Usha International Ltd, presently exports to over 40 countries worlwide including Middle East, Europe, USA, Latin America & Africa.

The SHRIRAM group was incorporated by Lala Shriram (grandfather of Siddharth Shriram) in 1889. Over the next 100 years, the group expanded into textiles, chemicals, sugar, automobiles, engines, rayons / nylon tyre cord, automotive components, edible oils, heavy chemicals (fertilizers/ chlor caustic), engineering foundries, sewing machines, fans, home appliances and other kind of items. In 1989, the group was split amongst the descendants of Lala Shriram and the businesses that came to Siddharth Shriram’s group.

The Siddharth Shriram Group

Siddharth Shriram Group is one of India’s renowned business groups with interests as diverse as sugar, edible oils and industrial chemicals to fans, appliances and automobiles

Mawana Sugars Ltd.

Sugar business

• Plantation white sugar
• Refined sugar
• Ethanol
• Co generated power from bagasse

Chemical business

• Caustic soda (lye and flake)
• Chlorine
• Stable bleaching powder

Edible oils business

• Packaged oil

USHA International Limited (Formerly known as The Jay Engineering Works Ltd.) One of the India’s known consumer durables sales, marketing, distribution and manufacturing Companies. It was started in 1937. The company has been marketing its products since then under the brand name USHA. USHA has its manufacturing facilities for Electric Fans at Hyderabad and Kolkata, Fuel Injection Equipment at Hyderabad and Water Cooler factory at Faridabad. USHA was the First Indian Company to be awarded ISO 9001:2000 for Marketing processes.

Associates:

• Hunter Fan Company, USA
• Janome Sewing Machine Company, Japan
• Honda Siel Power Products Ltd.
• NGK India

Product Portfolio: UIL is a multi product consumer durable sales, marketing, distribution and manufacturing Company with a diverse product portfolio that includes the following product lines:

• Electric Fans
• Sewing Machines
• Home Appliances
• Engines, Electrical motors & Pump sets
• Drinking water coolers & dispensers
• Auto Products

Timeline:

• 1934     India’s first indigenous sewing machine marketed under the brand name USHA.
• 1946     The first Indian Sewing Machine is exported.
• 1948     Fans are added to the product range.
• 1950     The first Indian Fan exported.
• 1966     Dr. Charat Ram appointed as Chairman of the board of UIL.
• 1968     Diesel Engines are added to the Usha product range.
• 1975     Usha becomes a Public Ltd. Company.
• 1979     Fuel Injection Equipment is introduced to the Usha Auto Components range.
• 1982     Usha Sales is renamed to Usha International.
• 1984     Launches a range of Home Appliances.
• 1994     Fourth generation fully automatic Sewing Machines in collaboration with Janome Sewing Machine Company of Japan is added to the product range.
• 1994     Monoblock pumps followed by a complete range of water lifting equipment are launched.
• 1996     Introduces a new range of diesel engines for power generation.
• 2000     Commences marketing of Light Weight Kerosene pumpsets powered by Honda engines.
• 2001     Tie-up with Hunter Fan Company of USA for marketing of premium Usha Hunter ceiling fans.
• 2005     Purchase of Water Cooler factory from DAIPL.
• 2007     Appointed as super distributor for 2 and 3 wheeler spark plugs in India by NGK Spark Plug Company Limited, Japan.
• 2008     As of June 2, 2008, Usha International Limited and Shriram Fuel Injection Industries Limited have merged into Jay Engineering Works limited, and the merged entity has been re-named Usha International Limited.

UIL’S Distribution Network

• Separate product verticals and different channels for the Trade / Dealer Network, Modern Retail, Government Sales and Commercial Bulk Buyers.
• 16 Locational Offices
• 60 Company run Showrooms across the Country
• Dealership in all urban centers with population greater than 20,000
• Penetration in important modern retail outlets (Future Group, Metro, Reliance)
• Presence in rural India, contributing to ~ 20% of total sales

Supply Chain Network

• 33 warehouses leased and managed in–house
• SAP enabled across all UIL locations (Head office, Location offices, Warehouses)

Information Technology & ERP

Year 2001, Journey of SAP started in Usha International Ltd. with roll-out of SAP R/3 Version 4.6C across all locations leaving behind the legacy application.

16 Sales Office, 1 Plant and 20 Godown were brought on private wide area network (VPN) to get the benefit of centralized SAP application hosted on robust and reliable IBM iSeries servers at corporate office.

The core areas of the business were mapped in SAP with three modules i.e SD,MM, FI/CO and later added Country India Version (CIN) & PP module. The effective adoption of SAP has brought standardization of process & methodology provides enhanced productivity.

In the year 2009, the ERP system was upgraded to mySAP ERP-2005(ECC6) alongwith the robust and reliable iSeries servers from IBM. Company had undergone for both technical and functional upgrade with new and enhanced functionalities of the system.

With the enhancement of SAP application, the network setup also been upgraded from PSTN to dedicated broadband link at most of the godown locations, to ensure effective and secure utilization of new / enhanced SAP functionalities and better response time.

Supplier Relation Management (SRM) software has been integrated with the ERP system to enable online interaction with large vendors over the Internet.

Similarly Online Service support software has been introduced at company’s authorized service center to ensure the faster and prompt response to our valuable customer.

Security of Information system is accorded top priority. A third party ISO17799 audit is carried periodically and comprehensive IT Security policy framed, which is monitored and adhered to, so as to ensure that its business operations are not compromised.

Registered Office:
Surya Kiran,
19, Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi – 110 001.
India

Tel: +91-11-23318114
Fax: +91-11-23318118/23318119

Corporate Office:
Plot No.3,
Institutional Area,
Sector 32,
Gurgaon-122 001.
Haryana (India)

Tel: +91-124-2883100
Fax: +91-124-2883200

List of offices

http://www.ushainternational.com

Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its five operating segments – electronics, games, entertainment (motion pictures and music), financial services and other. These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony’s principal business operations include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the U.S.), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Ericsson, and Sony Financial. As a semiconductor maker, Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. The company’s current slogan is make.believe.

Sony’s Story:

It was in 1946 that Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita together with a small team of passionate and committed group of employees started to build “Tokyo Tsushin Kenkyujo” (Totsuko), or “Tokyo Telecommunications Research Institute” into the billion dollar global conglomerate that it is today. The main objective of the company was to design and create innovative products which would benefit the people.

From early attempts at creating products like the rice-cooker to the later success of creating Japan’s first magnetic recorder, the innovative company went on to create other hit products which won the company widespread recognition and international acclaim as a truly global company known for its quality and innovative products. Significant product milestones included Japan’s first transistor radio (1955), Trinitron colour television (1968), Walkman personal stereo (1979), Handycam videocamera (1989), PlayStation (1994), Blu-ray Disc recorder (2003) and PlayStation 3 (2006).

Sony in India:

One of the most recognized brand names in the world today, Sony Corporation, Japan, established its India operations in November 1994, focusing on the sales and marketing of Sony products in the country. In a span of 15 years Sony India has exemplified the quest for excellence in the world of digital lifestyle becoming the country’s foremost consumer electronics brand. With relentless commitment to quality, consistent dedication to customer satisfaction and unparalleled standards of service, Sony India is recognized as a benchmark for new age technology, superior quality, digital concepts and personalized service that has ensured loyal customers and nationwide acclaim in the industry.

With brands names such as BRAVIA, Xplod, Sony hi-fi, Handycam, Cyber-shot‚ VAIO, Walkman, Memory stick‚ PlayStation. Sony has established it self as a value leader across its various product categories of Audio/Visual Entertainment products, Information and Communications‚ Recording Media, Business and Professional products.

In India, Sony has its footprint across all major towns and cities through a distribution network comprising of over 4000 dealers and distributors, 240 exclusive Sony outlets and 19 direct branch locations. Manned by customer friendly and informed sales persons, Sony’s exclusive stores ‘Sony Center’ are fast becoming the most visible face of the company in India. [Figures as of January 2010].

Sony India also has a strong service presence across the country with 20 company owned and 190 authorized service centers.

Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures:

• 1987: On 18 November, Sony acquired CBS Records Group from CBS. It was renamed “Sony Music Entertainment” in 1991.
• 1989: 28 September; Acquired Columbia Pictures Entertainment from The Coca-Cola Company for US$3.4 billion. It was subsequently renamed “Sony Pictures Entertainment” in 1991.
• 1989: 29 September; Acquired The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company for $200 million.
• 1993: Acquired Psygnosis Limited a computer games company based in Liverpool, UK. Psygnosis director Ian Hetherington was made Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
• 1995: Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a 50:50 joint venture of Sony Corporation of America and Michael Jackson.
• 1997: ST Liquid Crystal Display Corporation (STLCD), a 50:50 joint venture of Sony Corporation and Toyota Industries.
• 2001: Sony Ericsson, a 50:50 joint venture of Sony Corporation and Ericsson AB, was established on 1 October.
• 2002: Aiwa Corporation in October.
• 2004: S-LCD, a joint venture of Sony Corporation and Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics: 50% plus 1 share, Sony: 50% minus 1 share) was established in April.
• 2004: On 20 July, the European Union approved a 50–50 merger between Sony Music Entertainment and BMG. The new company was named Sony BMG Music Entertainment and, as of 2005, holds a 21.5% share in the global music market, behind worldwide leader Universal Music Group, which has a 25.5% share.
• 2005: On 8 April, The MGM Company (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists) was acquired by a Sony-led consortium (Providence Equity Partners 29%, TPG Capital 21%, Sony 20%, Comcast 20%, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners 7% and Quadrangle Group 3%) finalized the deal to purchase the film studio for about $4.8 billion, including $2bn in debts from Armenian-American Kirk Kerkorian.
• 2006: Sony NEC Optiarc Inc, a 55:45 (Sony 55%, NEC 45%) joint venture of Sony Corporation and NEC Corporation, was established in April.
• 2006: Obtained an option to acquire half of Michael Jackson’s 50% stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
• 2006: Acquired digital Single Lens Reflex (Digital SLR) cameras section from Konica Minolta including digital camera support and servicing.
• 2006: Acquired Grouper Networks (now Crackle, Inc.), a Sausalito-based startup company that created a user generated video sharing platform and P2P technology for $65M.
• 2006: Field Emission Technologies Inc., a carve-out of Sony’s nano-Spindt FED technology. Established in December 2006 by Technology Carve-Out Investment LLP (62.2%) and Sony (37.8%).
• 2007: Qreatic Design Inc, a 50:50 joint venture of Sony Corporation and Qimonda AG.
• 2007: Moversa GmbH, a 50:50 joint venture of Sony Corporation and NXP Semiconductors.
• 2008: Acquired Gracenote, Inc. for $260M.
• 2008: Acquired Bertelsmann AG’s 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
• 2009: Sharp Display Products Corporation (SDP), a joint venture of Sharp Corporation (92.96%) and Sony Corporation (7.04%). Sony plans to make additional capital injections to SDP, resulting in a maximum 34% ownership by Sony of SDP by the end of April 2011. SDP produces large-sized LCD panels and modules using the 10th generation glass substrates at the Sharp Green Front Sakai in the Sakai-Semboku Industrial Complex, Sakai, Osaka.
• 2010: Acquired Convergent Media Systems Corporation.
• 2010: Acquired iCyt Mission Technology, Inc., a producer of flow cytometers.
• 2010: Acquired Surrey, England-based Media Molecule of for an undisclosed price.

Sony India Registered Office:

A – 31,
Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate,
Mathura Road
New Delhi – 110044

Tel: +91-11-66006600
Fax: +91-11-26959141

List of branch offices in India

http://www.sony.co.in

Paladion’s expertise extends over Banking-Finance-Insurance, IT and Consulting, Telecommunications, Research & Development and Government. Paladion’s solutions encompass security assurance, compliance, governance, monitoring and management services.

Paladion Network professionals are extensively trained and certified in CISSP, CISA, SANS, BS7799, CBCP, ISO 20000 and ISO 27001.

Services Offered by Paladion:

Professional Services

• Security Testing
• Consulting
• SOC Services
• Identity and Access Management

Managed Services

• Managed governance, risk and compliance
• Managed security operation center
• Managed testing and assurance
• Managed identity and access

Partners: Paladion has a tie-up with

• ArcSight
• Hewlett-Packard
• Bigfix
• Modulo Solutions
• Cenzic
• i-sprint
• Sentrigo
• Qualys

Client List

Banking, Finance and Insurance

• Standard Chartered Bank
• ABN AMRO Bank
• HSBC
• ING Vysya
• State Bank of India
• ICICI Bank
• Kotak Mahindra Bank
• Commercial Bank of Kuwait
• Riyad Bank
• Principal Financials AMC
• IDBI Bank
• Medmarc Insurance
• Kotak Mutual AMC+AMI Insurance
• First Islamic Bank
• OrbiTech Solutions
• Prudential Singapore
• Prudential ICICI AMC
• Syndicate Bank

Information Technology and Consulting

• Infosys Technologies Ltd.
• ITS2
• Digicert
• Aditi
• PWC
• HCL Tech
• Hewitt Associates
• Tata Elxsi
• Intel
• Seva
• CMC
• Polaris
• Keane
• Fortuna
• Microsoft Consulting
• SK-International
• Hurix Systems
• America To Go
• Atcom

Manufacturing

• Titan
• Reliance Industries
• Pfizer
• Pidilite
• HLL
• Asian Paints
• DaimlerChrysler

Telecommunication

• Comsat Max
• Tata ISP
• Rolta Net
• Nextel
• Reliance Infocomm
• Global Tele
• Satyam

Research and Development

• BEL
• ISRO
• GE Tech Center

Government

• Department of Justice,USA
• Ministry of IT, India

Corporate Office:

Shilpa Vidya,
49 1st Main, 3rd Phase,
JP Nagar,
Bangalore – 560 078

Tel: +91-80-42543444
Fax: +91-80-41208929

List of Offices

http://www.paladion.net

Birlasoft services include application development, support & maintenance, enterprise application implementation, integration, infrastructure management and quality assurance & testing.

Birlasoft’s robust delivery processes embrace digitized project management methodologies, embedded within proven practices of Six Sigma on Continuous Representation. The Noida centers of the company have been recently assessed at PCMM Level 3 for its HR practices.

Birlasoft provides applications development and support services in eCommerce, Data Warehousing, Legacy Systems, QA, CRM, RIMS (Remote Infrastructure Management Service) and ERP.

Birlasoft is part of the global $1.7 billion CK Birla Group which traces its roots back to over 150 years and has diversified interests ranging from automobiles, cement, paper, software etc. to hospitals, schools and colleges as part of its philanthropic work.

The foundation for the Birla House in India was laid in 1861.

Spanning four continents, the GP-CK Birla Group has global revenues of more than $1.7 billion with interests in major industries, including automobile, bearings, earthmoving and power transmission equipment, heavy machinery, paper, cement, building products and electrical products and information technology. The group has a track record of successful partnerships and collaborations with technology leaders like General Motors, Caterpillar, Ford Motors, Mitsubishi Motors, Isuzu Motors and NTN to name a few.

The group entered the information technology arena in 1992-93. Initially, the company, Birla Horizons International, concentrated on professional services with offices in New Delhi, New Jersey and California. In 1998, the company was rejuvenated and renamed Birlasoft Inc. when GE Capital joined the company as a strategic investor. Over the years Birlasoft has evolved into an institution with more than 4,000+ employees across the globe.

Alliances:

Birlasoft works with alliance partners that offer best-in-class technologies in specific industries, enabling them to develop and deliver leading solutions and business value to their clients.
Birlasoft’s alliance partners include:

SAP: Birlasoft is SAP India certified Associate Channel partner as an SMB Value Added Reseller for mySAP ERP All in One Solutions. As a part of the agreement, Birlasoft is authorized to sell SAP licenses and implement SAP projects in India. The initial focus verticals will be Consumer Products, Mill Products & Textiles.

mySAP™ All-in-One is a prepackaged, industry specific solution with built-in content, tools and methodologies for a cost effective, turnkey deployment. The solution has been designed to keep the specific needs of the SMB segment in mind.

Oracle: Birlasoft is a Global (Worldwide) Certified Partner of Oracle. It’s Global (Worldwide) Certified Partnership with Oracle helps it to simplify and consolidate offerings from multiple Oracle product groups. This further helps to deliver best of breed solutions and services with increased levels of support and engagement from Oracle and by gaining access directly to the tools and resources that are needed to support the entire Customer Business Cycle across the globe.

HP Software (Gold Business Partner): HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. HP markets its products to households, small to medium size businesses and enterprises both directly, via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors.

Siebel Systems: Siebel Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of business applications software, enabling corporations to sell to, market to, and serve customers across multiple channels and lines of business. With more than 4,000 customer deployments worldwide, Siebel Systems provides organizations with a proven set of industry-specific best practices, CRM applications, market-leading analytics products, and business processes, empowering them to consistently deliver superior customer experiences and establish more profitable customer relationships. Siebel Systems’ sales and service facilities are located in more than 30 countries. Birlasoft Inc. has a dedicated Siebel Center of Excellence which provides following onsite/offshore services to many of it’s Fortune customers, as below:

• Siebel Implementation Services
• Siebel Upgrade Services
• Siebel Testing Services
• Siebel Support and Maintenance Services

IBM: Birlasoft is an IBM business partner and provides consulting and outsourcing services on Tivoli, WebSphere, Rational and Lotus line of products.

Global Presence:

Headquartered at Noida, India, Birlasoft has 4,000+ employees across:

• US
• UK
• Germany
• Netherlands
• Czech Republic
• Malaysia
• Australia
• Singapore
• India.

Corporate Office:

Birlasoft
H – 9, Sector 63,
NOIDA – 201 306.

Tel: +91-120-6629000.
Fax: +91-120-6629494, +91-120-4079494

List of Offices

http://www.birlasoft.com

Citibank has retail banking operations in more than 100 countries and territories around the world. More than half of its 1,400 offices are in the United States, mostly in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, and Miami. More recently, Citibank has expanded its operations in the Boston, Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, and Washington D.C. metropolitan areas, albeit with a mixed record of success. It was reported that Citigroup executives were pleased with the performance of the Boston branches, but were less impressed with the Philadelphia experiment, according to a person familiar with the situation.

In India, Citibank has been operating since 1902. The bank is present at 28 locations as of April 13, 2009. These locations include Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Noida, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Indore, Bhopal, Surat, Nashik, Aurangabad, Akola, Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata, Vapi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Pondicherry, Cochin and Coimbatore.

On September 24, 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported that Citi planned to narrow the focus of Citigroup’s U.S. branch network to just six major metropolitan areas, including New York, Washington, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where Citi has a substantial presence but ranks no higher than No. 3 in deposits. The article also noted that Citi could abandon or scale back where it is an also-ran, including Boston, Philadelphia and parts of Texas, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

In addition to the standard banking transactions, Citibank offers insurance, credit card and investment products. Their online services division is among the most successful in the field, claiming about 15 million users.

As a result of the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009 and huge losses in the value of its subprime mortgage assets, Citibank was rescued by the U.S. government under plans agreed for Citigroup. On November 23, 2008, in addition to initial aid of $25 billion, a further $25 billion was invested in the corporation together with guarantees for risky assets amounting to $306 billion.

Products and Services in India
The bank offers a variety of services and products under the Personal Banking, NRI Banking and Corporate Banking categories.

Personal Banking
The services offered by the bank under Personal Banking are Loans and Credit Cards, Regular Banking services such as savings account, business banking solutions including Personal Wealth Management and investment options such as Mutual Funds and Demat Services. The bank also offers various insurance solutions and hi-tech banking services such as Online Bill Pay, Pre-paid Mobile Recharge, Internet Banking and CitiAlert account statements on the mobile phone.

NRI Oriented Services
For its Non-Resident Indian (NRI) customers, Citibank provides a wide range of services including Rupee Checking Account, Money Remittance, Investment solutions and Home Loans for the NRIs.

Corporate Banking Solutions
Citibank also pays specialized attention to its corporate customers in India through its Corporate Banking services, which comprises of an array of customized banking solutions tailor-made according to the needs of its corporate customers in India. These services include Cash Management, Trade Services, Loans, Securities and Fund Services, and Investment Banking services.

Global Commercial Bank Services
Citibank also offers Global Commercial Bank services through its Commercial Relationship Banking wing and Global Subsidiaries Group. The Commercial Relationship Banking services are aimed at helping the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Mid Market Enterprises, while the Global Subsidiaries Group provides comprehensive banking services for the top multinational corporates and their subsidiaries in India.

Citi’s Global Presence

Africa
Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Conga, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia.

Asia Pacific
Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Central America/Caribbean
Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Virgin Islands.

Europe
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

Middle East
Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates.

North America
Canada, Mexico, United States.

South America
Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Corporate Office – India

Citigroup Center,
7th Floor,
C-61, Bandra Kurla Complex,
G, Block,
Bandra(East),
Mumbai. 400 051
India

Tel: +91-22-40015757/26532325

Global Commercial Bank Locations across India

Branch/ATM Locator

http://www.citibank.co.in

The fund traces its lineage to State Bank of India (SBI) – India’s largest banking enterprise. The institution has grown immensely since its inception and today it is India’s largest bank, patronised by over 80% of the top corporate houses of the country.

SBI Mutual Fund is a joint venture between the State Bank of India and Société Générale Asset Management,  one  of  the  world’s  leading  fund  management  companies  that  manages  over US$ 500 Billion worldwide.

In twenty years of operation, the fund has launched 38 schemes and successfully redeemed fifteen of them. In the process it has rewarded it’s investors handsomely with consistent returns. A total of over 5.8 million investors have reposed their faith in the wealth generation expertise of the Mutual Fund.

Schemes of the Mutual fund have consistently outperformed benchmark indices and have emerged as the preferred investment for millions of investors and HNI’s. Today, the fund manages over Rs. 38,782 crores of assets and has a diverse profile of investors actively parking their investments across 38 active schemes. (As on December 2009)

The fund serves this vast family of investors by reaching out to them through network of over 130 points of acceptance, 28 investor service centers, 46 investor service desks and 56 district organisers.

SBI Mutual is the first bank-sponsored fund to launch an offshore fund – Resurgent India Opportunities Fund.

SBI Mutual Fund (SBIMF) has been the proud recipient of the ICRA Online Award – 8 times, CNBC TV – 18 Crisil Award 2006 – 4 Awards, The Lipper Award (Year 2005-2006) and most recently with the CNBC TV – 18 Crisil Mutual Fund of the Year Award 2007 and 5 Awards for it’s schemes.

Products Offered:

Equity Schemes:

• Magnum COMMA Fund               
• Magnum Equity Fund
• Magnum Global Fund
• Magnum Index Fund
• Magnum MidCap Fund
• Magnum Multicap Fund
• Magnum Multiplier Plus 1993
• Magnum NRI Investment Fund – FlexiAsset Plan
• Magnum Sector Funds Umbrella
  • MSFU – Emerging Businesses Fund
  • MSFU – IT Fund
  • MSFU – Pharma Fund
  • MSFU – Contra Fund
  • MSFU – FMCG Fund
• SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund
• SBI Blue Chip Fund
• SBI Infrastructure Fund – Series I
• SBI Magnum Taxgain Scheme 1993
• SBI ONE India Fund
• SBI TAX ADVANTAGE FUND – SERIES I

Debt Schemes:

• Magnum Children`s Benefit Plan
• Magnum Gilt Fund
  • Magnum Gilt Fund (Long Term)
  • Magnum Gilt Fund (Short Term)
• Magnum Income Fund
• Magnum Income Plus Fund
  • Magnum Income Plus Fund (Saving Plan)
  • Magnum Income Plus Fund (Investment Plan)
• Magnum Insta Cash Fund
• Magnum InstaCash Fund -Liquid Floater Plan
• Magnum Institutional Income Fund
• Magnum Monthly Income Plan
• Magnum Monthly Income Plan Floater
• Magnum NRI Investment Fund
• SBI Capital Protection Oriented Fund – Series I
• SBI Debt Fund Series
  • SDFS 15 Months Fund
  • SDFS 90 Days Fund
  • SDFS 13 Months Fund
  • SDFS 18 Months Fund
  • SDFS 24 Months Fund
  • SDFS 30 DAYS
  • SDFS 30 DAYS
  • SDFS 370 days
  • SDFS 60 Days Fund
  • SDFS 180 Days Fund
  • SDFS 370 days
  • SDFS 30 DAYS
• SBI Dynamic Bond Fund
• SBI Premier Liquid Fund
• SBI Short Horizon Debt Fund
  • SBI Short Horizon Debt Fund – Ultra Short Term Fund
  • SBI Short Horizon Debt Fund – Short Term Fund

Balanced Scheme:

• Magnum Balanced Fund

Exchange Traded Scheme:

• SBI Gold Exchange Traded Scheme

CORPORATE OFFICE:

SBI Mutual Fund,
191, Maker Tower ‘E’,
Cuffe Parade,
Mumbai – 400 005.
India.

Tel: +91-22-22180221  
Fax: +91-22-22189663

List of branch offices

http://www.sbimf.com

The Shriram Group is one of the largest and well-respected financial services conglomerates in India. The Group’s main line of activities in financial services include chit fund, truck financing, consumer durable financing, stock broking, insurance broking and life insurance.
The Group has a customer base of 30 lacs chit subscribers and investors and operates through a network of 630 offices all over the country. The Group has the largest agency force in the private sector consisting of more than 75,000 loyal and dedicated agents.

Shriram Life Insurance Co. Ltd. was launched in January 2006. India currently accounts for 16% of the world’s population.70% of this population is below 35 years of age. Between 2001 and 2006, Indian demography has changed with the higher income classes (more than INR 70,000 per annum) constituting about 79%. This represents huge market for insurance products.

This is amply reflected in the growth of insurance industry in the last couple of years. However, this growth has not really reach the Rural and Semi Urban areas. Shriram Group with its network of branches particularly in these areas enjoys a unique opportunity for reaching out to wider audience and sustain the growth story of the insurance industry. Most of the products of Shriram Life were designed by advisors working in the field and based on need analysis done through Intense Market Research.

 Sanlam Life Insurance Limited, a part of the Sanlam Group, is one of the largest providers of life insurance in South Africa with 3.2 million individual policies under administration. It has a significant presence

across South Africa, United Kingdom and Namibia and is a major provider of life insurance, retirement annuities, saving and investment products, personal loans, home loans and trust services to individuals. The shareholder’s funds of Sanlam Life equates to USD 4.4 billion.

The Sanlam Group was established in 1918 and has a leadership position in financial services in South Africa. Demutualized in 1998, the group is listed on the JSE Securities Exchange in Johannesburg and on the Namibian Stock Exchange. It has a current market capitalization of USD 5.4 billion.

The Sanlam Group also operates in the areas of Group Schemes, Retirement Funds, Life Insurance, Asset Management and other financial services. It has an employee strength of 10,000 and has shareholder funds in excess
of US$ 4.6 billion.

During the first year of operation the company (Shriram Life Insurance Company) earned a profit of Rs 2 crore, which doubled to Rs 4 crore in the subsequent year. For the fiscal ended March 2009, the company earned a profit of Rs 8 crore, adding the total premium at the end 2008-09 stood Rs 1,000 crore. The company aims to garner new business premium of Rs 1,000 crore in next three years. The company also intends to increase its presence in 100 cities in the next 3-4 years.

Presently Shriram Life Insurance Company offers 11 products catering to various situations and strata of society:

• Shri Life
• Shri Nidhi
• Shri Raksha
• Shri Vidya
• Shri Plus
• Shri Plus (SP)
• Shri Laabh
• Shri Vivah
• Shri Vishram
• Shri Sahay
• Immediate Annuity Plan

Head Office:

Shriram Life Insurance Company Limited,
3-6-478, 3rd Floor, Anand Estates,
Liberty Road, Himayat Nagar,
Hyderabad – 500 029
India.

Tel: +91-40-2343 4466
Fax: +91-40-2343 4488

List of Branch Offices

http://www.shriramlife.in

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Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) [NYSE: CSC] is an information technology (IT) and business services company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. CSC predominantly provides IT personnel staffing services in the following areas: systems integration and professional services; enterprise application development and management; application software for the financial services industry; business process outsourcing; managed hosting services; and application and IT infrastructure outsourcing. CSC’s consulting and professional services include advising clients on the acquisition and utilization of IT and on business strategy, security, modeling, simulation, engineering, operations, change management and business process reengineering.

CSC was founded in April 1959 by Roy Nutt, Fletcher Jones and Bob Patrick. Their goal was to provide programming tools such as assemblers and compilers. Jones, who ran the business and its marketing, obtained a contract from Honeywell that made the business profitable and respected within the industry. Within four years of its founding, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and took the business public with an IPO listed on the American Stock Exchange.

By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had operations in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and the Netherlands.

Since its beginnings in 1959, company headquarters had been in California.

CSC serves Fortune Global 1000 companies in fifteen industries and national and local governments. CSC employs over 92,000 people in 80 countries and is one of the largest players in global outsourcing.

CSC reported revenue of $16.74 billion on May 21, 2009. This was a 1.5% growth over the revenue generated in same period last year. On September 28, 2009, when Xerox acquired Affiliated Computer Services, Computer Sciences Corporation became the nation’s remaining, independent major outsourcing vendor.

Acquisitions:

• Index Group (1988)
• Continuum (1996)
• Ploenzke AG (1995-1999)
• Nichols Research Corporation (1999)
• PMSC/Mynd (2001)
• DynCorp (2003) (some units later sold in 2005)
• Datatrac Information Services Inc. (2006)
• Covansys Corporation Limited (2007)
• First Consulting Group (2008)
• OBS BG (2008)
• Log.Sec Corporation (2008)
• BearingPoint in Brazil (2009)

Industries Served:

• Aerospace & Defense
• Banking
• Chemical, Energy & Natural Resources
• Communications, Media & Entertainment
• Financial Services
• Government
• Health Services
• Insurance
• Life, Annuities & Pensions
• Manufacturing
• P&C – General Insurance
• Retail
• Technology
• Travel & Transportation

Solutions Provided:

• Cloud Computing Services
• Credit Services
• Customer Relationship Management
• Enterprise Solutions
• Hosting Services
• Legal Solutions
• Managed Network Services
• Management Consulting
• Outsourcing
• Risk Management & Claims
• Security
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Supply Chain Management
• Testing Services

Global Presence:

• Africa
  • South Africa
• Americas
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
• Asia
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
• Australia
  • Australia
• Europe
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom

The Muthoot Group is an 120-year-old business house based in India. It has interests in Financial Services, Information Technology, Media, Healthcare, Education, Power Generation, Infrastructure, Plantations, Precious Metals and Hospitality. The Muthoot Group operates in 21 states in India, and has a customer base of over 25 million. It is wholly owned and managed by the Muthoot Family.

The Group takes its name from the Muthoot Family based in Kerala. The Company was set up by Muthoot Ninan Mathai in 1887 at Kozhencherry, a small town in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore (Kerala). It was then later taken over by his son M.George Muthoot who incorporated the Finance division of the group which was till then primarily involved in wholesale of grains. The company is now managed by the third and fourth generation of its family members.

The group is headquartered in Kochi, Kerala

Subsidiaries:

Finance

The Muthoot Group, with its subsidiary Muthoot Finance since 1939 is primarily involved in the Financial sector of the country. Muthoot Finance falls under the category of Non Banking Financial Company (NBFCs) of the RBI guidelines. Muthoot Finance has more than 1400 branches spread across 20 states of the country. ‘Muthoot Gold Power’ is the lifestyle product of Muthoot Finance aimed at mobilizing the Household gold in India which is estimated to be more than 15000 tonnes. Muthoot Finance according to its company website has “the largest gold loan portfolio in the country”. Muthoot also provides various financial services such as Insurance distribution, Wealth Management, Foreign Exchange, Money Transfer and Vehicle & Asset Finance.

Information Technology

Emsyne, the information technology wing of the group develops products for the service, education and healthcare industry. Emsyne offers on site and offshore services, whether project-based outsourcing / assignments, or based on time and materials. The Core Products of Emsyne are Edge – Educational Institutions Management System Finex – Innovative Banking Automation System

Securities

Muthoot Securities offers broking services in cash and derivatives segments at the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. It has a network of more than 100 branches.[5]. Muthoot Securities launched its portfolio management services on 20th August 2009.

Media

Chennai Live 104.8 is India’s first talk radio FM station. The station focuses on knowledge centric and local content and will be targeting the information and entertainment needs of Chennai’s intellect community.

Healthcare

The Group operates several Diagnostic & Scan centers throughout Kerala and 2 multi-specialty hospitals in Kozhencherry and Pathanamthitta. Muthoot Medical Center at Kozhencherry is a Non-Profit Organization.

Hotels & Hospitality

Muthoot Hotels operates a 4 star resort in Thekkady (Kerala) and also operates 12 houseboats in the backwaters of Kerala under the brand Muthoot River Escapes. Kaapi Club is a chain of South Indian coffee outlets managed by Muthoot Hotels. Muthoot Hotels is in the process of constructing a 5 star luxury hotel in the city of Kochi and 5 star beach resort in Mararikulam.

Housing & Infrastructure

The projects of Muthoot Builders are primarily situated in central and south Kerala, Muthoot has a track record of more than 30 completed projects including commercial and residential spaces.

Other Divisions

Muthoot has interests in Power Generation through windmill farms in the state of Tamil Nadu. The group also manages a school in New Delhi and 2 Nursing Colleges in Kerala.

Philanthropy

Muthoot M George Charity Foundation Set up in memory of the Late M. George Muthoot, the Foundation has been extending financial aid for its employees as part of the Staff Welfare measures. Every branch of The Muthoot Group is actively involved in Community Development and Social Welfare. The Muthoot Foundation frequently grants medical and financial aid to deserving individuals through its welfare programs. The Muthoot M. George Charitable Foundation is approached by numerous organizations and individuals requesting financial and medical assistance.

Muthoot Medical Centers at Kozhencherry and Pathanamthitta are super specialty hospitals set up in the rural areas of Kozhencherry and Pathanamthitta. They are both Non-Profit organizations established in 1989.

Environment Research Foundation

The Periyar Foundation set up by Muthoot Hotels is based in the town of Thekkady, near the Periyar National Park has undertaken several projects for the conservation of the national park including ‘Vasantha Sena‘ and a research study along with the National Institute of Advance Studies for the conservation of ‘Nocturnal Flying Squirrels‘.

Registered Office:

List of branch offices

http://www.muthootgroup.com

Within a span of 5 years BPL has exemplified the quest for excellence in the world of medical products becoming the country’s foremost in manufacturing electro-cardiographs. With the increasing nationwide infrastructure development in power & telecommunication, BPL ventured into this field with its Power Line Communications Carrier (PLCC) and continues to be a leader in this field. With the advent of televisions in India, BPL used its manufacturing strengths and strong technical tie up with SANYO Japan to launch the BPL brand televisions in Indian market. With relentless commitment to quality, consistent dedication to customer satisfaction and unparalleled standards of service, BPL is recognized as a benchmark for new age technology, superior quality, digital concepts and personalized service that has ensured loyal customers and nationwide acclaim in the industry.

BPL established its image as a reliable and strong brand in the consumer durables market, a reputation that it still enjoys. In India, BPL has its footprint across the country through a distribution network comprising of over 7000 channel partners. Manned by customer friendly and informed sales persons.

Over the years, BPL’s growth has been subject to constant challenges. The company was started at a time when the government had reserved many areas of business for the public sector. It had also virtually barred most entrepreneurs from entering other fields through reservations on licensing.

From 1980 onwards, when the industrial licensing was relaxed, BPL began manufacturing televisions and telecommunications equipment, demonstrating its potential and future business area. In the early 1990s, after globalisation and liberalization of the Indian economy, competition entered the market. BPL retained its strong presence and growth rate. Strategic alliances with international companies provided the technology for them and set the standards of quality.

Using its experience of the market and the consumer, BPL concentrated on importing technology, improving product quality, innovations and manufacture of electronic products that enhanced the quality of life. After 37 years, BPL has metamorphosed from an entrepreneurial venture, into India’s biggest consumer electronics company.

Corporate History:

In May 2007 after the failure of Sanyo BPL venture. The attrition in rate in Sanyo BPL was 70%. BPL concentrated 100% on Healthcare Business group Started Sales and Service Support for PIX and re branded the Service operations under “SURE CARE” brand .Sure Care provides support for BPL Healthcare and PIX X-Ray products.

Corporate Office:

BPL Limited

List of offices

http://www.bpl.in

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The company, through Dabur Pharma Ltd. does toxicology tests and markets ayurvedic medicines in a scientific manner. They have researched new medicines which will find use in O.T. all over the country therein opening a new market.

Dabur Foods, a subsidiary of Dabur India is expecting to grow at 25%. Its brands of juices, namely, Real and Active, together make it the market leader in the Fruit Juice Category.

Dabur is the co-owner of the IPL team Kings XI Punjab.

Key Facts:

Milestones:

IT Initiatives

• Migration from Baan and Mfg ERP Systems to centralized SAP ERP system from 1st April 2006 for all business units.
• Implementation of a country wide new WAN Infrastructure for running centralized ERP system.
• Setting up of new Data Centre at KCO Head Office.
• Extension of Reach System to distributors for capturing Secondary Sales Data.
• Roll out of IT services to new plants and CFAs.

• Upcoming Challenges
  • Forward Integration of SAP with Distributors and Stockists.
  • Backward Integration of SAP with Suppliers.
  • Implementation of new POS system at Stockist point and integration with SAP-ERP.
  • Implementation of SAP HR and payroll.
  • SAP Roll-out to DNPL and other new businesses.

Registered Office:

Corporate Office:

List of offices

http://www.dabur.com

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List of Branch Offices

Network Channels:

CNBC-AWAAZ
AWAAZ is India’s first channel focusing on consumer related information. AWAAZ has become the choice of the Hindi speaking affluent masses, small businessmen, entrepreneurs, and a cross section of people with varied information needs. AWAAZ is fast becoming the single authoritative source for making informed decisions on investing, saving, purchasing and career choices.

The first two decades of the twentieth century saw lot of growth in insurance business. From 44 companies with total business-in-force as Rs.22.44 crore, it rose to 176 companies with total business-in-force as Rs.298 crore in 1938. During the mushrooming of insurance companies many financially unsound concerns were also floated which failed miserably. The Insurance Act 1938 was the first legislation governing not only life insurance but also non-life insurance to provide strict state control over insurance business. The demand for nationalization of life insurance industry was made repeatedly in the past but it gathered momentum in 1944 when a bill to amend the Life Insurance Act 1938 was introduced in the Legislative Assembly. However, it was much later on the 19th of January, 1956, that life insurance in India was nationalized. About 154 Indian insurance companies, 16 non-Indian companies and 75 provident were operating in India at the time of nationalization. Nationalization was accomplished in two stages; initially the management of the companies was taken over by means of an Ordinance, and later, the ownership too by means of a comprehensive bill. The Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance Corporation Act on the 19th of June 1956, and the Life Insurance Corporation of India was created on 1st September, 1956, with the objective of spreading life insurance much more widely and in particular to the rural areas with a view to reach all insurable persons in the country, providing them adequate financial cover at a reasonable cost.

LIC had 5 zonal offices, 33 divisional offices and 212 branch offices, apart from its corporate office in the year 1956. Since life insurance contracts are long term contracts and during the currency of the policy it requires a variety of services need was felt in the later years to expand the operations and place a branch office at each district headquarter. re-organization of LIC took place and large numbers of new branch offices were opened. As a result of re-organisation servicing functions were transferred to the branches, and branches were made accounting units. It worked wonders with the performance of the corporation. It may be seen that from about 200.00 crores of New Business in 1957 the corporation crossed 1000.00 crores only in the year 1969-70, and it took another 10 years for LIC to cross 2000.00 crore mark of new business. But with re-organisation happening in the early eighties, by 1985-86 LIC had already crossed 7000.00 crore Sum Assured on new policies.

Today LIC functions with 2048 fully computerized branch offices, 100 divisional offices, 7 zonal offices and the Corporate office. LIC’s Wide Area Network covers 100 divisional offices and connects all the branches through a Metro Area Network. LIC has tied up with some Banks and Service providers to offer on-line premium collection facility in selected cities. LIC’s ECS and ATM premium payment facility is an addition to customer convenience. Apart from on-line Kiosks and IVRS, Info Centres have been commissioned at Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, Pune and many other cities. With a vision of providing easy access to its policyholders, LIC has launched its SATELLITE SAMPARK offices. The satellite offices are smaller, leaner and closer to the customer. The digitalized records of the satellite offices will facilitate anywhere servicing and many other conveniences in the future.

LIC continues to be the dominant life insurer even in the liberalized scenario of Indian insurance and is moving fast on a new growth trajectory surpassing its own past records. LIC has issued over one crore policies during the current year. It has crossed the milestone of issuing 1,01,32,955 new policies by 15th Oct, 2005, posting a healthy growth rate of 16.67% over the corresponding period of the previous year.

From then to now, LIC has crossed many milestones and has set unprecedented performance records in various aspects of life insurance business. The same motives which inspired our forefathers to bring insurance into existence in this country inspire us at LIC to take this message of protection to light the lamps of security in as many homes as possible and to help the people in providing security to their families.

Some of the important milestones in the life insurance business in India are:

• 1818: Oriental Life Insurance Company, the first life insurance company on Indian soil started functioning.
• 1870: Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society, the first Indian life insurance company started its business.
• 1912: The Indian Life Assurance Companies Act enacted as the first statute to regulate the life insurance business.
• 1928: The Indian Insurance Companies Act enacted to enable the government to collect statistical information about both life and non-life insurance businesses.
• 1938: Earlier legislation consolidated and amended to by the Insurance Act with the objective of protecting the interests of the insuring public.
• 1956: 245 Indian and foreign insurers and provident societies are taken over by the central government and nationalised. LIC formed by an Act of Parliament, viz. LIC Act, 1956, with a capital contribution of Rs. 5 crore from the Government of India.

The General insurance business in India, on the other hand, can trace its roots to the Triton Insurance Company Ltd., the first general insurance company established in the year 1850 in Calcutta by the British. Some of the important milestones in the general insurance business in India are:

• 1907: The Indian Mercantile Insurance Ltd. set up, the first company to transact all classes of general insurance business.
• 1957: General Insurance Council, a wing of the Insurance Association of India, frames a code of conduct for ensuring fair conduct and sound business practices.
• 1968: The Insurance Act amended to regulate investments and set minimum solvency margins and the Tariff Advisory Committee set up.
• 1972: The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 nationalised the general insurance business in India with effect from 1st January 1973. 107 insurers amalgamated and grouped into four companies viz. the National Insurance Company Ltd., the New India Assurance Company Ltd., the Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. and the United India Insurance Company Ltd. GIC incorporated as a company.

LIC has been one of the pioneering organizations in India who introduced the leverage of Information Technology in servicing and in their business. Data pertaining to almost 10 crore policies is being held on computers in LIC. The company has gone in for relevant and appropriate technology over the years.

1964 saw the introduction of computers in LIC. Unit Record Machines introduced in late 1950’s were phased out in 1980’s and replaced by Microprocessors based computers in Branch and Divisional Offices for Back Office Computerization. Standardization of Hardware and Software commenced in 1990’s. Standard Computer Packages were developed and implemented for Ordinary and Salary Savings Scheme (SSS) Policies.

FRONT END OPERATIONS

With a view to enhancing customer responsiveness and services, in July 1995, LIC started a drive of On Line Service to Policyholders and Agents through Computers. This on line service enabled policyholders to receive immediate policy status report, prompt acceptance of their premium, Revival Quotation delivery and Loan Quotation on demand. All of the branches across the country have been covered under front-end operations. Thus all the divisional offices have achieved the distinction of 100% branch computerisation. New payment related Modules pertaining to both ordinary & SSS policies have been added to the Front End Package catering to Loan, Claims and Development Officers’ Appraisal. All these modules help to reduce time-lag and ensure accuracy.

METRO AREA NETWORK

A Metropolitan Area Network, connecting 74 branches in Mumbai was commissioned in November, 1997, enabling policyholders in Mumbai to pay their Premium or get their Status Report, Surrender Value Quotation, Loan Quotation etc. from ANY Branch in the city. The System has been working successfully. More than 10,000 transactions are carried out over this Network on any given working day. Such Networks have been implemented in other cities as well.

WIDE AREA NETWORK

All the Zonal Offices and all the MAN centres are connected through a Wide Area Network (WAN). This enables a customer to view his policy data and pay premium from any branch of any MAN city. As on November 2005, LIC had 91 centers in India with more than 2035 branches networked under WAN.

INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS (IVRS)

IVRS has already been made functional in 59 centers all over the country. This enables a customer to ring up LIC and receive information (e.g. next premium due, Status, Loan Amount, Maturity payment due, Accumulated Bonus etc.) about their policies on the telephone. This information could also be faxed on demand to the customer.

Subsidiaries

LIC owns the following subsidiaries:

• Life Insurance Corporation of India International: This is a joint venture offshore company promoted by LIC which commenced operations in July, 1989 with the objectives of offering US$ denomimated policies to cater to the insurance needs of NRIs and providing insurance services to holders of LIC policies currently residing in the Gulf. LIC International operates in all GCC countries.
• LIC Nepal: A joint venture company formed in 2001 with the Vishal Group of Industries, Nepal.
• LIC Lanka: A joint venture company formed in 2003 with the Bartleet Group of Companies, Sri Lanka.
• LIC Housing Finance: Incorporated in 19 June 1989, its main objective is to provide long term finance for construction or purchase of houses or apartments. It has a Dubai office.
• LICHFL Care Homes: A wholly owned subsidiary of LIC Housing Finance, it builds and operates “Assisted Community Living Centres” for senior citizens.

Head Office:

List of branch offices

http://www.licindia.com

Sify began by developing India’s first TCP/IP network and offering multiple services on a common backbone infrastructure for an integrated Internet, networking and eCommerce business model. This was the first such business model in the world, and appropriate for catalyzing the growth of the Internet and networking in an infrastructure starved market. It also enabled a virtuous cycle, where each business supported the other, while catalyzing the market to growth.

Fortune magazine, in their December 2000 issue, selected Sify (then Satyam Infoway) as one of the world’s ten hot technology companies to watch out for based on this innovative business model! From the start of commercial operations in April 1998, Sify has become the market leader in most lines of business, winning global recognition for its expertise, performance, customer focus and standards along the way.

Sify was one of the first private sector player to offer internet access, when internet access was opened to private sector (until then the state run VSNL had a monopoly in providing internet access in India). It leased international bandwidth from global vendors, domestic connectivity from telecom players and set up last mile connectivity by multiple methods: wi-fi connections using roof top antennae, copper connections using phone lines or cable tv connections. Sify also started providing internet network connectivity for business enterprises in India. Sify set up a chain of franchised internet cafes (today a network of over 3,300+ cybercafes).
In 2007, Sify got the registration of its UK branch.

Sify pioneered corporate networking services in the country and helped revolutionize business computing in India, with interconnectivity between multi-location offices, flexibility of platforms, applications software and smooth transfer of data for corporates.

As of June 2009, Sify is India’s only ISO 9001:2000 certified service provider for network operations, data center operations and customer support and has been certified ISO 9001:2000 for provisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP Solutions and integrated security solutions.

Recently, Sify was awarded the prestigious Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award for IP VPN markets for the year 2003.

The company’s Network services, Data Center Operations and Customer Relationship Management processes have been certified ISO 9001:2000. Sify is the first and only company to receive this certification. This certification comes as a validation of trust placed in the company by over 650 corporate customers, who run their business critical applications as diverse as SAP, BAAN, Oracle, CRM and ERP solutions on Sify’s backbone network.

To enable world class hosting services in India, Sify commissioned the country’s first Level 3 Internet Data Center of 20,000sq feet at the Vashi Infotech Park, Navi Mumbai in September 2000. Sify now has two more such data centers, one in Tidel Park, Chennai and the other in Electronics City, Bangalore.

The company was awarded the Frost & Sullivan Marketing Engineering Award for Business Development for 2001 in Data Center markets for its innovative approach to developing the market. Today, Sify is the only company in the country to offer Disaster Recovery and Business Process Continuity between its major datacentres in Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. Sify also offers these services to overseas clients with the increasing availability of quality international bandwidth.

After successfully launching broadband connectivity services for corporate services, Sify launched broadband services for the residential segment using fixed wireless broadband technology- the first ISP in India to make available such a service to it’s consumers. Sify, is now a leading provider of broadband services in India, both directly and through cable operators, and currently has over 200,000 home users for the service.

In keeping with its purpose of empowering Indians with the Internet, Sify launched the iWay chain of cyber cafes across many cities in India. This initiative is helping bridge the digital divide with an ever-increasing number of Indians accessing the Internet for information, communications and entertainment in a cost-effective manner. Thousands of users from over 3500 iWay cyber cafes across 158 cities in the country use this service, with more planned as the demand for them increases. iWays have redefined the standards for branded cyber café chains, with standardized, air-conditioned, well-designed interiors, with broadband connectivity and promoted as a branded service.

To ensure easy and reliable Internet Access, Sify has established a world-class network using the best of the equipment manned by a highly trained group of engineers. An ISO 9002 certified Customer Care Centre is also available around the clock to provide any assistance required. In addition, the Sify Online Internet connection comes with a unique dialer called Intellidial. Sify has also set up International Gateways and continually adds
bandwidth to ensure faster downloads. Thousands of digital access lines enable Sify users get connected to the network easily.

In addition to connecting consumers to the Internet, Sify’s leading consumer portal, www.sify.com, provides them with tools and channels to improve the quality of their lives. This spans the basic communication and search tools including email, messaging, chat, greetings, a search engine to jobs, travel, online portfolio management, personal finance, shopping, interior decorating, cars, sports, the news and much more.

Today, not only is the portal used by thousands of people, it is earning Sify as much revenue as a good business magazine in India does.

Based on its rich experience in India, Sify has launched global Infrastructure Management Services aimed at international corporations having global IT infrastructure. Sify’s services include remote monitoring and management of networks, servers, applications and managed security services. Sify’s services are based on a customized on-site / off-shore delivery model that aims at minimizing the risks of off-shoring infrastructure management processes while achieving targeted objectives such as cost savings, process improvement and service level enhancements. Sify’s infrastructure management services use best-of-breed carrier class network operations and conform to the highest global standards. Sify’s service tools and processes are ITIL compliant.

Sify’s services include the monitoring of critical elements of a company’s IT infrastructure such as servers, applications, routers, switches, caching servers, load balancers and any other SNMP compliant device. From its global operations center in Chennai, Sify will remotely monitor network infrastructure, provide incident alerts and reports, send periodic reports on the health of network infrastructure, and online reports through its service portal. Sify’s service portal allows customers to monitor information on their infrastructure in real time- building customer confidence and trust.

Sify eLearning is a comprehensive eLearning Solutions provider and brings world-class technology, tools and content services to customers both in India and abroad with tie-ups with world leaders. Sify eLearning’s services are targeted at corporates, educational institutions and eLearning companies. It offers a gamut of services, which include – Custom content and courseware development, performance consulting, simulation based training, and Learning Management Systems implementation.

Services offered at Sify:

Corporate Services: 

• Sify Enterprise Solutions – Sify Enterprise Solutions is the corporate services arm of Sify Limited, and is India’s leading provider of end-to-end corporate network.
• Sify eLearning – Sify eLearning provides unique end-to-end solutions and dedicated services for corporates and eLearning organizations.
• Sify Hosting – Sify comes with a product range that covers the four Cs of cyberspace: connectivity, content, commerce and community.
• Sify Network Services – Sify Enterprise Solutions is the first and only service provider in India to be ISO 9001:2000 certified in network operations.
• Sify Application Services – An array of customizable Intranet and extranet web applications, ranging from websites to workflow automation and eBusiness applications
• Sify Security Services – SifyGuardian provides a comprehensive suite of Enterprise Assurance, Implementation & Procurement and Managed Security Services.
• SafeScrypt:Data Security Service – Data Security solutions including encryption technologies, strong authentication, data protection and privacy, Digital Rights management and PKI are offered by SafeScrypt, a SIFY subsidiary.
• Sify Infrastructure Management Services – Sify’s world class service operation centers deliver 24/7/365 availability and scalability to your business without your having to make high levels of investment.
• Forum - Forum™ from SIFY is a revolutionary solution addressing the need to establish seamless connectivity with supply chain partners
• Search Engine Optimization – Sify provides a complete range of search engine marketing solutions in India and worldwide, specialized in search engine optimization, ethical on-page and off-page SEO strategies, niche keyword phrase research, manual search engine submission, natural link development, website ranking in major search engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN etc.

 Consumer Services:

• Sify Broadband – Sify is India’s largest provider of Broadband Services to explore the true potential of the Internet.
• Sify iway – An extensive network of cyber cafes spread across the metropolitan cities of India.
• Sify Way2Talk – Way2Talk is Sify’s Internet Telephony service to make calls across the world using a PC 2 Phone Dialer.
• Sify.com – Sify.com is a popular consumer portal with comprehensive information, facilities and services and information. 
• Sify imeet – Video conferencing facility at the Sify iway.
• Sify WiZone – Sify wizone offers blazing internet speeds at upto 11 mbps local connectivity and upto 384 kbps to the internet.
• Sify gamedrome – Sify has built on its growing online games business by not only providing contents at its iWay chain & its 200 exclusive gamedromes.

International Services:

Sify has specialist capabilities in remote infrastructure management. Over 1200 clients, including Whirlpool, GE, Gillette, depend on Sify to run their business critical applications.

Today, clients use Sify’s services to better align their IT operations & processes to meet business objectives. By outsourcing day-to-day infrastructure management to Sify, clients are able to unlock their in-house resource potential for strategic work. They save up to 50% of current operational costs while retaining complete control.

Sify leverages its deep expertise and proven transition & delivery methodologies to provide proficient support. Sify’s robust global service infrastructure helps in supporting clients from offshore command centers, on a 24X7X365 basis.

Data center management
Ensure operational efficiency and process compliance, through constant monitoring and management of the client’s servers, databases, storage and applications.

Network management
Achieve network optimization through monitoring and management of the client’s networks and network devices, including performance.
 
Security management
Help protect the client’s information and systems, by ensuring availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation.

Desktop management
Maintain client’s desktops & laptops through remote Desktop Management & Standardization.

Corporate Office:

Sify Technologies Limited
II Floor, Tidel Park,
No.4, Canal Bank Road,
Taramani, Chennai – 600 113

Tel: +91 44 2254 0770-77
Fax: +91 44 2254 0771

List of Offices

http://www.sifycorp.com

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• Work Culture: 3.0
• Growth Opportunities: 2.5
• H.R. Policies: 2.0
• Offshore Opportunities (Abroad): 1.0

The company offers personalised Investment Advisory and Financial Planning services to individual investors, corporate houses, institutional investors, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and High Networth Clients, among others.

As one of India’s largest distributors of financial products, Bajaj Capital offers a wide range of investment products such as mutual funds, life and general insurance, bonds, post office schemes, etc. offered by reputed public and private and government organisations. The company raise resources for over 1,000 top institutions and corporate houses every year.

Wide range of services

Bajaj Capital offers a comprehensive range of services including financial planning and investment advice, and the entire gamut of financial instruments and investment products of almost all major companies, both public and private. In addition, the company also provides investment assistance by helping the clients complete all the formalities, and help them keep regular track of their investments.

These services and products are delivered through the company’s network of 134 Bajaj Capital Investment Centres located all over the country.

The History of Bajaj Capital

In 1964, Bajaj Capital, set up its first investment centre in New Delhi to guide individual investors on where, when and how to invest. The compnay became the first one to innovate the Companies Fixed Deposit Scheme in the year 1965. Bajaj Capital was incorporated as a company in the year 1965, followed by the introduction of an innovative financial instrument, Company Fixed Deposit. EIL Ltd. (Oberoi Hotels, then known as Associated Hotels of India Ltd.) becomes the first company to raise resources through Company Fixed Deposits.

The following year, Bajaj Capital expanded its product range to include all UTI schemes and Government saving schemes in addition to Company Fixed Deposits.

The year 1991, was a remarkable year for Bajaj Capital, when SBI issued India Development Bonds for NRIs. Bajaj Capital became the top mobiliser with collections of over US $20 million.

In the year 1995 IDBI and ICICI began issuing their series of Bonds for retail investors. Bajaj Capital was the co-manager in all these offerings and consistently ranked among the top five mobilisers on an all-India basis.

In the year 1997 when the private sector players led the revival of Mutual Funds in India through Open-ended Debt schemes, Bajaj Capital consolidated its position as India’s largest retail distributor of Mutual Funds.

Bajaj Capital began marketing Life and General Insurance products of LIC and GIC (through associate firms) in 1999, in anticipation of opening up of the Insurance Sector. Bajaj Capital achieved the milestone of becoming the top ‘Pension Scheme’ seller in India and launched marketing of GIC’s Health Insurance schemes.

Bajaj Capital introduced the International College of Financial Planning in the year 2002. The graduates of this institute become Certified Financial Planners (CFPs), a coveted professional qualification.

In the year 2004 Bajaj Capital obtained the All India Insurance Broking Licence.

The company launched 360° Financial Planning, in 2005 It is a software-based programme aimed at encouraging scientific and holistic investing.

2007, the company started off with its Stock Broking and Depository(Demat) Services.

In the year 2008, Bajaj Capital launched Just Trade, an online Platform for investing in Equities, Mutual Funds, IPO’s

Registered and Corporate Office:

Bajaj Capital Ltd.
Bajaj House,
97, Nehru Place,
New Delhi – 110019

Tel: +91-11-41693000, 26410315, 26415672, 26418903/04/06
Fax: +91-11-26476638, 66608888

Call Centre: (+91 11)39881010
Email: info@bajajcapital.com

List of Branch offices

http://www.bajajcapital.com

Befittingly, the product ranges, of more than 200 policies offered by NIC cater to the diverse insurance requirements of its 14 million policyholders. Innovative and customized policies ensure that even specialized insurance requirements are fully taken care of.

The paid-up share capital of the company is Rs.100 crores. Starting off with a premium base of 500 million rupees (50 crores rupees) in 1974, NIC’s gross direct premium income has steadily grown to 4021.97 million rupees (4021.97  crores rupees ) in the financial year 2007-2008.

NIC transacts general insurance business of Fire, Marine and Miscellaneous insurance. The Company offers protection against a wide range of risks to its customers. The Company is privileged to cater its services to almost every sector or industry in the Indian Economy viz.
Banking, Telecom, Aviation, Shipping, Information Technology, Power, Oil & Energy, Agronomy, Plantations, Foreign Trade, Healthcare, Tea, Automobile, Education, Environment, Space Research etc.

National Insurance, as on May 2009, is the second largest non life insurer in India having a large market presence in Northern and Eastern India.

The steady growth in premium income has been commensurately matched by profits over the years. As of March 2008, NIC’s general reserve stood at 1457.25 million rupees (1457.25 crores rupees) with an asset value of 8867.99 million rupees (8867.99 crores rupees) signaling strong financial fundamentals. No wonder than that NIC has been accorded “AAA/STABLE” financial strength rating by CRISIL rating agency, which reflects the highest financial strength to meet policyholders’ obligations.

Products & Services: NIC offers a wide range of products, catering to almost every sector of the society

Personal

• Motor Policy – Two Wheelers
• Householders Policy
• Personal Accident Policy
• Critical Illness Policy
• NRI Accident Policy
• Amartya Siksha Yojana Policy
• Rajrajeshwari Mahila Kalyan Yojana Policy
• Bhagyashree Child Welfare Policy
• Traffic Accident Policy
• Niwas Yojana Policy
• Baggage Policy
• Mediclaim Policy
• Motor Policy – Private Car
• Professional Indemnity for Doctors
• Star National Swasthya Bima Policy
• PARIVAR – Mediclaim for Family
• VIDYARTHI-Mediclaim for Students
• UCO Medi + Care Bima Policy
• VARISTHA Mediclaim for Senior Citizens
• BOI National Swasthya Bima
• Overseas Mediclaim
• Baroda Health Policy

Rural

• Cattle / Livestock Insurance
• Sheep and Goat Insurance
• Elephant Insurance
• Dog Insurance
• Brackish Water Prawn Insurance
• Silkworm ( Sericulture) Insurance
• Janata Personal Accident Insurance
• Horticulture/Plantation Insurance
• Kisan Agriculture Pumpset Insurance

Industrial

• Erection All Risks Insurance ( EAR )
• Contractors All Risks Insurance (CAR)
• Machinery Insurance ( MI )
• Electronic Equipment Insurance ( EEI)
• Consequential Loss (Fire) Policy
• Standard Fire and Special Perils Policy
• Workmen Compensation Insurance
• Product Liability Insurance
• Public Liability Insurance

Commercial

• Burglary (Business Premises) Policy
• Shopkeepers Policy
• Bankers Indemnity Policy
• Office Package Policy
• Glass Insurance
• Money Insurance
• Jewellers Block Policy
• Extended Warranty Policy
• Directors and Officers Liability Policy
• Fidelity Guarantee Policy
• Marine Cargo Insurance

Head Office:

National Insurance Company Limited,

3 Middleton Street

Kolkata – 700071

India.

Tel: +91-33-22831705/22831706

Fax: +91-33-22831740

List of branch offices

http://www.nationalinsuranceindia.com/

The antecedents of the HSBC Group in India can be traced back to October 1853 when the Mercantile Bank of India, London and China was founded in Bombay (now Mumbai). Starting with an authorised capital of Rs 5 million, the Mercantile Bank soon opened offices in London, Madras(Chennai), Colombo and Kandy, followed by Calcutta(Kolkata), Singapore, Hong Kong, Canton(Guangchow) and Shanghai by 1855. The following hundred years were in many ways propitious for the Mercantile Bank. In 1950 it moved into its new head office building in Mumbai.at Flora Fountain.

The acquisition in 1959 by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited of the Mercantile Bank was a decisive factor in laying the foundation for today’s HSBC Group. Founded in 1865 to serve the needs of the merchants of the China coast and finance the growing trade between China, Europe and the United States, HSBC has been an international bank from its earliest days.

After the Mercantile Bank was acquired by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Flora Fountain building became and remains to this day, the Head Office of the HSBC Group in India.

Through the 1990s, HSBC has vigorously developed its role as one of the leading banking and financial services organisations in the world. Its strategy of ‘managing for value’ emphasises the Group’s unique balance of business and earnings between older, mature economies and faster-growing emerging markets.

HSBC in India is proud to have retained the Group’s pioneering streak by being an active partner in the development of the Indian banking industry – even giving India its first ATM way back in 1987. The organisation’s adaptability, resilience and commitment to its customers have further enabled it to survive through turbulent times and prosper through good times over the past 150 years.

HSBC is listed on the London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda Stock Exchanges, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index and the Hang Seng Index.

HSBC Holdings was established in 1990 and became the parent company to The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in preparation for its purchase of Midland Bank and a change of domicile for the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong. Shares in HSBC Holdings, which gave HSBC a substantial presence in the UK, was completed in 1992. HSBC then moved the headquarters of HSBC Holdings from 1 Queens Road Central, Hong Kong to 10 Lower Thames Street, London in 1993.

Role in subprime crisis

In November 2002 HSBC expanded in the United States, spending £9bn (US$15.5bn) to acquire Household Finance Corporation (HFC), a US credit card issuer and subprime lender. In a 2003 cover story, The Banker noted “when banking historians look back, they may conclude that [it] was the deal of the first decade of the 21st century”. Under the new name of HSBC Finance, the division was the second largest subprime lender in the US.

The business indeed turned sour, costing HSBC some US$62bn. In March 2009, HSBC announced that it would shut down the branch network of its HSBC Finance arm in the U.S., leading to nearly 6,000 job losses, and leaving only the credit card business to continue operating.

Although it was at the centre of the subprime storm, the wider group has weathered the economic crisis better than other global banks. According to Bloomberg, “HSBC is one of world’s strongest banks by some measures.” When HM Treasury required all UK banks to increase their capital in October 2007, the group transferred £750 million to London within hours, and announced that it had just lent £4 billion to other UK banks. In March 2009, it announced that it had made US$9.3bn of profit in 2008 and announced a £12.5bn (US$17.7bn; HK$138bn) rights issue to enable it to buy other banks that were struggling to survive. However, uncertainty over the rights’ issue’s implications for institutional investors caused volatility in the Hong Kong stock market: on 9 March 2009 HSBC’s share price fell 24.14%, with 12 million shares sold in the last few seconds of trading.

Customer groups

HSBC splits its business into four distinct groups:

Personal financial services
HSBC provides more than 100 million customers worldwide with a full range of personal financial services, including current and savings accounts, mortgage loans, car financing, insurance, credit cards, loans, pensions and investments.

Commercial banking
HSBC provides financial services to small, medium-sized and middle-market enterprises. The group has almost 2.5 million of such customers, including sole proprietors, partnerships, clubs and associations, incorporated businesses and publicly quoted companies.

Global banking and markets
This customer group provides tailored financial services to corporate and institutional clients. Business lines comprise Global Banking, Global Markets, Global Asset Management, Global Research and Principal Investments.

This division was previously known as Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets.

Private banking
HSBC Private Bank is the marketing name for the private banking business conducted by the principal private banking subsidiaries of the HSBC Group worldwide. HSBC Private Bank, together with HSBC Guyerzeller and the private banking activities of HSBC Trinkaus, known collectively as Group Private Banking, provides services to high net worth individuals and their families through 93 locations in some 42 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. As of December 2007, profits before tax were US$1,511 million and combined client assets under management were US$494 billion.

In September 2008, HSBC announced that it would combine its two Swiss private banks under one brand name in 2009, with HSBC Guyerzeller and HSBC Private Bank to be merged into one legal entity.

Corporate Office:

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, India
52/60, Mahatma Gandhi Road,
Mumbai – 400 001.
India

List of Branch Offices

http://www.hsbc.co.in

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• Work Culture: 3.0
• Growth Opportunities: 3.0
• H.R. Policies: 2.5
• Brand Value: 3.0

The Company was formerly called CGNU, and was created by a merger of Norwich Union and CGU plc (itself created by the 1998 merger of Commercial Union and General Accident) in 2000. The Aviva name was adopted in July 2002.

In July 2006, Aviva greatly increased its presence in the United States by acquiring AmerUs Group, a financial services company founded in 1896.

The Company has continued to use the Norwich Union name as a trading name within the United Kingdom, but on 29 April 2008 announced that it would be changing to Aviva. Then it launched a £9 million advertising campaign to promote the rebranding (one of the most expensive ever in the UK insurance market), with the participation of celebrities like Bruce Willis and Alice Cooper.

In India, Aviva has a long history dating back to 1834. At the time of nationalisation it was the largest foreign insurer in India in terms of the compensation paid by the Government of India. Aviva was also the first foreign insurance company in India to set up its representative office in 1995.

In India, Aviva has a joint venture with Dabur, one of India’s oldest, and largest Group of companies. A professionally managed company, Dabur is the country’s leading producer of traditional healthcare products. In accordance with the government regulations Aviva holds a 26 per cent stake in the joint venture and the Dabur group holds the balance 74 per cent share.

With a strong sales force of over 30,000 Financial Planning Advisers (FPAs), Aviva has initiated an innovative and differentiated sales approach to the business. Through the “Financial Health Check” (FHC) Aviva’s sales force has been able to establish its credibility in the market. The FHC is a free service administered by the FPAs for a need-based analysis of the customer’s long-term savings and insurance needs. Depending on the life stage and earnings of the customer, the FHC assesses and recommends the right insurance product for them.

Aviva pioneered the concept of Bancassurance in India, and has leveraged its global expertise in Bancassurance successfully in India. Currently, Aviva has Bancassurance tie-ups with ABN Amro Bank, The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd., Punjab & Sind Bank, IndusInd Bank, Co-operative Banks and Regional Rural Banks.

Aviva’s Fund management operation is one of its key differentiators. Operating from Mumbai, Aviva has an experienced team of fund managers and the range of fund options includes Unitised With-Profits Fund and seven Unit Linked funds: – Protector Fund, Secure Fund, Balanced Fund, Growth Fund,Enhancer Fund,Index Fund and Bond Fund.

Aviva has 223 Branches in India supporting its distribution network. Through its Bancassurance partner locations, Aviva products are available in close to 3,000 towns and cities across India.

Aviva has also reached out to the underprivileged that have not had access to insurance so far. Through its association with Basix (a micro financial institution) and other NGOs, it has been able to reach the weaker sections of the society and provide life insurance to them.

Recently,Aviva India has been ranked amomgst the top 25 employers by The Great to Work Institute(GPTW) in the “Best Workplaces in India” study for 2008.

Partners

Aviva has pioneered bancassurance in the country through close to 40 bancassurance tie-ups. Aviva also focuses on bancassurance worldwide and has a proven track record of successful bancassurance relationships. It has 40 major partnerships with leading banks across the globe. Aviva is a leading bancassurer in countries such as France, Italy, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. Currently, Aviva has Bancassurance tie-ups with:

• ABN AMRO Bank
• The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd
• Punjab & Sind Bank
• IndusInd Bank

Regestered Office:

Aviva Life Insurance Co. India Pvt Ltd
2nd Floor Prakashdeep Building,
7 Tolstoy Marg,
New Delhi – 110 001.
India

Corporate Office:

Aviva Life Insurance Co. India Pvt Ltd
8th floor, JMD Regent Square,
M.G Road,
Gurgaon
Harayana
India.

Fax – +91-124-2804142

List of Offices

http://www.avivaindia.com/

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• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

NSE is mutually-owned by a set of leading financial institutions, banks, insurance companies and other financial intermediaries in India but its ownership and management operate as separate entities. There are at least 2 foreign investors NYSE Euronext and Goldman Sachs who have taken a stake in the NSE. As of 2006, the NSE VSAT terminals, 2799 in total, cover more than 1500 cities across India. In October 2007, the equity market capitalization of the companies listed on the NSE was US$ 1.46 trillion, making it the second largest stock exchange in South Asia. NSE is the third largest Stock Exchange in the world in terms of the number of trades in equities. It is the second fastest growing stock exchange in the world with a recorded growth of 16.6%.

NSE has played a catalytic role in reforming the Indian securities market in terms of microstructure, market practices and trading volumes. The market today uses state-of-art information technology to provide an efficient and transparent trading, clearing and settlement mechanism, and has witnessed several innovations in products & services viz. demutualisation of stock exchange governance, screen based trading, compression of settlement cycles, dematerialisation and electronic transfer of securities, securities lending and borrowing, professionalisation of trading members, fine-tuned risk management systems, emergence of clearing corporations to assume counterparty risks, market of debt and derivative instruments and intensive use of information technology.

In recognition of the fact that technology will continue to redefine the shape of the securities industry, NSE stresses on innovation and sustained investment in technology to remain ahead of competition. NSE’s IT set-up is the largest by any company in India. It uses satellite communication technology to energise participation from around 200 cities spread all over the country. In the recent past, capacity enhancement measures were taken up in regard to the trading systems so as to effectively meet the requirements of increased users and associated trading loads. With upgradation of trading hardware, NSE today can handle up to 15 million trades per day in Capital Market segment. In order to capitalise on in-house expertise in technology, NSE set up a separate company, NSE Technology Services Ltd. which is expected to provide a platform for taking up all IT related assignments of NSE.

NEAT is a state-of-the-art client server based application. At the server end, all trading information is stored in an in-memory database to achieve minimum response time and maximum system availability for users. The trading server software runs on a fault tolerant STRATUS main frame computer while the client software runs under Windows on PCs.

NSE is one of the largest interactive VSAT based stock exchanges in the world. Today it supports more than 2000 VSATs and 3000 leased lines across the country. The NSE- network is the largest private wide area network in the country and the first extended C- Band VSAT network in the world. Currently more than 9000 users are trading on the real time-online NSE application. There are over 15 large computer systems which include non-stop fault-tolerant computers and high end UNIX servers, operational under one roof to support the NSE applications. This coupled with the nation wide VSAT network makes NSE the country’s largest Information Technology user.

In an ongoing effort to improve NSE’s infrastructure, a corporate network has been implemented, connecting all the offices at Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Chennai. This corporate network enables speedy inter-office communications and data and voice connectivity between offices.

Origins

The National Stock Exchange of India was promoted by leading Financial institutions at the behest of the Government of India, and was incorporated in November 1992 as a tax-paying company. In April 1993, it was recognized as a stock exchange under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. NSE commenced operations in the Wholesale Debt Market (WDM) segment in June 1994. The Capital Market (Equities) segment of the NSE commenced operations in November 1994, while operations in the Derivatives segment commenced in June 2000.

Innovations

NSE has remained in the forefront of modernization of India’s capital and financial markets, and its pioneering efforts include:

• Being the first national, anonymous, electronic limit order book (LOB) exchange to trade securities in India. Since the success of the NSE, existent market and new market structures have followed the “NSE” model.
• Setting up the first clearing corporation “National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd.” in India. NSCCL was a landmark in providing innovation on all spot equity market (and later, derivatives market) trades in India.
• Co-promoting and setting up of National Securities Depository Limited, first depository in India.
• Setting up of S&P CNX Nifty.
• NSE pioneered commencement of Internet Trading in February 2000, which led to the wide popularization of the NSE in the broker community.
• Being the first exchange that, in 1996, proposed exchange traded derivatives, particularly on an equity index, in India. After four years of policy and regulatory debate and formulation, the NSE was permitted to start trading equity derivatives
  Being the first and the only exchange to trade GOLD ETFs (exchange traded funds) in India.
• NSE has also launched the NSE-CNBC-TV18 media centre in association with CNBC-TV18.

Markets

Currently, NSE has the following major segments of the capital market:

• Equity
• Futures and Options
• Retail Debt Market
• Wholesale Debt Market
• Currency futures

Hours of Operation

NSE’s normal trading sessions are from 09:55am to 03:30pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.

Indices

NSE also set up as index services firm known as India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL) and has launched several stock indices, including:

• S&P CNX Nifty
• CNX Nifty Junior
• CNX 100 (= S&P CNX Nifty + CNX Nifty Junior)
• S&P CNX 500 (= CNX 100 + 400 major players across 72 industries)
• CNX Midcap (introduced on 18 July 2005 replacing CNX Midcap 200)

Certifications

NSE also conducts online examination and awards certification, under its programmes of NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM). Currently, certifications are available in 19 modules, covering different sectors of financial and capital markets. Branches of the NSE are located throughout India.

NSE Milestones

• November 1992 Incorporation
• April 1993 Recognition as a stock exchange
• May 1993 Formulation of business plan
• June 1994 Wholesale Debt Market segment goes live
• November 1994 Capital Market (Equities) segment goes live
• March 1995 Establishment of Investor Grievance Cell
• April 1995 Establishment of NSCCL, the first Clearing Corporation
• June 1995 Introduction of centralised insurance cover for all trading members
• July 1995 Establishment of Investor Protection Fund
• October 1995 Became largest stock exchange in the country
• April 1996 Commencement of clearing and settlement by NSCCL
• April 1996 Launch of S&P CNX Nifty
• June 1996 Establishment of Settlement Guarantee Fund
• November 1996 Setting up of National Securities Depository Limited, first depository in India, co-promoted by NSE
• November 1996 Best IT Usage award by Computer Society of India
• December 1996 Commencement of trading/settlement in dematerialised securities
• December 1996 Dataquest award for Top IT User
• December 1996 Launch of CNX Nifty Junior
• February 1997 Regional clearing facility goes live
• November 1997 Best IT Usage award by Computer Society of India
• May 1998 Promotion of joint venture, India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL)
• May 1998 Launch of NSE’s Web-site: www.nse.co.in
• July 1998 Launch of NSE’s Certification Programme in Financial Market
• August 1998 CYBER CORPORATE OF THE YEAR 1998 award
• February 1999 Launch of Automated Lending and Borrowing Mechanism
• April 1999 CHIP Web Award by CHIP magazine
• October 1999 Setting up of NSE.IT
• January 2000 Launch of NSE Research Initiative
• February 2000 Commencement of Internet Trading
• June 2000 Commencement of Derivatives Trading (Index Futures)
• September 2000 Launch of ‘Zero Coupon Yield Curve’
• November 2000 Launch of Broker Plaza by Dotex International, a joint venture between NSE.IT Ltd. and i-flex Solutions Ltd.
• December 2000 Commencement of WAP trading
• June 2001 Commencement of trading in Index Options
• July 2001 Commencement of trading in Options on Individual Securities
• November 2001 Commencement of trading in Futures on Individual Securities
• December 2001 Launch of NSE VaR for Government Securities
• January 2002 Launch of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
• May 2002 NSE wins the Wharton-Infosys Business Transformation Award in the Organization-wide Transformation category
• October 2002 Launch of NSE Government Securities Index
• January 2003 Commencement of trading in Retail Debt Market
• June 2003 Launch of Interest Rate Futures
• August 2003 Launch of Futures & options in CNXIT Index
• June 2004 Launch of STP Interoperability
• August 2004 Launch of NSE’s electronic interface for listed companies
• March 2005 ‘India Innovation Award’ by EMPI Business School, New Delhi
• June 2005 Launch of Futures & options in BANK Nifty Index
• December 2006 ‘Derivative Exchange of the Year’, by Asia Risk magazine
• January 2007 Launch of NSE – CNBC TV 18 media centre
• March 2007 NSE, CRISIL announce launch of IndiaBondWatch.com
• June 2007 NSE launches derivatives on Nifty Junior & CNX 100
• October 2007 NSE launches derivatives on Nifty Midcap 50
• January 2008 Introduction of Mini Nifty derivative contracts on 1st January 2008
• March 2008 Introduction of long term option contracts on S&P CNX Nifty Index
• April 2008 Launch of India VIX
• April 2008 Launch of Securities Lending & Borrowing Scheme
• August 2008 Launch of Currency Derivatives

Corporate Office:

National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.
Exchange Plaza,
Plot no. C/1, G Block,
Bandra-Kurla Complex
Bandra (E)
Mumbai – 400 051.
India

Tel: +91-22-26598100 – 14
Fax: +91-22-26598120

List of offices

http://www.nseindia.com

BSE is the first stock exchange in the country which obtained permanent recognition (in 1956) from the Government of India under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956. BSE’s pivotal and pre-eminent role in the development of the Indian capital market is widely recognized. It migrated from the open outcry system to an online screen-based order driven trading system in 1995. Earlier an Association Of Persons (AOP), BSE is now a corporatised and demutualised entity incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to the BSE (Corporatisation and Demutualisation) Scheme, 2005 notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). With demutualisation, BSE has two of world’s best exchanges, Deutsche Börse and Singapore Exchange, as its strategic partners.

Around 6,000 Indian companies list on the stock exchange, and it has a significant trading volume. The BSE SENSEX (SENSitive indEX), also called the “BSE 30″, is a widely used market index in India and Asia. Though many other exchanges exist, BSE and the National Stock Exchange of India account for most of the trading in shares in India.

Over the past 133 years, BSE has facilitated the growth of the Indian corporate sector by providing it with an efficient access to resources. There is perhaps no major corporate in India which has not sourced BSE’s services in raising resources from the capital market. Today, BSE is the world’s number 1 exchange in terms of the number of listed companies and the world’s 5th in transaction numbers. The market capitalization as on December 31, 2007 stood at USD 1.79 trillion . An investor can choose from more than 4,700 listed companies, which for easy reference, are classified into A, B, S, T and Z groups.

The BSE Index, SENSEX, is India’s first stock market index that enjoys an iconic stature , and is tracked worldwide. It is an index of 30 stocks representing 12 major sectors. The SENSEX is constructed on a ‘free-float’ methodology, and is sensitive to market sentiments and market realities. Apart from the SENSEX, BSE offers 21 indices, including 12 sectoral indices. BSE has entered into an index cooperation agreement with Deutsche Börse. This agreement has made SENSEX and other BSE indices available to investors in Europe and America. Moreover, Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the global leader in ETFs through its iShares brand, has created the ‘iShares BSE SENSEX India Tracker’ which tracks the SENSEX. The ETF enables investors in Hong Kong to take an exposure to the Indian equity market.

Milestones:

• The first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on SENSEX, called “SPIcE” is listed on BSE. It brings to the investors a trading tool that can be easily used for the purposes of investment, trading, hedging and arbitrage. SPIcE allows small investors to take a long-term view of the market.
• BSE provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, debt instruments and derivatives. It has a nation-wide reach with a presence in more than 359 cities and towns of India. BSE has always been at par with the international standards. The systems and processes are designed to safeguard market integrity and enhance transparency in operations. BSE is the first exchange in India and the second in the world to obtain an ISO 9001:2000 certification. It is also the first exchange in the country and second in the world to receive Information Security Management System Standard BS 7799-2-2002 certification for its BSE On-line Trading System (BOLT).
• BSE continues to innovate. In recent times, it has become the first national level stock exchange to launch its website in Gujarati and Hindi to reach out to a larger number of investors. It has successfully launched a reporting platform for corporate bonds in India christened the ICDM or Indian Corporate Debt Market and a unique ticker-cum-screen aptly named ‘BSE Broadcast’ which enables information dissemination to the common man on the street.
• In 2006, BSE launched the Directors Database and ICERS (Indian Corporate Electronic Reporting System) to facilitate information flow and increase transparency in the Indian capital market. While the Directors Database provides a single-point access to information on the boards of directors of listed companies, the ICERS facilitates the corporates in sharing with BSE their corporate announcements.

Services Offered:

BSE also has a wide range of services to empower investors and facilitate smooth transactions:

• Investor Services: The Department of Investor Services redresses grievances of investors. BSE was the first exchange in the country to provide an amount of Rs.1 million towards the investor protection fund; it is an amount higher than that of any exchange in the country. BSE launched a nationwide investor awareness programme- ‘Safe Investing in the Stock Market’ under which 264 programmes were held in more than 200 cities.
• The BSE On-line Trading (BOLT): BSE On-line Trading (BOLT) facilitates on-line screen based trading in securities. BOLT is currently operating in 25,000 Trader Workstations located across over 359 cities in India.
• BSEWEBX.com: In February 2001, BSE introduced the world’s first centralized exchange-based Internet trading system, BSEWEBX.com. This initiative enables investors anywhere in the world to trade on the BSE platform.
• Surveillance: BSE’s On-Line Surveillance System (BOSS) monitors on a real-time basis the price movements, volume positions and members’ positions and real-time measurement of default risk, market reconstruction and generation of cross market alerts.
• BSE Training Institute: BTI imparts capital market training and certification, in collaboration with reputed management institutes and universities. It offers over 40 courses on various aspects of the capital market and financial sector. More than 20,000 people have attended the BTI programmes.

Hours of Operation

08:00 – 09:00  Beginning of the Day Session
09:00 – 09:30  Login Session
09:55 – 15:30  Trading Session
15:30 – 15:50  Position Transfer Session
15:50 – 16:05  Closing Session
16:05 – 16:35  Option Exercise Session
16:35 – 16:50  Margin Session
16:50 – 17:35  Query Session
17:35              End of Day Session

Awards

• The World Council of Corporate Governance has awarded the Golden Peacock Global CSR Award for BSE’s initiatives in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
• The Annual Reports and Accounts of BSE for the year ended March 31, 2006 and March 31 2007 have been awarded the ICAI awards for excellence in financial reporting.
• The Human Resource Management at BSE has won the Asia – Pacific HRM awards for its efforts in employer branding through talent management at work, health management at work and excellence in HR through technology

Corporate Headoffice:

Bombay Stock Exchange Limited
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers
Dalal Street
Mumbai – 400 001
India

Tel: +91-22-22721233/4
Fax: +91-22-22721919

List of Important Contacts

http://www.bseindia.com

Voltas’ operations have been organized into four independent business-specific clusters. Each of these has its own facilities for market coverage and service to customers:

Electro-Mechanical Projects & Services

• Electrical, Mechanical, HVAC & Refrigeration Solutions
• Electrical, Mechanical & HVAC Solutions (International)
• Water Management & Treatment
• Engineering products & Services

Textile Machinery

• Mining & Construction Equipment
• Machine Tools
• Materials Handling Solutions

Unitary Cooling Products for Comfort & Commercial Use

• Cooling Appliances
• Commercial Refrigeration

Others

• Chemicals Trading

Voltas possesses total capability in the manufacture of room/split air conditioners, industrial air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, water coolers, commercial refrigerators, visicoolers, freezers and fork-lift trucks. All these products bear the stamp of state-of-the-art automated manufacturing plants resulting in consistently high quality and reduced costs.
Furthermore, the Company is partnered with Fedders International Inc. of USA for ‘manufacture only’ alliances producing low cost, high quality room air conditioners.

Over the years, Voltas has built up a substantial reputation and is actively engaged in turnkey projects in fields such as electro-mechanical works comprising electrical building services, HVAC, plumbing, public Health, fire fighting, ELV & specialised systems; electrical power projects; environmental and water pollution control; pumping stations and water supply; water & waste water treatment projects. The Company has ISO 9001 – 2000 standards certification in this business, and has successfully undertaken and executed project works in the Middle East, Far East and South East Asia, CIS countries and Africa.

Voltas’ sourcing and marketing operations cover air conditioners, textile machinery, machine tools, mining & construction equipment and industrial chemicals. In these sectors, the company demonstrates its specialised engineering expertise, as well as its extensive network for global sourcing.

Corporate Office:

Voltas Limited
Voltas House,
“A” Block,
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Road,
Chinchpokli,
Mumbai – 400 033
India.

Tel: +91-22-66656666
Fax: +91-22-66656311

http://www.voltas.com

The Times Group is the largest media services conglomerate in India. It is headed by brothers Samir and Vineet Jain. It reaches out from 11 publishing centers, 15 printing centers, 55 sales offices, over 7000 employees, 5 dailies including two of the largest in the country with approx 4.3 million copies circulated daily, 2 lead magazines, 29 niche magazines reaching 2468 cities and towns, 32 Radio Stations and turnover in excess of USD 700 million. (Figures as of 2008).

The Times of India publishes a daily newspaper in India. The company was founded in 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce and changed its name to The Times of India in 1861. The company is based in New Delhi, India. The Times of India is a subsidiary of Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. The first edition of the newspaper appeared on November 3, 1838, then known as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. The newspaper was published twice a week under editor J.E. Brennan. It was basically a city paper reflecting the interest of Bombay’s business community.

Its major brands include:

• The Times of India, India’s largest English daily.
• The Economic Times, India’s largest financial daily, and the world’s second largest after The Wall Street Journal.
• Maharashtra Times, India’s largest Marathi daily and Maharashtra’s No.1 Newspaper.
• Navbharat Times, the largest Hindi Daily in Delhi and Bombay.
• Mumbai Mirror India’s largest circulated compact newspaper.
• Pune Mirror.
• Bangalore Mirror, Bangalore’s first morning compact daily.
• The Times of India – Kannada.

Times Group’s subsidiary companies include:

Times Infotainment Media Limited (TIML) & Entertainment Network India Limited (ENIL) that together control:

• Radio Mirchi – National network of Private FM stations.
• 360 Degrees – Event Management.
• Times Outoors – Outdoor Advertising & Billboard Marketing.
• Mirchi Movies Limited – Movie production, Entertainment.

Times Internet Limited (TIL), which has:

• Indiatimes portal
• Times of Money – an online payments portal specializing in remitting money to India and other parts of the world.

Times Global Broadcasting Limited - This was a Joint Venture with Reuters untill Reuters exited. The company heads:

• Times Now – A News Channel
• ZOOm – A Lifestyle Channel
• A new business channel which is the broadcast version of Economic Times is planned to be launched early in 2009.

Times Business Solutions controls:

• TBSL – corporate website of TBSL.
• Times Jobs – A jobs portal.
• SimplyMarry – A matrimonial portal. (earlier known as TimesMatri).
• Magic Bricks – A real estate portal.
• Yolist – Free classifieds portal.
• Ads2Book – Online classifieds booking system for print publications.

World Wide Media – A magazine joint venture between BCCL and BBC magazines. WWM heads:

• Filmfare
• Filmfare Awards
• Femina
• Femina Miss India A Beauty Paegent
• Top Gear India
• Hello
• BBC Good Homes

TIML Golden Square Limited which purchased Virgin Radio (soon to be called Absolute Radio) in the United Kingdom. This company is a direct subsidiary of BCCL (not through TIML or ENIL).

Regestered Office:

Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd

7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,

New Delhi – 110 002.

Tel: +91-11-23302000

http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

• Salary: 1.7
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

The airline was established on 20 September 1991 and began operations on 3 December 1993 with two Boeing 737-200 aircraft as Sahara Airlines. Initially, services were primarily concentrated in the northern sectors of India, keeping Delhi as its base, and then operations were extended to cover all the country. Sahara Airlines was re-branded as Air Sahara on 2 October 2000, although Sahara Airlines remains the carrier’s registered name. On 22 March 2004 it became an international carrier with the start of flights from Chennai to Colombo. It is part of the major Sahara India Pariwar business conglomerate. The uncertainty over the airline’s fate caused its share of the domestic Indian air transport market go down from approximately 11% in January 2006 to a reported 8.5% in April.

Jet Airways announced its first takeover attempt on January 19, 2006, offering US$500 million (2000 crore) in cash for the airline. Market reaction to the deal was mixed, with many analysts suggesting that Jet Airways was paying too much for Air Sahara. The Indian Civil Aviation Ministry gave approval in principle, but the deal was eventually called off over disagreements over price and the appointment of Jet chairman Naresh Goyal to the Air Sahara board. Following the failure of the deal, the companies filed lawsuits seeking damages from each other.
A second, eventually successful attempt was made on April 12, 2007 with Jet Airways agreeing to pay 1,450 crore rupees ($340 million). The deal gave Jet a combined domestic market share of about 32%.
On April 16th Jet Airways announced that Air Sahara will be renamed as JetLite. The takeover was officially completed on April 20th, when Jet Airways paid Rs. 400 crore.

Fleet: Jet Lite (as of Decmber, 2008) operates a fleet of 24 aircraft, which includes 17 Boeing 737 series(B737-300, B737-400, B737-700, B737-800, B737-800W) and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series(CRJ-200). Jet Lite operates 141 flights every day to 30 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo).

JetLite, (as of December, 2008) connects 26 domestic and 2 international destinations with over 108 flights a day:
Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Colombo, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Jorhat, Kathmandu, Kochi, Kolkatta, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Srinagar, Vishakhapatnam.

Corporate Office:

Jet Airways India Pvt. Ltd.
Jet Airways House,
13 Community Centre,
Yusufsarai,
New Delhi – 110 041
India.

Tel: +91-11-46095000

http://www.jetlite.com

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 2.0

The beginnings might have been humble-the dreams were anything but. By 1910, with the advent of electricity, Britannia mechanised its operations, and in 1921, it became the first company east of the Suez Canal to use imported gas ovens. Up till that time, Britannia had acquired a reputation for quality and value. As a result, during the World War II, the Government reposed its trust in Britannia by contracting it to supply large quantities of “service biscuits” to the armed forces.

As time moved on, the biscuit market continued to grow and Britannia grew along with it. In 1975, the Britannia Biscuit Company took over the distribution of biscuits from Parry’s who till now distributed Britannia biscuits in India. In the subsequent public issue of 1978, Indian shareholding crossed 60%, firmly establishing the Indian-ness of the firm. The following year, Britannia Biscuit Company was re-christened Britannia Industries Limited (BIL). Four years later in 1983, it crossed the Rs. 100 crores revenue mark.

On the operations front, the company was making equally dynamic strides. In 1992, it celebrated its Platinum Jubilee. In 1997, the company unveiled its new corporate identity – “Eat Healthy, Think Better” – and made its first foray into the dairy products market. In 1999, the “Britannia Khao, World Cup Jao” promotion further fortified the affinity consumers had with ‘Brand Britannia’.

Britannia strode into the 21st Century as one of India’s biggest brands and the pre-eminent food brand of the country. It was equally recognised for its innovative approach to products and marketing: the Lagaan Match was voted India’s most successful promotional activity of the year 2001 while Britannia’s 50-50 Maska-Chaska became India’s most successful product launch. In 2002, Britannia’s New Business Division formed a joint venture with Fonterra, the world’s second largest Dairy Company, and Britannia New Zealand Foods Pvt. Ltd. was born. In recognition of its vision and accelerating graph, Forbes Global rated Britannia ‘One amongst the Top 200 Small Companies of the World’, and The Economic Times pegged Britannia India’s 2nd Most Trusted Brand.

Today, more than a century after those tentative first steps, the company’s offerings are spread across the spectrum with products ranging from the healthy and economical Tiger biscuits to the more lifestyle-oriented Milkman Cheese. Having succeeded in garnering the trust of almost one-third of India’s one billion population and a strong management at the helm means Britannia will continue to dream big on its path of innovation and quality.

Registered Office:

Britannia Industries Limited,
5/1/A Hungerford Street,
Kolkata – 700 017
West Bengal
India

Tel: +91-33-22870505 / 22872439 / 22872057
Fax: +91-33-22872501

List of branch offices

http://www.britannia.co.in

Ogilvy & Mather has seven divisions: (CRM and interactive), OgilvyInteractive (interactive; under OgilvyOne), Neo@Ogilvy (digital and direct media; under OgilvyOne), Ogilvy PR (public relations), Ogilvy Healthworld (health care communications and marketing), and OgilvyAction (analytics and experiential marketing).

Ogilvy & Mather was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy, as “Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather.” The company became a leading worldwide agency by the 1960s. Central to its growth was its strategy of building brands like American Express, BP, Ford, Barbie, Maxwell House, IBM, Kodak, Nestlé and Unilever brands Pond’s & Dove. Integrated in the firm’s corporate culture is Ogilvy’s concept of “360 Degree Brand Stewardship”, defined as “a willingness to use the broadest array of tools and techniques to understand, develop and enhance the relationship between a consumer and a brand.”

In 2004 the OgilvyOne division launched a digital summit called Verge. This has become a major agency-led forum for clients and industry experts to discuss the challenges and possibilities of digital marketing. The agency has taken the conference to over 20 of the world’s leading markets. In documents made available to the public through the tobacco industry’s 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, Ogilvy and Mather played a key role in promoting the image of the Tobacco Institute.

Some of the clients of O & M:

• American Express
• BP
• Cisco
• Coca-Cola Company
• DHL
• DuPont
• Ford
• Gillette
• GlaxoSmithKline
• IBM
• Kodak
• Kraft
• Lenovo
• Mattel
• Motorola
• Nestle
• NexCen Brands
• SAP
• Tobacco Institute (ended 1998)
• Unilever

India Office:

Ogilvy & Mather
Tower ‘A’, 6th to 8th floor, Global Business Park,
Mehrauli – Gurguaon Road,
Gurgaon – 122 002.
Haryana.

Tel: (124)4760760

Complete list of offices

http://www.ogilvy.com

The company grew from Cincinnati Bell Information Systems and MATRIXX, both subsidiaries of Cincinnati Bell, and AT&T Solutions Customer Care (formerly AT&T American Transtech), which was sold to Cincinnati Bell in 1998; an IPO in 1998 made it a fully independent company. Since then, Convergys’ headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, has acquired numerous companies and expanded its business to employ nearly 75,000 employees who serve clients in more than 70 countries, speaking more than 35 languages, from 79 sites across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia (most notably in India and the Philippines), the Pacific, and Latin America.

Convergys delivered a record revenue of $2.8 Billion and recorded EPS of $1.23 in 2007. Convergys was responsible for upgrading the Nawras Telecom’s Billing and Customer Care Platform. The company also assisted Indonesian Telecom Company to go Live with Convergys Billing and Care Platform for Pre- and Post-Paid Services. Convergys implemented Relationship Management Solution For AT&T Mobility and provided Customer Intelligence Solutions To Global Financial Services Firm. Convergys helped Telecom Egypt Re-Engineer their billing Processes. The company is all set to provide Starbucks and Johnson & Johnson with HR Services.

In India, the company has it’s offices in New Delhi(Gurgaon), Bangalore, Pune & Thane.

Services provided by Convergys:

Convergys Global Consulting:

• Revenue Generation: Maximise opportunities to increase revenue through acquiring and growing high-value customers
• Revenue Protection: Understand key drivers of customer satisfaction, loyalty and retention in order to proactively defend market share and revenue
• Operational Performance: Measure and benchmark operational performance to highlight and capitalise on opportunities to improve workforce productivity, operational efficiency and quality of service
• Contact Optimization: Gather and use intelligence from customer and employee contacts to improve business performance and operations while decreasing costs
• Technology Optimization: Apply technology and business process, usability, customer experience analysis and architectural expertise to deploy and refine technology that improves quality of service and maximizes ROI.

Customer Solutions:

• Customer Service: Consumer Support, Business-to-Business Support, Technical Support, Back Office, Customer Management Effectiveness
• Customer Acquisition: Direct Response, Sales and Order
  Support, Back Office, Customer Management Effectiveness
• Customer Retention: Loyalty and Churn Management, Back Office, Customer Management Effectiveness, Convergent Rating, Charging and Billing

HR Solutions:

• HR Business Process Outsourcing: Recruiting and Resourcing, Compensation, HR Administration, Payroll Benefits, Organizational Development, Learning, Workforce Intelligence, Enabling Services

Recognition and Awards

Convergys has been recognized with a number of prestigious awards in the past. some of them include:

• InformationWeek 500 – Top 10 Companies for Innovative Use of Technology
• Fortune – Most Admired Companies (for 8 years running)
• Fortune – Most Admired Company in Diversified Outsourcing
• KLD Domini 400 – Top 400 Companies that Demonstrate Leadership in CSR
• Training Industry Inc – Top 20 Most Influential Training Professionals
• CRM Magazine – Outsourcing Services – Service Leader Award

Key milestones as a public company:

• 1998 – Convergys was formed from MATRIXX Marketing and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems (CBIS), two subsidiaries of the Cincinnati Bell Inc. holding company. Goes public with $0.9M in revenues.
• 1999 – Convergys completed its spin-off from Cincinnati Bell Inc. Cincinnati Bell distributed approximately 137 million shares of Convergys common stock to shareholders to complete the spin-off.
• 1998 – Convergys acquires AT&T Solutions Customer Care, with 4,500 employees.
• 1999 – Convergys acquires Microsoft Technical Solutions, U.S., with 215 employees.
• 2001 – Convergys acquires Geneva Technology Ltd., Cambridge, U.K., with 402 employees.
• 2004 – Convergys acquires DigitalThink, San Francisco, CA, Hyderabad,and Bangalore, India, with 375 employees.
• 2004 – Convergys acquires Encore Receivables Management, Inc., Olathe, KS, Lenexa, KS and Las Vegas, NV, with 1,100 employees.
• 2005 – Convergys acquires Deloitte’s Finance & Accounting (“F&A”)Business Process Outsourcing Business, Tulsa, OK, with 140 employees.
• 2006 – Convergys acquires Asturias HR Service Center (acquisition from DuPont), with 100 employees.
• 2008 – Convergys acquires Shanghai Hong Xun Software Co., Ltd. from BMI Asia Inc. with 70 employees.
• 2008 – Today, Convergys is a Fortune 500 company with $2.8B in revenue. Convergys is a member of the S&P 500 and has been voted a Fortune Most Admired Company for the 8th year running. They have approximately 75,000 employees in 84 customer contact centers and other facilities in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and their global headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. [figures as of 2008]

Corporate Office:

Convergys Corporation
201 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
U.S.A.

Tel: +1-513-7237000

India Office:

Convergys
DLF Atria
Jacaranda Marg
Phase II, DLF City
Gurgaon – 122 002
India

Tel: +91-124-2563500

List of offices

http://www.convergys.com

• Salary: 4.0
• Work Culture: 4.0
• Growth Opportunities: 4.0
• H.R. Policies: 3.5
• Brand Value: 5.0

In 1930, Godrej became the first company in the world to develop the technology to manufacture soap with vegetable oils; that spirit of innovation has continued throughout the organization’s history. Today Godrej is delivering consumers exciting innovations across a spectrum of businesses. The company’s pursuit of excellence is equally well established and enduring. In the 1944 Mumbai docks blast, Godrej safes were the only security equipment whose contents were unharmed; an equal level of product quality continues to be expected from every product bearing the Godrej brand name. Godrej management understands that the company’s greatest asset is the trust and faith that consumers have reposed in it, and recognizes that the company must continue to earn this trust. This translates to the organization delivering outstanding quality and value in everything it does.

Godrej’s ethical and visionary practices have allowed the company to successfully expand into a number of businesses. Today Godrej is a leading manufacturer of goods and provider of services in a multitude of categories: home appliances, consumer durables, consumer products, industrial products, and agri products to name a few. A recent estimate suggested that 350 million people across India use Godrej products. The group has more recently entered the real estate and information technology sectors, and management views these as avenues for enormous growth.
The Godrej Group stands in a strong position today. With annual sales in excess of $1 billion, a workforce of approximately 18,000, and a strong diversified portfolio, Godrej has proven its ability to deliver strong financial performance.

The Godrej Group is firmly entrenched in diverse businesses. Security Systems and Safes, Typewriters and Word processors, Rocket Launchers, Refrigerators and Furniture, Outsourcing Services, Machine Tools and Process Equipment, Cosmetics and Detergents, Engineering Workstations, Medical Diagnostics and Aerospace Equipment, Edible Oils and Chemical, Mosquito Repellents, Car perfumes, Chicken and Agri-products.
The Godrej group owns vast tracts of land in and around Vikhroli, a suburb to the Northeast of Mumbai, India’s commercial capital. Traditionally, this location has been their manufacturing base, but increasingly they have moved significant production facilities inland in search of cheaper pastures.

Some of Godrej’s firsts:

• In 1897, Godrej Introduced the first lock with lever technology in India.
• In 1902, Godrej made the first Indian safe.
• In 1920, Godrej made soap using vegetable oil, which was a huge hit with the vegetarian community in India
• In 1955, Godrej produced India’s first indigenous typewriter
• In 1989, Godrej became the first company to introduce PUF ( Polyurethane Foam)
• Introduced India’s first and only 100% CFC, HCFC, HFC free refrigerators

Registered Office:

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd,
Pirojshanagar,
Eastern Expresss Highway,
Vikhroli,
Mumbai – 400079
India.

Tel: +91-22-25188010, 25188020, 25188030
Fax: +91-22-25188040

List of offices

http://www.godrejcp.com

On September 3, 2008 Kingfisher airline began its international operations by connecting Bangalore to London Heathrow. The airline also hopes to start flights to other international destinations in the future, like the US with Airbus A340-500 and Airbus A380-800 aircrafts.

In September 2008, Kingfisher announced its plans to raise US$100 million through equity.

Kingfisher chairman Vijay Mallya and his Jet Airways counterpart Naresh Goyal announced the alliance after a marathon meeting on 13th October 2008 at Mumbai, India. The alliance includes code-sharing on both domestic and international flights, joint fuel management to reduce expenses, common ground handling, joint utilisation of crew and sharing of similar frequent flier programmes.

Fleet: A 330,A 319, A 320 (Single Cabin), A 321 (Single Cabin), A 320 (Dual Cabin), A 321 (Dual Cabin) – 1, A 321 (Dual Cabin) – 2, ATR 72 – 500, ATR 42 – 500, Standby (ATR 72 – 500), Standby (ATR 42 – 500), Standby A320 (Dual Cabin), Standby A320, Standby A319 (Single Cabin), Standby A321 (Single Cabin).

Registered Office:

Kingfisher Airlines,
UB Tower, Level 12,
UB City, 24, Vittal Mallya Road,
Bangalore – 560 001
INDIA.

Tel: +91-80-22272808 / 22275809
Fax: +91-80-22274890

Corporate Office:

Kingfisher Airlines,
Kingfisher House,
Western Express Highway. Vile Parle (E)
Mumbai – 400 057
India.

Tel: +91-22-26262200
Fax: +91-22-67020625

List of offices

http://www.flykingfisher.com

Sparsh delivers high-quality services to its clients through 18 state-of-the-art centers spread across seven locations in India – Mumbai, Pune, Mohali, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai. Their multi-lingual support spans 15 Indian languages including English, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Assamese and Oriya. Sparsh’s dedicated workforce of over 16,000 professionals provide qualitative solutions in the areas of transaction processing and call centre services, aiming to achieve excellence in every transaction.

Sparsh adds value to its clients through a range of completely customised solutions. Sparsh provides business-enabling front office and back office services to companies across various verticals. Several leading telecom, banking, insurance and travel companies have out-sourced their customer interaction and key business processes.
Sparsh leverage Intelenet’s knowledge and understanding of international best practices to deliver superior solutions to its customers. Their teams combine deep knowledge of domain and business practices with a laser focus on quality, timeliness and costs. Sparsh’s combined workforce of over 25,000 employees makes it the ‘Second Largest BPO Employer in India’ according to Nasscom (as of 2008).

Sparsh BPO services include:

• Transaction Processing
• Finance and Accounting Services
• Payroll Processing

Corporate Office:

Sparsh BPO Services Ltd,
Lakme Bldg,
B.S. Deoshi Marg,
Mumbai-400 088.
India

Tel: +91-22-66440400
Fax: +91-22-55975599

List of offices

http://www.sparshindia.com

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

At home, NDTV 24X7, the flagship English news channel is the market leader with an unrivalled reputation for excellence. NDTV 24×7 is available in the UK on the Sky Digital platform, in the US on DirecTV, and throughout other parts of the world, such as the Middle East, through various platforms and providers. NDTV is also available in Australia and New Zealand on the Vision Asia platform.

NDTV India, the company’s 24-hour Hindi news channel, is respected for its integrity and commitment to real journalism. NDTV 24×7 and NDTV India are the only two Indian news channels which are broadcasts live on Worldspace Satellite Radio within India.

NDTV Profit, a 24-hour business channel, has established new standards for simple, clear and transparent reporting on the world of business. NDTV Profit is the only Indian Business Channel to be brodcated outside the Bombay Stock Exchange, in Mumbai, India. NDTV has launched its first channel outside India in partnership with Astro, a leading South East Asia media group. “Astro Awani”, launched in Indonesia, is a 24 hour news, infotainment and lifestyle channel.

In August 2007, NDTV announced the launch of its first lifestyle television channel NDTV GOOD TIMES in alliance with UB Group. The channel features ACTVE Cooking, a round the clock cooking recipes and demonstrations along with tips and trivia on television exclusive for TATA Sky customers.

In September 2007, NDTV announced the launch NDTV Arabia, a 24-hour news and infotainment channel that will mark its entry into the Middle East and North Africa region. Also the same month, NDTV launched NDTV MetroNation, India’s first English city channel.

In January 2008, NDTV launched NDTV Imagine, it’s first general entertaintement channel. The company is working on the launch of an International movie channel NDTV Lumiere under NDTV Imagine Ltd.

Recently broadcaster NDTV and Genpact launched a 50:50 joint venture, NGEN Media Services, to offer media outsourcing services to enterprises worldwide in areas such as editing, digitisation and closed captioning. NGEN leverages the offshoring experience and global delivery capabilities of Genpact with NDTV’s domain knowledge and world class media skill sets.

NDTV Channels:

• NDTV 24×7
• NDTV India
• NDTV Profit
• NDTV Imagine
• NDTV Imagine Showbiz
• NDTV Lumiere
• NDTV GOOD TIMES
• NDTV MetroNation
• NDTV Arabia
• ACTVE Cooking

Regestered Office:

NDTV Ltd.
Archana Complex
Greater Kailash Part 1
New Delhi – 110048
INDIA.

Tel: +91-11-26446666

http://www.ndtv.com

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

By 2007, Cipla became the world’s largest manufacturer of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to fight HIV/AIDS, as measured by units produced and distributed (multinational brand-name drugs are much more expensive, so in money terms Cipla medicines are probably somewhere down the list). Roughly 40% of HIV/AIDS patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy worldwide take Cipla drugs. The company is ranked third in Generic market share statistics in South African Private Sector.

Because Indian law from 1972 has allowed no (end-product) patents on drugs, and provided for compulsory licensing, Cipla was able to manufacture medicines which enjoy patent monopoly in certain other countries (particularly those where large, multinational pharmaceutical companies are based). By doing so, as well as by making an executive decision not to make profits on AIDS medication, Cipla reduced the cost of providing antiretrovirals to AIDS patients from $12,000 and beyond (monopoly prices charged by international pharma conglomerates) down to around $300 per year. Today they are able to do so for under $150 per patient per year. While this sum remains out of reach for many millions of people in Third World countries, government and charitable sources often are in a position to make up the difference for destitute patients.

The customary treatment of AIDS consists of a cocktail of three drugs. Cipla produces an all-in-one pill called Triomune which contains all three substances (Lamivudine, stavudine and Nevirapine), something difficult elsewhere because the three patents are held by different companies. One more popular fixed dose combination is there, with the name Duovir-N. This contains Lamivudine, Zidovudine and Nevirapine.

Exports for the year 2008 amounted to more than Rs. 21,000 million. Cipla exports raw materials, intermediates, prescription drugs, OTC products and veterinary products. Cipla also offers technology for products and processes. Technical know-how/fees received during the year 2007-08 amounted to about Rs. 1500 million.

Cipla’s manufacturing facilities have been approved by the following regulatory authorities:

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA
• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), UK
• Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia
• Medicines Control Council (MCC), South Africa
• National Institute of Pharmacy (NIP), Hungary
• Pharamaceutical Inspection Convention (PIC), Germany
• World Health Organisation (WHO) Department of Health, Canada
• State Institute for the Control of Drugs, Slovak Republic ANVISA, Brazil

Corporate office

Cipla Ltd.
Mumbai Central
Mumbai – 400 008
India

Tel: +91-22-23082891, 23095521
Fax: +91-22-23070013, 23070393

http://www.cipla.com

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

HUL has produced many business leaders for corporate India. It is referred to as a ‘CEO Factory’ in the Indian press for the same reasons. It’s leadership building potential was recognized when it was ranked 4th in the Hewitt Global Leadership Survey in 2007 with only GE, P&G and Nokia ranking ahead of HUL in the ability to produce leaders with such regularity.

Some of its brands include Kwality Wall’s ice cream, Lifebuoy, Lux, Breeze, Liril, Rexona, Hamam, Moti soaps, Pureit Water Purifier, Lipton tea, Brooke Bond tea, Bru Coffee, Pepsodent and Close Up toothpaste and brushes, Surf, Rin and Wheel laundry detergents, Kissan squashes and jams, Annapurna salt and atta, Pond’s talcs and creams, Vaseline lotions, Fair & Lovely creams, Lakmé beauty products, Clinic Plus, Clinic All Clear, Sunsilk and Dove shampoos, Vim dishwash, Ala bleach and Domex disinfectant, Rexona, Modern Bread and Axe deosprays.

Corporate Office:

Hindustan Unilever Limited
Hindustan Unilever House
165/166, Backbay Reclamation,
Mumbai – 400020
Maharashtra
India.

Tel: +91-22-39830000
Fax: +91-22-22871970

http://www.hul.co.in

• Salary: 2.0
• Work Culture: 2.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

Ranbaxy was started by Ranjit Singh and Gurbax Singh in 1937 as a distributor for a Japanese company Shionogi. Interestingly the name Ranbaxy is a portmanteau word from the names of its first owners Ranjit and Gurbax. Bhai Mohan Singh bought the company in 1952 from his cousins Ranjit Singh and Gurbax Singh. After Bhai Mohan Singh’s son Parvinder Singh joined the company in 1967, the company saw a significant transformation in its business and scale. His sons Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh sold the company to the Japanese company Daichi in June 2008.

Ranbaxy is one of the leading pharma Companies in India commanding a market share of 5.07%. (Source : ORG-IMS, March, 2007). The Company has clocked sales of USD 286 Mn (2006) registering a growth of over 17%. Growing ahead of the market the Company has enhanced its competitive position in the domestic market through its focused approach. The Company’s business has been realigned to its customer groups and investments have been made in high growth segments. These efforts have resulted in strengthening its Chronic franchise (Life Style led) as well as has reinforced its leading position in the Acute segment.
In the NDDS segment, Ranbaxy is the market leader with 7.9% market share and its NDDS product portfolio contributes to about 9% of its total turnover. Its product portfolio spans across Acute & Chronic Business covering Anti-infectives, Nutritionals, Gastro-intestinals, Pain Management ( Acute) Cardiovasculars, Dermatologicals, Central Nervous Systems (Chronic)segments.

Company’s India operations are a dominant force in a number of participating therapeutic segments, for example Anti-infectives, Statins, Dermatology and Pain Management Operations are structured into 9 Strategic Business Units. A publicly listed company, Ranbaxy India is also a member of IPA (Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance) & OPPI (Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India).

Amongst the pharmaceutical companies in India, Ranbaxy has the largest R&D budget with an R&D spend of over US $ 100Mn. Ranbaxy is among the few Indian pharmaceutical companies in India to have initiated its research program in the late 70’s. To support its global ambition, a first of its kind world class R&D centre was commissioned in 1994. Today, the Company’s multi-disciplinary R&D centre at Gurgaon, in India, houses dedicated facilities for generics research and innovative research. The Company’s robust R&D environment for both drug discovery & development reflects the Company’s commitment to be a leader in the generics space and offer value added formulations based on its Novel Drug Delivery System (NDDS) and New Chemical Entity (NCE) research outcomes.

The new drug research areas at Ranbaxy include anti-infectives, inflammatory / respiratory, metabolic diseases, oncology, urology and anti-malaria. Presently, the Company has 8-10 programs comprising one anti-malaria molecule in Phase-II clinical trials. The Company has two programs in Phase I and the remaining in the pre-clinical stage. This includes a collaborative research program with GSK.

The company’s NDDS focus is mainly on the development of NDA/ANDAs of oral controlled- release products for the regulated markets. The Company’s first significant international success using the NDDS technology platform came in September 1999, when Ranbaxy out-licensed its first once-a-day formulation to a multinational company.

Corporate Office:

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
Corporate Office
Plot 90, Sector 32,
Gurgaon – 122001
Haryana.
India

Tel: +91-124-4135000
Fax: +91-124-4135001

List of offices

http://www.ranbaxy.com

The company is also a depository participant with National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL), providing dual benefit services wherein the investors can avail the company’s brokerage services for executing the transactions and the depository services for settling them. Kotak Securities Ltd. processes more than 4,00,000 trades a day which is much higher even than some of the renowned international brokers.

Kotak Securities Limited has over Rs. 3300 crore of Assets Under Management (AUM) as of 31st March, 2008. The portfolio Management Service provides top class service, catering to the high end of the market. Portfolio Management from Kotak Securities comes as an answer to those who would like to grow exponentially on the crest of the stock market, with the backing of an expert. Unlike many other companies, Kotak Securities Ltd., has a Centralised Risk Management System and an in-house Research Team which allows it to offer the same levels of service to customers across all locations. Kotak Securities was awarded as the most customer responsive company in the Financial Institution sector by AVAYA GlobalConnect Award both in 2006 and 2007.

Kotak Securities Ltd has been the first in providing many products and services which have now become industry standards. Some of them are:

• Facility of Margin Finance to the customers
• Investing in IPOs and Mutual Funds on the phone
• SMS alerts before execution of depository transactions
• Mobile application to track portfolios
• AutoInvest – A systematic investing plan in Equities and Mutual funds
• Provision of margin against securities automatically against shares in the customer’s Demat account

Kotak Securities’ Accolades include:

• Best Brokerage Firm in India by Asiamoney in 2008, 2007 & 2006
• Best Performing Equity Broker in India – CNBC Financial Advisor Awards 2008
• Avaya Customer Responsiveness Awards (2007 & 2006) in Financial Services Sector
• The Leading Equity House in India in Thomson Extel Surveys Awards for the year 2007
• Euromoney Award (2007 & 2006) – Best Provider of Portfolio Management: Equities
• Euromoney Award (2005)-Best Equities House In India
• Finance Asia Award (2005)-Best Broker In India
• Finance Asia Award (2004)- India’s best Equity House
• Prime Ranking Award (2003-04)- Largest Distributor of IPO’s

Registered Office:

Kotak Securities Ltd.
1st Floor, Bakhtawar
Nariman Point
Mumbai – 400 021
India

Tel:+91-22-66341100

Corporate Office:

Kotak Securities Ltd.
2nd Floor, Nirlon House
Dr. Annie Besant Road,
Worli
Mumbai – 400 025
India

Tel:+91-22-66529191

List of offices

http://www.kotaksecurities.com

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 2.3

Kingfisher Red, formerly known as Simplifly Deccan and previously as Air Deccan, is an airline based in Bangalore, India. It is India’s first low-cost carrier and is now a subsidiary of Kingfisher Airlines. The Bengaluru International Airport serves as the airline’s primary hub.

Formerly known as Air Deccan the airline is operated by Deccan Aviation. It was started by Captain G. R. Gopinath and its first flight was launched on 23 August 2003 from Bangalore to Hubballi. It was known popularly as the common man’s airlines, with is logo showing two palms joining together. The dream of Captain Gopinath was to enable “every Indian to fly at least once in his/her lifetime.” Air Deccan was the first airline in India to fly to second tier cities like Hubballi, Mangalore, Madurai and Visakhapatnam from metropolitan areas like Bangalore and Chennai.
On 25 January 2006, Deccan filed a red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Deccan planned to offload 25% of its stake in the initial public offering (IPO) planned for late March or early April. 24.5 million equity shares of ten rupees each were to be divested at a price to be announced later to raise Rs Cr ($250-300 million). The proceed from the IPO was to be used to set up a training centre in Bangalore and a maintenance facility in Chennai. However, due to stock market downturn, Air Deccan’s IPO barely managed to scrape through (after extending the issue closing date), but it was a flop on listing. Its shares were listed at a discount of about 50 per cent to the issue price of Rs 148.65.

The airline had switched to US-based airline reservations hosting service provider Radixx International, becoming the second major domestic Indian carrier to switch to the Radixx Air Enterprise system. GoAir is the first Indian Domestic carrier using Radixx reservation system. Before moving to radixx reservation system, Deccan was using reservation system provided by Delhi based company, Interglobe Technologies.

On 19 December 2007 Air Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines decided to merge, following which Deccan Aviation was renamed ‘Kingfisher Red’. The merger was effective April 2008, with Vijay Mallya serving as the Chairman and CEO of the new company, while Capt. G. R. Gopinath as its vice-chairman. The move also allowed Kingfisher to bypass the 5-year wait to fly to international destinations. It is believed that Deccan will fly to the Gulf and Southeast Asia, while Kingfisher will serve Europe and North America.
The company is currently owned by Deccan Aviation (~52%) and the United Breweries Group (~46%).

Fleet: The Kingfisher Red fleet consists the following aircraft (as of August 2008): ATR 42, ATR 72, Airbus A320-232

Registered Office:

Kingfisher Airlines,
UB Tower, Level 12,
UB City, 24, Vittal Mallya Road,
Bangalore – 560 001
INDIA.

Tel: +91-80-22272808 / 22275809
Fax: +91-80-22274890

Corporate Office:

Kingfisher Airlines,
Kingfisher House,
Western Express Highway. Vile Parle (E)
Mumbai – 400 057
India.

Tel: +91-22-26262200
Fax: +91-22-67020625

List of offices

http://www.flyairdeccan.net

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance is a 74:26 joint venture between Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. and Old Mutual plc. Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in India and has shown remarkable growth since its inception in 2001.

Registered Office:

Customer Service Centre:

Complete list of branches

• Salary: 2.0
• Work Culture: 2.5
• Growth Opportunities: 2.5
• H.R. Policies: 2.0
• Brand Value: 1.8

Draftfcb+Ulka can trace its lineage in India to Ulka Advertising, which was founded in 1961. Starting out as a creative hotshop Draftfcb+Ulka hit the top ten within the first decade. Draftfcb+Ulka made a smooth transition from a creative hotshop to a large mainstream agency. By the mid-seventies Draftfcb+Ulka had become the fifth largest agency in India and has continued to be among the top five agencies.

Draftfcb+Ulka’s commitment has always been to create advertising that works in the market place. Advertising that is noticeable. Advertising that is relevant to the potential buyer, not necessarily the seller. Advertising that reflects the brands needs and not the agency’s personality.

Today 53 of Draftfcb+Ulka brands are category leaders. Brands built from scratch and nurtured over 25 years. Brands that were non-existent when Draftfcb+Ulka was assigned the business, but are today case studies in marketing and advertising. Santoor toilet soap, where research and focused advertising saw sales grow four-fold against stiff competition from Levers and P&G brands. Indica V2, which took on the mighty Maruti and Hyundai to firmly establish itself as the leader in its class. Not surprisingly, Draftfcb+Ulka is seen as a turnaround specialist. An agency that does brand building and more.

Some of the recent ads made by FCB-Ulka:

Naukri.com
Hero Honda
Santoor Glycerine
Sunfeast Golden Bakery
Tata Indicom
99 acres.com
Amul
ICL
Indica Vista
John Players

Some of FCB-Ulka’s Classic Ads:

Amul Manthan
Tata Indica
Operation Flood
Whirlpool
Zee Cinema

Corporate Office:

DRAFTFCB+Ulka Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
Nirmal, 4th Floor,
Nariman Point,
Mumbai – 400 021
India.

Tel: +91-22-22026884,22852184,22836068
Fax: +91-22-22836072

http://www.draftfcbulkacomstrat.com

• Salary: 2.0
• Work Culture: 2.5
• Growth Opportunities: 3.0
• H.R. Policies: 2.5
• Brand Value: 2.0

In March, 2002, in order to ease it’s operations, Angel Broking developed it’s web-enabled back office software. By the year 2004, the company launched it’s online trading platform, easing it’s customers to do the transactions online. The company received the prestigious “Major Volume Driver” award three years in a row (FY05, FY06, FY07). Angel Broking’s PMS function was formally launched in July, 2006. By August 2008, the company crossed the 500,000 mark in unique trading accounts.

Angel has a pan-India presence, with 102 branches including 18 regional hubs connected through a state of the art IT Network. Linked with the largest trading terminal base of 10457 terminals. Angel has a base of 5300+ sub-brokers & business associates, 5000+ direct employees & 15000+ indirect employees, as well as a solid 70+ member research team in equities & commodities.

Team Angel today is a big family, catering to more than 4.7 lakhs delighted and satisfied clients all across the country.

Corporate & Registered Office:

Angel Broking,
G-1, Akruti Trade Center,
Road No-7,
M.I.D.C.,
Andheri (E),
Mumbai – 400 093
India.

Tel: +91-22-28358800 / 30837700

List of branch offices

http://www.angelbroking.com

• Salary: 2.3
• Work Culture: 3.0
• Growth Opportunities: 3.0
• H.R. Policies: 3.7
• Brand Value: 4.0

Amkette has established an extensive distribution network of more than 5000 retailers, covering every corner of the country and today boasts of two million satisfied customers which include government bodies, small and large corporations, educational institutions and thousands of individuals.

Amkette has always searched for markets where it can serve its customers better and all products are designed with two objectives in mind – Higher Performance and Affordable Prices. This has been the essence of all Amkette products such as Floppies, CD-Rs/RWs, DVD-Rs/RWs, Computer Care and Office Organization products.

e-cartridges, a brand of compatible printer cartridges alongwith e-fills (refill kits) were introduced to save customers from atrociously high prices of OEM manufacturers. e-cartridges & e-fills already have a loyal and growing customer base around the country and are known for their quality, originality and affordability.

With the use of computers becoming mainstream Amkette has launched a range of computer peripherals called Series-A. Keyboards and Mice of Series-A are known for their revolutionary health features as well as styling that enhances the look of any desktop.

Head Office:

Amkette
C-64/4,
Okhla Phase-II,
New Delhi – 110 020

Phone: (11)26389876/7, 26388813
Fax: (11)26388172

List of branch offices

http://www.amkette.in

Established in 1983, Sun Pharma was a start-up company with five products. Since 1996, Sun has grown largely through a combination of internal growth, and acquisition of other pharmaceutical companies. Important mergers includes those of the US, Detroit based Caraco Pharm Labs, ICN Hungary (now called Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive Group), and that of the internationally approved plants at Halol, India as well as Bryan, Ohio, US and Cranbury, NJ, US.

A planned acquisition of Israeli Taro Pharmaceuticals initiated in March 2007 was terminated by the Taro board in May 2008.
As of 2008, it has grown to become an international speciality pharma company with more than 7000 employees, 17 manufacturing locations worldwide, two research centers, and a presence in 30 countries. It is one of the leading Indian-based pharma companies in India.

Corporate Office:

Sun Pharma
Acme Plaza,
Andheri – Kurla Rd,
Andheri (E),
Mumbai – 400 059.
India

List of offices

http://www.sunpharma.com

Skoda Auto is a part of the international Volkswagen Group, one of the premium automobile manufacturers in Europe. Skoda entered the Indian market in November 16, 2001. The company invested in a plant at Shendra, outskirts of Aurangabad, the only manufacturing facility of the company outside Europe. The brand Skoda Auto is known for its stylish looks, well built exterior and its constant endeavor to introduce modern technologies.

Till date Skoda Auto has introduced twelve luxury models in the Indian market including Skoda Superb and Skoda Laura. In 2005, the company achieved more than 25% market in the luxury segment. In the same year, it had set up a network of 41 dealerships equipped with 35 facilities spread across the country. The total sale was close to 27,000.

In 2006, Skoda Auto in India received awards like ‘Most Technologically Advanced Car’ for Skoda Laura and ‘Best Variant’ for Skoda Superb Turbo Diesel from CNBC-TV18 AUTOCAR AUTO. It also received ‘Executive Car of the Year’ award from NDTV PROFIT CAR INDIA and ‘Automotive Technology of the Year’ award from OVERDRIVE, both for Skoda Laura.

Corporate Office:

Skoda Auto India Pvt Ltd.,
A-1/1, M.I.D.C
Five Star Industrial Area,
Shendra
Aurangabad – 431 201

Tel: (240)6631111 / 222 / 333
Fax: (240)6631299, 6631199

http://www.skoda-auto.co.in

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

As the second largest player in the Indian cigarette industry, their annual turnover exceeds INR 1800 crores (approx. US $369.6 million). GPI owns some of the most popular cigarette brands in the country like Four Square,
Red and White, Jaisalmer, Cavanders and Tipper. Over the years they have also set their own benchmarks in innovation with revolutionary brands like Stellar, the first slim cigarette and I-gen, the first euro norm cigarette in India.

GPI products are distributed over an extensive India wide network of more than 500 distributors and 800,000 retail outlets. With the Corporate Office in Delhi, the Company has offices all across India in over 8 locations.

Godfrey Phillips India has two major stakeholders, one of India’s leading industrial houses – the K. K. Modi Group and one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, Philip Morris. The Company also enjoys a strong backing of over 12,000 shareholders.

With a rich heritage of over 60 years in the industry, Godfrey Phillips India has also incorporated the latest technology to deliver products of the finest quality in the market. Driven by innovation and speed to market, the two manufacturing facilities in Ghaziabad (near Delhi) and Andheri (Mumbai), are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and incorporate best practices like TQM, Haichi-Ban, 5S, Kaizen Teian etc. The facilities comply with international quality standards like ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14000. The high standards of environment-friendly manufacturing was brought about entirely due to the recommendations of motivated factory workers who have also established an industry record by winning the INSAAN awards (given for the best suggestions made by a factory worker in the year) for the past 11 years running.

The company has undertaken several initiatives like Godfrey Phillips Bravery Awards, Blood Donation Drive, Women Empowerment projects, Godfrey Phillips WHITE, various GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) and support programs for tobacco farmers.

Corporate Office:

Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.
49, Community Centre,
Friends Colony,
New Delhi – 110025
India

Tel: +91-11-26832155 / 26836468
Fax: +91-11-26840775 / 26835803

List of offices

http://www.godfreyphillips.com

• Salary: 4.2
• Work Culture: 4.2
• Growth Opportunities: 4.0
• H.R. Policies: 4.0
• Brand Value: 4.2

SAMSUNG India is the hub for SAMSUNG’s South West Asia Regional operations. The South West Asia Headquarters, looks after the SAMSUNG business in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives and Bhutan besides India. SAMSUNG India which commenced its operations in India in December 1995 enjoys a sales turnover of over US$ 1Bn in just a decade of operations in the country.

From being a virtually unknown entity in the Year 1995, brand SAMSUNG today enjoys an awareness level of over 65% and a positive opinion of over 80% in the country today (source: BAS 2007). The introduction of World First, Wow, leading technology products in the Indian market coupled with the Company’s efforts to customise products for the Indian consumers, have contributed to the success of the brand in the Indian market. The Company has carried out over 170 Dream Home Road Shows – a four day exhibition of its new products and technologies – in the metros and smaller markets to create consumer awareness. To display SAMSUNG products in a more lifestyle ambience and to communicate the product benefits in a more interactive manner, SAMSUNG India has set up a widespread network of SAMSUNG Digital Plazas all over the country. The SAMSUNG Brand shop network complements over 8500 retail points for SAMSUNG products located across the length and breadth of the country.

During its tenure of 12 years in the country, SAMSUNG India has won several Product Awards and recognitions across its Audio Video, Home Appliance, IT and Telecom Product categories. The Corporate Recognitions received by the Company in the recent past include:

• ‘Electronics Organisation of the Year’ by EFY Magazine at its ‘Readers’ Choice Awards’ February, 2007
• Electronics Company of the Year – in 2006 by Consumer Electronics & TV Manufacturers Association
• No.1 Channel Favourite Company – in 2006 by Varindia
• Most preferred TV partner in Hospitality Industry by Hospitality India 2006
• Best Retailer for the Year 2005 by India Retail Forum
• Most Trusted Company Award 2005 by Var India
• ELCINA (Electronics Industries Association of India) Awards for ‘Excellence in Electronics’ instituted by the IT department of the Government of India. SAMSUNG India received the 1st Prize in the Consumer Electronics category for productivity, exports, R&D and quality assurance in 2002
• Golden Peacock Special commendation Certificate for Corporate Social Responsibility (Private Sector) for the year 2004
• ‘Special Award’ by Electronic Industries Association of India for ’significant contribution to the development and growth of India’s Electronics Hardware and IT industry.’ in 2004

Corporate Office:

Samsung India Electronics Ltd
602,vishal Bhawan,
95, Nehru Place,
New Delhi – 110 019
India

Tel: +91-11-32404427, 41511234

List of offices

www.samsung.com/in

• Salary: 1.8
• Work Culture: 2.6
• Growth Opportunities: 1.8
• H.R. Policies: 2.6
• Brand Value: 1.8

Yamaha made its initial foray into India in 1985. Subsequently, it entered into a 50:50 joint venture with the Escorts Group in 1996. However, in August 2001, Yamaha acquired its remaining stake as well, bringing the Indian operations under its complete control as a 100% subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd, Japan.

The company pioneered the volume bike segment with the launch of its 100 cc 2-stroke motorcycle RX 100. Since then, it has introduced an entire range of 2-stroke and 4-stroke bikes in India. Presently, its product portfolio includes Crux (100cc), Alba (106cc) and Gladiator (125cc).

India Yamaha Motor operates from its state-of-the-art-manufacturing units at Faridabad in Haryana and Surajpur in Uttar Pradesh and produces motorcycles both for domestic and export markets. With a strong workforce of 2000 employees, India Yamaha Motor is highly customer-driven and has a countrywide network of over 400 dealers.

As an Environmentally sensitive organization, YMI goes with the concept of “Environment-friendly technology” philosophy. It boasts of effluent treatment plant, rain water – harvesting mechanism and a motivated forestation drive. They believe in taking care of not only customers motoring needs but also the needs of future generations.

Corporate Office:

Yamaha Motor India Pvt Ltd,
A-3, Surajpur Ind. Area
Noida Dadri Road,
Surajpur – 201 306.
Tel: (120)2351193, 2351194
Fax: (120)2350685

http://www.yamaha-motor-india.com

• Salary: 2.5
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 2.0
• H.R. Policies: 2.0
• Brand Value: 2.5

As part of the General Electric family – GE Money, also known as GE Consumer Finance, is the personal finance provider of choice for over 130 million people worldwide. With a global presence across 55 countries, we have a rich history of providing fast, dependable financial solutions to both consumers as well as small to medium size businesses, retailers, auto companies and mortgage brokers.

The company was established back in the 1930s – to finance home appliances during the Great Depression in the United States of America. Since then, GE Money has diversified their products to provide the customers with value solutions in the consumer, commercial and industrial markets. Today, their products and services include a range of credit cards, private label cards, personal loans, home loans, auto loans and leases, as well as credit insurance.

• Private label credit cards
• Promotional retail finance
• Personal Loans
• Auto Finance
• Corporate Cards for commercial customers
• Home Loans
• Home Equity Loans/Loans Against Property

• Innovative products to meet individual needs
• Customized products for individual consumers and retailers
• Easy access through 4500 outlets
• Vast network across 60 locations in India
• Product offerings include Car Finance, Home Loans, Personal Loans, etc.
• Joint ventures with Maruti and State Bank of India

• Credit Cards
• Home Loans
• Insurance
• Motor Solutions
• Personal Loans
• Savings & Deposits

Business Financing

• Affinity Loans
• Co-branded Credit Cards
• Commercial Loans
• Corporate Cards
• Factoring
• Inventory Financing
• Leasing
• Loyalty Program
• Motor Solutions
• Private Label Credit Cards
• Receivables Financing
• Sales Finance

Global Presence:

Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, United States

Asia Pacific:Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (South), New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Europe & Middle-East:Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, DOMs, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates.

Registered Office:

GE Money,
Forth Floor,
Unit No. 401,402
Aggarwal Millennium Tower, E-1,2,3
Netaji Subhash Palace,
Wazirpur,
Pitampura
New Delhi – 110 034

Tel: +91-11-39022000

List of offices

https://www.gemoney.in

The State Bank Group includes a network of eight banking subsidiaries and several non-banking subsidiaries offering merchant banking services, fund management, factoring services, primary dealership in government securities, credit cards and insurance.

The eight banking subsidiaries are:

1. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ)
2. State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH)
3. State Bank of India (SBI)
4. State Bank of Indore (SBIR)
5. State Bank of Mysore (SBM)
6. State Bank of Patiala (SBP)
7. State Bank of Saurashtra (SBS)
8. State Bank of Travancore (SBT)

The origins of State Bank of India date back to 1806 when the Bank of Calcutta (later called the Bank of Bengal) was established. In 1921, the Bank of Bengal and two other Presidency banks (Bank of Madras and Bank of Bombay) were amalgamated to form the Imperial Bank of India. In 1955, the controlling interest in the Imperial Bank of India was acquired by the Reserve Bank of India and the State Bank of India (SBI) came into existence by an act of Parliament as successor to the Imperial Bank of India.

Today, State Bank of India (SBI) has spread its arms around the world and has a network of branches spanning all time zones. SBI’s International Banking Group delivers the full range of cross-border finance solutions through its four wings – the Domestic division, the Foreign Offices division, the Foreign Department and the International Services division.

Head Office

State Bank Of India (SBI),
State Bank Bhavan,
Madame Cama Road,
Mumbai – 400 021.

Tel: (022) 22850935, 22020347, 22873264, 22882165

Click here for complete list of branches

http://www.sbi.co.in

The company has contributed significantly to the medical fraternity through presence in important therapeutic areas like Pain Management, Anti Diabetics, Anti Osteoporotics, Renal Transplantation Drugs, Immunoglobulins, Cardiac Emergency Drugs, Antibiotics etc. Presently, the Company generates an annual revenue of $ 200 million.

Panacea Biotec has engineered its sales and marketing network for pharmaceutical formulations into strategic business units (SBUs), which comprise Critical Care, Diacar, Procare and Growcare. The company has launched a new SBU, viz. Oncotrust.
The aim of each SBU is to attain leadership position in its respective markets and establish brand equity in respective therapeutic segment by implementing the concept of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for better coverage and servicing of customers. The SBUs promote a portfolio of brands with a special focus on Orthopedicians, Cardiologists, Diabetologists, Physicians, Nephrologists, Pulmonologists, Surgeons, Dentists, ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) specialists, Pediatricians and Gastro-enterologists.

Critical Care
Critical Care, a Super Speciality SBU of the company, is focused on Nephrology therapy in the highly specialized organ transplantation and dialysis management segments. It offers a complete range of pre-transplant & post-transplant therapies. The SBU has carved a niche in super-specialty segment and created a scientific image. The SBU is rightly poised for achieving clear leadership in the Nephrology & Transplantation segment.

Diacar
Diacar is the highest contributing SBU of the company with dedicated marketing and sales infrastructure for Diabetes and Cardiovascular management. Diacar SBU is valued at Rs.460 million (ORG IMS Mar’07 MAT). The SBU promotes the brands to the target specialists viz. Endocrinologists, Diabetologists and Physicians in a fiercely competitive scenario and has achieved significant leadership position in Oral anti-diabetic segment.

Procare
Procare SBU of the company endeavors to consolidate and strengthen its image in the field of chronic health care management with specific focus on pain and arthritis management, osteoporosis and gastrointestinal disorders. It promotes a portfolio of brands with special focus on Orthopedicians, Surgeons, Dentists, ENT specialist & Gastroenterologist apart from Consulting Physician and General Physician.

Growcare
Growcare is the respiratory and pediatric business of Panacea Biotec. This business was carved out of the existing business of Panacea Biotec as part of the long term strategy to enter the high growth Respiratory Therapy. Growcare is a Rs.230 million business with total field strength of around 350 people and services more than 50,000 doctors across the country, comprising of different specialties like Chest Physicians, Consulting Physicians, Pediatricians and General Physicians. 26 different SKUs are marketed with presence in multiple Therapy areas.

Oncotrust
Panacea Biotec has plans to foray into oncology segment to provide treatment for Cancer, viz, breast cancer, brain tumor, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostrate cancer and colorectal cancer. ‘ Oncotrust’ is the new Strategic Business Unit (SBU) with the total strength of around 50 sales specialists on oncology who would be responsible for marketing these drugs.

Corporate Office:

Panacea Biotec Ltd.,
B-1 Extn./ A-27,
Mohan Co-op. Industrial Estate,
Mathura Road,
New Delhi – 110 044.
India.

Tel: +91-11-26945270, 26974500, 41678000
Fax: +91-11-41679081, 26940199

http://www.panacea-biotec.com

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

Zenith’s “Product Development Team” in Mumbai tests thousands of products every year from components to software to every pin that goes into a Zenith machine. 72 hours of burn-in process of each product with advance diagnostic software, ensure that high quality products reach your desk.

Another feather in the company’s hat is its exports division. Zenith PCs are now exported to Europe, South Africa, Asia and the Middle East. One major milestone in the success path of Zenith was when its 64 dual processor servers built B.A.R.C’s Anupam Supercomputer.

With 800 Authorised Dealers and 350 Exclusive Retail Showrooms across country, Zenith products are available in every nook and corner of India. Being one of India’s most popular IT brands Zenith is among the most preferred consumer PC Brands in India.

Head Office

Zenith Computers Ltd.
Zenith House,
29, MIDC, Central Road,
Andheri (E),
Mumbai – 400 093.

Tel:(22)28377300, 28366030
Fax:(22)28364859

List of branch offices

http://www.zenithpc.com

CRISIL started it’s operations in 1987 as a credit rating agency, at a time when lending rates in India were fixed, and there was, therefore, little demand for credit ratings. The company firmly established itself as the country’s leading rating agency, respected for their fiercely independent, highly credible, and analytically rigorous views.

India’s transformation into a market-led economy greatly increased its need for capital, and required extensive reforms and institution building. Accordingly, CRISIL diversified into the infrastructure advisory and business research domains, and quickly built up a reputation for independent, reliable and incisive information, research, models and advisory services. Today, CRISIL’s services are key inputs in informed decision-making and the shaping of public policy in India.

With increasing globalisation, the company focused on making it’s income streams more global by acquiring Gas Strategies Group Limited (earlier known as EconoMatters Limited), a London-based company engaged in gas consulting, information and training/conferences. CRISIL also acquired Irevna, a pioneer in the investment research outsourcing space; Irevna has since been voted No.1 in high end investment research and analytics outsourcing by the US-based Brown and Wilson Group two years in a row in 2006 and 2007.

CRISIL offers domestic and international customers a unique combination of local insights and global perspectives, delivering independent information, opinions and solutions that help them make better informed business and investment decisions, improve the efficiency of markets and market practices, and help shape infrastructure policy and projects. Its integrated range of capabilities includes credit ratings and risk assessment; energy, infrastructure and corporate advisory; research on India’s economy, industries and companies; global equity research; fund services; and risk management.

CRISIL Group businesses include:

• CRISIL Ratings
• CRISIL Research
• CRISIL FundServices
• The Centre for Economic Research
• Investment Research Outsourcing (Irevna)
• CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory
• Gas Strategies Group Limited (earlier known as EconoMatters Group) of Gas Information & Solutions
• Alphatania – Management Training and Courses
• Overview Outreach – Meetings where Energy connects
• Gas Matters – Convenient Information and Insight on Natural Gas
• Investment and Risk Management Services (CRISIL Risk Solutions)

Head Office:

‘CRISIL House’,
121/122, Andheri Kurla Road,
Andheri (East),
Mumbai – 400 093
India.

Tel : +91-22-66913001 – 09
Fax : +91-22-66913000

List of branch offices

http://www.crisil.com

Go Air is a low-cost airline based in Mumbai, India. It operates domestic passenger services to 11 cities with 385 weekly flights. Its main base is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.

The airline was established in June 2004. On 9 June 2005 GoAir announced that it intended to launch operations in October 2005 with a fleet of 20 leased Airbus A320 aircrafts. Initial flights were in the southern and western areas of India with the first nine A320s, the remaining 11 aircraft being added in the second year. It started operations on 4 November 2005. An order for 10 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family (with options for 10 more) was announced in July 2006. GoAir announced in mid-January 2007 that it plans to sell a large minority ownership position to assist it with funds for continued expansion as well as to improve chances for the sale and leaseback of additional A320 aircraft.

The airline has a strategic tie-up with Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC), one of the Best engineering companies in the world, for its maintenance and engineering requirements of its aircraft. The airline has also partnered with Radixx International of Orlando, Florida, a leading technology provider of automated aviation and travel related software solutions, for the use of its Air Enterprise. Radixx has taken over all reservations and passenger management functions from GoAir’s previous vendor.

Go Air is wholly owned by the Wadia Group, which has been synonymous with leading Indian companies, through its brands Britannia and Bombay Dyeing.

Fleet: The airline uses the state-of-the-art Airbus A320 aircraft fleet. As part of its aggressive future outlook, GoAir plans to increase its fleet size to 18 by March 2009 and 34 to March 2011 to induct new routes while efficiently servicing existing ones.

Go Air serves the following cities in India:

• Ahmedabad
• Delhi
• Goa
• Hyderabad
• Jaipur
• Jammu
• Kochi
• Mumbai
• Srinagar
• Vizag [planned January 2009]

Head Office:

GoAirlines (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Paper Box House,
Off Mahakali Caves Road,
Andheri(E),
Mumbai-400 093.
India

Tel: +91-22-67420499 / 67420300
Fax: +91-22-67410001

http://www.goair.in

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

With the ever growing demand for printers and UPS in the country, among the small and medium enterprises, WeP’s products are designed keeping in mind the current requirements of the market, which are high on quality and yet cost effective. WeP design, develops, manufactures and services these products.

Impact Printers, High Speed Printers & Line Matrix Printers have been the traditional business for WeP. WeP continues its dominance in these areas. WeP’s has two state of art manufacturing facilities at Mysore (Karnataka) and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh) are state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities having the capacity to produce more than 650,000 products and 1 million consumables per annum. WeP has created India’s largest IT products sales infrastructure of 10,000 active retail outlets and supports more than 2,000 large business consumers directly.

To enable superior product development, WeP has expanded its Research & Development group with in-depth domain expertise and specialization in cross-functional project management process. Research and Development is inspired by trends and the consumers’ desires.

WeP is known for its quality with 6 sigma initiative & ISO 9000 standards of certification for its Product Development, Manufacturing, Marketing and Support. They have recently been certified ISO 14001:2004 for their Himachal Factory and ISO 9001-2000 for the support function.

Corporate Office

WeP Peripherals Limited.
40/1A, 4th Floor,
Lavelle Road,
Bangalore – 560 001.

Tel: (80)66112000
Fax: (80)22270378

List of branch offices

http://www.wepindia.com

Tata Elxsi was created as a joint venture between the Tata group and Elxsi, which produced mainframe computers. In the early 1990s, however, Elxsi went out of business because of the general shift away from the use of mainframes in the global computer industry and the advent of the personal computer. The Tata group kept the name Tata Elxsi but it now belongs to the Tata group of companies.

Tata Elxsi offers complete and integrated product design solutions – including hardware, software and embedded electronics – across multiple technology domains such as Digital signal processing and embedded software, hardware, multimedia, computer networking, storage, visual and scientific computing, and wireless. The company also provides mechanical product design for electronic enclosures, appliances and packaging, from concept ideation to implementation and tool design.

Tata Elxsi is associated with styling and industrial design for the automotive industry, with one of the largest styling team in India delivering styling and digital modeling services to leading car-makers and tier-1 suppliers across the world. Tata Elxsi provides Engineering services in CAD/CAM/CAE to the automotive and FMCG industry.

Tata Elxsi’s youngest division, Visual Computing Labs (VCL), provides animation, visual effects and games services to the worldwide entertainment industry. It has done VFX in Advertisements, Kollywood films and many Bollywood films. Tata Elxsi has created special effects for a number of Hollywood movies too. VCL is known for executing the “liquid gold” open for the 2004 Academy Awards, with direction from Prologue Films. VCL’s work include graphics for New York City’s 2012 Olympics bid. Tata Elxsi was involved on the visual effects of Roadside Romeo a joint production between Walt Disney and Yash Raj Films.

In 2006, ARM announced the launch of the ARM Approved Design Center: Software Specialist program, an extension to its ARM Approved Design Center program with Tata Elxsi, has been appointed as the first member of the new program.

Tata Elxsi is an ISO 9001:2000 and SEI CMMi Level 5 certified Company. On 01-April-2007, Tata Elxsi changed its logo. The new logo has the Tata Group logo with the words “Tata Elxsi Limited.”

The company has strategic alliances with:
Silicon Graphics, Boxx, Hewlett Packard, UGS-PLM, Alias, Thomson, WeatherCentral & Seachange, and Masstech.

Tata Elxsi also has partnerships with ARM, TI, SuperH, Intel, Microsoft, Tensilica, Xilinx and alliances with FlexRay, SNIA, and UPnP Forum.
It has operations in India, Japan, North America, and Europe.

Corporate Head Quarters:

Tata Elxsi Ltd
ITPB Road, Whitefield,
Bangalore – 560 048

Tel:(080) 22979123
Fax:(080) 28411474

List of offices

http://www.tataelxsi.com

Business Interests of Videocon

Consumer Electronics & Home Appliances: Videocon enjoys leadership position in consumer products like Colour Televisions, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, Microwave ovens and numerous other home appliances. Videocon’s refrigerator manufacturing enjoys synergy with its inhouse compressor manufacturing technology in Bangalore.

Display industry and its components: After the acquisition of Thomson in 2005, Videocon has emerged as one of the largest Colour Picture tube manufacturers in the world. It has plants in Mexico, Italy, Poland and China and manufactures a range of high-tech products such as slim CPT, extra slim CPT and High Definition 16:9 format CPT.

Colour Picture Tube Glass: Videocon is one of the largest CPT Glass manufacturers in the world. It has plants in Poland and India. Videocon’s CPT Glass manufacturing complements its Colour Picture tube manufacturing business.

Oil and Gas: Videocon Group has interests in oil & gas exploration, prospecting and intends to get into gas distribution. It produces 7% of all oil in the private sector in India. Videocon’s Ravva oil field has one of the lowest operating costs in the world and it produces 50,000 barrels of oil per day. Videocon is also actively looking for exploration and production opportunities in countries like Oman, Australia and the Timor Sea near Indonesia.

Major Achievements of Videocon Industries Ltd:

• The largest panel production facility in the world under one roof providing very high economies of scale
• One of the world’s largest and most respected CRT glass manufacturers
• Firing the largest furnace of its kind in the world with a tank size of 3300 sq ft
• One of the few companies in the world to convert sand to TV
• One of the largest and most acknowledged CPT manufacturer in the world
• Manufactured India’s first rust-free Washing Machine

Head Office:

Videocon Industries Ltd.
Shankar Chowk,
Udhyog Vihar,
Plot No.296, Ph-II
Gurgaon – 120 001
India.

Tel: +91-124-3014778, 3014790, 3014784, 3014783

List of plant locations

http://www.videoconworld.com

• Salary: 2.7
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

Infosys was founded on July 2, 1981 in Pune by N. R. Narayana Murthy and six others: Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, Kris Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora, with Raghavan officially being the first employee of the company. N.Murthy started the company by borrowing INR 10,000 from his wife Sudha Murthy. The company was incorporated as “Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd.”, with Raghavan’s house in Matunga, north-central Mumbai as the registered office.
In 2001 it was rated Best Employer in India by Business Today. Infosys also won the prestigious Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) award for the fourth year in succession. Being the only Indian company to win this award and is inducted into the Global Hall of Fame for the same.
Infosys was rated best employer to work for in 2000, 2001, and 2002 by Hewitt Associates. It continues to expand, actually growing by more than 1,000+ people per month. Infosys currently has almost 100 Fortune 500 clients with over 90% repeat business.
BusinessWeek reported that the outsourcing firm along with Wipro and Tata accounted for nearly 80% of the [H-1B] visa petitions approved in 2007 for the top 10 participants in the program.

Infosys defines, designs and delivers technology-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a Flat World. Infosys also provides a complete range of services by leveraging their domain and business expertise and strategic alliances with leading technology providers. Infosys’ service offerings span business and technology consulting, application services, systems integration, product engineering, custom software development, maintenance, re-engineering, independent testing and validation services, IT infrastructure services and business process outsourcing.

Infosys pioneered the Global Delivery Model (GDM), which emerged as a disruptive force in the industry leading to the rise of offshore outsourcing. The GDM is based on the principle of taking work to the location where the best talent is available, where it makes the best economic sense, with the least amount of acceptable risk.

Infosys’ history is marked by a series of firsts. It was the first Indian company to be listed on a US stock exchange and the first Indian company to do a POWL in Japan. In December 2006, Infosys became the first Indian company to be added to the NASDAQ-100 index and became the only Indian company to be part of any of the major global indices. More recently, Infosys was named among the ‘Top 10 Companies for Leaders’ by Fortune magazine.

Research

One of the major initiatives taken by Infosys in terms of research was to develop a corporate R&D wing called Software Engineering and Technology Labs (SETLabs). SETLabs was founded in 2000 to carry out applied research for the development of processes, frameworks and methodologies to effectively capture customer requirements and to iron out common critical issues during a project lifecycle.
Infosys publishes a peer-reviewed quarterly journal called SETLabs Briefings which has articles written by the researchers at SETLabs on various current and future business-transforming technology management themes. Infosys has an RFID and Pervasive Computing Technology practice which is providing RFID and wireless services to clients. Infosys along with Motorola developed an RFID interactive mirror for Paxar. The group has also formally launched a suite of managed-information services called as “Shopping Trip 360″ using wireless sensors, which was called by Reuters as a break-through service for retailers and CPG .MIT Technology reviewed as “Infosys turns stores into mini-Internets”.
SETLabs has created about five to six frameworks in the domains of business modelling, technology and product innovation.

Infosys serves various industries through its Industrial Business Units (IBU), such as:

• Banking & Capital Markets (BCM)
• Communications Media and Entertainment (CME)
• Energy, Utilities and Services (EUS)
• Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences (IHL)
• Manufacturing (MFG)
• Retail, Consumer Product Goods and Logistics (RETL)
• New Growth Engines (NGE)
• India Business Unit (IND)
• In addition to these, there are Horizontal Business Units (HBUs)
• Consulting (CS)
• Enterprise Solutions (ES) (ESAP & ESX)
• Infrastructure Management Services (IMS)
• Product Engineering and Validation Services (PEVS)
• Systems Integration (SI)

IT Services provided by Infosys:

• Application Services
• Architecture Services
• Enterprise Quality Services
• Independent Validation Services
• Information Management Services
• Infrastructure Services
• Packaged Application Services
• SOA Services
• Systems Integration Services

Subsidiaries:

Infosys Technologies Ltd. has five subsidiaries as on September 30, 2007:

• Infosys BPO: Infosys BPO provides outsourcing solutions across several vertical and horizontal focus areas. It operates in India, the Czech Republic, China and Philippines (through a partner).
• Infosys Consulting: Infosys Consulting partners with companies to find the fastest route to competitive advantage. The company focuses on functional areas and delivers solutions that enhance performance and profitability.
• Infosys Australia: Infosys Australia is headquartered in Melbourne (HQ) and has offices in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane. In January 2004, Infosys purchased Expert Information Services P/L with annual revenues of US$ 50 million. Infosys Australia has committed up to US$ 800,000 in R&D assistance to the Australian government backed organization, Smart Internet. The company actively support Australian universities by their involvement on advisory panels, award sponsorships and industry-based learning positions. Infosys is an active member of ACS, AIIA and the AIBC.
• Infosys China: Infosys Technologies (China) Company Limited (ITSCo), is a fully owned subsidiary of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Infosys has invested an initial capital of US$ 5 million in this subsidiary. It’s 20,000 sq. ft. office in the Shanghai Pudong Software Park serves as an alternate delivery hub for Infosys in the Asia Pacific region. ITSCo seeks to achieve a high level of maturity in terms of software engineering process, by being CMM compliant. The company plans to offer surety of IP protection with a secure development environment by being BS7799 compliant.
• Infosys Mexico: Infosys Technologies S. De RL De CV is the Latin American subsidiary of Infosys. Their development center in Monterrey, Mexico serves as a nearshore facility for clients in North America, Latin America and Europe.

Global offices:

Asia Pacific

• India: Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysore,
  New Delhi, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Australia: Melbourne, Sydney
• China: Beijing, Shanghai
• Hong Kong: Hong Kong
• Japan: Tokyo
• Mauritius: Mauritius
• UAE: Sharjah
• Philippines: Taguig City
• Thailand : Bangkok

North America

• Canada: Toronto
• USA: Atlanta (GA), Bellevue (WA), Bridgewater (NJ), Charlotte (NC), Southfield (MI), Fremont (CA), Houston (TX), Glastonbury (CT), Lake Forest (CA), Lisle (IL), New York, Phoenix (AZ), Plano (TX), Quincy (MA), Reston (VA)
• Mexico: Monterrey

Europe

• Belgium: Brussels
• Denmark: Copenhagen
• Finland: Helsinki
• France: Paris
• Germany: Frankfurt, Stuttgart
• Italy: Milano
• Norway: Oslo
• Poland: Łódź
• The Netherlands: Utrecht
• Spain: Madrid, Burgos
• Sweden: Stockholm
• Switzerland: Zürich
• UK: Canary Wharf, London

Corporate Headquarters:

Infosys Technologies Limited,
Plot No. 44 & 97A,
Electronics City ,
Hosur Road,
Bangalore – 560 100.
India

Tel: +91-80-28520261
Fax: +91-80-28520362

List of India offices

List of worldwide offices

http://www.infosys.com

To cater to non-resident Indians, HDFC has an office in London and Dubai and service associates in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Al Khobar, Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

The primary objective of HDFC is to enhance residential housing stock in the country through the provision of housing finance in a systematic and professional manner, and to promote home ownership. Another objective is to increase the flow of resources to the housing sector by integrating the housing finance sector with the overall domestic financial markets.

At present, the company’s offerings range from hassle-free home loans and deposit products, to property related services and a training facility. HDFC also offers specialised financial services to the customer base through partnerships with some of the best financial institutions worldwide.

HDFC has a staff strength of 1445 (as on 31st March, 2008), which includes professionals from the fields of finance, law, accountancy, engineering and marketing.

HDFC’s subsidiaries and associate Companies

• HDFC Bank
• HDFC Mutual Fund
• HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company
• HDFC Sales
• HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company ltd ( formerly HDFC General Insurance Company Ltd)

Other Companies Co-Promoted by HDFC

• HDFC Trustee Company Ltd.
• GRUH Finance Ltd.
• HDFC Developers Ltd.
• HDFC Property Ventures Ltd.
• HDFC Ventures Trustee Company Ltd.
• HDFC Investments Ltd.
• HDFC Holdings Ltd.
• Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd (CIBIL)

Ramon House,
169, Backbay Reclamation,
H.T. Parekh Marg,
Mumbai – 400 020.
India

Tel: +91-22-66316000
Fax: +91-22-22048834

List of branch office

http://www.hdfc.com

Lombard Canada Ltd, a group company of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, is one of Canada’s oldest property and casualty insurers. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company received regulatory approvals to commence general insurance business in August 2001.

Apart from being India’s number one private general insurance company, it was the first general insurance company in India to be ISO 9001:2000 certified, as well as the first one to provide digitally signed documents through an online interface. The company has also been assigned the iAAA rating by ICRA indicating highest claims paying ability. ICICI Lombard offers a high security level, through a 128-bit encryption in case of online data exchange.

ICICI Lombard Head Offices

Corporate Office
Zenith House, Keshavrao Khade Marg,
Landmark: Opp Racecourse,
Mahalaxmi,
Mumbai 400 034

Registered Office
ICICI Bank Towers,
Bandra- Kurla Complex,
Mumbai- 400 051

Complete list of branches

http://www.icicilombard.com

Early in Zee’s history, Subhash Chandra and the STAR group of companies entered into a joint venture for television broadcasting in India. When News Corp Limited acquired the satellite distribution business of Star, News Corp de facto became a partner of Zee. To further develop the relationship, News Corp and Zee subsequently co-founded Siticable one of the leading cable MSOs. In March 2000, after a six-year joint venture, Zee bought News Corp’s stake in both the broadcasting business and Siticable.

Zee has an integrated range of businesses, encompassing the content-to-consumer value chain of media and entertainment business. Zee is a pioneer in India, in every aspect of content aggregation and distribution through satellite, cable and Internet.

Zee is the largest producer and aggregator of Hindi programming in the world, with more than 30,000 hours of original programming in the library one of the most popular entertainment brands in India. It was ranked as the ninth most popular brands by India’s leading marketing publication ‘A&M’, within a decade of its launch. It has one of the largest Indian multiple distribution platforms with an estimated reach of 500 million viewers in over 120 countries globally including USA, Canada, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand

Zee has many firsts to its credit such as, it was the first listed media company in India and also the first to launch a Hindi general entertainment channel in India – Zee TV. Zee was the first to launch a Hindi cinema channel in India – Zee Cinema. The company became the pioneer by launching a 24 hour Hindi News Channel in India – Zee News, now operating as a separate company called Zee News Limited (ZNL). The company was the first to set up MSO operations at a national level – Siticable. It has now transferred its business to a separate company called Wire and Wireless (India) Limited (WWIL).

Alliances / Partnerships
Zee Entertainment Enterprises have entered into joint ventures to gain access to content and technology:

Zee Turner: A 74:26 joint venture between Zee and Turner International to distribute the Zee Turner pay channel bouquet in India and neighboring countries.

ETC Networks: ETC Networks Limited (ETC.BO) is a media company listed on the Bombay stock exchange operating two television channels, ETC Music and ETC Punjabi in India. Zee acquired a 51% stake in June 2002.

Ten Sports: During the quarter ended December 31, 2006 Zee Sports International Ltd., Mauritius an overseas subsidiary of the Company has acquired 50% controlling stake in Taj TV Ltd., Mauritius (Taj TV) which owns Ten Sports’ channel and the Company has acquired 50% controlling stake in ‘Taj Television India Private Ltd’ a distribution arm of Taj TV. Results of both the companies have been consolidated from the date of acquisition i.e. November 13, 2006.

Zee entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and its services are available today in over 120 countries via highly advanced networking facilities and technology tie-ups with satellite and cable system operators. This places Zee ahead of any other South Asian broadcast network in terms of availability and local content ingestion.

Zee has been at the forefront in the use of satellite networking, secure encryption, subscriber management services & call centre technologies. Zee introduced encryption to India in year 2000 with Mediaguard (a Canal Plus Technology) Encryption System, which covers its entire Asian footprint. The encryption system is hosted at the Noida uplink facility in India and provides encryption services to both the Noida and Singapore uplinks.

The Network uses Iredato Access in Europe. Other channels are encrypted depending on which DTH platform they are provided through. Zee operates its own subscriber management services & call centres for its European operations, while it has outsourced subscriber management services to third parties in other jurisdictions. In 2003, the Zee Network established an integrated subscriber management services & call centre for its worldwide operations from India.

Zee broadcasts a bouquet of channels spread across genres such as general entertainment, movies, news and music across languages such as Hindi, English, Marathi, Bangla, Punjabi and Gujarati. Zee’s Portfolio of brands include:

Zee TV: India’s pioneering Hindi General Entertainment Channel, Zee TV showcases super-hit offerings in every genre -fiction, celebrity shows, comedy shows, game shows etc.
Zee Cinema: One of India’s best Hindi movie channel, Zee Cinema boasts the largest library of over 3,000 Hindi movies in the Indian Satellite TV industry.
Zee Music: Dial M for Music on this channel. This ever-young channel is slated for a complete make over very soon.
Zee Cafe: Currently having the best English language programming in India, Zee Cafe is gaining popularity with the urban and young audiences.
Zee Studio: Zee Studio has acquired an enviable library from MGM. It is getting slotted as the best English movie channel for family viewing.
Zee Gold: The first 24 hour South Asian movies and music channel in the USA.
Zee Trendz: A 24-hour premium fashion and style channel targeting the fashion conscious Indian consumer.
Zed: One of India’s most comprehensive learning solutions network, with many ground learning centers across the country.
ZICA: One of the premier animation studios of the country with more than 100 animators has produced India’s first full length animation movie – “Bhagmati – The Queen of Fortunes”.
etc: A popular Music channel
etc Punjabi: One of India’s best Punjabi language channel
Kidzee: An undisputed leader in pre-primary segment having 225 + centers across 100 cities in India, Middle East, Singapore and Indonesia.
Zee Action: It is a 24-hour movie channel featuring action movies, both new and old Hindi movies.
Zee Smile: Zee Smile is a light General Entertainment channel.
Zee Classic: Zee Classic currently showcases old black and white classic movies. In due course of time this channel will also be showing old movies post the b/w era.
Zee Premiere: Zee Premiere is a 24-hour movie channel featuring the latest Hindi movies.
ZIMA: An abode of state-of-the-art media education in the field of Direction, Acting, Writing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Production, Film Animation & Visual Effects.
Ten Sports: One of the most popular sports channel for South Asians.

Registered & Corporate Office:

Zee Entertainment Enterprises,
Continental Bldg,
135, Dr. Annie Besant Road,
Worli,
Mumbai – 400018.
India

Tel: +91-22-66971234
Fax: +91-22-24900302, 24900213

Complete list of branch offices

http://www.zeetelevision.com

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Limited (KMAMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of KMBL, is the Asset Manager for Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund (KMMF). KMAMC started operations in December 1998 and has over 10 Lac investors in various schemes. KMMF offers schemes catering to investors with varying risk – return profiles and was the first fund house in the country to launch a dedicated gilt scheme investing only in government securities.

The erstwhile Sponsor company, Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited (KMFL) was converted into Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (Kotak Bank) in March 2003 after being granted a banking license by the Reserve Bank of India. Thus, the Sponsor of the Fund is Kotak Bank. KMFL promoted by Mr. Uday S. Kotak, Mr. S. A. A. Pinto and Kotak & Co., was incorporated on November 21, 1985 under the name Kotak Capital Management Finance Limited. In early 1986, the promoters were joined by Late Mr. Harish Mahindra and Mr. Anand G. Mahindra and the Company’s name was changed to Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited. Kotak & Co. (now Kotak & Co. Limited) is a highly respected trading company of Mumbai, with international business.

Corporate & Registered Office:

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co Ltd
5 A, 5th Floor, Bakhtawar,
229, Nariman Point,
Mumbai – 400 021
India

Tel: +91-22-66384400
Fax: +91-22-66384455

List of offices

http://www.kotakmutual.com

Dr. Reddy’s began as a supplier to Indian drug manufacturers, but it soon started exporting to other less-regulated markets – that had the advantage of not having to spend time and money on a manufacturing plant that that would gain approval from a drug licensing body such as the US’s Food and Drug Administration. Much of Reddy’s early success came in those unregulated markets, where process patents – not product patents – are recognized. With that money in the bank, the company could reverse-engineer patented drugs from more developed countries and sell them royalty-free in India and Russia. By the early 1990s, the expanded scale and profitability from these unregulated markets enabled the company to begin focusing on getting approval from drug regulators for their formulations and bulk drug manufacturing plants in more-developed economies. This allowed their movement into regulated markets such as the US and Europe.

The company has a presence across the value chain, producing and delivering safe, innovative, and high quality finished dosage forms, active pharmaceutical ingredients and biological products, which are marketed to over 100 countries including US, Europe, Russia, Asia Pacific, India and China.

The Company conducts NCE drug discovery research in the areas of metabolic disorders, cardiovascular indications and infectious diseases. Its drug discovery effort is carried out at its research facilities in Atlanta, USA, and in Hyderabad, India.

By 2007, Dr. Reddy’s had six FDA-plants producing active pharmaceutical ingredients in India and seven FDA-inspected and ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 14001 (environmental management) certified plants making patient-ready medications – five of them in India and two in the UK.

The company top 10 brands in the India market are:

Omez
Nise
Stamlo
Stamlo Beta
Enam
Atocor
Razo
Reclimet
Clamp
Mintop

Corporate Office:

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.
Greenlands,
Ameerpet,
Hyderabad – 500 016
India

Tel: +91-40-23731946 / 47 / 48 / 49 / 50
Fax: +91-40-23731955

List of office

http://www.drreddys.com

Blue Star was founded in 1943, by Mohan T Advani, an entrepreneur of exemplary vision and drive. The Company began as a modest 3-member team engaged in reconditioning of air-conditioners and refrigerators. Within three years, the Company secured the agency for US-based Melchoir Armstrong Dessau’s air-conditioning equipment. Shortly after, the Company was selected by Worthington, the US leader in air-conditioning, as its India based partner – these were the first of numerous foreign associations to follow.

An expanding Blue Star then ventured into the manufacture of ice candy machines and bottle coolers and also began the design and execution of central airconditioning projects. Then came the manufacture of water coolers. In 1949, the proprietorship company set its sights on bigger expansion, took on shareholders and became Blue Star Engineering Company Private Limited.
Ever since, there has been a constant and profitable growth. Blue Star diversified and took up agencies for Material Testing Machines and Business Machines. The export arena beckoned and the Company began exporting water coolers to Dubai, where in fact, ‘Blue Star’ soon became the generic name for water coolers.

The sixties and the early seventies witnessed Blue Star continuing to expand and thrive. Employee strength crossed the 1000 mark and the company went public in 1969 to become Blue Star Limited, as it continues to be called today.

In 1970, the Company took up the all-India distributorship of Hewlett-Packard products. As the Company’s reputation for delivering the goods in the most challenging of air-conditioning projects grew steadily, the early seventies saw a series of prestigious projects being entrusted to Blue Star – skyscrapers such as Air India Building, Express Towers, the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai, apart from several others. Revenues touched the Rs. 10-crore mark and staff strength doubled to exceed 2000.
The Company began building determinedly upon its existing overseas presence, Blue Star set up a joint venture with Al Shirawi in Dubai and went on to execute some outstanding projects in Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. To complement its air-conditioning projects and undertake turnkey industrial projects, an Industrial Division was set up in 1978.

In 1983 Blue Star set up a software export unit at Seepz, Mumbai. Then came associations with more global leaders – a collaboration with York International of USA for central air-conditioning equipment and joint ventures with Motorola and Yokogawa.
An advanced manufacturing facility was set up at Dadra in 1997, in technical collaboration with Rheem, USA, to enhance manufacturing competency. Today it bears the distinction of being regarded as the best such plant India-wide. The dealer network was strengthened and expanded to bring products within easy reach of every customer.

In the year 2000 the software unit was spun off into a separate company, Blue Star Infotech Ltd., while the export of air-conditioning products from the Dadra factory began and contract manufacturing for local and foreign brands commenced. Blue Star crossed the Rs.500 crore milestone in 2000 and the Rs.600 crore milestone in 2002-03. With the boom in construction activity and increased infrastructure investments, the Company leveraged its leadership position to grow aggressively. In the following three years, the Company nearly doubled its turnover, clocking Rs 1178 crores in 2005-06.

The Company has manufacturing facilities at Thane, Dadra, Bharuch, Himachal and Wada which use state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment to ensure that the products have consistent quality and reliability.

Blue Star primarily focuses on the corporate and commercial markets. These include institutional, industrial and government organizations as well as commercial establishments such as showrooms, restaurants, banks, hospitals, theatres, shopping malls and boutiques. In accordance with the nature of products and markets, business drivers, and competitive positioning, the lines of business of Blue Star can be segmented as follows:

Electro Mechanical Projects And Packaged Air-conditioning Systems
This comprises central and packaged air-conditioning as well as electrical projects. The central and packaged air-conditioning business involves design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and support of large central air-conditioning plants, packaged air-conditioners and ducted split airconditioners. In addition to this, Blue Star promotes after-sales service as a business, by offering several value added services in the areas of upgrades and enhancements, air management, water management, energy management and LEED certification consultancy for Green Buildings.
The Company also executes building electrification contracting projects and offers expertise in the areas of electrical design and engineering, supply and installation of entire power systems as well as liasioning, approvals, commissioning and asset management.

Cooling Products
Blue Star offers a wide range of contemporary window and split airconditioners. The Company also manufactures and markets a comprehensive range of commercial refrigeration products and services that cater to the industrial, commercial and hospitality sectors. These include water coolers, bottled water dispensers, deep freezers, cold storages, bottle coolers, ice cube machines and supermarket refrigeration products.

Professional Electronics And Industrial Systems
For over five decades, the Electronics Division has been the exclusive distributor in India for many internationally renowned manufacturers of hi-tech professional electronic equipment and services, as well as industrial products and systems. The Company has carved out profitable niches for itself in most of the specialized markets it operates in, such as analytical instruments, medical electronics, data communication products, material testing, and test and measuring instruments.

Corporate Office:

Blue Star Limited,
Kasturi Building,
Mohan T. Advani Chowk,
Jamshedji Tata Road,
Mumbai – 400 020
India

Tel: +91-22-66654000
Fax: +91-22-66654151/51

List of branch offices

http://www.bluestarindia.com

Jet Airways and Air Sahara were the only private airlines to survive the Indian business downturn of the early 1990s. In January 2006, Jet Airways announced that it would buy Air Sahara for US$500 million in an all-cash deal, making it the biggest takeover in Indian aviation history. The resulting airline would have been the country’s largest but the deal fell through in June 2006.
On 12 April 2007, Jet Airways agreed to buy out Air Sahara for 14.5 billion rupees (US$340 million). Air Sahara was renamed JetLite, and was marketed between a low-cost carrier and a full service airline. In August 2008, Jet Airways announced its plans to completely integrate JetLite into Jet Airways.

Jet Airways serves 64 destinations by itself and 22 destinations across the world through Code Sharing. In addition to destinations across India and other parts of the Indian subcontinent (Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu), Jet Airways expanded international operations to include destinations in Asia (Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai [ending January 13, 2009], Singapore), Europe (Brussels, London), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai , Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, Muscat) and North America (New York, Newark, San Francisco [ending January 13, 2009], Toronto). By July 2007, it was connecting India with over 50 international destinations.
Jet Airways operates a scissors-hub in Brussels, with four Indian cities (Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai) connected to three North American cities (New York, Newark, Toronto).
Citing the economical downturn of 2008, Jet Airways will suspend the Brussels-Bengalore route as from January 12th 2009, and reduce the capacity on the Mumbai-Brussels-Newark route by replacing its flagship Boeing 777-300ER to an Airbus A330-200 as from January 21st 2009.
Jet Airways will end service to Shanghai, China and San Francisco on January 13, 2009.

International Air Transport Association (IATA) Membership: Jet Airways is a member of the IATA Clearing House and a participant of the IATA Multilateral Agreement for passengers and cargo traffic.

IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registration: Jet Airways (India) Ltd. has earned the distinction of receiving the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registration. The airline has successfully completed the Operational Safety Audit and has entered into the IOSA Registry.

Fleet: Jet Airways, as on December 2008, operates a fleet of 85 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 54 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 11 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.45 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.

Class of Service:
A.  For the domestic sectors: Business branded – “Première”
For the international Sectors: First Class, Business Class branded – “Première”.
B.  Economy

Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal and his Kingfisher counterpart Vijay Mallya announced an alliance after a meeting on 13th October 2008 at Mumbai, India. The alliance will include code-sharing on both domestic and international flights, joint fuel management to reduce expenses, common ground handling, joint utilisation of crew and sharing of similar frequent flier programmes.

Registered Office:

Jet Airways (India) Ltd.
S.M. Centre,
Andheri-Kurla Road,
Andheri (East),
Mumbai – 400 059.
India

Tel: +91-22-40191000
Fax: +91-22-29201313

Click here for the list of offices

http://www.jetairways.com

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 2.0
• Growth Opportunities: 3.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

Polaris Software Lab Ltd. was incorporated in 1993. Polaris was one of the first vendors that Citigroup chose to partner with, when it decided to enter India. Simultaneously, Citigroup started its own company called COSL (Citibank Overseas Software Ltd) which strategized and operationalized Citigroup’s vision of leveraging India. COSL was later re-christened as Orbitech only to be later merged with Polaris. Today, Polaris is an amalgamation of these two organizations that traveled the path of successfully architecting & realizing Citigroup’s India led vision.

Polaris Software is among the Top 10 Indian software players and a leader in Specialty Application for the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance domain. Intellect^TM from Polaris is a comprehensive, 7 pillar IP-led banking product built on SOA. Polaris was recognized by Smithsonian Institute in 1993 for creating the first ever banking solution on distributed architecture. Polaris’ Intellect Treasury won the The Banker Capital Markets Projects Award in 2007

Polaris is associated with some of the world’s most prestigious financial services institutions like Citigroup, UBS, Lloyds TSB, SEB, Shinsei Bank, MHB, & Deutsche Leasing, to name a few.

Services provided by PSL:

• Architecture Design
• Modernization Roadmap
• Multi-channel

Products – Intellect^TMSuite

• Core Banking
• Consumer Finance
• Credit Cards
• Portals
• Cash & Liquidity
• Risk & Treasury
• Wealth
• Investor Services
• Smart Branch

Outsourcing

• Legacy to SOA Modernization
• Application Development & Management
• Global Roll out
• Independent Testing
• Enterprise Applications: CRM/ERP
• BPO

Business Units

Polaris is organized into 7 Business Solution Centers (BSCs). Each BSC houses expertise in one of the domain areas.

• BSC 1 – Retail Banking (Chennai)
• BSC 2 – Retail Banking Products (Chennai)
• BSC 3 – Enterprise Innovation Center (Chennai)
• BSC 4 – Investment Banking (Hyderabad)
• BSC 5 – Corporate Banking (Mumbai)
• BSC 6 – Enterprise Solution Center (Gurgaon)
• BSC 7 – Risk & Treasury (Mumbai)

Global Presence

Headquartered in Chennai, Polaris has its offices in Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Dubai, Bahrain, Riyadh, London, Belfast, Zurich, Frankfurt, Toronto, New York, Chicago, Fremont, Chile and Madrid.

Partners

A leader in Financial Technology, Polaris is associated with the best names in the Financial Technology world across Geographies. They enable their customers achieve business technology alignment, catering to solutions ranging from product based to service based needs. PSL have partnership with:

• Algorithmics
• Calypso
• CA Wily
• HP
• IBM
• Infor
• Interwoven
• Microsoft
• Oracle
• Siebel
• Turnkey Solutions

Registered Office:

Polaris Software Lab Ltd.
Polaris House,
244 Anna Salai
Chennai – 600 006.
INDIA

Tel: +91-44-28524154
Fax: +91-44-28523280

Corporate Office:

Polaris Software Lab Ltd.
‘Foundation’,
No. 34,
IT Highway,
Chennai – 603 103.
INDIA

Tel: +91-44-27435001
Fax: +91-44-27435166

List of offices

http://www.polaris.co.in

• Salary: 1.5
• Work Culture: 2.0
• Growth Opportunities: 2.5
• H.R. Policies: 1.5
• Offshore Opportunities (Abroad): 2.5

CGSL provides product driven processing, call center (inbound and outbound) and technology services to Citigroup entities in 50 countries on a 24×7 basis. The company provides domain expertise and specialisation across multiple financial services products i.e. Mortgages, Cards, Banking, Cash Management, Trade, Capital Markets etc.
CGSL is an  “Equal opportunity employer”, with about 40% of its workforce being women. The company claims to be having an attrition level well below industry standards. The company has also tied up with NMIMS & LIBA, premier business schools in Mumbai & Chennai, to conduct an annual, part-time MBA program exclusively for CGSL employees. CGSL also boasts of an in house training academy – Citigroup Global Services Training Academy (CGSTA) with over 1 million training hours per year.

CGSL has 15 sites across India, built to world class realty standards. The company’s international operations are hosted out of Mumbai, Chennai and Gurgaon. CGSL is part of the Citigroup Global Router Network. It has over 100 MBPS of dedicated international bandwidth which connects to major international hubs in Europe & the US. The company’s telecom & networking infrastructure is in partnership with global leaders such as Nortel, MCI, Cisco and Avaya

Operational Efficiency:

• ISO 9001-2000 certification
• ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification
• BS 7799-2:2002 certification [Det Norske Veritas]
• COPC – 2000® CSP Standard Release 4.0 certification
• COPC – 2000® CSP Standard Release 4.0 re- certification
• Use of 6 Sigma Methodology for company-wide quality management initiatives
• 21 Black Belts and 308 Green Belts trained so far.

Awards & Recognition:

Citigroup Global Services have won many awards and honors that bear testimony to the top-of-the-line services it delivers.

Year 2008

• Won the Economic Times – ‘Avaya Award’ for Customer Responsiveness in the BPO category – Ranked by E&Y and AC Nielson (2nd year in a row)
• Won the IT People ‘Employer of the Year’ award – awarded by IT People Awards for Excellence in IT
• Won the Indy’s award in the ‘Best in house magazine category’ – Awarded by Indy’s Awards for Excellence in Mass Communications
• Awarded the ‘Amity Corporate Excellence award’ by Amity International Business School

Year 2007

• Won the BPO Technology award 07 – Ranked by Indiatimes in association with QAI
• Won the ‘BPO Innovator Award ‘07′ – Ranked by Indiatimes in association with QAI
• Won the Economic Times – ‘Avaya Award’ for Customer Responsiveness in the BPO category – Ranked by E&Y and AC Nielson
• Recognition of Innovation framework – inclusion in NASSCOM Book of Innovation ‘07
• Ranked among Top IT/ITeS companies in India for 2007 by Dun & Bradstreet
• Among India’s top 10 most respected BPO companies in Businessworld
• Listed among top 15 ITeS- BPO Exporters for 2006-07 by NASSCOM

Year 2006

• Among the top 3 BPOs in India – Ranked by Indiatimes in association with QAI
• Ranked among Top IT/ITeS companies in India for 2006 by Dun & Bradstreet
• Among Top 3 IT strategist companies – Ranked by Express Group of Publications (2nd time)
• Recognition of Operational Innovation – inclusion in NASSCOM Book of Innovation 06

Year 2005

• Amongst the top 13 of the Microsoft-Business India “India’s Best Managed Companies” – Ranked by A T Kearney
• HR Excellence Award 2004-2005 – Awarded by the Confederation of Indian Industries
• Ranked among the top 2 captive BPOs in India by outsourcing2India
• ‘Spirit of India’ Award given by United Way Mumbai for having maximum paid employee

Year 2004

• Nominated “Most Secure Company of the Year” by Network Magazine
• Among the top 250 Technology companies in the Asia-Pacific Region – Ranked by Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu in the “Tech Fast 500″ program
• Among Top 3 IT strategist companies – Ranked by Express Group of Publications
• Most innovative and progressive ITES company – Awarded by Government of Maharashtra

Year 2003

• Among top 250 Technology companies in the Asia-Pacific Region – Ranked by Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu in the “Tech Fast 500″ program
• Fastest wealth creator -(from 1998 to 2003) – Ranked by Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd
• Among top 10 emerging companies in India – Nominated by Economic Times
• Among the top 500 companies in India – Ranked by Dun & Bradstreet

Year 2001-2002

• Highest export growth over the year organized by Software Technology Park of India. Award received from the hands of Honorable President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for fastest growth in the SME Segment
• Among the top 10 emerging companies in India – Nominated by Economic Times

Corporate Office:

Citigroup Global Services Limited.,
Plot No 223,
Nesco Compound,
Off Western Express Highway,
Goregaon East,
Mumbai – 400063.
India

Tel: +91-22-67665000

List of offices

http://www.citigroupglobalservices.com

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

Procter & Gamble’s relationship with India started in 1951 when Vicks Product Inc. India, a branch of Vicks Product Inc. USA entered Indian market. In 1964, a public limited company, Richardson Hindustan Limited (RHL) was formed which obtained an Industrial License to undertake manufacture of Menthol and de mentholised peppermint oil and VICKS range of products such as Vicks VapoRub, Vicks Cough Drops and Vicks Inhaler. In May 1967, RHL introduced Clearsil, then America’s number one pimple cream in Indian market. In 1979, RHL launched Vicks Action 500 and in 1984 it set up an Ayurvedic Research Laboratory to address the common ailments of the people such as cough and cold.

In October 1985, RHL became an affiliate of The Procter & Gamble Company, USA and its name was changed to Procter & Gamble India. In 1989, Procter & Gamble India launched Whisper – the breakthrough technology sanitary napkin/towel. In 1991, P&G India launched Ariel detergent. In 1992, The Procter & Gamble Company, US increased its stake in Procter & Gamble India to 51% and then to 65%. In 1993, Procter & Gamble India divested the Detergents business to Procter & Gamble Home Products and started marketing Old Spice Brand of products. In 1999 Procter & Gamble India Limited changed the name of the Company to Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited.

P&G Home Products Limited was incorporated as 100% subsidiary of The Procter & Gamble Company, USA in 1993 and it launched Ariel Super Soaker. In the same year Procter & Gamble India divested the Detergents business to Procter & Gamble Home Products. In 1995, Procter & Gamble Home Products entered the Haircare Category with the launch of Pantene Pro-V shampoo. In 1997 Procter & Gamble Home Products launched Head & Shoulders shampoo. In 2000, Procter & Gamble Home Products introduced Tide Detergent Powder – the largest selling detergent in the world. In 2003, Procter & Gamble Home Products Limited launched Pampers – world’s number one selling diaper brand.

Today, Proctor & Gamble is the second largest FMCG company in India after Hindustan Unilever Limited.

Corporate Office:

P&G Plaza
Cardinal Gracias Road,
Chakala,
Andheri (E),
Mumbai – 400 099
Maharashtra
India.

Tel: +91-22-28266000
Fax: +91-22-56939696

http://www.pg-india.com

• Salary: 1.5
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

The airline commenced operations on 4 August 2006 with a service from Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati. The airline is owned by InterGlobe Enterprises. It took delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft on 28 July 2006 and received six aircraft during 2006. Nine more aircraft were delivered in 2007 taking the total to 15. The carrier has set a target of serving approximately 30 Indian cities by 2010 with a fleet size of 40 A320 and A321 aircraft. The airline will receive all 100 A320 family aircraft by 2016.

Former US Airways Executive Vice-President, Marketing and Planning Bruce Ashby joined IndiGo Airlines as their Chief Executive Officer. The Indian Government has approved the airline’s aircraft import plan “in principle”. The airline has also acquired 3 parking spots in New Delhi and Mumbai airports.

IndiGo operate scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations (as of July 2008):

Agartala – Singerbhil Airport
Ahmedabad – Sardar Patel Airport
Bengaluru – Bengaluru Airport
Bhubaneswar – Biju Patnaik Airport
Chennai – Chennai International Airport
Cochin – Nedumbassery Airport
Delhi – Indira Gandhi Airport
Goa – Dabolim Airport
Guwahati – Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Hyderabad – Shamshabad Airport
Imphal – Imphal Airport
Jaipur – Sanganer Airport
Kolkata – Subhash Chandra Bose Airport
Mumbai – Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport
Nagpur – Sonegaon Airport
Pune – Lohegaon Airport
Udaipur – Maharana Pratap Airport
Vadodara – Harni Airport
Vizag – (Vizag Airport) [planned January 2009]

Fleet: Indigo’s fleet as on December 2008, has only Airbus A320-200 (19 in number).

Corporate Office:

Indigo
Level 1, Tower C,
Global Business Park,
Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road,
Gurgaon – 122 002,
Haryana,
India.

Tel: +91-124-4352500
Fax: +91-124-4068536

List of offices

http://www.goindigo.in

• Salary: 1.0
• Work Culture: 1.0
• Growth Opportunities: 1.0
• H.R. Policies: 1.0
• Brand Value: 1.0

Besides passenger cars (Ambassador, Grand, and Avigo), Multi Utility Vehicles (Trekker, Porter, and Pushpak) and the RTV, Hindustan Motors also manufactures passenger cars in the mid size premium segment (Mitsubishi Lancer, Lancer Select, and Lancer Cedia) and has brought in Sports Utility Vehicle (Mitsubishi Pajero) into the Indian market in collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors, Japan.

Contributing significantly to the Indian Automotive industry for over five decades, Hindustan Motors Limited’s manufacturing facilities are situated in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Tamilnadu and West Bengal.

HML’s plant in Tiruvallur, Chennai is an exclusive state-of-the art plant dedicated to the manufacture of Mitsubishi Lancer cars and now the Sports Utility Vehicle – Pajero in technical collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors, Japan.
Hindustan Motors began operations in Thiruvallur, Tamilnadu three decades ago with the manufacture of Earthmoving equipment such as dumpers, front-end loaders, crawler tractors etc. Since 1998, the plant began the manufacture of Mitsubishi Lancer. The manufacturing facility at Thiruvallur has a capacity to produce 12,000 vehicles per annum. The plant is built to the exacting standards of Mitsubishi Motors, incorporating contemporary quality control processes.

The Automobile division at Uttarpara, West Bengal near Kolkata, is engaged in the manufacture of Passenger Cars- Ambassadors, Contessa and Multi Utility Vehicles -Trekker, Porter and Pushpak.
In 1948, Hindustan Motors shifted its assembly plant from Port Okha in Gujarat to Uttarpara in the Hooghly district of West Bengal and strengthened its manufacturing capacity in the automobile segment.
Engaged in the manufacture of the Ambassador, Contessa and utility vehicles like the Trekker, Porter and Pushpak, the plant also has to its credit, many innovations and improvements in the automobile industry in India. Hindustan Motors is the only manufacturing facility in the world to manufacture parts for Bedford trucks currently.

The Pithampur plant in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, houses the Road Trusted Vehicle division, manufacturing the “RTV” brand of multi utility vehicles, in technical collaboration with OKA Motor Company, Australia.
The company has successfully made inroads into urban, semi-urban and rural markets. With a number of engine options available, the RTV incorporates a pragmatic design making it adaptable to a multiplicity of purposes. RTVs come with a body configuration most suitable for material distribution, easy loading and unloading. The RTV is spacious, adaptable and economical. The U.S.P. of it being, they can even be customized to the requirements of the user.

Group HQ:

Birla Tower,
8th Floor,
25 Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi – 110 001.
India.
Tel:(11)42092100
Fax:(11)42092198

Registered Office:

Hindustan Motors Limited,
Birla Building,
9/1 Rajendra Nath Mukherjee Rd,
Kolkata – 700 001.
West Bengal.

Tel 33)22420932
Fax 33)22480055, 22205708

Corporate Office:

Hindustan Motors Limited,
6-B, Grand South Trunk
(GST) Road, St. Thomas Mount,
Chennai – 600 016.
Tamil Nadu.

Tel 44)22346651
Fax 44)22342243

http://www.hindmotor.com

The Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) was amongst the first to receive an ‘in principle’ approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a bank in the private sector, as part of the RBI’s liberalisation of the Indian Banking Industry in 1994. The bank was incorporated in August 1994 in the name of ‘HDFC Bank Limited’, with its registered office in Mumbai, India. HDFC Bank commenced operations as a Scheduled Commercial Bank in January 1995.

HDFC is India’s premier housing finance company and enjoys an impeccable track record in India as well as in international markets. Since its inception in 1977, the Corporation has maintained a consistent and healthy growth in its operations to remain the market leader in mortgages. Its outstanding loan portfolio covers well over a million dwelling units. HDFC has developed significant expertise in retail mortgage loans to different market segments and also has a large corporate client base for its housing related credit facilities. With its experience in the financial markets, a strong market reputation, large shareholder base and unique consumer franchise, HDFC was ideally positioned to promote a bank in the Indian environment.

The authorised capital of HDFC Bank is Rs550 crore (Rs5.5 billion). The paid-up capital is Rs424.6 crore (Rs.4.2 billion). The HDFC Group holds 19.4% of the bank’s equity and about 17.6% of the equity is held by the ADS Depository (in respect of the bank’s American Depository Shares (ADS) Issue). Roughly 28% of the equity is held by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and the bank has about 570,000+ shareholders. The shares are listed on the Stock Exchange, Mumbai and the National Stock Exchange. The bank’s American Depository Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol ‘HDB’.

HDFC Bank is headquartered in Mumbai. The Bank at present has an enviable network of over 1412 branches spread over 528 cities across India. All branches are linked on an online real-time basis. Customers in over 120 locations are also serviced through Telephone Banking. The Bank’s expansion plans take into account the need to have a presence in all major industrial and commercial centres where its corporate customers are located as well as the need to build a strong retail customer base for both deposits and loan products.

The Bank also has a network of about over 2890 networked ATMs across these cities. Moreover, HDFC Bank’s ATM network can be accessed by all domestic and international Visa/MasterCard, Visa Electron/Maestro, Plus/Cirrus and American Express Credit/Charge cardholders.Head Office

Head Office

HDFC Bank Ltd
4th Floor,HDFC Bank House,
Senapati Bapat Marg,
Parel,
Mumbai – 400 013.
Maharashtra

Tel: (022) 66521000

Complete list of branches

http://www.hdfcbank.com

eClerx Services Limited provides data analytics and customized process solutions to global enterprise clients from its offshore delivery centers in India. Its portfolio of services comprises data analytics, operations management, data audits, metrics management, and reporting services. eClerx Services Limited was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Forbes magazine picked eClerx in its 2008 “200 Best Under a Billion” list for Asia-Pacific. Forbes reviewed over 24,000 publicly-listed APAC companies with sales under USD 1 billion and shortlisted 200 of the best companies judged on a number of performance criteria including growth in sales and profitability over three years. eClerx is one of only 22 Indian companies that made the cut, and the only one in the KPO / data analytics space. The recognition is a testament to eClerx’ business model, client relationships and talented employees. eClerx is among India’s top 25 ITes and BPO companies ranked by Dun & Bradstreet while The Yankee Group in July, 2005 included the Company as “Best of the Breed” under the segment of ‘Analytics Providers’

Offshore Deployment Centers
The eClerx off-shore facilities meet the exacting standards expected by the global clients with 1850++ workforce deployment facilities and excellent technology infrastructure. The company’s facilities are based in Fort, Sewri and Ghatkopar, Mumbai and Hinjewadi – Pune.

The company is looking for acquisitions in the US and the UK. Since eClerx has close to 80 per cent of its business coming from the US, the company would like to look at acquisitions that can allow better access to market. Currently, the KPO market in India is pegged at $70-90 million.

eClerx services include:

Data Analytics
eClerx data analytics services encompass activities related to pricing analytics, customer insight studies, and product mix optimization for retail and manufacturing industries, portfolio matching and reconciliation, transaction maintenance, finance and control for financial services industry.

Operations Management
eClerx manage a number of activities for their customers that are core to daily business processing. Its operational management support services comprise of on-line store support, technical content development, product/services configuration for retail and manufacturing industries, reference data maintenance, transaction documentation, cash settlement and reconciliation for financial services industry.

Audits / Reconciliation
eClerx provide audit and review services for their clients which are aimed at reducing process errors and operational risk and increasing compliance and providing process improvement insight. The company’s audit/reconciliation services include on-line site audits, catalogue integrity checks, grey market and pricing monitoring for retail and manufacturing industries, legal contract review and reconciliations for financial services industry.

Metrics and Reporting
eClerx provide metrics and reporting together with all of their services. the company provides quality and quantity metrics, analysis of various trends in their clients’ business and the quality trends in their service delivery. eClerx typically build dashboards for their clients to monitor service delivery. Their reports also highlight information on trends to allow customers to make business decisions. eClerx offers solutions that can be deployed as traditional applications or as a service to help customers optimize and gain real-time control of their risk, compliance, and quality. The company integrate design, planning, execution, performance management, and messaging solutions that help manufacturers, retailers, and financial services firms address key business challenges. The company have deployed innovative, powerful, and tactical solutions that can be customized quickly and inexpensively to address the needs of particular departments / groups.
It also provides quality and quantity metrics, analysis of various trends in its clients’ business, and the quality trends in its service delivery.

Registered and Corporate Office:

eClerx Services Limited
Sonawala Building,
First Floor,
29 Bank Street,
Fort,
Mumbai – 400 023.
India.

Tel: +91-22-40941000
Fax: +91-22-40941212

List of offices

http://www.eclerx.com

• Salary: 2.7
• Work Culture: 2.3
• Growth Opportunities: 1.7
• H.R. Policies: 3.7
• Brand Value: 3.0

Tata Consultancy Services was established in the year 1968. It began as the “Tata Computer Centre”, a division of the Tata Group, whose main business was to provide computer services to other group companies. However, the potential of computerization and computer services was realized early on, and an electrical engineer from the Tata Electric Companies, Fakir Chand Kohli, was brought in as the first General Manager. Soon after, the company was named Tata Consultancy Services. TCS’s first software export project was undertaken in 1974 when it converted the Hospital Information System from Burroughs Medium Systems COBOL to Burroughs Small Systems COBOL. This project was carried out entirely in TCS Mumbai on the ICL 1903 Computer. In 1980, TCS and a sister concern accounted for 63% of the Indian software industry exports, $4 million shared by 21 firms. In 1984, TCS set up an office in the Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) – Mumbai.
The early 1990s saw a tremendous surge in TCS’s business, which also resulted in a massive recruitment drive by the company. In early and mid-1990s, TCS re-invented itself to become a software products company. In the late 1990s, to accelerate its revenue growth, TCS decided to employ a three-pronged strategy – developing new products with high revenue earning potential, tapping domestic and other fast growing markets and focusing on inorganic growth through mergers & acquisitions. In late 1998, the company decided to concentrate on new revenue opportunities including Y2K and Euro conversion. E-business was a major area of focus in the late 1990s.
In 1999, TCS started an annual IT Quiz called TCS IT WIZ in India. It has been a great success and a matter of craze among young students inclined towards IT while in 2004, TCS became a publicly listed company. In 2008 Tata Consultancy Services was involved in a variety of industries. Some of these included telecom, government, insurance, manufacturing, high tech, and banking and financial services. They offer product life cycle management and systems integration to their customers.

TCS has continuously been contributing towards the nation wide development for the Government of India. In an effort to improve passport services in India, the government of India signed a contract with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday (October 13′08) for starting the Passport Seva project, which is aimed at automating and expediting the delivery of passports in India. TCS launched a mission-mode e-governance project, MCA-21, for the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, and has created an automated solution for the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme that reduces waste and corruption. TCS is also a part of National Skills Registry (NSR), a centralized database of all employees of the IT services and BPO companies in India. The objective of NSR is to improve recruitment practices in IT and BPO industry, which will in turn help in maintaining India’s global competitive advantage. TCS has designed a new software to help the National Literacy Mission in its goal of eradicating illiteracy in India. The software is geared towards letting illiterate adults learn to read a language by words instead of alphabets and turn them into functional literates who can at least read simple newspaper headlines, signboards, directions etc.

TCS topped the DataQuest DQTop20 list of IT Services providers in India for 2008. TCS also ranked among Top 25 in Business Week’s 2007 Information Technology 100. In 2007, TCS was awarded top position in 2007 “Global Services” 100 ‘Top 10 Best Performing IT Services providers’ category.

Offices and development centres

Indian branches:
TCS has development centres and/or regional offices in the following Indian cities:
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Vadodara, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Goa, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai,Noida, Pune, Siruseri, Kanpur Thiruvananthapuram,Visakhapatnam Shollingnallur.

Global units:

Africa: South Africa, Morocco
Asia (outside India):Bahrain, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Saudi Ar