Great Lakes Chennai Launches Centre for AI in Business at Product Conclave 2026

Great Lakes Institute of Management launches Centre for AI in Business, a new initiative designed to help organisations move from AI experimentation to real-world deployment. Launched at the Great Lakes Product Conclave 2026, the Centre focuses on applying artificial intelligence to core business systems such as operations, supply chains, finance, and decision-making. A key highlight of the Centre is a High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster with a compute capacity of 7 teraflops, effectively functioning as a private supercomputer. The facility enables large-scale parallel data processing, local deployment of language models, and advanced simulations that would otherwise require expensive cloud infrastructure.

“The real challenge today is not access to AI models, but the ability to run them efficiently, securely, and with business context,” said Prof. Vivek N, Head of the Centre for AI in Business. “This Centre has been built to solve that exact problem. Our focus is on agentic systems, applied computing, and AI that actually runs inside organisations, not just demos on slides.”

The HPC infrastructure will support use cases such as traffic and transport modelling, geospatial analytics, supply chain digital twins, and financial risk simulations. By enabling local execution of AI workloads, the Centre significantly reduces dependency on hyperscalers and lowers costs for industry partners. The Centre also places strong emphasis on Agentic AI — autonomous systems that can execute multi-step workflows rather than simply generate content.

“Most organisations are hitting a wall where cloud costs, data sensitivity, and infrastructure constraints slow down AI adoption,” said Mr. Mohit Sewak - GenAI Safety and Security (AI Research), Google, speaking in his individual capacity. “What Great Lakes is building here is rare. It’s a place where serious computing meets serious business problems, without the usual friction.”

Great Lakes has also officially partnered with SAP through the SAP University Alliances programme. As part of this collaboration, SAP will work with Great Lakes to facilitate industry-research engagements and support the development of industry-aligned curriculum.

“Enterprises today are looking for talent and solutions that understand both technology and business systems,” said Jayanth Bagare, SAP Academy. “Through this collaboration with Great Lakes, we see a strong opportunity to shape industry-ready skills, foster applied research, and create meaningful problem-solving platforms for students and organisations alike.”