in Management (PGDM) and Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM). Students who are interested in studying Management Education may apply for the available programs. All course available at the institute are approved by AICTE. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is in collaboration with HDFC CREDILA, Avanse, Bank of Baroda and Axis Bank to provide education loans to students.

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai has achieved a great success for placing almost 100% students in the placements. Top Organisations and companies like Amazon, Swiggy, Flipkart, Aditya Birla, Infosys, Capgemini, Tech Mahindra, Aditya Birla, Barclays and Mindtree visited the campus in the placement season. Apart from this placement season, the placement cell of the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai has organised some special lectures by Industrial Experts.

The Campus of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is like an example in terms of their infrastructure to the other colleges situated at the neighbouring area. The 27 acres campus of the college is just a few kms away from the Chennai Central Railway Station and Chennai Airport. It comes under the Platinum rating provided by LEED as a green campus, just some of the other has received it too.