...The East India Company and Perceptions of Indian Culture Throughout the 16th century, the Indian Ocean was filled with lucrative trade. Incredible amounts of capital and resources were exchanged all throughout the Indian Ocean from the Middle East to the shores of Japan. At the heart of all this trade stood the Indian subcontinent, whose merchants and monarchs accumulated vast amounts of wealth by taking advantage of their geographic position relative to the international market. Although the larger dynasties of Europe had learned of the vast material wealth of Asia through the travels of Marco Polo and other European explorers as early as the 14th century, it wasn’t until the 1600s that the first legitimate European trading companies set up shop in the east to bring Asiatic commodities to the European continent at a large scale. The first of said companies, the British East India Company, created under Elizabeth I of England, would bring not only great wealth, but also eventual colonization to the people of the India. The British East India Company arrived in the Indian subcontinent with purely economic goals. The merchants in the company adapted to Indian culture extremely well, quickly making friends with the monarchs of different Indian states, adopting and practicing Indian religions, marrying Indian women, and learning the vernacular languages of the continent so that they could seamlessly blend into the already thriving market. As English influence in the Indian economy...
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...[pic] About the author: Anand Giridharadas, is an American writer and newspaper columnist. He also serves as an analyst for CNN and CBC Radio. Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Giridharadas has since resided in Cleveland, Paris and Maryland. He studied the history of political thought at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. After college, he moved to Mumbai in 2003, where he worked as a consultant for the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He has written pieces for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. In 2008 he was promoted to columnist at The New York Times. In addition, he serves as an active lecturer, panelist and moderator at universities, the United Nations and private companies. In 2011, he released his first book ”India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking.” Reversing his parents' immigrant path, a young American-born writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new. Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane from America prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, "We're all trying to go that way," pointing to the rear. "You, you're going this way?" Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors, amid an unlikely economic boom. But he was interested less in its gold rush than in its cultural upheaval, as a new generation has sought to reconcile old traditions and customs with new ambitions and dreams...
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...stations in Mumbai and Kolkata. Later as the co, became bankrupt, the gocernment took possession of the transmitters and began its operations as the Indian state broadcasting corporation. In the year 1936, it was renamed all india radio and the dept of communications managed it entirely. After independence, all india radio was converted into a seperate dept. all india radio has five regional headquarters in new delhi, for north zone, in Mumbai for west zone, Kolkata, for the east zone, in guwahati for the north-east zone and in Chennai for south zone. In the yr 1957, all India radio was renamed akashvani, which is controlled by the ministry of information and broadcasting. During the period of independence only a mere 6 radio station existed throughout the country. But during the late 1990s, the network of Air extended to almost 146 AM stations. In the yr, 1967, commercial radio services started in India. In 1990, V.P.Singh’s national front government provided financial aid to the prasar bharati act that was considered by parliament. This act provided greater autonomy to doordarshan and AIR. the bill allowed the establishment of an autonomy body to control doordarshan and AiR. the unit operated under a board of governors, who were appointed for policy making and a broadcasting council to respond to the complaints. This was the start of interaction through radio. The initiative was takend by Vividh bharati and commercial service, from the headquarters in Mumbai. By 1994, there...
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...RESUME Manguirish Pai Raiker Chairman, RCPR School of Agriculture at Savoi Verem in Goa.India. Education: Post Graduate in Management and Law Bombay University, Bombay Bachelor in Science Bombay University, Bombay Finance and HR Certificate course Profession: Chairman and Managing Director of Brown Packaging Systems Pvt. Ltd. Director ,S. R. Consultancy Service (A consultancy firm responsible for setting of number of eco-friendly high technical, state of art projects) Other Professional Activities: Has been Hon. Director, MSSIDC, Maharashtra, GHRSSIDC,GOAIDC,etc. Manager - Logistics, Hindustan Ciba-Geigy First generation entrepreneur, Started with Accumulator Manufacturing Company. Visiting Faculty to management colleges, conducted various Trainings/workshops program on VAT in various States in India, Trained SAARC Academy members in India and other SAARC countries, and for ZDH-Sequa in Germany .Was Guest speaker: Growth of Indian Economy, Krakow University, Poland as well as other countries where He was invited to talk. Publications/Authorship: -A Guide to Goa VAT -A Comprehensive Book on Goa VAT -Effective Management of an Organization Awards and Honors: National Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship from President of India in 1988 Manager of the year Award 2002, Goa Management Association Awards from Giants International, The Navhind...
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...The foray of multinational fast food retailers into India has impacted the taste buds of Indian consumers significantly. Instant food is scoring over traditional food due to influence of Western countries, and rise in income & subsequent standard of living, convenience, etc. As a result, fast food menus are gaining wider acceptance from the Indian consumers. The Indian fast Food Industry Dryer has witnessed high growth strides in the past years, with increasing disposable income; exposure to a number of cuisines; and consumers’ willingness to experiment a mix of both Western and local menu. It has not only provided convenience to people who shuttle between home and work for a bigger part of the day but also eliminated the requirement of conventional cutlery. This industry at the moment thrives on international appeal endorsed by niche chains. The development of nutritious and healthier replacements for the traditional servings at fast food restaurants has transformed into mass promotion of portable foods. As per a new research report titled ‘Indian Fast Food Market Analysis’, currently the Indian fast food industry stands at a massive size of ` 47 billion, driven by a growing number of working professionals and increasing westernization. Apart from this, busy life schedule, standardized food, and less time-consuming processes are also fuelling the demand from domestic consumers in the industry. As demand for all types of fast food items are consistently on the rise, pizza,...
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...INDIA Introduction: India is home to one of the oldest and most unique cultures in the world. It is a country of both diversity and continuity. Creatively, the area blends different cultures, religions, races, and languages which are protected by rich cultural heritage. A majority of their cultural attributes can be traced to the dominance of Hinduism in the country. Religion is an important aspect of life and must be respected in order to maintain successful business relationships (Communicaid). A traditional caste system still influences the hierarchical structure of business practices in India, regardless of its elimination. Their decision making processes are heavily influenced by Fatalism and the reliance on spirituality (Communicaid). Combining Karma and the belief in "everything happens for a reason" both influence a native’s concept of time and space. Business negotiations are never rushed and more often than not, run longer than planned. Indian culture represents collectivist characteristics. There is a strong sense of community and group orientation that overlaps from personal to business life. As a result, an individual can lack privacy and personal space on a daily basis. Most communication is indirect placing importance on interpersonal contacts. Ideas may not be literal as one should rely on context cues for interpretation. India has a high-context culture combined with high power distance. Employees may be too afraid to express their doubts or disagreements...
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...Throughout history, many great leaders around the world have in one way or another made significant impacts on our day-to-day lives. ‘Mahatma’ (Sanskrit word meaning great soul) Gandhi who always led by example was one of these great personalities. He was a great leader to his people and his life became a message to the world. The message he brought was truth, freedom and non-violence. This paper will examine how Mahatma Gandhi’s effective leadership helped India get its independence through non-violence. One of the ways Mahatma Gandhi was able to be such an effective leader was his ability and determination to stand against injustice and racial discrimination. Gandhi witnesses his first experience of racial discrimination while traveling by train to Johannesburg, South Africa. Though he carried a first class ticket, he was ordered to move to the “colored” cars in the back by the officers. He refused to accept their demands which resulted in him being thrown out of the train. As a result, he had to spend a long and freezing night at the train station. It was through witnessing firsthand the racism and injustice against Indian people in South Africa that Gandhi started to question his people's status within the British Empire, and his own place in the society. This gave him a cause to fight for in his quest to end discrimination and inequality, which would eventually lead to a free India. At age 45, he moved back to India and he dedicated himself to organizing peaceful rallies...
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...Harsha Bhogle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2012) | Harsha Bhogle | Harsha Bhogle walks for Manish Malhotra & Shaina NC's show for CPAA | Born | (1961-07-19) 19 July 1961 (age 51) Hyderabad, India | Occupation | TV Commentator/Presenter | Spouse | Anita | Children | Chinmay and Satchit | Harsha Bhogle (born 19 July 1961) is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He was born in a Marathi speaking family in Hyderabad. Bhogle has recently become a freelance TV presenter. Contents [hide] * 1 Early life * 2 Career * 3 Personality * 4 Books * 5 Personal life * 6 References * 7 External links | [edit] Early life Harsha Bhogle is the son of A. D. Bhogle, a professor of French, and Shalini Bhogle, a professor of psychology. He went to Hyderabad Public School, then studied chemical engineering at Osmania University in Hyderabad. He did his post graduate program PGPM at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. After post graduation, he joined an advertising agency and worked there for two years before moving on to another two year stint in a sports management company. [edit] Career Bhogle began his career as a commentator at the age of 19 with All India Radio, while living in Hyderabad. In 1991-92, he became...
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...Six new facts or issues: A. Stereotypes (page 107)- assumptions of what people are like, whether true or false a. This definition fits perfectly with how the outside communities, business, tourist, and governments view the little “town” of Dharvi. To the outside world Dharvi is a despicable place. Its filled with one million poor individuals. These individuals live in illegal shacks and often are victim of work abuse, like sweat shops. Dharvi is the “recycling center of Mumbai” so one would assume it is a massive waste deposit. Many make out this entire area to be a slum. Now when thinking of slum you would think the worst of the worst. But there and entire society and underlying life style that most do not care to look deeper into. Yes Dharvi is practically a landfill, but without those who work doing all of the recycling Mumbai would have a major problem. Families in Dharvi have been working for this recycling business for generations and generations. It has become, for most, their way of life. They wake up and work until they fall asleep. Do the people of Dharvi lose hope? No. Most of the people who work for this business are doing so to provide food for their families, help out with charities, send their children to school, or even to make something of themselves. Dharvi, on the surface, is looked at as a slum; it’s beneath the surface that counts the most. Dharvi is made up of individuals who have a dream to become something. They want to make a lot of money, provide...
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...Modernizing Dharavi: If you build, will they come? Looking outside from his office at West Bandra overlooking the Arabian Sea, Mr. Mukesh Mehta sighed; he recalled when he first had the dream of creating a modern Dharavi – free of slums, where the poor, hardworking people will finally be able to enjoy a better quality of life and be integrated with the mainstream citizens. Throughout the history of the world, migrants have moved to the urban areas in search of a job so as to provide for their families. In most cases, they can find work, but not a place to live. Hence, without help from either developers or the government, they are forced to become squatters, building for themselves on undesirable and illegal properties. Dharavi, at the heart Mumbai, with 600,000 residents, is one such place and one of Asia’s largest slums. Mr. Mehta’s goal is to provide a decent standard of living to the people of Dharavi. He established himself as a celebrated realtor by building expensive custom homes for the rich in Long Island, New York, and now longed to build homes for the poor in the slums. He shared this dream with his family too. His son, Shyam, was very enthusiastic and regarded him as a “versatile” person who is capable of serving both the rich and the poor, while his wife considered him a “confused” person. He is, however, dedicated to pursue his dream of seeing that his heroes are living a far better life in a revamped Dharavi, free of slum. Mr. Mehta has been the management consultant...
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...developed by highly trained individuals. The programs that these individuals produce are highly technical, both in terms of the tax laws they cover and the code in which they are written. Perfecting them requires high levels of programming skill as well as the ability to understand the law. New laws and interpretations of existing laws have to be integrated quickly and flawlessly into the existing regulations and analysis tools. The creation of these programs is carried out in a virtual environment by four programmers in the Greater Mumbai area. The four work at home and are connected to each other and to the company bye-mail, telephone, and conference software. Formal, on-site meetings among all of the programmers take place only a few times a year, although the workers sometimes meet informally outside of these scheduled occasions. Here's some background on the four: Ravi Tendulkar is a tax lawyer, a graduate of the UQiversity of Mumbai and a former hockey player there. At 35, Ravi has worked on the programs for six years and is the longest-standing member of the team. Along with his design responsibilities, Ravi is the primary liaison with Nanawati Associates. He is. also responsible for training new team members. Single, Ravi works out of his farm in Lonawala. Aditya, a tax accountant and computer science graduate of the University of Pune, is 32 years old, married, with two children ages 4 and 6. His wife works full time...
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...IT from India’ to 'IT for India' Bottom of Form India has come a long way as a supplier of IT services to the world. Analysts say that India has revolutionized the services sector the same way as Japan changed the manufacturing sector. But, Indian IT sector has mainly catered to a global market, and very little was done for the local market in India in the past. India presents a very large untapped market in terms of technology adoption and usage. The scope of technology development for India as a market is at a position when the world was some 15 years ago. The major advantage is that India can start implementing technology from the point where the rest of the world is right now. It can leapfrog ahead of the rest of the world with very little legacy technology to cope with. Indian Market-India should be considered not as a country but as another world in itself. People have committed the mistake of considering it as a single big unit of similar attributes and needs or in other cases, seen little value in understanding the diversity of the country. They concentrated more on the well-off English speaking crowd of the country and never seen any true value in tapping the regional segments. FMCG, Education, Entertainment almost everyone else except IT has understood the value of tapping into the regional segments. This can be mainly attributed to the fact that IT was never meant for the Indian market. While other industries aimed to cater to local demand, IT was basically present...
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...Versova -Andheri – Ghatkopar MRTS Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Sheet 1 of 9 Revision R1 MASS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (MRTS) VERSOVA- ANDHERI- GHATKOPAR CORRIDOR MUMBAI –INDIA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BANDRA KURLA COMPLEX, BANDRA( E), MUMBAI 400 051 Fax: 2659 1246 EPBX: 2659 001-08 Email:- mmrda@giasbom01.vsnl.net.in Web : http://www.mmrdamumbai.org C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Web tenders\EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.doc EXECU Versova -Andheri – Ghatkopar MRTS Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Sheet 2 of 9 Revision R1 1.0 Background Greater Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra, the financial capital of India is the heart of commercial and trade activities of the country. The Island City of Mumbai is experiencing rapid growth in economic activity and suburbs are growing faster than the Island City in terms of population distribution and activity location. The city with its present population of over 12 million generates about 14 million trips in a day, with about 88 percent of the total trips catered by the suburban railway and the public transport bus service provided by BEST. The ever growing vehicular and passenger demands coupled with constraints on capacity augmentation of the existing network have resulted in chaotic conditions during peak hours of the day. Greater Mumbai has always had the distinction and advantage of a high modal share (88%) in favour of...
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...INTRODUCTION . Micromachining is the basic technology for fabrication of micro-components of size in the range of 1 to 500 micrometers. Their need arises from miniaturization of various devices in science and engineering, calling for ultra-precision manufacturing and micro-fabrication. Micromachining is used for fabricating micro-channels and micro-grooves (see Fig.) in micro-fluidics applications, micro-filters, drug delivery systems, micro-needles, and micro-probes in biotechnology applications. Micro-machined components are crucial for practical advancement in Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), Micro-electronics (semiconductor devices and integrated circuit technology) and Nanotechnology. [pic] Micromachining has evolved greatly in the past few decades, to include various techniques, broadly classified into mask-based and tool-based, as depicted in the diagram below. While mask-based processes can generate 2-D/2.5-D features on substrates like semiconductor chips, tools-based processes have the distinct advantage of being able to adapt to metallic and non-metallic surfaces alike, and also generate 3-D features and/or free-form sculpted surfaces. However, the challenges of achieving accuracy, precision and resolution persist. Internationally, the race to fabricate the smallest possible component has lead to realization of sizes ever below 10 µm, even though the peak industrial requirement has...
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...Divyansh Saxena Address:7/C Badrinath, AnushaktiNagar Mumbai 400094 Maharashtra, India ❖ SUMMARY A Computer Engineering Undergraduate with a keen interest in practical applications and seeking a career where a background in problem-solving would be advantageous. ❖ EXPERIENCE Intern, De La Salle University Manila, Philippines — June 2013 - July 2013 (2 Months) ● ● ● Worked as Program Design Team member. Researched on the efficiency of Red Cross Society of Philippines in rescue operations and relief operations. Researched about technology for better infrastructure and early warning systems against Natural Disasters. Involved in making Disaster Management strategies to decrease the impact of natural disasters which kill thousands of people every year in Philippines. Contact Number:+91 9833169865 Email Id:divyanshvasu@gmail.com ● Intern, ThinkLabs Technosolutions Pvt. Ltd. SINE IIT Bombay Mumb ai, Maharashtra, India — Jan 2013 (1 Month) ● Project I : Established wireless communication using CC2500. Interfaced CC2500 to Atmega16 and Computer. Configured it to operate in different modes. Transmitting and receiving multi-byte data between microcontroller and computer. Used Accelerometer and wireless communication for Swarm robotics.( Level 3 Robotics ) ● Project II : Fire Extinguishing Robot Used "Atmega16" as the micro-controller. Attached Line detection Sensor and Infrared Sensor to it. Used fan for extinguishing purpose. When robot senses infrared radiation...
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