Great Lakes Students Visit Malaysia & Singapore on International Study Tour

Great Lakes Students Visit Malaysia & Singapore on International Study Tour

Students from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai embarked on a 7-day International Study Tour to Singapore and Malaysia. Around 45 students were part of the student delegation headed by Prof. Rakesh P. Singh. This was a student-driven

initiative to get a broader view of the industry, economy and business education of Singapore and Malaysia.

Later on, the delegation was addressed by the Dean of NTU, Dr. Jitendra Singh. He spoke about the need for business schools to become more relevant and to re-define their roles as contributors to society and in the process foster innovation, new thinking which has been woefully lacking even with the top B-schools of the world. He also talked about how India was regaining its rightful place in the world with its rapid growth, something which it had lost since the 1700s. The session ended on a high note with a proposal to have student exchange programs in the coming years between the two institutes and to work more closely in offering new and more relevant Business programs.

The students also visited companies belonging to different domains. At ASCO Numatics, manufacturers of pneumatic valves, an Emerson Group Company, Singapore, the students learnt about the inventory management techniques followed, and the processes followed right from procuring raw materials to distribution in the supply chain. At Temasek Holdings, Singapore, an investment banking firm, Great Lakers learnt about the investment diversification portfolio of Temasek, the geographies it operates from and the entry and exit strategies followed in the short-term as well as the long-term. The students got a feel of the marketing strategies at the Singapore office of P&G. This was followed by a visit to Redpill Solutions, a market research company.

Later on, Great Lakers visited the Singapore Economic Development Board and attended a lecture on the Singapore Economy by Mr. Engkeat Lee, Regional Director, South Asia. They also visited the PSA Port in Singapore and learnt about the techniques of efficient port management.

At the Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia, Mr. Mohammed Nasser Mohammed Noor, Director of Higher Education, addressed the students about the higher education scene in Malaysia. He talked about the problems facing higher education in Malaysia and the plan of action to improve higher education in the next 20 years.

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* Contributed by -
Ranjit Shankar (Campus Associate),
Class of 2009,
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

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