THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN KBC PART - 13

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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

2013

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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.

Thats 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. Sheet. Try to attempt those questions on your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer

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. 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

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.,

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. 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

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.

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, 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.

Detergents, Tooth Paste, Bartan brand detergent etc. Shudh brand salt is also a product of Nirma Group.

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 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

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.

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 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 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 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

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.

subsidiaries are Ashok Leyland, IndusInd Bank, Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. etc. The company currently produces 84000 vehicles including CNG buses per annum.

alumni of Pune University. Her husband, Manish Motwani is the Managing Director of Kinetic Communications Ltd.

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 Spencers 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, 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 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 worlds top class Copper Cathodes, Rods and Precious Metals.

main market is Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia. Essars 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 worlds 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 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

colonial bungalow for $30 million at 22, Aurangzeb Road in New Delhi. He was awarded with Padma Vibhushan in 2008.

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), Bombay Dyeing, Chairman Nusli Wadia, a Parsi entrepreneur, son of Neville Wadia and Dina Jinnah and Grandson of Pakistans Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Ness Wadia and Jehangir Wadia are two 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 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.

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.

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, Mens 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 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.

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.

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 Globalan 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. 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.

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.

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. Reddys, 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 Indias 5th largest Pharma company. It is also maker of Sugar Free 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 Dr. Reddys 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 sonin-law of Mr. Reddy. Kallam Reddy is

and Nutralite. It has its plants in Ankleshwar and Vadodara in Gujarat State and Patalganga in Maharashtra State.

drugs to treat cardiovascular disease, arthritis, diabetes, weight control, depression and many other health conditions. The products are marketed globally.

the chairman of Dr. Reddys 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 masters

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 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. 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,

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.

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.

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 companys 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 2rupees 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 Cadbury was founded in 1948 by Anand Kripalu in Mumbai. The Products are Dairy Milk, 5-star, Perk, Gems, Eclairs, Oreo and Bournvita. Currently,

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 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 Asias 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. Nestles first production house was set up in Moga district Punjab in 1961. Nestl India manufactures products of truly 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.

international quality under internationally famous brand names such as Nescafe, Maggi, Milky Bar, Milo, Kit Kat, Milkmaid and Nestea.

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 released by UB Group. magazine is

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 Gautam Adani is an Indian businessman and Chairman of Adani Group. The Adani Group has

of bearings under the NBC brand. It has three manufacturing units at Jaipur, Newai and Manesar.

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 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, born in 1953 is Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bengaluru. She Mukesh Ambani is Chairman and CEO of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)

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.

started Biocon, an industrial enzymes manufacturing company in 1978. She was awarded Padma Shri in 1989 and Padma Bhushan in 2005. 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, Thermax Limited is an Indian energy and environment company. It manufactures Vapour Absorption Machines, Boilers, Power Projects etc.

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 Ambanis 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.

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 Imperial Tobacco Company of India (ITC) was formed in 1910 which was changed to India Tobacco Company Ltd. initiatives are Godfrey Phillips Bravery Awards, Womens 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.

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 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

Flake, India Kings, Classic, Scissors, Capstan, Bristol etc.

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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.

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 Oberois 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 (20042006), 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 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 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. 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.

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.

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.

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 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 Childrens 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 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 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.

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 companys 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 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 Indra Nooyi is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo. The popular brands are Pepsi, Lays Potato Kiran Bedi is an Indian social activist and a retired IPS officer. She has a Masters 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.

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.

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.

Chips, Tropicana, 7UP, Lipton Mirinda, Ruffles Potato Chips etc.

Tea,

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 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. Pidilite Industries Limited is the largest adhesive manufacturer in India. The most famous product is the Fevicol. Its other famous brands are Dr. Fixit, 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

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.

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.

Cyclo, Ranipal, Hobby Ideas, M-seal, Fevi Kwik (one drop instant adhesive) and Acron.

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. Shoppers 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. group (a) (c) Raymonds brand is a business of? S. Kumar (b) Siyaram Reliance (d) JK Group 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. brand (a) (b) (c) (d) Charmis Cream is a popular of? Procter & Gamble Colgate & Palmolive Emami Hindustan Unilever

4-N. The largest Fast Food Chain of the World is? (a) Pizza Hut (b) Food Land (c) McDonald (d) Spencers 5-G. Which companys 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 midday 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

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. brand (a) (c) 17-B. (a) (b) (c) (d)

To which company Sugar Free belongs? Cadila (b) Wockhardt Dr. Reddy (d) Cadbury Good Knight is a brand name of? Emami Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Procter & Gamble Godrej

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

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 Ambanis new house in Mumbai? (a) 27 Storey (b) 10 Storey (c) 35 Storey (d) 21 Storey

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. brand (a) (c) Gautam Singhanias favourite name Poison is a kind of? Car (b) Helicopter Night Club (d) Speed Boat

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 companys 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) 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 producer of Steel? (a) N. America (b) (c) India (d) is the Japan Russia largest

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. Chain (a) (c) When was Oberoi Group of Hotels founded? 1947 (b) 1967 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

44-H. In which States of India, the Midday 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 9-d 17-d 25-d 33-a 41-b

2-c 10-b 18-b 26-c 34-c 42-a

3-d 11-a 19-c 27-a 35-c 43-b

4-c 12-c 20-b 28-b 36-b 44-b

5-d 13-a 21-b 29-b 37-c

6-b 14-d 22-b 30-b 38-d

7-c 15-b 23-a 31-a 39-b

8-a 16-a 24-d 32-b 40-c

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_of_India en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_people_from_India_by_state