Chennai, Mar 9 (KNN) Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai on Thursday launched ENCORE – a platform providing job returnship programs for women which will consist of short courses spanning 3 months’ duration.

The applications for these programs open from March 25, 2023.

It will have 150 hours of learning across online and face to face modules delivering functional skills, soft skills, life-skills and career assistance to start a new chapter in your professional career.

In order to further support women in taking up the programs, the Institute is also offering merit and means based Great Lakes ENCORE Scholarships.

The platform will have two courses:

i) Professional certificate programme in Digital Marketing
ii) Professional certificate programme in Product Management

Speaking at the launch Dr Suresh Ramanathan, Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, said, “Launching the ENCORE platform reiterates the principles of our institute which is inclusivity, diversity of thought and opportunity for all.”

“It is important to bring more women back into the workforce and I am sure these programs will act as a catalyst for the same. The best-of-best faculty will impart functional skills, while taking efforts to boost the self-confidence of women entering the workforce,” he said.

Prof. K. Rajeshwari, Area Chair - Marketing and Head of the ENCORE platform launched this initiative and shared insight into the collaborations that Great Lakes has with Accenture and LTIMindtree for placement assistance. In addition to these, organizations like TCS, TANSAM, Cognizant and others have shown active interest in partnering with this platform.

Talking about the new launch Sukhpreet Singh, CEO, TANSAM, said “The increasing role of women in leadership positions and enterprising roles will furthermore bring impetus to this positive impact in the statistical data and build a strong success story for us in the global business landscape.”

For more information about the programs, visit the web page at https://www.greatlakes.edu.in/chennai/encore (or) email at encore@greatlakes.edu.in.  (KNN Bureau)