Mumbai: Great Lakes Institute of Management, an international business school in Chennai and brainchild of Prof. Bala V Balachandran, J L Kellogg distinguished professor, Northwestern University, launched it's executive MBA programmme at Tidel Park. N Sankar, chairman, Sanmar Group, presided over the launch function and S Mahindran, managing director, Godrej Sara Lee Ltd delivered the keynote address.

Prof. C K.Prahlad, professor of business administration and professor of corporate strategy and international business, University of Michigan Business School, delivered the opening session, 'Corporate Strategy and Bottom of the Pyramid'.

The two-year fully mentored program will be delivered by a top grade faculty and is designed for high potential managers, entrepreneurs and business leaders who have been marked out for rapid advancement by their firms.

GLIM's 2 year year EMBA awards an international certificate jointly with Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institue of Technology, Chicago. The fee structure for the enitre program is Rs.5.5 lakhs.