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G L O B A L L Y

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KEY INDUSTRIES

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INDUSTRIALISTS

IN INDIA Know about the companies in India deals in Consumer

Goods, Metals, Confectionery, Automobiles, Real Estates,

Energy, Textiles etc.

By - Vipin K. Bansal

THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN KBC – PART - 13

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement .............................................................................................................................. 2

Preface ................................................................................................................................................... 3

Consumable Goods Industries ................................................................................................................ 4

Automobile Industries ............................................................................................................................ 6

Metal Industries ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Textile Industries ................................................................................................................................... 10

Real Estate Industrialists ....................................................................................................................... 11

Pharmaceutical Companies................................................................................................................... 13

Beverages, Dairy and Confectionary Industries .................................................................................... 14

Energy, Oil and Gas and Engineering Industries ................................................................................... 17

Hotel and Tobacco Industries ............................................................................................................... 18

Aviation, Telecom, Banking and Media Business .................................................................................. 20

Information & Technology Industries ................................................................................................... 22

Other Miscellaneous Industries ............................................................................................................ 23

Questions related to this chapter ......................................................................................................... 27

Scoring System: ................................................................................................................................... 30

Answers: .............................................................................................................................................. 30

Bibliography: ....................................................................................................................................... 31

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Acknowledgement

When a book like this comes into existence, it was very hard to name

and thank all the people that helped me shape this book. It took me

Seven years to consolidate and format all the content in a manner that

may benefit the readers.

However, I always thank my wife for her continued patience and

understanding. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my

father Shri Bhagwan Das Bansal who is my best teacher also, for his

continued encouragement and invaluable support.

I would like to thank my sons Anurag and Gaurav for the tremendous

help I receive from them to design this book.

Preface

As I mentioned in the previous parts that the idea of this book came

to my mind after reviewing so many competitive examinations in

examination halls or through Media and many people drop out

without any success. I think most of the time the reason was either

not enough preparation or lack of resources to enhance the

knowledge required to compete with others.

That’s why I started writing this book on various subjects so that it

can offer the basic guidance to the people preparing for the

competition. Nonetheless everyone can get benefitted with this set of

books because “Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge is the wing

wherewith we fly to heaven.”

The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare

for any competition. Therefore the scope of this book is not to deep

dive on any subject rather swim across various layers which is

what one need to qualify. However, this book cannot be used to gain

exhaustive knowledge on any given subject but it provides enough

information that you can easily remember and be better prepared

for anything.

At the end of the book, a multi-choice Questionnaire is given that

has only one correct answer. Try to attempt those questions on

your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer

Sheet.

Good Luck !!!

Consumable Goods Industries

Colgate-Palmolive was established in

1937 in India. It markets and

manufactures dental cream, tooth

pastes, hair oils, shampoo, shaving

cream, lotion, face cream, baby powder,

talcum powder, etc. The products are

traded as Colgate, Palmolive, Halo and

Charmis.

Emami Group was formed in 1974 by

R.S. Agarwal and R.S. Goenka as Kemco

Chemicals. In 1978, they acquired

Himani Ltd and launched their first

brand Boroplus Antiseptic Cream. The

other products are Navratna Oil. The

company name was changed to Emami

Limited in 1995. The popular products

are Boroplus, Navratna Oil, Fair and

Handsome, Zandu Balm, Sona Chandi

Chyawanprash, Mentho Plus, Malai

Kesar Cold Cream and soaps etc.

Eureka Forbes is a joint venture of

Shapoorji Pallonji Group Forbes of

Mumbai and Electrolux of Sweden. It

started its first product Aquaguard, a

Water Purifier. Presently it offers water

purifiers of very high power of

purifications with E-boiling, UV, RO,

SMP+ technologies. Eureka Forbes

vacuum cleaners are available under

two categories Euro clean and Forbes.

Forbes also offers mechanized cleaning

services to Indian Railways.

Eveready Industries India Ltd. formerly

known as Union Carbide India Limited

is a Khaitan Group company since

1905. They manufacture and market

batteries, flashlight cases etc.

It also manufactures photo plates for

printing, castings, hard facing and tube

rods, carbon electrodes and other

related products.

It is the third largest producer of

Carbon Zinc Batteries in the world.

Earlier the company was also involved

in tea market with the brands Tez,

Jaago and Premium Gold which were

separated in 2005.

A torch making plant is set up at

Lucknow which is one of the largest

torch manufacturing plants in South

East Asia.

LAVA brand batteries and flashlights

are sold in Dubai, Egypt, Bangladesh,

Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Mexico, USA,

Nigeria etc. including Indian market.

Godrej Group was established in 1897.

It is involved in Electric Home

appliances, Machine Tools, Furniture

and Office equipment, Healthcare, Food

processing, Security and Information

Technology etc. The products are

Fridge, Washing Machine, A.C.,

Microwave with the same brand Godrej.

Cinthol Soap, Good Knight, EZee,

Batteries, Locks etc. are all the products

of Godrej. Godrej typewriter production

is now stopped since 2011. Adi Godrej

is the owner of this group and the

signature of Adi Godrej is itself the LOGO style of its products.

Hewlett Packard Company HP, an

Information Technology Company

headquartered in California, U.S.A. It

was founded in 1982 by William Hewlett

and Dave Packard. They were two

friends who started jointly and named

the company by tossing a Coin whether

the company name should be HP or PH.

It is a leading PC computer

manufacturing company. They

manufactures and markets different

kinds of Printers, Scanners, Camera,

Computers, Mobile phones and

Calculators etc. Compaq was acquired

by HP in 2002.

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is

India's largest consumer goods

company. It is the market leader of

consumer products. The brands are

Annapurna salt and Atta, Bru coffee,

Brooke Bond (Taj Mahal, Taaza, Red

Label) tea, Kissan ketchup, juice and

jams, Lipton tea, Knorr soup and

noodles, Kwality Wall and Modern

Bread, Active Wheel detergent, Rin,

Sunlight, Surf Excel, Vim, Magic,

Breeze, Clear anti-dandruff, Clinic Plus,

Close Up, Dove, Denim, Fair & Lovely,

Hamam, Lakme, Lifebuoy, Liril 2000,

Lux, Pears, Pepsodent, Ponds, Rexona,

Sunsilk, Vaseline etc. Harish Manwani

is Chief Operating Officer. Nitin

Paranjpe is Managing Director.

Johnson and Johnson (India) Ltd. was

established in 1957 in Mumbai. Mr.

Whaley was first Managing Director of

the company who served for 14 years.

Currently, the manufacturing plants are

at Baddi, Mulund, Aurangabad and

Deonar. The company manufactures

Consumer care goods, Medical Devices,

Pharmaceuticals and Vision Care. The

popular products of this group are Band

Aid, Benadryl, Calpol, Carefree, Stay

Free, Clean and Clear, Baby powder and

shampoo, Listerine, One Touch

Glucometer, Splenda Sugar Free etc.

NIRMA was founded by Karsanbhai

Patel in 1980. Earlier he worked as Lab

Technician in Lalbhai Cotton Mills,

Ahmedabad. They manufacture Soaps,

Detergents, Tooth Paste, Bartan brand

detergent etc. Shudh brand salt is also

a product of Nirma Group.

Parle Group was founded in 1929. The

original Parle company was split into

three separate companies owned by the

different factions of Chauhan family.

Parle Products is led by Vijay, Sharad

and Anup Chauhan. They are owners of

the brands Parle-G, Melody, Mango

Bite, Poppins, Monaco and Krack Jack.

It has seven manufacturing units of its

own and 51 manufacturing units on

contract.

Parle Agro is led by Prakash Chauhan

and his daughters Schauna, Alisha and

Nadia. They are owner of the brands

Frooti, Bailley drinking water, Appy.

Several Parle soda brands including

Citra, Thums Up, Limca, Gold Spot and

Maaza were sold to Coca Cola in 1993.

Parle Bisleri is led by Ramesh Chauhan.

It has 60% market share in packaged

drinking water in India and available in

different sizes of volumes such as 250

ml, 500 ml, 1 litre, 1.5 litre, 2 litre, 5

litre and 20 litres capacity. It has 8

plants and 11 franchises all over India.

The pH factor of Bisleri Water is

maintained at 7.2. All three companies

continue to use the family trademark

name "Parle".

Procter and Gamble, William Procter, a

candle maker and James Gamble, a

soap maker established a business in

USA. They settled and married sisters

for sharing their resources and started

business in 1837. The popular brands

of P&G are Ariel, Braun and Gillette

Razors, Duracell Battery, Head and

Shoulders Shampoo, Tide, Oral-B,

Pantene, Mach3, Pampers Diapers,

Camay, Dunhill, Ivory, Old Spice, Vicks,

Mr. Clean, Whisper, Bonus, Max Factor,

Rejoice etc.

Videocon is a Consumer Electronic

Product Industry having its headquarter

at Gurgaon. The group has 17

manufacturing sites in India and plants

in China, Poland, Italy and Mexico. It is

also the third largest picture tube

manufacturer in the world. Consumer

electronics products are Colour

Televisions, Washing Machines, Air

Conditioners, Refrigerators, Microwave

ovens and many other home appliances.

Kenstar brand is also a subsidiary of

Videocon. Mobile phones, Oil and gas

are important assets for the group. Its

Ravva oil field with one of the lowest

operating costs in the world is

producing 50000 barrels of oil per day.

Videocon launched its DTH product,

called 'd2h' in the year 2009.

Automobile Industries

Bajaj Auto Limited is based in Pune

with its plants at Chakan (Pune), Waluj

(Aurangabad) and Pantnagar in

Uttarakhand. Bajaj Auto makes and

exports automobiles, scooters, motor

cycles and auto rickshaw. It is the

world's third-largest manufacturer of

motorcycles and second largest in India.

It came into existence in 1945 as

Bachraj Trading Corporation Pvt. Ltd.

Bajaj Electricals Ltd. manufactures

electric fans. Bajaj Hindustan Ltd.

manufacturers sugar, industrial

alcohol, hair oils and tooth powder.

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Company Ltd. Hind Lamps Ltd.

Manufactures fluorescent, lamps,

miniature and aluminium caps etc.

Rahul Bajaj is Managing Director of the

Group. He was awarded Padma

Bhushan in 2001.

Hero group was established by the four

Munjal brothers, Satyanand Om

Prakash, Dayanand and Raman Munjal.

They established a business of cycle

spare parts in Amritsar in 1944. Later

they shifted their business to Ludhiana

and started Hero Cycles in 1956. In

1984, Hero group joined Honda Motors

of Japan and manufactured Hero Honda

brand Motor cycles in India. In 1986

Hero Cycles Limited entered the

Guinness Books of World Records as

the largest bicycle manufacturer in the

world. By the year 2004, Hero Honda

became the world' largest manufacturer

of two-wheelers with over 48% market

share in India.

Hinduja Group was founded in 1914 by

Gopi Chand, Sri Chand, Prakash Chand

and Ashok Chand Hinduja. Its

headquarter is based in London. The

groups consists of Hinduja Automotives

Ltd. in United Kingdom. The groups

subsidiaries are Ashok Leyland,

IndusInd Bank, Gulf Oil Corporation

Ltd. etc. The company currently

produces 84000 vehicles including CNG

buses per annum.

Kinetic Group was founded by Sulajja

Firodia Motwani. She is the Joint

Managing Director of Kinetic

Engineering Ltd. and Director of Kinetic

Motors. She is B.Com., M.B.A. and an

alumni of Pune University. Her

husband, Manish Motwani is the

Managing Director of Kinetic

Communications Ltd.

Mahindra Group is an Indian company

headquartered at Mumbai. It has

operations in over 100 countries. The

Group is involved in Aerospace,

Automotive, Construction Equipment,

Energy, Farm Equipment, Finance,

Information Technology, Hospitality,

Real Estate, Retail etc. Mahindra &

Mohammed was originally incorporated

in 1945 by the brothers J.C. and K.C.

Mahindra and Malik Ghulam

Muhammad in Ludhiana. During

partition in 1947, Malik Muhammad left

the company and went to Pakistan

where he became first finance minister

and then Governor General in 1951.

In 1948, K.C. Mahindra changed the

company's name to Mahindra &

Mahindra. They also manufactured

Willis Jeeps in India in 1947. Anand

Mahindra is Chairman and Managing

Director of Mahindra & Mahindra.

M.R.F. is a major Tyre manufacturing

company based at Chennai. The full

form of MRF is now Manorama Rubber

Factory and not Madras Rubber Factory

which is a sister concern of Manorama

Group. It exports to more than 65

countries. It started business career

with a small toy balloon manufacturing

unit which manufactures automobile,

aircraft and cycle tyre-tubes in

collaboration with Mansfield Tire and

Rubber Company of U.S.A. The tyres

are sold under the trade name

Mansfield Tyres (MRF). Arun Mammen

is Managing Director of the Company

since 2004. MRF has been involved in

sponsoring of many cricketers. MRF is

currently sponsoring Gautam Gambhir

and Rohit Sharma. At IPL 2010, MRF

got the charge of the moored balloon

floating above the cricket grounds. It

contained a high-definition camera

recording live actions of the cricket

match.

RPG Group is owned by R.P. Goenka.

The group established Spencer’s Retails

which provides fresh vegetables,fruits,

food items, personal care products,

electric and electronic goods, Fashion

Garments and Accessories and many

more products. Other business are of

CEAT Tyres. It is based in Mumbai.

CEAT is an abbreviation for Cavi

Elettricie Affini Torino (Electrical Cables

and Allied Products of Turin, Italy). It

was founded in Italy as CEAT Tyres and

in 1958 the company established its

manufacturing plant in India.

The company's Indian division was then

taken over by RPG Enterprises in 1982

which also got the rights to CEAT brand

and renamed the company as CEAT

Limited. The tyres are now marketed as

Formula tyre. R.P. Goenka is the

Chairman of the RPG Group. His sons

Harsh and Sanjeev Goenka are looking

after the group.

Metal Industries

Aditya Birla Group, headed by Kumar

Mangalam. It is a best employer in

India. The Group companies are

Hindalco, Grasim, Aditya Birla Nuvo

with its plant as Indo Gulf in

Jagdishpur Uttar Pradesh, Idea cellular,

Aditya Birla Retail and UltraTech

Cement. The Group operates in 33

countries including Australia,

Bangladesh, Canada, China, Egypt,

Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar,

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland,

Thailand, UAE and United States of

America. Hindalco Industries Limited

through Birla Copper has set up a mega

Copper Smelting and Refining complex

at Dahej, District Bharuch, Gujarat. It

produces world’s top class Copper

Cathodes, Rods and Precious Metals.

Essar Group, headed by Ravikant and

Shashi Kant Ruia, is a multinational

company which was started in 1969. It

has presence in Steel, Energy, Power,

Communications, Shipping Ports,

Logistics and Construction market. The

main market is Asia, Africa, Europe,

America and Australia. Essar’s BPO

company is Aegis, who caters in Travel

and Hospitality, Consumer Goods,

Health Care, Telecom and Engineering

fields.

Laxmi Niwas Mittal, born 1950 is

Chairman and CEO of Arcelor Mittal,

the world’s largest steel making

company. He owns 41% of Arcelor

Mittal. He does not hold British

citizenship. His three residence Palaces

are Kensington Palace Gardens, the

costliest house for £57 million; 9A

Palace Greens, formerly the Philippines

Embassy for £70 million for his

daughter Vanisha Mittal and bought a

colonial bungalow for $30 million at 22,

Aurangzeb Road in New Delhi. He was

awarded with Padma Vibhushan in

2008.

Naveen Jindal is the Chairman of Jindal

Steel and Power Limited, based in New

Delhi. They have their business in Steel,

Power, Mining, Oil & Gas and

Infrastructure. Mr. Naveen Jindal, the

youngest son of late Shri. O.P. Jindal

look afters Jindal Power Ltd., Jindal

Petroleum Ltd., Jindal Cement Ltd. and

Jindal Steel Bolivia. The company

manufactures and sells mild steel slabs,

ferro chrome, iron ore, hot rolled plates

and coils and coal based sponge iron.

The company is also involved in power

generation.

Tata Group is an Indian company,

headquartered at Mumbai. The Tata

Group was founded in 1868 by Jamsetji

Nusserwanji Tata. The chairman of the

Tata group was Ratan Tata who took

over from J. R. D. Tata in 1991 and

retired recently on 31st December,

2012.

The current Chairman is now Cyrus

Mistry. He is son of Pallonji Mistry and

is sixth Chairman of the Group. He

looks after the businesses of Tata Group

including Tata Industries, Tata Steel,

Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services,

Tata Power, Tata Teleservices, Indian

Hotels, Tata Global Beverages and Tata

Chemicals.

The Group has more than 100

companies, each of them operates

independently. The company has its

own 5-star hotel chain under the name

Indian Hotels Company Ltd. which owns

about 100 hotels, Resorts and Palaces

in 12 countries at United States of

America, England, Africa, United Arab

Emirates, Maldives, Malaysia, Bhutan,

Sri Lanka and Australia.

Ginger Hotel chain was also established

by Roots Corporation Limited, a fully

owned subsidiary of Indian Hotels Co.

Ltd. Its first hotel was opened in

Bengaluru in 2004. The other loations

are at Agartala, Ahmedabad, New Delhi,

Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai,

Goa, Guwahati, Haridwar, Indore,

Jamshedpur, Ludhiana, Manesar,

Mumbai, Mysore, Pantnagar, Pune,

Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Vadodara

and Durgapur. The upcoming locations

will be at Amritsar, Faridabad,

Hyderabad, Jaipur, Noida, Greater

Noida etc.

Tata Engineering and Locomotive

Company TELCO was established in

1945 which was renamed Tata Motors

in 2003.

The popular renowned brands of Tata

products are Tetley Tea Bags, Good

Earth, Eight O’ Clock Coffee, Tata

Coffee, Titan Watch, Rallis India, Tata

Salt, Tata Sky TV, Daewoo Cars,

Tanishq Jewellery, Voltas, Virgin

Mobile, Ginger Hotels Chains etc.

Tata Consultancy Services was started

in 1968. In 2006, TCS designed an ERP

system for the Indian Railway Catering

and Tourism Corporation. TCS has been

a sponsor of the Indian Premier League team Rajasthan Royals since 2009.

Textile Industries

Arvind Mills was founded by Kasturbhai

Lalbhai along with his brothers. Brands

of Lalbhai Group are Ruf and Tuf,

Wrangler, Lee, Denim etc. They

renovated a large number of Jain

temples of Ranakpur, Dilwara (Mt. Abu),

Girnar, Taranga and Shatrunjaya Hills.

Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1968. The

land of Indian Institute of Management,

Ahmedabad was donated by him

through a society formed by him.

Bombay Dyeing, Chairman Nusli Wadia,

a Parsi entrepreneur, son of Neville

Wadia and Dina Jinnah and Grandson

of Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Ness Wadia and Jehangir Wadia are two

sons. Ness Wadia is managing director

of Bombay Dyeing and co-owner of

Kings XI Punjab team in the IPL and

Jehangir Wadia is heading Go Air.

J. K. Organisation is a group of

companies of Singhania family. Lala

Kamlapat Singhania founded the JK

Group in 1918. The name JK is derived

from the initials of Kamlapatji and his

father Juggilal. The family is currently

divided into three main groups headed

by Gaur Hari Singhania Kanpur, Hari

Shankar Singhania Delhi and Vijaypat

Singhania Mumbai. They now run their

independent businesses.

Gaur Hari family looks after JK Cement

etc. Hari Shanker Singhania business

are JK Tyres, JK Papers, JK Lakshmi

Cement, Fenner India etc. Vijaypat

Singhania family runs the Raymonds

group of companies. These three

different units are technically and

legally separate entities.

Raymond Group was established in

1925 by Vijaypat Singhania. It is one of

the leading producers of suiting fabric

in the world. Gautam Hari Singhania is

Chairman & Managing Director. To

enhance its business in Fabric and

Apparel, he sold synthetic, steel and

cement divisions and moved its focus to

fabrics, apparel brand, Men’s tioleteries

and prophylactics.

The Group owns apparel brands like

Raymond, Manzoni, Park Avenue,

Denim, Color Plus, Parx and Notting

Hill. All the brands are retailed through

The Raymond Shops. Kama Sutra

condoms are made by Raymonds group.

Mr. Gautam Singhania is passionate of

fast cars, boats and planes. He owns a

Yacht named Moonraker, Speed boats

named after James Bond movies like

Octopussy, Goldfinger, Thunderball,

Golden Eye etc. and some other speed

boats namely Smokin Joe and

Raymond. He also owns a business jet

and three helicopters. In 2005,

Singhania opened a nightclub named

Poison in Mumbai.

Vardhman Group is a textile group

based in Ludhiana. It was established in

1965 by Ratan Chand Oswal. The group

is engaged in manufacturing and

trading in Yarn, Fabric, Sewing Thread,

Acrylic fibres and Alloy steel. It was

later promoted by V.S. Oswal and R.C.

Oswal.

Welspun Group was founded by B.K.

Goenka who is Vice Chairman and

Managing Director. It manufactures and

markets and exports towels, bed sheets,

cotton yarn, polyester filament yarn etc.

Its other operations includes Steel,

Infrastructure, Energy, Oil and Gas.

Welspun Energy is India's largest solar

power developer.

Real Estate Industrialists

DLF Limited (Delhi Land & Finance) is

the largest commercial real estate

developer in India. It was founded by

Raghuvendra Pratap Singh in 1946 in

New Delhi which is currently headed by

Kushal Pal Singh, an Aeronautical

Engineer.

DLF builds residential, office and retail

properties. It has an estimated land of

more than 10000 acres with about 3000

acres in Gurgaon called DLF City. KP

Singh was selected to the Indian Army.

In 1960, he joined American Universal

Electric Company and after its merger

with DLF in 1979, he took over as the

Managing Director. In 2008 DLF

became the title sponsor of the Indian

Premier League. He was awarded Padma

Bhusan in 2010.

GMR Group was founded in 1978 by

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao in

Bengaluru. It is involved in the

construction of Rajiv Gandhi

International Airport, Hyderabad and

SG International Airport in Turkey. It is

also involved in expansion and

modernization of Indira Gandhi

International Airport, New Delhi. The

Group is involved in making Highways

and presently it has in hands the

project of Hyderabad – Vijayawada

project in Andhra Pradesh and

Kishangarh – Udaipur - Ahmedabad

highway. GMR has also promoted the

Indian Premier League cricket team,

Delhi Daredevils.

Jaypee Group was founded by Jai

Prakash Gaur, headquartered at Noida.

The company is involved in Engineering

and Construction, Power, Cement, Real

Estate, Hospitality, Expressways, Sports

& Education etc.

The group is the 3rd largest cement

producer in the country and has its

presence in Andhra Pradesh, Asom,

Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal

Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka,

Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and

Uttrakhand.

It is also largest private sector

hydropower company with 1700 MW. It

constructed Yamuna Expressway. Hotel

Siddhartha, Vasant Continental, Jaypee

Palace Agra and Jaypee Greens Ltd. are

hotel chains of JP Group.

Other major projects are Sardar Sarovar

Dam which is almost double the size of

volume of Bhakra Nangal Dam and

Tehri Rock fill Dam. Mr. Gaur was

bestowed with the Highest Civilian

Honour of Bhutan Druk Khorlo by the

King of Bhutan.

Subrata Roy Sahara is founder

chairman of the Sahara India Pariwar

since 1978. He hailed from Gorakhpur

and started the business with the initial

money of just Rs. 20,000/- in Lucknow.

The ventures of Sahara real estate are

Sahara States at Lucknow, Gorakhpur,

Hyderabad and Bhopal, Sahara Mall at

Sahara Ganj, Lucknow and Gurgaon.

Sahara is constructing an eco-friendly

residential city called Aamby Valley near

Mumbai Pune Expressway. The city is

spread over 10000 acres of land.

He owns Pune Warriors India, London's

Grosvenor House, Newyork's Plaza

Hotel, Aamby Valley City and has 42.5%

stake in Force India.

The Sahara group is a sponsor of Indian

Cricket Team, Indian Hockey Team and

has adopted 91 sportsmen belonging to

the four Indian Olympic disciplines of

Boxing, Wrestling, Archery, Shooting

and Track & Field.

The group also owns the national Hindi

News Channel Sahara Samay, Sahara

One – Entertainment TV channel and a

Hindi movie channel Filmy. It has

recently launched Firangi channel

which is positioned as World Television

in Hindi.

The group also launched Sahara Global-

an integrated travel and tourism service

provider for domestic and international

services. They also own a hospital in

Lucknow since 2009 and a 5-star hotel

in Mumbai.

Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group) is a

business company of Mumbai with

interests in Constructions, Real Estate,

Textiles, Engineering goods, Home

Appliances, Shipping, Publications,

Power and Biotechnology.

The company was founded in 1865. It is

headed by Shapoor Mistry since 2012

when Pallonji Mistry took retirement.

The promoters of the group are also the

largest shareholders in Tata Sons. The

company is credited to build Mumbai's

landmarks including Hong Kong Bank,

Grindlays Bank, Standard Chartered

Bank, Reserve Bank of India, Bombay

Stock Exchange and Taj Inter

Continental Hotel. The company also

built Mumbai Central Railway Station,

Brabourne stadium in Mumbai and

Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Delhi.

Pharmaceutical Companies

Pharmaceutical Companies who run

their business in India are Abbott (Knoll

Pharma), Alembic (Glycodin), Ajanta,

Amrutanjan, Aurobindo, Biocon, Cipla,

Cadila, Dabur (Chyavanprash, Real

Juice, Hajmola, Honitus, Pudin Hara,

Odonil etc.), Dr. Reddy’s, Divis, Elder

Pharma, Fulford (Merck & Co.),

GlaxoSmithKline (Boost, Eno, Horlicks,

Sensodyne Tooth Paste), Glenmark, Ipca

Lab, JB Chemicals, Jubilent, Johnson &

Johnson (Band Aid, Carefree, One

Touch Glucometer, Splenda, Stay Free

etc.), Kopran, Lupin, Merck, Morepen,

Nectar, Novartis, Orchid, Panacea,

Pfizer, Piramal Healthcare, Ranbaxy,

RPG Life, S.M.S. Pharma, Sun, Sterling,

Surya, Sanofi Aventis (Hoechst),

Torrent, TTK Pharma, Unichem,

Wockhardt and Zydus etc.

Cadila Pharmaceuticals was founded by

Ramanbhai Patel of Ahmedabad in

1952. By profession he was a Lecturer.

It is India’s 5th largest Pharma

company. It is also maker of Sugar Free

and Nutralite. It has its plants in

Ankleshwar and Vadodara in Gujarat

State and Patalganga in Maharashtra

State.

Cipla Chemicals, abbreviated for

Chemical Industrial and Pharmaceutical

Laboratories was founded in 1935 by

Dr. K. Abdul Hamied of Aligarh

University. His eldest son Yusuf Hamied

is now Chairman of Cipla. Cipla makes

drugs to treat cardiovascular disease,

arthritis, diabetes, weight control,

depression and many other health

conditions. The products are marketed

globally.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories was founded

by Kallam Anji Reddy in 1984. G.V.

Prasad is the Vice Chairman and CEO

of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories who is son-

in-law of Mr. Reddy. Kallam Reddy is

the chairman of Dr. Reddy’s

Foundation. Naandi, a non-profit

development institution for eradication

of poverty has been run by him as

founding father.

Hamdard Laboratories India is an Unani

and Ayurvedic pharmaceutical company

in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It is

the world's largest manufacturer of

Unani medicines. It was established in

1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed in

Delhi and became a Waqf i.e. Non-

profitable Trust in 1948. Some of its

most famous products are Hamdard

Safi, Rooh Afza Sharbat, Cinkara,

Pachnol etc. It is associated with

Hamdard Foundation India, a charitable

educational trust.

Lupin Labs was founded by Desh

Bandhu Gupta. Gupta is an honorary

Doctor of science (D.Sc.) with a master’s

degree in Chemistry. In his early career,

he was an Associate Professor at BITS,

Pilani, Rajasthan.

Piramal Group is a one of top 10

Pharmaceutical company in India with

its presence over 100 countries. He

purchased Nicholas Laboratories, an

Australian company in 1988. Ajay

Piramal is Chairman of the group. He is

also Chairman of Pratham India, a

largest non-governmental organization

in the education sector which reaches to

33 million children through its Read

India campaign. Ajay Piramal is very

fond of wildlife photography in his spare

time.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is an

Indian Pharmaceutical company which

was founded in 1961 by Ranbir Singh

and Gurbax Singh as a distributor of

Japanese company Shionogi. Ranbaxy

exports its products to 125 countries.

The name Ranbaxy was a combination

of the names of its first owners Ranbir

and Gurbax. Bhai Mohan Singh bought

the company in 1952 from his cousins

Ranbir and Gurbax.

Sun Pharma, a Pharmaceutical

Company is headed by Dileep Sanghvi.

It was established in 1983 at Kolkata

with 5 products to treat psychiatry

ailments. Today it is the largest chronic

prescription company in India and a

market leader in Psychiatry, Neurology,

Cardiology, Ophthalmology, Ortho

paedics, Gastro Enterology and

Nephrology. Over 50% sales are from

outside India, mainly in United States.

Manufacturing is done across 23

locations including USA, Canada,

Brazil, Mexico and Israel.

Wockhardt Pharmaceuticals was

founded by Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala

in early 1960s after acquiring Worli

Chemical. It was changed to Wockhardt

Ltd. in 1999. The name Wockhardt word

was taken after merging company’s

earlier name and founder name as

WOrli Chemicals and FaKHARDdin T.

khorakiwala). It is often confused as a

German company. Earlier Habil

Khorakiwala was Managing Director till

2009 but now his sons Murtaza and

Hozaifa are M.D. and E.Ds.

Beverages, Dairy and Confectionary Industries

Amul Dairy Cooperative was formed in

1946 at Anand, Gujarat. It is managed

by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing

Federation Limited (GCMMF). Amul is a

short form of Anand Milk Union

Limited. It is owned by approximately 3

million milk producers of Gujarat. It is

referred to as India's White Revolution

and Dr. Verghese Kurien is credited for

the success of Amul.

It procures 13 million liters of milk daily

at about 16000 milk Cooperative

Societies that are based in villages.

AMUL is also the largest exporter of

dairy products in over 40 countries all

over the world. It exports a wide variety

of Milk Powders, Cottage Cheese,

Butter, Ghee, Yoghurt, Chocolate, Ice

Cream, Shrikhand, Gulab Jamun and

Indigenous Sweets.

A film was also made on the White

Revolution of India by Shyam Benegal

in Manthan in 1976 starring Girish

Karnad, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah

and Amrish Puri. This film was financed

by the people of Gujarat by paying 2-

rupees each.

Britannia Industries Ltd. is a bakery

and confectionery company owned by

Nusli Wadia with 51% stake. Vineeta

Bali is Managing Director of the

company.

The Company's principal activity is the

manufacture and sale of biscuits, bread,

rusk, cakes and dairy products. The

brand names of biscuits include Vita

Marie Gold, Tiger, Nutri Choice, Good

day, 50-50, Treat, Pure Magic, Good

Morning, Nice, Little Hearts and many

more. Britannia Industries Ltd. is based

in Bengaluru. It is reputed as one of the

top biscuit brands in India. The

company was established in 1892.

Cadbury was founded in 1948 by Anand

Kripalu in Mumbai. The Products are

Dairy Milk, 5-star, Perk, Gems, Eclairs,

Oreo and Bournvita. Currently,

Cadbury India operates in four

categories: chocolate confectionery, milk

food drinks, beverage and candy & gum

category.

Coca Cola was established in 1886 in

North America. It came into existence in

India in 1950 in Delhi which till 1973

had 22 bottling plants in 13 states of

India. In 1977 Coca-Cola Inc. refused to

continue in India on the points of

diluting its stake. As a result ‘77’ brand

launched by Indian govt.

Coca Cola again entered in Indian

market in 1992. Atul Singh is CEO of

India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri

Lanka and Maldives. The popular

brands in India are Coca-Cola, Fanta,

Limca, Sprite, Thums Up, Schweppes,

Burn, Kinley, Maaza and Minute Maid.

Presently it has 57 bottling plants in

India.

Mohan Meakin is Asia’s largest brewery

unit since 1855 by Edward Dyer in

Kasauli under the name Dyer Breweries.

It was bought by Meakin in 1937 and

the was changed to Mohan Meakin

Breweries in 1967. Popular brands are

Old Monk Rum, Lion Beer, Golden Eagle

Beer, Diplomat, Colonel's Special, Black

Knight, Meakin 10000 etc.

Mother Dairy was set up in 1974. It is a

wholly owned subsidiary of National

Dairy Development Board of India. The

range of products are Mother Dairy milk

and milk products, Dhara edible oil and

Safal a range of fresh fruits, Vegetables

and juices. Mother Dairy markets

approximately 2.8 million liters of milk

daily in the markets of Delhi, Mumbai

and Hyderabad.

Nestle India is a subsidiary of Nestle

S.A. of Switzerland. Nestle’s first

production house was set up in Moga

district Punjab in 1961. Nestlé India

manufactures products of truly

international quality under

internationally famous brand names

such as Nescafe, Maggi, Milky Bar, Milo,

Kit Kat, Milkmaid and Nestea.

U.B. Group is a group deals in Brewing,

Distilling, Aviation, Pharmaceuticals,

Real Estate, Engineering, Fertilizers,

Information Technology etc.

Vijay Mallya is the chairman of the

Group. One of its Beer brand Kingfisher

controls more than 50 per cent market

share of India. It is also available in 52

countries.

United Breweries, Kingfisher Airlines,

I.P.L. Royal Challenge, Mohan Bagun

and United Spirits Ltd. are the flagship

of the UB Group. Kingfisher Airlines

was established in 2003.

Mr. Mallya is the first Indian to own a

Formula One Team. He is the Team

Principal and co-owner of Sahara Force

India Formula ONE.

United Spirits Limited is the largest

spirits company in the world. The

products are Dalmore, Black Dog,

Antiquity, Royal Challenge, McDonald,

Bouvet, White Mischief, Whyte and

Mackay and Jura.

The United Breweries Limited is the

Beer Division of the UB Group, led by

Kalyan Ganguly as President &

Managing Director. It is the market

leader for beers in India with the brands

Kingfisher, Draught, Sand Piper,

Zingaro, Black Label, Marco Polo,

Charger, Bullet and Guru.

Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers

Limited is a part of UB Group. Vijay

Mallya is Chairman of the Board of

Directors. UB Engineering is one of the

engineering companies in the field of

installation of industrial plants. The

activities are focused on Power,

Fertilizers, Oil & Gas, Fire Fighting etc.

Pegasus, a bimonthly magazine is

released by UB Group.

In an auction at New York in March,

2009, Mallya bought five personal

belongings of Mahatma Gandhi i.e. Eye

Glasses, Pocket Watch, Leather

Sandals, a Plate and Bowl for US$ 1.8

million and brought them to India.

Energy, Oil and Gas and Engineering Industries

Anil Ambani is Chairman of Reliance

ADAG (Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group).

It has a business presence over 20,000

towns. Major sectors are Reliance

Communications, Reliance Capital,

Reliance Energy, Big Cinema (formerly

known as Adlabs Films Limited) etc.

Delhi Airport Metro was completed by

Reliance ADAG Group. Big Cinema also

operates in the United States. Reliance

Health is providing health services

through Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani

Hospital in Mumbai.

Wife Tina Ambani is running an NGO

and hospital. Her forefathers were royal

merchants in the service of the Burmese

kings under British rule. She owns a

magazine named ‘Harmony’.

C.K. Birla Group was set up in 1946.

NBC Bearings is the product of National

Engineering Industries Limited. It

manufactures about 1000 different sizes

of bearings under the NBC brand. It has

three manufacturing units at Jaipur,

Newai and Manesar.

Gautam Adani is an Indian

businessman and Chairman of Adani

Group. The Adani Group has

businesses in Coals, Oil and Gas, Ports,

Logistics, Power Generation and

Transmission and Gas Distribution etc.

Gautam Thapar is a businessman of

Avantha Group. The companies are

Crompton Greaves, established by

Karam Chand Thapar and presently run

by Gautam Thapar, Ballarpur

Industries, a largest paper industry etc.

Kirloskar Group, an exporter to over 70

countries including Africa, South East

Asian countries and Europe. Sanjay

Kirloskar is the chairman and managing

director of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. The

group produces pumps, engines,

compressors, lathes and electrical

equipments like electric motors,

transformers and generators. The

Kirloskar Group also set up India's

second oldest township Kirloskarwadi in

Maharashtra State which is 100 years

old township.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, born in 1953 is

Chairman & Managing Director of

Biocon Limited, a biotechnology

company based in Bengaluru. She

started Biocon, an industrial enzymes

manufacturing company in 1978. She

was awarded Padma Shri in 1989 and

Padma Bhushan in 2005.

Mukesh Ambani is Chairman and CEO

of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)

having its headquarter in Mumbai.

Mukesh was born in Yemen. The

company operates through three

business segments i.e. Petrochemicals,

Refining and Oil and Gas. Other

segments of the company includes

Textiles, Retail Business, Special

Economic Zone (SEZ) Development and

Telecom-Broadband business. RIL is

one of the largest publicly traded

company in India.

Infotel Broadband, broadband service

provider across India is wholly owned by

RIL. Reliance Retail is the retail

business wing of the Reliance business.

Reliance Fresh, Footprint, Time Out,

Digital, Autozone, Reliance Super,

Reliance Mart, Reliance iStore, Reliance

Home Kitchens, Reliance Market (Cash

n Carry) and Reliance Jewel come under

the Reliance Retail brand. Reliance

Industry is the world's largest polyester

producer.

Antillia, a 27 storey building is Mukesh

Ambani’s new residence in Mumbai. It

is the costliest residence in the world. It

has about 600 staff to look after the

premises. A large collection of Antique

Sewing Machines are kept in one floor.

Thermax Limited is an Indian energy

and environment company. It

manufactures Vapour Absorption

Machines, Boilers, Power Projects etc.

Anu Aga was the Chair Person till 2011

who was awarded with Padma Shree in

2010. Presently her daughter Mehere

Pudumjee is heading the company.

Tulsi Tanti is the chairman and

managing director of Suzlon Energy, a

Wind Power based company. He started

his first venture from Rajkot in a textile

company in Surat i.e. Sulzer Synthetics

Pvt. Ltd. which was changed to Suzlon

Synthetics Ltd. Later he switched over

to wind production and founded Suzlon

Energy.

Hotel and Tobacco Industries

Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. is second

largest cigarette makers of India after

Indian Tobacco Company. It owns some

of the most popular cigarette brands in

the country like Four Square, Red and

White, Cavanders etc. Godfrey Phillips

India has been involved in Social

responsibility initiatives. Some of these

initiatives are Godfrey Phillips Bravery

Awards, Women’s Empowerment

Projects, various GAP and support

programmes for tobacco farmers and

environmental management. The

Amodini Award is a special recognition

for women and carries a cash award.

Imperial Tobacco Company of India

(ITC) was formed in 1910 which was

changed to India Tobacco Company Ltd.

in 1970 and then to ITC Limited in

1974. The company is currently headed

by Yogesh Chandra Deveshwar.

The company has a wide range of

businesses such as Cigarettes, Hotel

business, Information Technology,

Packaging, Paperboards, Agro business,

Food Retailings, Lifestyle, Education

and Stationery and Personal Care.

Paperkraft and Classmate are the

popular ranges of notebooks of the

company. Candyman Confectionery

items and Aashirvaad Atta were

launched in 2002.

Sunfeast and Bingo! biscuits are fast

growing brands of ITC. Popular brands

of Safety matches and Agarbatti are

iKno, Mangaldeep, Aim and Spriha.

Popular brand Fiama Di Wills is a brand

of bath product of ITC. ITC has a strong

presence in Cigarettes like Wills, Gold

Flake, India Kings, Classic, 555,

Scissors, Capstan, Bristol etc.

ITC's hotels chain under brand name

Welcom Hotel is India's second largest

hotel chain with over 80 hotels

throughout the country. ITC is also the

exclusive franchise in India of two

brands owned by Sheraton International

Inc. ITC Hotels is also the exclusive

franchisee of brand of Starwood Hotels

and Resorts in India.

ITC hotels currently owns and operates

100 hotels in 75 destinations. Its

restaurants Bukhara, Peshawari,

Dakshin, DumPukht and Kebabs &

Kurries are well known cuisine brands

today. They market a line of food

products, Kitchens of India.

Oberoi Group of Hotels was founded in

1934 by M.S. Oberoi. He was Chairman

of the group till his death in 2002. He

was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2001.

He started his career as a Bill Clerk in

Shimla's The Cecil. Carlton Hotel,

Shimla was purchased by him and

renamed as Hotel Clarkes. He

established East India Hotels (EIH Ltd.)

in 1948.

Other businesses include Airline

Catering, Management of Restaurants

and Airport Bars, Travel and Tours, Car

Rental and Project Management etc. It

owns and operates 27 hotels and three

cruisers in five countries.

Presently P.R.S.Oberoi is the Chairman

of the Group and his son Vikram and

his nephew Arjun serve as Joint

Managing Directors. The Group also

operates The Clarke's in Shimla and the

Maidens Hotel, Delhi. These two

properties however are not held under

the Trident or Oberoi brand.

The Oberoi properties are located at

New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata,

Mumbai, Agra, Rajvilas Jaipur,

Udaivilas Udaipur, Wildflower Hall

Shimla, Cecil Shimla, Motor Vessel

Vrinda Kerala, Ranthambore, Gurgaon

etc. Internationally the locations are at

Bali, Mauritius, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,

U.A.E. etc. The Oberoi’s subsidiary hotel

chain under the title Trident are located

at Agra, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai,

Combatore, Kochi, Gurgaon, Jaipur,

Mumbai etc.

Priya Paul is the Chairman of Apeejay

Surendra Group. She owns Park Hotels

chain located in New Delhi, Vizag,

Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad,

Kolkata, Goa, Kerala. Two properties at

Jaipur and Pune are under

construction. She joined the company

with his father after finishing her

studies at USA as Marketing Manager.

She was awarded Padma Shree in 2012.

Aviation, Telecom, Banking and Media Business

Capt. Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar

Gopinath is a retired Captain of Indian

Army, an author, and a politician. He

spent eight years in the army and

fought in the 1971 Bangladesh

Liberation War. He opened a hotel in

Hasan. In 1997 he co-founded Deccan

Aviation, a charter helicopter service. In

2003 Gopinath founded Air Deccan, a

low cost airline which was merged with

Kingfisher Airlines in 2007.

In 2009 he founded Deccan 360, a

freight flight business. He is planning to

new airlines after a non-compete act

between Kingfisher Airlines and him

ends on 28th January, 2013. He has

written a book Simply Fly: A Deccan

Odyssey.

Bharti Enterprises headquartered in

New Delhi has businesses in Telecom,

Retail, Finance etc. It operates in India,

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nigeria etc. It

was established by Sunil Bharti Mittal.

It is the third largest mobile operator in

the world in terms of subscriber base.

Other than Broadband services, it

deploys and manages telecom towers

and communication structure for

various wireless operators. It owns more

than 30000 towers across 11 circles.

Bharti Retail Ltd. is a wholly owned

subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises. It

operates a chain of multiple format

stores. Bharti Enterprises has tied up

with Walmart, an American

Supermarket chain for opening a chain

of retail stores in India.

Field Fresh Foods Pvt. Ltd. is a joint

venture of Bharti Enterprises. Bharti

AXA General and Life Insurance

Company Ltd. is a joint venture between

Bharti Enterprises and AXA.

Balaji Telefilms, headed by Ekta Kapoor,

was formed in 1994. She is daughter of

Jeetendra of Bollywood. Mano Ya Na

Mano was first serial which was aired

on Zee TV in 1995. Most of the serials

were named with ‘K’ earlier.

Duration of Serials aired on Zee TV were

Hum Paanch (2005-2010), Pavitra

Rishta (since 2009) and Kasam Se

(2006-2009). Aired on Sony TV were

Kkutumb (2001-2004), Kkusum (2001-

2005), Koi Dil mein Hai (2003-2005)

and Bade Achchhe Lagte Hain (May,

2011 onwards) and Kya Hua tera Vaada

(January, 2012 onwards).

Popular episodes on Star Plus were

Kahani Ghar Ghar Kii, Kyunki Saas Bhi

Kabhie Bahu Thi (2000-2008), Kahin

Kissi Roz (2001-2004), Kahin to Hoga

(2003-2007), K. Street Pali Hill (2004-

2006), Karam Apna Apna (2006-2009),

Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna and Kis

Des me Hai Mera Dil (2008-2010). Since

August, 2011 a serial named Parichay –

Nai Zindagi ke Sapno kaa is aired on

Color Channel.

Chanda Kochar, born 1961 is Managing

Director of ICICI Bank. She is B.A., Cost

Accountancy ICWAI and MBA. She is

married to Deepak Kochhar, a wind

energy entrepreneur. She joined

I.C.I.C.I. Ltd. as Management trainee in

1984 and later promoted as Deputy

Managing Director in 2006. Since 2009

she is CEO and MD of ICICI Bank for a

period of five years. She succeeded K. V.

Kamath.

ING Group is a global financial

institution in banking and insurance

services. ING is an abbreviation for

Internationale Nederlanden Groep. The

Orange Lion on Logo is a play on the

Group's Dutch origins under the House

of Orange Nassau. ING Vysya Bank is a

Private Bank formed in 2002 after

merging of Dutch ING Group and Indian

Vysya Bank. ING Group currently holds

a 44% equity stake in ING Vysya Bank

followed by Chrys Capital, Morgan

Stanley and Citigroup.

Jet Airways was started by Naresh

Goyal in 1993 who has almost 25 years

of experience in the civil aviation sector.

Under his leadership, Jet Airways has

emerged as one of India's most preferred

airlines. Naresh Goyal joined hands

with Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines in

October 2008 to rationalize the prices,

availability and operation of routes etc.

JetLite was a wholly owned subsidiary

of Jet Airways which was established by

taking over Sahara Airlines in 2007 and

renamed as JetLite. JetLite ceased

operations on 25th March, 2012 after

merger with Jet Konnect. JetKonnect is

the low-cost brand of Jet Airways. It

was launched on 8th May, 2009.

Religare Enterprises Limited is an

international financial services group

headquartered in New Delhi. It offers

Brokerage, Insurance, Lending, Equities

and investment banking services. It has

one million clients in India on a network

of more than 2000 offices in India. It

has also offices in Hong Kong,

Singapore, United States, United

Kingdom, Japan, Middle East and Sri

Lanka.

Religare helps people with the Save Life

Foundation, a non-profit NGO that

focuses on care for road accident

victims in India. Akshaya Patra

Foundation, a school meal program to

facilitate the education of

underprivileged children in India and

the SOS Children’s Villages of India

which provides care to orphaned

children are run by Religare.

Subhash Chandra is Chairman of Essel

Group. The Group interests in

Packaging, Theme parks, Lottery and

Cinema Multiplex etc. He took over the

management responsibility of Daily

News & Analysis (DNA), one of fastest

growing English newspapers.

The other businesses are Refinaries

(Shirpur Gold Refinary, capacity to

refine more than 200 MT Gold and

Silver per year), Zee Institute of Media

Arts and Creative Arts, Media (Zee TV,

DTH Dish TV), Zee Turner Limited,

Essel World Disney Land, KidZee etc.

Essel World is an amusement park in

Mumbai since 1986. It is spread over 64

acres of land and attracts 10000 visitors

daily. Every day. There are 34 major

rides.

Vodafone India was founded in 1994

which was formerly known as Vodafone

Essar and Hutchison Essar. It is

second largest mobile network operator

in India, based at Mumbai. It has

approximately 150 million customers in

India which is about 25% market share.

It offers both prepaid and postpaid GSM

cellular phone.

The States where Vodafone Subscribers

are more than 10 billions are Gujarat,

West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar

Pradesh (East) whereas Madhya

Pradesh and Punjab are the states

where number of subscribers are less

than 5 billions. The competitors are

Airtel, BSNL, Idea, MTNL, MTS,

Reliance, Tata, Uninor, Videocon etc.

Information & Technology Industries

Infosys Limited was founded by N.R.

Narayana Murthy alongwith five other

persons Nandan Nilekani, N.S.

Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S.D.

Shibulal, K. Dinesh and Ashok Arora

after resigning from Patni Computers.

Infosys Limited is an Indian business

consulting, technology, engineering and

outsourcing services company. It is

headquartered in Bengaluru. K.V.

Kamath is Chairman of the Board. In

1996, Infosys established the Infosys

Foundation at Odisha to support

underprivileged sections of society. It

implemented programs in Karnataka,

Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,

Maharashtra and Punjab in a phased

manner. The Infosys Science

Foundation, a non-profit Trust was set

up in February 2009. Infosys Prize

Awarded for contributions in categories

in Engineering and Computer Science,

Humanities, Life Science, Mathematical

Science, Physical Science and Social

Science. The prize for each category

includes a gold medallion, a Certificate

and prize money equivalent to Rs. 50

Lakh or over.

Kundapur Vaman Kamath is the

Chairman of Infosys Limited since

August, 2011 and Non Executive

Chairman of I.C.I.C.I. Bank. He served

in ICICI Bank as Managing Director and

CEO from 1996 to 2009. He also served

as Director of Lupin Labs. He was born

in 1947. He is a B.Tech. (Mechanical

Engineering) and MBA from Indian

Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Wipro Limited was formed in 1945 by

Mohamed Hasham Premji as Western

India Products Limited which was later

abbreviated to Wipro Products Ltd.

The initial business was of Vegetable

Ghee, Vanaspati, Refined Oils and Salad

Oils under trade name of Kisan,

Sunflower and Camel. The company

logo still contains a sunflower to reflect

their original business.

In 1980 the name of the company was

changed to Wipro Limited. It is

headquartered in Bengaluru. The

company operates in IT products and

services, Consumer care, Healthcare

and Infrastructure engineering.

Sunflower Vanaspati, Santoor and

Chandrika Soaps are the company’s

brand products. Wipro GE Medical

Systems Limited is a joint venture with

GE Healthcare South Asia.

Other Miscellaneous Industries

Asian Paints was founded by

Champaklal Chimanlal Choksey in

1942 at Mumbai. It manufactures a

wide range of paints for decorative and

industrial use. Asian Paints is India's

largest paint company. The group

operates around the world through its

subsidiaries Berger International

Limited, Apco Coatings, SCIB Paints

and Taubmans.

Popular brands are Ace & Apex,

Apcolite, Apex, Apex Ultima, Asian

Paints, Colour Next, Premium Gloss

Enamel, Royale, Royale Play,

Touchwood, Tractor Emulsion, Utsav

etc. Asian Paints operates in 17

countries across the world mainly in

Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka,

Singapore, U.A.E., Oman, Bahrain, Fiji,

Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago etc.

Cement Industry is India is world's

second largest producer after China

with a capacity of 151.2 Million Tones

(MT). The Indian cement industry is

largely dominated by a few companies.

The top 20 cement companies account

for almost 70% of the total cement

production of the country. Top 10

Cement Companies in India are ACC

(Associated Cement Companies, which

was formed after merger of 10 older

cement companies in 1936), Ambuja,

UltraTech and Birla White (Aditya Birla

Group), India Cement (IPL Chennai

Super King), Shree Cement (Bangur

brand), Rain Cement (Priya Brand),

Prism (Rajan Raheja Group), Madras,

Mangalam, Century and Maihar (B.K.

Birla Group), JK Lakshmi Cement (JK

Group), JSW Cement (Sajjan Jindal),

Mysore, Diamond, Mycem and

Heidelberg Cements (S.K. Birla Group).

Escorts Group was founded in 1944 by

Hari Nanda and Yuri Nanda at Lahore.

Escorts Limited was formed in 1960 and

headquartered at Faridabad. They are in

the field of Tractors, Cranes, Loaders,

Shock Absorbers, Steering, Railway

supply of Brakes etc. It has operations

in more than 40 countries.

Rajan Nanda and Nikhil Nanda are

CMD and joint CMD. The company

manufactures tractor under the brand

names of Escort, Farmtrac and

Powertrac.

The company also has a plant in Poland

which is a 100% subsidiary.

Escorts Construction Equipment

Limited manufacturers and markets

cranes, loaders etc. It also

manufactures railway components like

air brake system, Rubbers, gears and

couplers etc. to Indian Railways. It also

manufactures auto suspension

products like shock absorbers etc.

Future Group is an Indian chain of

large Departmental Stores and

Warehouses. Big Bazaar is a chain of

hypermarket in India. It has about 200

stores across 90 cities. Big Bazaar is

part of Future Group, which also owns

the Central Hypermarket, Brand

Factory, Pantaloons, e-Zone, Home

Town, futurebazaar.com. It was

launched in 2001 in Kolkata,

Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Indore. It

was started by Kishore Biyani, CEO and

M.D. of Pantaloon Retail India.

Hotmail is a free web-based email

service operated by Microsoft as part of

Windows Live. It was the first web based

email services. It was founded by

Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and

launched in July 1996 as HoTMaiL. It

was acquired by Microsoft in 1997. Its

features are unlimited storage, Windows

Live Messenger, Hotmail Calendar,

SkyDrive etc. It is available in 36

different languages.

Indra Nooyi is the Chairman and Chief

Executive Officer of PepsiCo. The

popular brands are Pepsi, Lays Potato

Chips, Tropicana, 7UP, Lipton Tea,

Mirinda, Ruffles Potato Chips etc.

Kiran Bedi is an Indian social activist

and a retired IPS officer. She has a

Master’s Degree in Political Science,

LL.B. and Ph.D. from Delhi. She joined

the police service in 1972 and became

the first woman officer in the IPS. She

held the post of Director General at the

Bureau of Police Research and

Development before she voluntarily

retired from the IPS in 2007. Bedi was

awarded Ramon Magsaysay award in

1994 for Government service.

She is a good player of Tennis. She was

popularly referred to as Crane Bedi for

towing the Prime Minister Indira

Gandhi's car for a parking violation.

Kiran Bedi along with 17 other police

officers set up Navjyoti India

Foundation in 1987. In 1994 Bedi setup

India Vision Foundation which works in

the field of Police Reforms, Prison

Reforms, Women Empowerment and

Rural and Community Development.

Liberty Shoes Limited based in Karnal,

Haryana was established in 1954. Six

manufacturing units collectively

produces 50000 pairs of footwear a day

and sold through 6000 outlets. It has a

presence in 25 countries with 50

showrooms outside India. Liberty Shoes

is headed by Mr. Adesh Gupta. The

popular brands of shoes are Coolers,

Fortune, Force 10, Gliders, Windsor,

Senorita, Tiptopp, Footfun, Prefect,

Freedom, Warrior and Workman.

Moser Baer was founded by Deepak

Puri in 1983 in New Delhi. It started as

a Time Recorder unit in technical

collaboration with Maruze Corporation,

Japan and Moser Baer Switzerland.

Moser Baer is the world's fifth-largest

manufacturer of Micro Floppy Disks. It

has set up a 150 million unit capacity

plant to manufacture Recordable

Compact Disks and Recordable Digital

Versatile Disks.

Nandan Manohar Nilekani is Chairman

of the new Unique Identification

Authority of India (UIDAI). He is also

heading Government of India's

Technology Committee TAGUP. He is an

I.I.T., Mumbai and B.Tech. in Electrical

Engg., 1978. After graduating from

I.I.T., Mumbai, he joined Patni

Computer Systems where he was

interviewed by N.R. Narayana Murthy.

In 1981, Murthy walked out of Patni

with his entire team including Nilkeni.

They decided to start their own

business and finally formed Infosys.

Nilekani became the Chief Executive

Officer of Infosys. He left Infosys in 2009

to serve as the chairperson of the

Unique Identification Authority of India

in the rank of a cabinet minister.

Pidilite Industries Limited is the largest

adhesive manufacturer in India. The

most famous product is the Fevicol. Its

other famous brands are Dr. Fixit,

Cyclo, Ranipal, Hobby Ideas, M-seal,

Fevi Kwik (one drop instant adhesive)

and Acron.

Rajan Raheja is a well known name in

the Industry. H&R Johnson (I) Limited

is the top name in ceramic tiles. Exide

Battery is the strongest brand of

batteries in the automotive and

industrial field. Supreme Industries Ltd,

largest processor of plastic materials in

India, Co-promoters of Trident Hotels

and luxury resort Rajvilas, Prism

Cement Ltd. having production capacity

of 6.0 million tonnes, Sonata Software

Ltd. one of the leading software

companies in India, Hathway Cables

has extensive cable network in 6 major

cities and 7 large towns across India,

50% JV with the ING group of

Netherlands in ING Life Insurance etc.

The Group is already planning to build

the largest building of New Delhi.

Shopper’s Stop is a retail store of K.

Raheja Group (not to be confused with

Rajan Raheja Group).

Shobhna Bharti is head of Hindustan

Times, an English daily newspaper

founded in 1924. It has a wide reach in

northern India with editions from New

Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow,

Patna, Ranchi, Bhopal and Chandigarh.

Other sister publications of Hindustan

Times are Mint (English business daily),

Hindustan (Hindi Daily), Nandan

(monthly children's magazine) and

Kadambani monthly magazine. It also

owns a radio channel, Fever. It is owned

by the KK Birla family. It is managed by

Shobhana Bharti, daughter of K.K. Birla

and granddaughter of G.D. Birla.

TTK Group was started in 1928 by T.T.

Krishnamachari. The group deals in

consumer durables, pharmaceuticals

and supplements, bio-medical devices,

maps and atlas etc. It has a joint

ventures with SSL International, who

are the makers of Durex and Kohinoor

Condoms, Prestige pressure cooker, Eva

Deodorants, Talcum Powders and

Moisturizers, Fryums Snack food etc.

Questions related to this chapter

1-O. Which company first launched the tooth paste in a tube? (a) Palmolive (b) Anchor (c) Forhans (d) Colgate 2-D. Name the film made on White Revolution of Dr. Kurien of Gujarat? (a) Bhumika (b) Arth (c) Manthan (d) Junoon 3-B. ‘Raymonds’ brand is a business group of? (a) S. Kumar (b) Siyaram (c) Reliance (d) JK Group 4-N. The largest Fast Food Chain of the World is? (a) Pizza Hut (b) Food Land (c) McDonald (d) Spencers 5-G. Which company’s products are Boroplus, Himani and Navratan Oil? (a) Tata Retails (b) Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (c) Colgate Palmolive (d) Emami 6-L. Which is a product of Hindustan Unilever Ltd.? (a) Lakme (b) Elle 18 (c) Palmolive (d) Dettol

7-E. Which organisation is credited to run ‘Akshaya Patra Foundation’, a mid-day meal programme in schools in some parts of India? (a) RPG Group (b) Reliance Foundation (c) Religare Enterprises (d) GMR Group 8-L. Which is the maximum profitability sector of Vardhman Group? (a) Yarn (b) Thread (c) Steel (d) Fabric

9-N. Which TV serial of Balaji Telefilms was aired on Color TV? (a) K. Street Pali Hill (b) Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna (c) Bade Achchhe Lagte Hain (d) Parichay – Nai Z.ke Sapno Ka 10-G. Charmis Cream is a popular brand of? (a) Procter & Gamble (b) Colgate & Palmolive (c) Emami (d) Hindustan Unilever 11-A. By which group of companies, CEAT tyre are manufactured and marketed in India? (a) RPG Group (b) Hinduja Group (c) Future Group (d) GMR Group 12-B. What does the alphabet ‘U’ stand for in AMUL? (a) Urban (b) Utpadan (c) Union (d) United 13-G. Which is not a brand product of Hindustan Unilever Ltd.? (a) Ariel (b) Denim (c) Clinic Plus (d) Rexona 14-S. Who has not been awarded with

Padma Bhushan by Govt. of India? (a) Kasturbhai of Arvind Mills (b) Rahul Bajaj of Bajaj Auto (c) K.P. Singh of DLF (d) Sulajja Firodia of Kinetic Group 15-H. By whom the land to build Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad was donated? (a) Azim Premji of Wipro (b) Kastur-Lalbhai of Arvind Mills (c) Dr. Verghese Kurien of Amul (d) Pallonji Mistry of SP Group

16-B. To which company ‘Sugar Free’ brand belongs? (a) Cadila (b) Wockhardt (c) Dr. Reddy (d) Cadbury 17-B. Good Knight is a brand name of? (a) Emami (b) Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (c) Procter & Gamble (d) Godrej 18-L. By which company Vineeta Bali is associated?

(a) Mother Dairy (b) Britannia Industries (c) Coca Cola India (d) Bombay Dyeing 19-N. Which was the longest run TV serial on Zee TV channel in India? (a) Koi Dil me Hai (b) Kyunki Saas bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (c) Hum Paanch (d) Parichay – Nai Z.ke Sapno ka 20-A. Dotcom, Hooha, Roaming, Chanchal and Fun Time are popular brand names of which product? (a) Chocolate and Confectionery (b) Shoes and Chappals (c) Toys and Balloons (d) Mobiles and Multimedia 21-A. Which Indian was honoured with Druk Khorlo, a Civilian Bhutan honour by the king of Bhutan? (a) Man Mohan Singh (b) Jaiprakash Gaur (c) Azim Premji (d) Narendra Modi 22-D. Other than Delhi, which city is benefitted by providing Milk by Mother Dairy? (a) Lucknow (b) Hyderabad (c) Bengaluru (d) Chennai 23-O. How many storey building is ‘Antilla’, Mukesh Ambani’s new house in Mumbai? (a) 27 Storey (b) 10 Storey (c) 35 Storey (d) 21 Storey

24-S. What type of antique colletion Mukesh Ambani has in Antilla in Mumbai? (a) Cars (b) Clocks (c) Bats (d) Sewing Machines 25-L. Who is Brand Ambassador of Ashok Leyland vehicle of Hinduja Group? (a) Amitabh Bachchan (b) Sourav Ganguly

(c) Salman Khan (d) M.S. Dhoni 26-O. Under which exact Style, the Hotmail website was launched? (a) HOTMAIL (b) HoTMaiL (c) HoTMaiL (d) HOTMail 27-B. Which is not a popular brand of Liberty Shoes? (a) Floater (b) Force 10 (c) TipTopp (d) Windsor 28-B. What does “V” stand for in DVD segment? (a) Volume (b) Versatile (c) Value (d) Vision 29-N. To which company ‘Bartan’ brand detergent belong to? (a) Hindustan UL (b) Nirma (c) Emami (d) Dabur 30-G. By which family Parle Group is being run? (a) Thapar Group (b) Chauhan Group (c) Wadia Group (d) Britannia Industries 31-L. Which product is not a product of Dabur Group? (a) Liril Bath Soap (b) Odonil room freshner (c) Sani Fresh bathroom cleaner (d) Babool Tooth Paste 32-L. Vicks is a product of? (a) Dabur (b) Procter & G. (c) HUL (d) Godrej

33-B. Real Juice is a Beverage brand of? (a) Dabur India (b) Britannia (c) Parle (d) Coca Cola 34-L. Which is not a subsidiary of Tata Group? (a) Ginger Hotels (b) Tanishq Jewellery (c) East India Hotels (d) Voltas 35-G. Gautam Singhania’s favourite

brand name ‘Poison’ is a kind of? (a) Car (b) Helicopter (c) Night Club (d) Speed Boat 36-S. Which is not a Beer brand of UB Group of Vijay Mallya? (a) Kingfisher (b) Signature (c) Bullet (d) Sand Piper 37-O. When was Oberoi Group of Hotels Chain founded? (a) 1947 (b) 1967 (c) 1934 (d) 1952 38-H. Which type of sign is present on the Boroline, antiseptic cream product as Logo? (a) Two eyes (b) Rabbit (c) Water drop (d) Elephant

39-L. Where there is no manufacturing plant of Bajaj Auto Ltd.? (a) Aurangabad (b) Mumbai (c) Pune (d) Pant Nagar 40-L. Which Pharmaceutical company does not have company’s headquarter at Mumbai? (a) Fulford (b) Pfizer (c) Cadila (d) Novartis 41-S. What is the Per Capita Consumption of Biscuits in India?

(a) 5 Kg. (b) 2 Kg. (c) 1 Kg. (d) ½ Kg. 42-H. What is the Per Capita consumption of Milk in India? (a) 70 Litres (b) 120 Litres (c) 30 Litres (d) 10 Litres 43-H. Which country is the largest producer of Steel? (a) N. America (b) Japan (c) India (d) Russia 44-H. In which States of India, the Mid-day meal scheme by Akshaya Patra Foundation has not been launched till 2012? (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Chhatisgarh (d) Odisha

Scoring System:

The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating, as usual which has a numeral

value. These letters are A, B, D, E, G, H, L, N, O and S.

Answers:

1-d 2-c 3-d 4-c 5-d 6-b 7-c 8-a

9-d 10-b 11-a 12-c 13-a 14-d 15-b 16-a

17-d 18-b 19-c 20-b 21-b 22-b 23-a 24-d

25-d 26-c 27-a 28-b 29-b 30-b 31-a 32-b

33-a 34-c 35-c 36-b 37-c 38-d 39-b 40-c

41-b 42-a 43-b 44-b

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