the key to success in kbc - part 13 - key industries and industrialists in india
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Know about the indian market of Consumer Goods, Confectionery,, Textiles, Energy, Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate, Aviation etc. with their owners and their products.TRANSCRIPT
THEY
G L O B A L L Y
2013
KEY INDUSTRIES
AND
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
........................................................................................................................................ 31
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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