Great Lakes Institute of Management is planning to commence doctoral programme and online courses.
Efforts were on to introduce the proposed courses from the next academic year, Bala V Balachandran, Founder-Dean and Chairman of the Chennai-based institute, told Business Line on the sidelines of a function to mark its tenth year celebrations here.
``So far, we are mainly into teaching and knowledge distribution. In about a year, we wish to offer research programmes with global collaborations,’’ Balachandran said, adding that admissions would be given based on `tough’ selection criteria to very limited candidates.
The institute will also launch online management courses and has already created a platform for it. "The idea is not commercial but to nurture management skills. We will offer these courses only for nominal fee and details of which are being worked out,’’ the Dean said.
On the intitute's expansion plans, he said the next destination would be Mumbai. It now has two campuses in Chennai and New Delhi.
A new campus would be established in Mumbai which would serve as a hub for financial related education, while Chennai and New Delhi would continue to serve as centres of excellence for manufacturing and public policy, respectively apart from other regular courses, Balachandran said.