...Indian culture The culture of India is among the world's oldest, reaching back about 5,000 years. Many sources describe it as "Sa Prathama Sanskrati Vishvavara" — the first and the supreme culture in the world. India is a very diverse country, and different regions have their own distinct cultures. Language, religion, food and the arts are just some of the various aspects of Indian culture. Here is a brief overview of the culture of India. Language India has 28 states and seven territories, and each has at least one official language. While the national languages are Hindi and English, there are about 22 official languages and nearly 400 living languages spoken in various parts of the country. Most of the languages of India belong to two families, Aryan and Dravidian. Religion India is identified as the birthplace of Hinduism and Buddhism. A huge majority — 84 percent — of the population identifies as Hindu. There are many variations of Hinduism, and four predominant sects — Shaiva, Vaishnava, Shakteya and Smarta. About 13 percent of Indians are Muslim, making it one of the largest Islamic nations in the world. Christians and Sikhs make up a small percentage of the population, and there are even fewer Buddhists and Jains. Food Indian cuisine boasts Arab, Turkish and European influences. It is known for its large assortment of dishes and its liberal use of herbs and spices. Cooking styles vary from region to region. Wheat, Basmati rice and pulses with chana...
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...to finance the growing trade between Europe, India and China. The inspiration behind the founding of the bank was Thomas Sutherland, a Scot who was then working for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. He realized that there was considerable demand for local banking facilities in Hong Kong and on the China coast and he helped to establish the bank, which opened in Hong Kong in March 1865 and in Shanghai a month later. Soon after its formation the bank opened agencies and branches around the world. Although that network reached as far as Europe and North America, the emphasis was on building up representation in China and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. HSBC was a pioneer of modern banking practices in a number of countries. In Japan, where a branch was established in 1866, the bank acted as adviser to the government on banking and currency. In 1888, it was the first bank to be established in Thailand, where it printed the country’s first banknotes. From the outset trade finance was a strong feature of the local and international business of the bank, an expertise that has been recognized throughout its history. Bullion, exchange, merchant banking and note issuing also played an important part. By the 1880s, the bank was acting as banker to the Hong Kong government and also participated in the management of British government accounts in China, Japan, Penang and Singapore. In 1874 the bank handled China’s first public loan and thereafter issued most of China’s...
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...McDonald’s India Behind the golden arches – Building a robust supply chain Some facts about who we are… • International – First restaurant opened in 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois USA – Single largest Food Service Retailer in the world – Serves around 50 million customers every day – Around than 30,000 Restaurants worldwide across 120+ countries • India – Started in 1996 – Currently present in around 40 cities with around 180 restaurants – Serves around 500,000 customers daily – Unique menu with Vegetarian products and Nonvegetarian products (Fish, Chicken) …World’s largest democracy … 2nd largest population in the world …fastest growing middle class consumers Incredible India A land of huge opportunities • At 175 million tonnes per annum, India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables ……but more than 15 billion US$ worth fruits and vegetables wasted every year post harvest …. only 2.2% of the produce is processed 3rd largest producer of potatoes …..but less than 5% of potatoes grown are process grade • • World’s largest producer of milk …however yield per lactation cycle of a buffalo is 1/10th of US Supply Chain Challenges Agriculture •Outdated farming and irrigation practices Logistics & Distribution •Poor road and other infrastructure conditions •Cold chain – virtually non-existent •Huge wastage of natural resources (water, electricity etc.) •Lack of proper storage facility at farm level for storing post harvest produce •Crops like iceberg lettuce...
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...Starbucks Going to India Prepared by: Group A Contents Module 2: ANALYZING INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS 6 Module 3: ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT 7 Module 4: ASSESSING THE SOCIAL-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT 10 Module 5: ASSESSING THE POLITICAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT 13 Module 6: SELECTING A GLOBAL COMPANY STRUCTURE 15 Module 7: FINANCING SOURCES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS 16 Module 8: CREATING A GLOBAL MIS (MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS) 18 Module 9- IDENTIFYING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 19 Module 10 – MANAGING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS RISKS 21 Module 11 - PRODUCT AND TARGET MARKET PLANNING 22 Module 12: DESIGNING A GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY 24 MODULE 13: PLANNING A GLOBAL PROMOTION STRATEGY 25 MODULE 14—SELECTING AN INTERNATIONAL PRICING STRATEGY 27 MODULE 15— DETERMINING ORGANIZATIONAL FINANCIAL RESULTOVERVIEW 28 References: 31 Module 1: IDENTIFYING GLOBAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Global Business Opportunities We are the Starbucks Corporation; we purchase and roast whole bean coffees. Majority of our stores are in the United States, but we also have international stores. Starbucks Corporation has successfully been in business since 1971. India has the youngest population in the world and will stay young. Starbucks Co. has found the opportunity to expand internationally to India and believes that it can be a huge success. Potential Markets Starbucks would like to first start its operation in urbanized areas of India. We believe...
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...Shopping on the internet is certainly a popular past time, an efficient time-saver, and a great way to comparison shop on virtually any kind of item you’re interested in. E-commerce has risen and become one of the most successful platforms for shopping in the most convenient way. One of the best examples of the online shopping portals is Fashion and You. Fashion and you Fashion and you | | Founder(s) | Harish Bahl and Pearl Uppal | Headquarters | India | Website | Fashion and You | About Fashion and You is a private invitation only shopping club, based in Gurgaon, India. It was founded by Harish Bahl in November, 2009 Fashion and You is a private invitation only shopping club featuring collections by top designers for men, women and children for up to 80% off retail prices. Fashion and You obtain authentic designer merchandise straight from the brand and provides it exclusively to its members through limited-time events. Each sale will start at 11 AM and last for 3 days on an average . Members will be prepped and notified about the upcoming exclusive sale events in advance, by e-mails, SMS and Fashion and You’s social networking sites. Premium collections of hand-selected merchandise will be available at the beginning of each sale. Make sure you log on early to bag the best deal. Fashionandyou.com takes the drool-worthy world of indulgence to another level with the introduction of “Fashionandyou Juniors”. Catering to kids, babies, busy parents, and moms-to-be...
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...India has an age old tradition of being peace loving country and this, it has depicted in all its activities and attitudes through the ages. But, with the growth of Science and Technology, the world has gone far ahead in using its knowledge of Science as an instrument of destruction. The movement of the world in its knowledge of Science has been thought provoking for the Indians also, and they have had to do some rethinking in the matter. Immediately after independence, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India started building friendships with other countries but, somehow, since its very inception, our relations with our closet neighbor Pakistan, have been mutually lacking in trust, and as such they remained strained always. During the span of 25 years, from 1948 to 1971, India has three wars thrust upon it by Pakistan, which India obviously had to fight. In the year 1962, a war was also thrust upon India by another neighbor Chin. It is with this background that, India had to review its defense policy and defense budget. This it had to do only to be able to defend itself from onslaughts of others. Even after the wars India had to fight, in its thinking and attitude of not fighting. India did not undergo any change, but, it also realized that, with others continuing to advance in destructive management, India had to develop its knowledge of destruction, only if it was to save itself. With this background, and the scenario of the world India...
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...My dear fellow-citizens, Brothers, sisters and dear children, I greet you all on this Independence Day. Today is certainly a day of joy for us. But on this celebration of independence we also feel pain in our hearts that our brothers and sisters in uttrakhand had to face devastation about two months back. Our deepest sympathies are with all the families that suffered loss of life or property. I want to assure the people of Uttarakhand today that the whole country stands with them in this moment of crisis. Our government is working with all the resources at its command to rehabilitate those whose houses have been destroyed and rebuild damaged infrastructure. Our army, paramilitary forces and numerous officers and staff of the Central and State governments worked in difficult conditions in partnership with the common people to perform an outstanding task in providing relief to those who were stranded. We especially pay homage to the officers and men of the Air Force, ITBP and NDRF who sacrificed their lives to save others. We are also deeply pained that we lost the submarine, INS Sindurakshak in an accident yesterday. Eighteen brave sailors are feared to have lost their lives. The accident is all the more painful because the Navy had recently achieved two major successes in the form of its first nuclear submarine, INS Arihant and the aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. We pay homage to the brave hearts we have lost. We also congratulate the Navy on its successes. Brothers and...
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...Question 3- Newly appointed chairperson of State Bank of India ? Ans- Arundhati bhattcharya Question 4- What is the full for of MSF ? Ans - Marginal Standing Facility Question 5- Name of scheme started by Himachal Pradesh under food security program from Sep 20. 2013 ? Ans- Rajiv Gandhi Ann Yojana Question 6- Player Pullea Gopichand is related to which game ? Ans- Badminton Question 7- Name of the first Indigenous aircraft carrier launched by India recently ? Ans- INS Vikrant Question 8- On which player a graphic biograpphy was released by by Amar Chitra Katha ? Ans- Dhyan Chand Question 9- What is the current bank rate ? Ans- 9% at present i Question 10- Name of the countries which come in BRICS ? Ans- Brazil,Russia,India, China and South Africa Question 11- Maharashtra state launches ‘Manodhairya’ scheme for whom? Ans- For rape victims Question 12- First women chief information commissioner of India ? Ans- Deepak Sandhu Question 13- Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards(From India) ? Ans- The Good road Advertising Sbi Recruitment Current Affairs Books Question Papers Question 14- What is the Maximum limit in prority sector by public sec? Ans- 40 % Question 15- Who got Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for the year 2013 ? Ans- Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan Question 16- Which of the bank opened its 15000 branches ? Ans- State Bank of India Question 17- Sundarban is located in which state ? Ans-...
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...Brand Ambassador | 8 | 6. | Selection of Tagline | 8 | 7. | Detailed description of television Advertisement | 9 | 8. | Detailed description of Print media | 9 | 9. | Detailed description of Internet media | 11 | 10. | Maharashtra Mahotsav | 14 | 11. | Phase wise implementation of Marketing plan | 15 | 12. | Estimated budget of our Marketing and Branding Strategies | 17 | 13. | Projected Return on Investment through our Revenue generation model | 18 | INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM IN MAHARASHTRA Maharashtra ranks second in India when it comes to attraction of foreign tourists. More than two million tourists visit the state of Maharashtra annually. The three UNESCO world heritage sites in Maharashtra, Ajanta caves, Ellora caves and Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, are highly responsible for the development of tourism in the state. Maharashtra attracts local as well as out of state tourists (From other states of India) through historical forts, serene natural places and blessed religious places. Mumbai which is the capital of Maharashtra or famously called as financial capital of India is the most cosmopolitan city in India. Mumbai...
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...RELIANCE COMMUNICATION [pic] [pic] INTRODUCTION A DREAM COME TRUE The Late Dhirubhai Ambani dreamt of a digital India — an India where the common man would have access to affordable means of information and communication. Dhirubhai, who single-handedly built India’s largest private sector company virtually from scratch, had stated as early as 1999: “Make the tools of information and communication available to people at an affordable cost. They will overcome the handicaps of illiteracy and lack of mobility.” It was with this belief in mind that Reliance Communications (formerly Reliance Infocomm) started laying 60,000 route kilometres of a pan-India fibre optic backbone. This backbone was commissioned on 28 December 2002, the auspicious occasion of Dhirubhai’s 70th birthday, though sadly after his unexpected demise on 6 July 2002. Reliance Communications has a reliable, high-capacity, integrated (both wireless and wireline) and convergent (voice, data and video) digital network. It is capable of delivering a range of services spanning the entire infocomm (information and communication) value chain, including infrastructure and services — for enterprises as well as individuals, applications, and consulting. Today, Reliance Communications is revolutionising the way India communicates and networks, truly bringing about a new way of life. INDIA ’S LEADING INTEGRATED TELECOM COMPANY Reliance Communications is the flagship company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)...
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...北京航空航天大学 SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT 经济管理学院 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Mini Report “Flipkart.com – The E - business success story in India ” Profesor: CHEN JING Students: GANTA. MURALI - LS 1508233 VU THI THU HIEN - LS 1508226 NGUYEN KHANH LINH - LS 1508230 NGUYEN HAI YEN - LS 1508256 NGUYEN THI THU HIEN - LS 1508257 Beijing, April 11th, 2016 Flipkart.com The E - business success story in India ABSTRACT: The Research paper provides information about overall of e commerce leading platform Flipkart from India. Incredible growth in e-commerce sites in India show high rate of internet penetration in the world leading to changing facets of economic growth in the country. Today no company can afford to avoid e-commerce, and in the future E-commerce shall become part of core business functions just like marketing or finance. Flipkart is one of the first in presenting people in India with an option of online shopping and has grown to become a biggest in the business today. KEYWORDS: E-tailing , E-business, E-Commerce, Online Shopping, Flipkart,… Beijing, April 11th, 2016 INTRODUCTION Flipkart .com Vision “ To become Amazon of India” Mission “Providing a delightful and memorable customer experience” Objective “Completely hassle free shopping experience with best prices in India Flipkart, an Indian e-commerce firm, was founded by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, both being graduates from IIT, after Ex- Amazon, in the...
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...subsidiary companies. THE LOGO The Bosch logo represents a simple magneto armature and casing, one of the first components produced by the business. TOP MANAGEMENT AT BOSCH : * CEO : Franz Fehrenbach * Chairman of the Board : Hermann Scholl * Director : Tilman Todenhofer * DEPUTY CEO : Siegfried Dais * Sales And Marketing : Rudolf Colm * CFO : Gerhard Kümmel BOSCH’S HISTORY: AT A GLANCE 1886 | Opening of Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering in Stuttgart on 15 November | 1887 | First low-voltage magneto from Bosch for stationary petrol engines | 1897 | First low-voltage magneto ignition for motor vehicle internal combustion engines | 1901 | First plant in Stuttgart | 1902 | First commercially viable high-voltage spark plug | 1906 | Production of 100,000th magneto ignition | 1906 | Introduction of eight-hour working day | 1910 | Opening of plant in Stuttgart-Feuerbach | 1913 | Start of production of headlights | 1918 | American assets seized; later become American Bosch Magneto | 1926 | Start of production of windscreen wipers | 1927 | First diesel fuel injection pump | 1929 | First TV Set from Fernseh AG division | 1932 | Formation of Junkers & Co. | 1932 | First power drill from Bosch | 1932 | First Blaupunkt car audio | 1936 | First diesel fuel injection pump for passenger cars, such as the...
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...content with our two children and felt that our family was complete. Both of us began to feel a strong pull of adoption at the same time. We were in the car listening to a radio program about adoption when we both looked at each other the same moment and asked “Have you ever thought about adoption? “ And thus began our joyous journey. Our first step was just to figure out where to begin, we knew of no one that had adopted and everything was very new to us. This step was scary for us because choosing the right agency would depend upon if we adopt in the United States or...
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...time comes when we shall redeem our pledge,” Just before midnight hour on the 14th of August Jawerharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, speaks these words of poetry and sends India into its first day of freedom. The speech Prime Minister Nehru gives in August 1947, which makes India a country of its own and frees it from the English rule. This speech differs from so many others speeches given by prime ministers all over the world, because Nehru does not bring that many political factors into it. In fact this speech seems more like a piece of poetry celebrating India as land of beauty and its people capable of standing united and achieve greatness. Though the speech is poetic, so much that you might forget its purpose, if you look closely, you can see that Nehru is not only praising his country and countrymen, but is using clear technics to draw in the people of India and to stand united as this new nation. As a very clear example, that fills most of Nehru’s speech, is the poetics phrases that Nehru is constantly using. This poetry and plans for the future, brings India together by giving them something to stand together about. Nehru goes specifically after this, when he calls India “she” in the sentence “Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of the quest or forgotten the ideals whish gave her strength” Nehru gives India a well-deserved boost of national felling and confidence, which was much needed since India might have lost that feeling after...
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...Coca-Cola India On August 20, 2003 Sanjiv Gupta, President and CEO of Coca-Cola India, sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks on the heels of a 75% five-year growth trajectory and 25-30%2 year-to-date growth. Many leading clubs, retailers, restaurants, and college campuses across the country had stopped selling Coca-Cola3 and only six weeks into his new role as CEO, Gupta was embroiled in a crisis that threatened the momentum gained from a highly successful two-year marketing campaign that had given Coca-Cola market leadership over Pepsi. On August 5th, The Center for Science and Environment (CSE), an activist group in India focused on environmental sustainability issues (specifically the effects of industrialization and economic growth) issued a press release stating: "12 major cold drink brands sold in and around Delhi contain a deadly cocktail of pesticide residues" (See Exhibit 1). According to tests conducted by the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory (PML) of the CSE from April to August, three samples of twelve PepsiCo and Coca-Cola brands from across the city were found to contain pesticide residues surpassing global standards by 30-36 times including lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos (See Exhibit 2). These four pesticides were known to cause cancer, damage to the nervous and reproductive systems, birth defects, and severe disruption of the immune system.4 In reaction...
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