L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA SUMMER INTERNSHIP 2013 LJMBA REPORT OF HAVMOR Havmor is a brand started by Satish Chona in 1944 in Karachi. After 1947 he settled in Ahmedabad and started brand havmor from starch. This year for the first time havmor has taken 12 students of L. J. Institute of Management Studies were placed for summer internship in the company. For the first time havmor has taken students for summer internship from the college. The feedback of the students was taken from the company on 20 th June 2013. Students are given different projects in marketing and hr both. The students are Keval Panchotia, Abid Poonawala, Sunny Rathod, Margi Shah, Upasana Parmar, Vimal Rathod, Shivangi Dave, Hemal Patel, Bhavik Joshi, Pooja Shabdani, Bharti Shastri and Ekta Dhalani. In marketing the projects are related to Packaging and Menu Development, while in hr the projects are related to Climate Survey and Training Modules. The students are supposed to conduct survey for the same. After completion of the project, students will have to submit a hardcopy of the report in company and they will also have to make presentation regarding their project to senior people of the company. Mr. Rajesh Shah, V. P. HR Vice President HR, Mr. Rajesh Shah gave a very positive feedback about the students pursuing their internship in the company. He said the skills required by the students are convincing power, analytical skills and market research skills. The students are doing their work sincerely and regularly. They visit the eateries and production unit also. He said that they are very happy with the students work. Looking to the kind of work students are doing Mr. Rajesh said that henceforth every year they will take students for summer internship from L. J. Institute of Management Studies and other two colleges as well. On discussing about final placement recruitment he said that whenever there would be vacancy in havmor, priority to the students of L. J Institute of Management Studies will be given. Student who will give the best performance will have brighter chances of getting selected for the final placement. Havmor recruits students of all specialization of MBA, Engineers and also students of other field. The expansion plan of the company Mr. Rajesh said that they want to make their presence pan India. Mr. Nishit Tuli, HR Prepared by: Prof. Neha Mehta L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
RADIO MIRCHI Entertainment Network (India) Ltd (Radio Mirchi) first aired in the year 1993, while it aired in Ahmedabad in the year 2000. Three students of L. J. Institute of Management Studies are pursuing their internship in Radio Mirchi in the profile of activation. The project is on the Mirchi Activation: Experiential Marketing the Way Forward. They need to study the media dynamics and how mirchi activation functions as a growth engine for organization. The students require having passion and appetite to learn over and above academic marketing background. Mr. Samit Shah, Head Mirchi Activations, in his feedback about the students said that the students are very smart. All the three students are doing well, Ravi Kala, Sooraj Nair and Nisarg Desai. Not only him but other staff of Radio Mirchi are also very positive about the students. Mr. Samit said that all of them are always before time, rather before he reaches the office. They are participating in all the activities related to the activations. Also the students are coming up with good ideas also. He also assured that whenever there will be a requirement in Radio Mirchi, these students will be approached first. Radio Mirchi is a young company in age of itself and also the employees of Mirchi are young. Hence, these students will always be warmly welcomed for employment in the company. Radio Mirchi recruits students in all specialization of MBA and Engineers. In the expansion plan of the company Mr. Samit said that the company is waiting for bidding of Phase III roll out by Information & Broadcast ministry. Mr. Samit Shah, Head Mirchi Activations
Prepared by: Prof. Neha Mehta L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA IMRB International Indian Market Research Bureau International (IMRB International) established in the year 1987 with the name British Market Research Bureau. It was rebranded as Indian Market Research Bureau International in the year 2002. IMRB is in the top 12 international market research company. It provides market research and insights to South Asia, Middle East and North Africa. There are 6 students of L. J. Institute of Management Studies pursuing summer internship, Niyati Jalai, Riddhi Mistry, Devang Vasani, Rakesh Prajapati, Bhavesh Sharma, Raj Patel, Mahek Modasiya and Mauni Shah, in the company. The students are given the project of marketing research in different area. They are taught all the aspects and theories of marketing research and its application in the company. Mr. Kinnar Bhatt, Field Manager IMRB informed that his boss Mr. Ashutosh Chaudhary is guiding all the students in these areas. Also Mr. Chaudhary said that he will also be guiding the students regarding report preparation of the research work that they have done. Mr. Kinnar also said that after summer internship also students can pursue work of marketing research for small or big projects if students wish. On asking about the chances of the final placement of students, Mr. Kinnar said that the placements are been taken care of by the head quarters of IMRB which is in Mumbai. Also whenever there is requirement they call the students who have worked in summers. Test and interviews are conducted for these students and selection is done on this basis. IMRB requires students in all the areas i. e. MBA, MCA, Engineering, Pharmacy and others. Mr. Kinnar Bhatt, Field Manager, IMRB International
Prepared by: Prof. Neha Mehta L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Report on Mint Mint is India's second largest business newspaper published by HT Media Ltd, the Delhi-based media group which also publishes the Hindustan Times. It mostly targets readers who are business executives and policy makers. As far as Ahmedabad is concerned, it is the fourth largest selling newspaper in its category in terms of the number of subscriptions. It is India's first newspaper to be published in the Berliner format. Mint exclusively carries "WSJ" branded editorial content in its pages by virtue of the content sharing partnership between HT Media and Newscorp, which owns the Journal. The current Editor of the newspaper is Sukumar Ranganathan. Mint was launched in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal on 1 February 2007, with the Journal's former deputy managing editor, Raju Narisetti as its founding editor. Within two years of its launch, Mint was second only to ET and established itself as 'India's fastest growing business daily'. As per the discussions with Mr. Hemang Gandhi (Deputy Director, Mint, Ahmedabad), the major issue concerning mint as far as the Ahmedabad city is concerned is retaining the existing subscriptions as there is a significant fall in the number of subscriptions of the news paper compared to last year. As a result, they have assigned a hard core sales profile to the students who are undergoing their summer internship at mint after adequate training in the same area. The students, Shailesh Chavada, Digvijay Rathod, Mayur Chauhan, Paresh Rathod, Nilesh Parekh, Dhruv Patel, Mahebubhusen Radhanpuri, Dhruv Sathwara, Ravi Patel, are supposed to target different business complexes and approach different corporates so as to convince them to subscribe for mint newspaper. Students are given a fixed target to attain before their supper internship program ends at mint so as to shape and expose them to a typical sales profile. The basic skills required in a student to be a prospective employee of mint for the aforesaid profile are good confidence level, positive approach as well as a great convincing power. As far as the present scenario is concerned, mint is withdrawing itself from number of cities of Gujarat wherein it does not see prospective clients and customer base and is focusing more upon Ahmedabad city as well as Vadodara to enhance its sales volume. Prepared By: Prof. Rutuja Bhrambhatt L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Report on Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd. Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd. Was incorporated at Jamnagar in the year 1944. The main objective of the company is to manufacture cement and works mines, quarries, etc. Cement manufactured by this company is marketed under the trade name Lotus. Mr. Suman Mukherjee is the CEO of the company since the year 2011. The company constitutes of 400 employees and its annual turnover is Rs. 429 crores. Johns Manville Corporation, USA are the technical consultants of the company for the asbestos cement project. They have also been appointed as sole selling agents for the companys asbestos products for the Middle East and African countries. Saudi Arabia is one of the major clients of the company as far as its cement exports are concerned. The student (Nipun Sharma) who is undergoing his summer internship at Shree Digvijay Cement company, underwent his training for sales and marketing of cement during the first week of his internship. He then was given the charge to go for field work as a part of his on and off field training for sales and marketing in the Jamnagar zone. As per Mr. Sahil Pandey (Marketing Manager), the student must have proper knowledge of the market in which he is dealing along with good convincing power to become a prospective employee of Shree Digvijay Cement company Ltd. for the sales and marketing job profile. The company wants to focus on its market share and as a result has not deviced any expan plans for now for the near future.
Prepared By: Prof. Rutuja Bhrambhatt L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Allwin Rotoplast The company is incepted in 2007 in Ahmedabad and it is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. It is a plastic Processing (Rotation Moulding) company. It provides products like Ice-Box, Pallets, Bins, Custom Roto-moulding and Conveyer Boxes for Perishables. Basically deals with the ice-crme, pharmaceuticals industries and it exports to Indian subcontinents and other countries like Europe, Africa. Companys turnover is 1.5 cr. and all the clients are satisfied with the company because Excellent Pre-Delivery Inspection, Customization, Timeliness, Large Product Line, Capacious Warehousing and Packaging Facility. Company CEO Mr. P.K. Murlidharan gave positive feedback about the student of L J that he is doing his allocated work sincerely. He has been assigned with a project of Gap analysis of market Expectations with SOP and Marketing Strategy Development. He said that Communication, Marketing, Basic Computer Knowledge skills are required for doing given project. Student will have a understating of SOP working, whole operation process from inventory to dispatch and marketing strategy development in support of SOP. According to him in future they will be double in manufacturing capacity. Company will be shifted at BHAT village with new plant size of 2000 yards. They are going to launch a new product named Automatic Chapati Maker and also some plastic furniture items for hospitals. In the company student Pisuwala Adil Neem had to study the project on Gap analysis of market Expectations with SOP and Marketing Strategy Development regarding SOP. Innova Systems Pvt. Ltd. Innova Systems Pvt. Ltd. Started in 1992 with the thinking of Innovation in IT Sector. It deals with Software Development and Services regarding that. It provides basically four types of categories in product and services 1. System Integration 2. IT Support 3. IT Infrastructure Management and 4. Software Development. Annual turnover is around more than 50 Crs. The students are Chopra Shailja M., Soni Karishma R., Soni Honey are guided by Mr. Aakash Patel, they have started new project named FLOOD IT for those who want to purchase Laptop but cannot because of money issues. So under this project they can purchase HP laptops with 0% interest rate with different configurations and different prices. So students are supposed to promote the new concept and need to convince more people to purchase the product. So basically marketing, communication and convincing skills are required to complete above given task. All the three students are coming regularly and they are performing well in the promotion of above project. Prepared By: Prof. Rajani Shah L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Alankit Assignments Ltd. Alankit Assignments Ltd., the flagship company was incorporated in 1991 by a talented visionary entrepreneur, Mr Alok K Agarwal. Under his able guidance and management, the company has made unhindered steady progress since then. The Company has its headquarter in Delhi with 18 Regional Offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai etc. Alankit Assignments Ltd. has expanded its footprint in global arena with its overseas offices in London, Singapore and Dubai. With a consistent expansion of Alankits business, the Company has evolved from largely Financial & Share Broking Company into a diversified Business House. It provides wide variety of products like E-Governance of PAN Card, E-TDS, Adhar Card, Stock Market, NPS, etc. Mr. Sudhir Nawkar project guide said that they have hired students for the promotion of new product which is NPS (New Pension System). The students are Shah Vishang P., Raol Lagdhirsinh R., Thacker Yogeshkumar B. The project given to the students is Marketing of Financial Products with Emphasis on NPS Products. Students are supposed to make promotion of the new products in the tenure of 6 weeks. With that they will learn the functionality of E- Governance, NPS also. He gave positive feedback about students behavior, learning enthusiasm and regularity. Skills required are Analytical, Communication, Convincing, Marketing And Financial skills. Currently there are 1500 PAN Centre so future plan is to expand up to 2000 PAN centre across India.
Prepared By: Prof. Rajani Shah L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company
About the company ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company is a joint venture between ICICI Bank, a premier financial powerhouse, and prudential plc, a leading international financial services group headquartered in the United Kingdom. ICICI Prudential was amongst the first private sector insurance companies to begin operations in December 2000 after receiving approval from Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA). ICICI Prudential Life's capital stands at Rs. 4,793 crores (as of March 31, 2013) with ICICI Bank and Prudential plc holding 74% and 26% stake respectively. For the financial year 2013, the company has garnered total premium of Rs 13,538 crores and has underwritten over 13 million policies since inception. The company has assets held over Rs. 74,000 crores as on March 31, 2013. For the past decade, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has maintained its dominant position (on new business retail weighted basis) amongst private life insurers in the country, with a wide range of flexible products that meet the needs of the Indian customer at every step in life. Mentor Mr Hardik Prajapati is head of the marketing division in the Godhra branch of ICICI Prudential, he feels that the student, Murtaza Gajipurwala, is doing excellent job in the marketing as well as finance projects that are assigned to him. The student is sincere in his work and he will definitely be considered at the time of final placement by the company.
Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald's India business is a leading multi-disciplinary management and engineering consultancy with offices nation-wide. It is engaged in planning, developing and delivering projects across many sectors from energy, industry, water and environment to transport, buildings, urban infrastructure and social development. The wide range of customers include national and local governments, public and private utilities, industrial and commercial companies, investors, developers, banks and financial institutions, international as well as bilateral funding agencies and private entrepreneurs. About the Mentor Mr Amit Rathod is a BE, MBA with couple of years of experience, the students under him are undergoing training in marketing research .He was satisfied with the data collected and analysed by the students. The students pursuing internship in Mott MacDonald are Darshan Jadav, Priya Somani, Pinky Nihalani, Sandip Kyada and Anisha Jain.
Prepared By: Prof. Kiran Khatri
L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
IndusInd Bank Genesis IndusInd Bank derives its name and inspiration from the Indus Valley civilisation -a culture described by National Geographic as 'one of the greatest of the ancient world' combining a spirit of innovation with sound business and trade practices. Mr. Srichand P. Hinduja, a leading Non-Resident Indian businessman and head of the Hinduja Group, conceived the vision of IndusInd Bank -the first of the new-generation private banks in India -and through collective contributions from the NRI community towards India's economic and social development, brought our Bank into being. The Bank, formally inaugurated in April 1994 by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Honourable Prime Minister of India who was then the countrys Finance Minister, started with a capital base of Rs.1,000 million (USD 32 million at the prevailing exchange rate), of which Rs.600 million was raised through private placement from Indian Residents while the balance Rs.400 million (USD 13 million) was contributed by Non-Resident Indians. A New Era IndusInd Bank, which commenced its operations in 1994, caters to the needs of both consumer and corporate customers. It has a robust technology platform supporting multi-channel delivery capabilities. IndusInd Bank has 441 branches, and 796 ATMs spread across 303 geographic locations of the country as on September 30, 2012.The Bank also has 2 Representative offices, one each in London and Dubai. The Bank believes in driving its business through technology. It has multi-lateral tie-ups with other banks providing access to their ATMs for its customers. It enjoys clearing bank status for both major stock exchanges - BSE and NSE - and three major commodity exchanges in the country - MCX, NCDEX, and NMCE. It also offers DP facilities for stock and commodity segments. The Bank has been bestowed with the mandate of being a Settlement Banker for six tea auction centres. RATINGS: ICRA AA for Lower Tier II subordinate debt program and ICRA AA- for Upper Tier II bond program by ICRA. CRISIL A1+ for certificate of deposit program by CRISIL. CARE AA for Lower Tier II subordinate debt program by CARE. Fitch AA- for Long Term Debt Instruments and Fitch A1+ for Short Term Debt Instruments by Fitch Ratings. About the Mentor Ms Disha Vaishnav has a degree in Management and she has experience of 2 years with the company, being young she shares excellent rapport with the student. She finds the students, Achyut Ruparel approach innovatively and was positive about the students performance.
Prepared By: Prof. Kiran Khatri
L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
Reliance Industries Limited About the company Jamnagar Manufacturing Division is located near Jamnagar, Gujarat. It comprises of a petroleum refinery and associated petrochemical plants. The refinery is equipped to refine various types of crude oil (sour crude, sweet crude or a mixture of both) and manufactures various grades of fuel from motor gasoline to Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). The petrochemicals plants produces plastics and fibre intermediates. Created in a record time of less than three years, the Jamnagar Manufacturing Division would always remain a special experience for Reliance. The project is of titanic proportion and has taken, for its completion, millions of engineering man-hours spread over many international engineering offices; thousands of tonnes in equipment and material, procured from leading suppliers across the globe; highly advanced construction equipment of unbelievable sizes; construction workforce of over 75,000 working round the clock for months; a great number of innovative techniques in project execution; and project management expertise of Reliance acquired over the past several years. With a Complexity Index of 11.3 (as defined by the Nelson Complexity Index) RIL's refinery at Jamnagar is able to process heavy and sour crude oils to produce high value products. This allows the Company to benefit from the lower input cost compared to light crude oils. The Jamnagar Manufacturing Division has a 33 - million tonnes per annum refinery that is fully integrated with downstream petrochemicals units which manufacture naphtha-based aromatics as well as propylene-based polymers. Situated on the northwest coast of India, the integrated refinery-cumpetrochemicals complex is located at Motikhavdi, Lalpur Taluka, Jamnagar District, in the state of Gujarat. It is in proximity to the Gulf of Kutch, a sheltered bay close to the Middle-East crude oil sources. The location of RIL's refinery on the west coast of India supported by world-class logistics and port facilities provides the Company with freight advantages. Most of the crude imported is transported on Very Large Crude Carriers ("VLCC"). The refinery has operated at near 100% utilization with minimal downtime, consistently outperforming the average utilization rates of refineries in the Asia Pacific region, the European Union and North America, as reported by PEL Market About the Mentor Mr. Mukesh Shah is a graduate with B.com in the year 1993 and had completed his C.A in the year 1996. He was the topper in B.com and has ranked 44th all India level in C.A inter and 41st rank all India level merit. At present he is working with reliance in budget department at the post of general manager. In past he was working in logistic department RRTF (Rail Road Tank Farm), group company accounts (core accounting) and finally budgeting and process validation. He has been working with reliance since 10years. Prior to reliance he worked with CERA for 5years. He is been providing internship from last 2-3years and every year 3-4 batches are been trained. He has been a very helpful mentor providing all the required information and details required during the whole period of internship. When asked about the feedback students Mansi Pujara and Garima Talwar in which he said that he is satisfied with the trainees overall performance.
Prepared By: Prof. Kiran Khatri
L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA RELIANCE CAPITAL
About the company Reliance Capital, a constituent of CNX Nifty Junior and MSCI India, is a part of the Reliance Group. It is one of India's leading and amongst most valuable financial services companies in the private sector. Reliance Capital has interests in asset management and mutual funds; life and general insurance; commercial finance; equities and commodities broking; investment banking; wealth management services; distribution of financial products; exchanges; private equity; asset reconstruction; proprietary investments and other activities in financial services. Reliance Mutual Fund is amongst top two Mutual Funds in India with over six million investor folios. Reliance Life Insurance and Reliance General Insurance are amongst the leading private sector insurers in India. Reliance Securities is one of Indias leading retail broking houses. Reliance Money is one of Indias leading distributors of financial products and services. Reliance Capital has a net worth of Rs. 11,991 crore (US$ 2.2 billion) and total assets of Rs. 40,588 crore (US$ 7.5 billion) as on March 31, 2013. About the Mentor Mr. Poonam Shastri Branch Manager M.Com graduate and an experience of financial sector about 15 years and Branch Manager since company open its branch in Gandhinagar. Mr. Shastri was pleased with Pathal Neels progress .
Prepared By: Prof. Kiran Khatri
L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA SHRI MAHILA SEWA SAHAKARI BANK LTD Students Nandu Menon & Saurabh Joshi Company Guide Ms. Bhumika Mehta Company Address 109, Sakar II, Opp.Town Hall, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad 06. Shri Mahila Sewa Sahakari Bank Ltd. is an offshoot of SEWA foundation established by Mrs. Elaben Bhatt. The bank came into being in 1974, funded via share capital of Rs. 40,000 contributed by some 4000 self-employed women workers. The bank recognized as a Co- operative bank now, deals in Savings, Loans, Insurance, Pension and other programs to raise financial awareness among the poor self-employed women. The bank has an annual turnover of Rs. 185.46 crores and is spread across 7 districts of Gujarat with an employee count of 170. It is currently managed by Mrs. Jayshri Vyas, whose able administration has helped the bank penetrate deeper into the areas where it exists. In a nutshell, we can say that the bank was a pioneer in launching the concept of micro-finance in Gujarat and it continues to make a difference in the lives of poor women even today. The future plans of the bank are to continue their penetration and expansion, while not compromising on the quality of functions. The students, Joshi Saurabh and Nadu Menon are doing a project on streamlining the grievance system in the organization. For doing the same, they are required to find out the problems faced by clients of the bank and seek their inputs as well as provide suggestions to improvise the current grievance system. The students are also given an additional task of developing products which would attract the younger audience. The students are supposed to know the existing grievance system of the bank. Also, since the bank differs from mainstream banks, they are supposed to be well-versed with the value system of the bank, culture, systems and processes of the bank. They also need to have a good communication power in order to elicit problems faced by clients and convince them into improvising the system.
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Prepared By: Prof. Amola Bhatt L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Aditya Birla NUVO Ltd (Veraval) About the Company Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. (ABNL), a USD 4.5 billion conglomerate by revenue size, is part of Aditya Birla Group, a USD 40 billion Indian multinational. Having a market cap of about USD 2.5 billion as on 30th November 2012, ABNL is present across Financial Services, Telecom, Fashion & Lifestyle, IT-ITeS and manufacturing businesses. Anchored by over 65,000 employees, ABNL touches lives of more than 120 million Indian. Aditya Birla Financial Services ranks among top 5 fund managers in India (excl. Banks and LIC), managing AUM of USD 20 billion as on 30th September 2012 and having an annual revenue size of over USD 1.3 billion (2011-12). Trusted by 5.5 million customers and anchored by about 17,000 employees, it has a nationwide presence through more than 1,775 points of presence and about 200,000 agents / channel partners. ABFS is the largest contributor to ABNLs consolidated earnings before tax Contributed 45% in FY12. Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI) is a 74:26 joint venture between ABNL and Sun Life Financial, Canada. BSLI improved its ranking to 5th among private players with an enhanced market share of 7.8% in FY12. BSLI has one of the best persistency ratios in the industry @ 81%. It declared a dividend of ` 98.5 Cr @ 5% of its paid up Capital. Birla Sun Life Asset Management (BSAMC) is a 51:49 joint venture with Sun Life Financial, Canada. BSAMC improved its all India ranking to 4th and market share to 9.8% with an AUM of USD 15.5 billion as on 30 th
Sep12. Management Team Managing Director: Dr. Rakesh Jain Whole Time Director & Chief financial Officer: Mr. Sushil Agarwal About the SIP: Mr Atul Lakhotiya is the external guide for the student, Jeet Vithlani. The external guide is happy with the work of the student and has given a positive feedback regarding his approach, attitude and aptitude. The student has been regular to the office and reports the work done to the guide.
Prepared By: Prof. Raji Bhavsar
L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Adani Group About CEO,Founder of the company: The flagship company,Adani Enterprise Ltd.(formerly known as Adani Exports Ltd.)was established by Mr.GAUTAM S ADANI in 1988 as a partnership firm with a seed capital of Rs.5 lakhs. An enterpreneurial vision coupled with a lofty ambitions and hard work set the pace for the growth of the company. Adherence to world class quality standards and a customer centric approach has helped the Adani Group touch revenues of INR 262 billion. Company Background: Today, the Adani business portfolio is a diverse yet profitable assortment of Edible Oil, Logistics, Power Generation ,Coal,Oil & Gas Exploration ,Gas distribution ,Real Estate,Ports,Special Economic Zones & IT enabled services.Its growth has been organic leading to a synergy among its business units,making them more productive & competitive together. ADANI GROUP has grown from being a trading house to a diversified & dynamic business group with interests from infrastructural development to FMCGs. a leader in international trading & infrasturcture development,the ADANI GROUP is engaged in a continuous Endeavour to maximise potentialities by synergizing the multiple businesses of the Group creating optimum business model. The group is commited to constantly deliver good returns to its stakeholders & convert partnerships into winning combination. BUSINESS DETAILS: ADANI GROUP has 5 business sectors: ENERGY SECTOR (Power & Oil & Gas) REAL ESTATE AGRO METALS & MINERALS Achievements if any: Accorded the status of a Five Star Trading House by Directorate General Of Foreign Trade ,New Delhi ,AEL is the first company to receive such a prestigious status in India.
Adani Wilmar (Ahmedabad) Student Name: Achira Jagirdar Adani Gas (Ahmedabad) Student Name: Jyoti Nair Adani Finance (Ahmedabad) Student Name: Priyanka Shah Adani Logistics (Ahmedabad) Student Name: Sahil Shah The guide Mr Giriraj Mistry has given a positive feedback of the student and said that she is showing atmost keenness and curiousness towards learning the HR of the company. The guide Mr. Rajiv Bhatt has assured to provide all possible support and guidance to the student who will be learning HR policies related to retention at Adani. The feedback has been positive. The Guide, Mr Hemang Parikh has given a satisfactory feedback of the student and has appreciated her quality of work. The guide Mr Vaishal Kataria has given a positive feedback of the student and has said that they will be providing indepth training of SAP logistics software to the student which will add to his experience for future assignments. Prepared By: Prof. Raji Bhavsar L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Meghmani Organics (Ahmedabad) About the Company It was in 1986, when Gujarat Industries was established as a partnership firm in Gujarat, India to manufacture pigments. High productivity and profitability transformed Gujarat Industries to a joint stock company, under the name of Meghmani Organics Limited, by 1995. Since then Meghmani Organics Limited has diversified its business interests to include a range of pesticides and other pigment products as well. Today, Meghmani Organics Limited is a leading manufacturer of pigment and pesticide products in the country and is the recipient of several prestigious awards in recognition of its outstanding business performance. Sound fundamentals, outstanding export performance, strong presence in the domestic market and a focused management team has seen Meghmani Organics Limited grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17% and profits 10% over the past 3 years. The Rs 6000 million Rupees Meghmani Organics Limited is one of the largest producers of pigment blue in the world, one of the leading producers of pigment green, one of the largest producers of pesticides in India. More than 80% of our pigment products and over 50% of our pesticides products are exported the world over. We have four multifunctional production facilities in Gujarat (India) of which three are ISO 9001-2000. Our production facilities are strategically located with high accessibility and close proximity to source of raw material. The Management Natwarlal M. Patel, Managing Director Ramesh M. Patel, Executive Director About the SIP The External Guide Mr. Bhushan is very supportive and encouraging to the student for the SIP work. The student is satisfied with the work allocated to her and is doing well. The student regularly reports to the guide and goes to the company office to attain training.
Name of the Name of Student Report Aditya Birla NUVO Ltd Jeet N Vithlani Positive Feedback Consistent Learner Adani Wilmar Achira Rajesh Jagirdar Positive Feedback Good Learner ADANI Gas Jyoti Ravindran Positive Feedback Meticulous Learner ADANI Chowatia Priyanka A. Positive Feedback Sincere Learner Adani Logistics Shah Sahil A. Positive Feedback Involved and High level of interest Meghmani Organics Hinal Vineetbhai Shah Positive Feedback Consistent Learner
Prepared By: Prof Raji Bhavsar L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA JAYPEE Cement The Jaypee Group is a conglomerate based in Noida, India, founded by Jaiprakash Gaur. They are involved in well diversified infrastructure conglomerate with business interests in engineering and construction, power, cement, real estate, hospitality, expressways, sports and education (not-for-profit). Jaypee is India's third largest cement producer and the largest private sector hydropower company with 1,700 MW in operation. The Jaypee Group successfully completed projects in 18 states of India and Bhutan. Jaypee is the engineering and construction company for India's Yamuna Expressway, which opened 9 August 2012. The annual turnover of Jaypee cement is Rs. 18000 crore and it has more than 50000 employees. The group has good trade relations with African countries and they are in import and export both. One student from L. J. Institute named Darshit Dani has undertaken the Summer Internship project at Jaypee cement. Mr. Darshit Jhaveri, a regional manager at Jaypee cement is guiding this student. The visit was conducted on 15th June, 2013. The student has to undertake the study of brand image. He has to meet retailers to study the brand image perception based on market research. According to guide, the student should have good market research skill to undertake this project. The feedback of the student is very good in terms of putting the efforts. The guide is impressed with the queries and questions being raised by the student because he believes that if the queries are coming then the student is in learning stage.
Prepared By: Prof. Rinal Shah L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Sundyota Numandis Sundyota Numandis is a new-age pharmaceutical company, leveraging its experience, expertise and energies to better people's lives. Since its foundation in 2003, Sundyota Numandis has grown exponentially and is today recognized as one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies. Mr.D.K.Arora is Promoter of the company .it was established in year 2003.Annual turn over of the Sundyota Numandis is around 60 crore.They are having branches in Europe and USA also. Approximately 450 employees are working in the SunDyoto Numandis. At Sundyota Numandis, They work for products that they believe in. their expertise is to identify products based on market needs and turn them into successful brands. They strongly emphasize on specific product niche only. They are selective, focused and dedicated towards the product line we offer. This ensures high level of commitment, and endless efforts which ultimately transform our products into market leader in their respective therapeutic segments. Their current portfolio comprises of a wide range of products in therapeutic segments like probiotics & immunobiotics, analgesics & anti-inflammatory, iron & calcium supplements, anti ulcerants & digestive enzyme, anti-cold & anti-cough preparations and anti-arthritic.With this comprehensive product range, They reach out to medical specialists such as gastroenterologists, rheumatologists, gynaecologists, orthopaedic surgeons, paediatricians, dentists, ENT specialists, consultant physicians, etc. In future, Sundyota Numandis is all set to diversify into bio-technology, origin molecules and alternative medicines which are more modern in approach and offer superior efficacy and higher safety.The present product range of Sundyota Numandis is divided into its divisions focusing on various therapeutic segments. Dy.Manager HR, Jinay Shah gave a very positive feedback about the student pursuing her internship in the company. He said the skills required by the students, Aarti Thanki has observational and analytical skills. This student is doing her work sincerely and regularly. He said that they are very happy with the students work. Shree Rameshwar Plastic Industries Shree Rameshwar Plastic Industries was established in the year 1996 by Mr.Jayntibhai Patel. There are 7 employees working in Shree Rameshwar Plastic Industries. They are dealing with the plastic industry and mainly producing Agro shade net and other agricultural products. The products of Shree Rameshwar Plastic Industries are as follow. Products & Services 1. LD 2. LD Granules 3. LD Reprocess Pipe 4. LD Tarapaulins Sheets 5. Pipe 6. Plastic 7. PVC Flexible Pipe They are manufacturing plastic products as well as dealing with the retailing business also. Legal status of firm is sole proprietorship. Promoter Mr.Jayantibhai Patel gave a very positive feedback about the student pursuing her internship in the company. He said the skills required by the students are physical, observation and analytical skills. Hiren Pansuriya and Ruchita Paghdar are doing their work sincerely and regularly. He said that they are very happy with the students work. The work undertaken by students was account handling, dispatch and solution of labour issues. Prepared By: Prof. Sweta Patel L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
RAMDEV FOODS PVT. LTD. India, the Queen of Spices, has always attracted the world with her exotic masalas. In fact, the connection goes back many centuries. To the time when travelers like Vasco da Gama and Columbus were still exploring the geography of the Earth. Even then, the mystique of Indian spices magnetised them to India and paved the way for a new chapter to be written in the annals of time. 'The lure of the unknown', which repeatedly brought visitors to the Spice Land, was the presence of nature's rich elements in those fresh and highly aromatic spices. Spelling magic and carrying an enviable aura, they left people spellbound. We, at Ramdev, have preserved the same values in all our products ever since we started as a small unit in 1965, in Ahmedabad, India. A small step became a giant leap in no time. But there was a binding force, a commitment that helped us keep our promise of purity and freshness in our products for all these years. Our immense belief in the philosophy of 'reaching a customer's heart through quality' has enabled us to spread the rich Indian heritage to millions of homes all over the globe. And that's our pride. Indian food. The Indian way. For the first time Ramdev Spices has provided the opportunity to our students for summer internship. The feedback of the students was taken from the company on 17th June 2013.Students are allocated various projects on Marketing and HR department. In Marketing the projects are related to Consumer survey and preferences, while in HR the projects are related to employee satisfaction survey and understanding of overall HR policies of Ramdev. The students are supposed to conduct the survey for the same. After completion of the project they will take the suggestions from the students and try to implement it if suggestions are good and practical. Ms. Anita gave very positive feedback about the students pursuing their internship in the company. She said the skills required by the students are communication skills, Interpersonal skills and good analytical skills. Admin Manager, Ms.Anita Sodha The students, Hemangi Chudasama, Darshan Patel and Hirenkumar Rami are doing their work sincerely and regularly. She said that they are very happy with the students work. On discussing about final placement she said that whenever there would be vacancy at Ramdev, they will intimate us and priority would be given to summer interns of LJMBA.
Prepared By: Prof. Ramzan Sama L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Kores India Ltd. Kores India Ltd. Was established in 1932 and incorporated in 1936. In 1956the late Mr. Krishnalal Thirani acquired majority share holding and took over the Management of Kores (India) Ltd. At present his son, Mr. S K Thirani is the chairman. The company is manufacturing, marketing and exporting a wide range of stationary products like office stationary, office automation products, presentation accessories, labeling solution as well as gift solutions. Kores is fondly known as the Stationer of India as it is providing quality stationary products for more than 75 years. Annual turnover of the company is about Rs. 600 crores and the number of employees at present is 25. The company has diversified to pharmaceuticals, engineering goods, as well as textile products. There are three students of LJ working as marketing interns. Vishal Jadon, Amanullakhan Pathan and Akshay Mody. They are in the marketing division. They are assigned a task to create awareness and sell dust free chalks. Mr. Aashish Shrivastava, the branch manager of Ahmedabad office is grossly happy with the performance of LJ students, though he feels that there is a scope of improving communication skills. The company exports to South Africa, United States, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It imports from United Kingdom, Japan, Brazil and Ukraine. The company is expanding continuously. At present their plans are to improve the designs of the products as per the requirement of their customers.
Prepared By: Dr. Neha Shah L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd
Reliance Capital asset management Ltd. Was established in 1995 by Mr. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani. It is a part of the Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, and is one of the fastest growing mutual funds in the country. Reliance Mutual Fund,. RMF offers investors a well- rounded portfolio of products to meet varying investor requirements and has presence in 159 cities across the country. At present they have Rs. 90,636 Crores worth asset under management. Main business abroad is with Singapore, Malaysia and UAE. Raj Vadodariya is doing his internship at Rajkot office. He joined the office on 3 rd June and is working on the project of Wealth Advisory. He is meeting targeted clients and explaining products. His company mentor Mr. Sagar Badani gave favourable feed back for his performance. The only area of improvement is presentation skills. The students are tend to lose confidence due to weak presentation skills and so fail to explain the products properly to the client. Mr. Badani did not have much idea about expansion plans of the company.
Prepared By: Dr. Neha Shah L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
IFB ELECTRONICS
IFB Industries Limited originally known as Indian Fine Blanks Limited started their operations in India during 1974 in collaboration with Hienrich Schmid AG of Switzerland. The IFB product range focuses on good design and great functionality. It offers home appliance solutions for every room in the home. LJIMS has a long and good relationship with the organization, by taking students both for final placements and summer internship. There are 2 students, Yajuvendra Chauhan and Girish Dubey, are doing their summer internship with this firm. The feedback of the students was taken from the company on 25th June 2013. Students are given different projects in marketing. They have to undertake market research, understanding the acceptability of the companys 2 products namely, kitchen appliances; industrial laundry and dishwashers. After completing the research, a project report will be prepared and a copy of the same will be submitted in the company. Grishma Chokshi, Ahmedabad-Branch Incharge, gave a very positive feedback about the students pursuing internship with the company. She said that the students should possess good communication skills, convincing power and market research knowledge as part of skills required in the students for conducting their projects. She also mentioned that both the students were sincere and hard-working about their internship and project. When asked about future expansion plan of the company, she mentioned that they plan to establish new IFB branches in different countries, which can be considered as opportunity for LJ students.
Prepared By: Prof. Preeti Pillai L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK Kotak Mahindra Bank is an Indian financial service firm established in 1985. Mr. Uday Kotak is Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. It offers variety of services such as Deposit accounts, Loans, Investment services, Business banking solutions, Treasury and Fixed income products etc, to its customers. The satellite branch in Ahmedabad is HQ of the company all over Gujarat. Its turnover is approximately INR 100 crores. There is only 1 student, Himanshu Raval has undertaken internship with the organization. The feedback of the student was taken from the company guide on 26th June 2013. The student has been allocated project on marketing. The project is on market research of gold loan business, acceptability and preference of the customers and understanding the market risk. After completing the research, a project report will be prepared and a copy of the same will be submitted in the company. Mr. Prikesh Pandya, Area Credit Manager - Gold Loan Maharastra & Gujarat, is the guide of the student. He welcomed all the questions and answered it politely and positively. According to him, the very important skill required in the student for undertaking the project is presentation and communication. He was also positive about the student when asked about his work, sincerity and hard-work. When asked about future expansion plan of the company, he mentioned that they plan to establish more branches all over Gujarat and also establish a separate Gold loan department, which will definitely prove as a very good opportunity for the LJ students.
Prepared By: Prof. Preeti Pillai L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd. HDFC Life, one of India's leading private life insurance companies, offers a range of individual and group insurance solutions. It is a joint venture between Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC), India's leading housing finance institution and Standard Life plc, the leading provider of financial services in the United Kingdom. HDFC Ltd. holds 72.37% and Standard Life (Mauritius Holding) Ltd. holds 26.00% of equity in the joint venture, while the rest is held by others. HDFC Life's product portfolio comprises solutions, which meet various customer needs such as Protection, Pension, Savings, Investment and Health. Customers have the added advantage of customizing the plans, by adding optional benefits called riders, at a nominal price. The company currently has 25 retail and 9 group products in its portfolio, along with 10 optional rider benefits catering to the savings, investment, protection and retirement needs of customers. HDFC Life continues to have one of the widest reaches among new insurance companies with about 500 branches in India touching customers in over 900 cities and towns.The company has also established a liaison office in Dubai. HDFC Life has a strong presence in its existing markets with a strong base of Financial Consultants. Jignesh and Parth of MBA Semester II are undertaking the SIP under Mr. Rakesh Zazadiya at Surat. It was a telephonic talk with Mr. Zazadia so he gave certain information like the annual turnover of the company and about the future expansion plans. He said that the annual turnover of the company is around Rs. 600 crores and they are planning to focus on cost cutting in near future. He said that students under him are very hard working and they are analyzing the past sales performances of the company as well as they are analyzing the growth fund performance in particular.
Prepared By: Dr. Priyanka Pathak L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Darshanam Life Space Pvt. Ltd. Darshanam Group offers designs for every lifestyle at true values in the most desirable communities. We are dedicated to providing the customer service you deserve before, during and after the sale. Our continuing loyalty to our customers, combined with our distinguished reputation, creates an unrivaled demand for Darshanam Homes. The Vision of the group is To be the leading provider of world class innovative homes and lifestyle developments in India. And the Mission Statement if the firm is To consistently create and deliver innovative and quality homes and lifestyle developments offering superior value by a professional and passionate team committed to excellence in customer experience. Darshanam Group is all united under one set of common core values. Derived from the character and passionate strength of founder Mr.Sunil Agrawal and honed over nearly two decades of business, these core values reflect the thriving, growing, conscientious business that is the company today. They inform everything we do and, together, constitute our pledge and commitment to you, our customers, our business associates and our partners. They approach each project with a cooperative mindset, working with clients, architects, and subcontractors toward the common goal successful project delivery. Their diverse construction portfolio and specialized divisions and subsidiaries ensure that each project is matched with appropriate resources and expertise. Through technical skill, preconstruction know-how, and self-performance capability, they anticipate project challenges, develop solutions that meet clients objectives, and deliver award-winning projects. The location of the firm is Baroda where our student Aniket Agarwal is undertaking the SIP. His compnay project guide is Mr. Mukesh Agarwal, Director of the firm. Mr. Mukesh Agarwal said that the unit is having more than Rs. 50 crores of turnover and they are in the business of residential and commercial units. They have 450 employees with them. The project under which Aniket is working is of Sales and Marketing where Aniket need to meet the consumers and describe the complete project to them. He said that it requires skills like ability to convince, ability to speak different prevailing languages and smart appearance is also very helpful. Their future planning is launch colleges and hospitals in near future.
Prepared By: Dr. Priyanka Pathak L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
ARVIND LTD. Arvind Mills, the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group, is a producer of composite manufacturer of textiles. Its headquarters is in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India and was established in the year 1931. It manufactures a range of cotton shirting, denim, knits and bottom weights (Khakis) fabrics. It is India's largest denim manufacturer apart from being worlds fourth-largest producer and exporter of denim. There are 2 students, Devanshi Thakkar and Kinjal Thakkar, are doing their summer internship with this firm. The feedback of the students was taken from the company on 6 th July 2013. Students are given different projects in marketing and finance. They have to undertake project to understand the finance department and its function and in the marketing area the retailer satisfaction with Arvind is to be studied. After completing the research, a project report will be prepared and a copy of the same will be submitted in the company. Rakesh Trivedi, Manager-Marketing, is the guide for marketing project and Aarti Raichura, Manager-Finance, is the guide for finance project. Both the guides were welcoming and answered all the questions patiently. According to them, the important skills required in the student for undertaking the project are technical knowledge (finance/marketing), soft skills (confidence, communication) and ability to accept challenges.
Ms Aarti Raichura
Prepared By: Prof. Indra Meghrajani L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
DEXTER CONSULTANCY LTD. Dexter is a group of young professionals from varied backgrounds who have come together to create a team working in multiple areas across domains with an ever-increasing array of services. With service offerings in 8 areas ie, SME Consulting, Market Research, Technology, Process Consulting, Infrastructure Research, Social & Rural Projects, Vocational Education and B2B Sales & Marketing. The project guides at Dexter are 1. Rahul Sanghvi 2. Ms Khyati Acharya 3. Mr Dhaval Patel and Mr saurabh Shukla. These guides have helped students in all the areas of research to enhance their knowledge. The people at Dexter were very warm and co-operative in answering all the questions. Even the students, Jatin Sharma, Jaimin Shah, Khushbu Gandhi, Shruti Ganguli, Sandip Patel, Darshana Thakkar, Nikita Yadav, Priyanshi Shah, Poonam Pawar and Sheetal Chaudhary were very enthusiastic working over their. The feedback got form them was the requirement of soft skills from the students. They felt lack of confidence and extrovertness in the students. Dexter will provide the complete student feedback along with the certificate so as the students can improvise upon the areas in which they lack. Even the faculty guide has been invited to attend the project presentation which would be conducted in Dexter after the completion of the project. Dexter Team
Prepared By: Prof. Indra Meghrajani L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
APRICA PHARMACEUTICAL LTD Aprica Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd in India offers integrated approach to sales, marketing and contract manufacturing of medicines. The company is also working together in partnership with several Indian pharmaceutical firms to deliver high quality medicines to both International and Indian Market. One student from LJMBA, Keyur Rajpara, is pursuing his summer internship from Aprica under Mr Maulik Pandya, who looks after the Operations in the company. The information from the company was easily available. The guide is helping the student to look after the supply chain and other marketing aspects. The project guide is very happy with the work of the student but still highlighted the lack of soft skills in the intern.
Prepared By: Prof. Indra Meghrajani
L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA JWALA TRANSFORMERS A bold initative under taken before two decades to bring a major transformation in the field of transformers. Mr Prakash Lilani, the visionary founder esablished a transformer manufacturing unit calld "Jyoti Products". Mr Prakash Lilani focused on the quality rather then the quantity. Within no time, 'Jwala Transformers' became the synonym for 'Quality Transformers'. And a new venture 'Jwala Transformers' was born. Now all products are branded as 'Jwala'. Driven by the motto 'to give the best, then the rest', Jwala Transformers is always innovating its products & range. A huge manufacturing & testing facility is backed by dedicated work force, committed to strict quality control and constant R & D. Mr Prakash Lilani is the managing directors of the company. He supported immensely in explaining the entire process and various marketing activities of the company. One student, Vicky Lilani, is pursuing his internship from this company is doing his project on marketing activities of the company. Mr Lilani was very helpful in answering all the questions asked regarding the various aspects of the projects. He had no complains with the intern and was satisfied with the work done by the student of LJMBA. Mr Prakash Lilani
Prepared By: Prof. Indra Meghrajani
L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
Sharp India Sharp India deals into various consumer durables which are useful to people in their daily lives. Sharp products are designed to help individuals, families, and corporate teams connect effortlessly, communicate clearly, and unleash creativity like never before. Sharp is dedicated to improving people's lives through the use of advanced technology and a commitment to innovation, quality, value, and design. Nine students from LJMBA, Adil Pathan, Chintan Trivedi, Ravindra Thakkar, Karan Mishra, Priyank Mehta, Karan Gulbani and Ketan Jain are pursuing their SIP from Sharp in Marketing. The company guides at sharp are Mr. Kinjal, Mr. Pallav Vaishnav and Mr. Pandey. The guides were very supporting at the company and gave the answers to all the questions. The company is very happy with the enthusiasm of the students and their way of working for the company. The guides were kind enough to give comments which would be very useful to the students for further development. The students still require developing some soft skills and technical knowledge.
Prepared By: Prof. Mehul Yogi L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Coca Cola The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia.[4] The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 - March 12, 1929), who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage, Coca-Cola currently offers more than 500 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves over 1.7 billion servings each day. The company operates a franchised distribution system dating from 1889 where The Coca- Cola Company only produces syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold an exclusive territory. Coca-Cola in India refreshes millions of consumers with an exciting range of beverages including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Thums Up, Fanta, Limca, Sprite, Maaza, Maaza Milky Delite, Minute Maid Pulpy Orange, Minute Maid Nimbu Fresh, Minute Maid Mixed Fruit, Minute Maid Apple, Minute Maid Mango, Minute Maid 100% juices, Georgia, Georgia Gold, Kinley, Kinley Club Soda, Schweppes and Burn through a network of more than 1.5 million outlets. Coca- Cola India provides extensive support for community programs across the country, with a focus on education, health and water conservation and has already undertaken over 500 rain water harvesting structures in 22 states of the country. Nine students from LJMBA, Ajit Sodhaparmar, Anal Contractor, Bhoomi Pandit, Jyotendra Tiwari, Harshal Pandya, Dhara Parmar, Vivek kalaria and Smit Joshi, are pursuing their SIP from Coca Cola, where the project guide is Pankti Shah (Market Data Analyst), who has been LJMBA Alumni. The response from Coca Cola was overwhelming. The students are undergoing the training in Marketing Management. They have learnt a lot in these last few weeks at Coca Cola. The company guide was very happy with the students performance, though she was of the opinion that the students should develop soft skills.
Prepared By: Prof. Mehul Yogi L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Brand Factory Brand Factory gives Indian consumers the promise of revolutionizing value shopping by offering the best Indian and International brands at Smart Prices. Brand Factory promises its customers that value shopping is not about a seconds experience, its not about a garage sale environment, and its not about buying cheap; its all about an amazing experience of Buying Smart. The thought behind Brand Factory is to raise the bar of expectations and experiences when it comes to Brand + Bargain Shopping. The emphasis at Brand Factory is to offer customers the widest range of brands and categories possible at absolutely great prices in an ambience that befits the brand. Brand Factory presents the brands in a fully air-conditioned, slick environment varying between 70,000 to 1,50,000 square feet. The stores offers a wide range of products including apparels for men and women, infant wear, accessories, cosmetics, footwear, sportswear, luggage, home linen and much more. Brand Factory hosts several Indian and International fashion brands including Levis, Pepe Jeans, Dockers, Wrangler, Provogue, Arrow, Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Louis Phillip, Allen Solly, Reid & Taylor, and Gini & Jony amongst others.
Projects at Brand Factory
Brand Factory has recruited Priyanka Patel and Pratik Vaghela mainly to handle their retail operations, marketing of their brands and visual merchandising whereas Asha Rathod has been doing project in the area of Human Resource Management.
They usually report of Mr. Hardik Patel who looks into mainly into HR activities and at times manages the different Brand factory outlets. Students working in area of Marketing report to Mr. Vijay.The feedback of the students was taken from the company on around 22 nd June 2013. The overall feedback for all the three students was found to be satisfactory wherein they hinted in offered pre placements offers in the area of marketing.
Mr. Hardik and Vijay gave a very positive feedback about the students pursuing their internship in the company. He said the skills required by the students are adequate but can work more in the area of communication. The students are doing their work sincerely and regularly. They added that they are very happy with the students work.
Brand factory wants students to be more focused and oriented toward retail sector as whole and wants college to come up with certain credits on Retail sector. They were very positive for future outlook and long term collaboration with our college in terms of recruitment for SIP, Final placements and live projects too.
Prepared By: Prof. Abhijeet Singh L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA BTC (Battery and Tyre Care)
BTC is an upcoming Battery and Tyre Care company situated in Satellite, Ahmedabad. BTC mainly deals in selling of different brands of batteries and tyres for cars, heavy duty cars, bikes, SUVs, industrial trucks, etc wherein they have division in maintenance for the same too.
They are one of the major dealers in Battery and Tyre care market in Ahmedabad.
BTC is looking for aggressive expansion and tie ups with OEMs and dealers from Mumbai, Delhi so that they can become one of the largest dealers in Gujarat.
The vision and mission of BTC is very focused and they plan to increase their capacity 3 folds in coming 6 months.
Projects at BTC
BTC has recruited Jatin Barot mainly to handle their operations, marketing of their brands, expansion strategy and visits to all India exhibitions focused on Automobiles, Batteries and Tyre care accessories. Jatin reports to Mr. Janak Jagirdar, founder of BTC. The feedback of the student was taken from the company on around 23r d June 2013. The overall feedback student was found to be satisfactory.
Mr. Janak gave a very positive feedback for Jatin pursuing their internship in the company and complimented by adding that he is very sharp, committed, good presence of mind and sense of purpose. He said the skills required by the students are adequate but again stressed that students can work more in the area of communication. Jatin is doing his work sincerely and regularly. They added that they are very happy with Jatins work.
BTC was very positive for future outlook and long term collaboration with our college in terms of recruitment for SIP, Final placements and live projects too.
Mr. Janak Jagirdar Founder, BTC
Prepared By: Prof. Abhijeet Singh L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA SHREE GUJARAT INDUSTRIES
Shree Gujarat Industries is one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of a wide range of building materials products. The company is based at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India and their products are well established in the market. They produce scaffolding items. They Have 3 sheds in Ahmedabad. Yogeshbhai Patel is promoter of company who established company in 2005. Companys annual turnover is around Rs.1.35 Crore. There are 3 students from LJMBA, Vaishakh Nair, Umang Patel and Monal Soni are pursuing summer internship in the company. The students are given project on sales promotion activities of their building products. They are taught all the aspects and theories of different sales promotion activities in the company. Mr. Harikrishna Patel, Managing Director informed that all three students are doing good. Students are very serious about their work. Students go and meet clients. Mr. Patel also added that students are enthusiastic about field work. They require people who have special knowledge of market requirement and building products. Marketing specialization students have good scope in the organization.
Prepared By: Prof. Disha Mehta
L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA Austin Engineering Co. Ltd Overview: Austin Engineering, a Junagadh based company is promoted by Mr S.M Thanki and is in business since 1973. The company manufactures bearings and offers many variants of its products in its product line. Austin has an annual turnover of approximately 86 Crore Rupees. Around 60% of the companys production is exported to USA and Italy. The company has employee strength of 650 employees and is still growing. Austin engineering is planning to add few more variants of industrial bearings (2100 mm) to its already existing range of bearing starting 1mm to 1800 mm. Project assigned and Mentor: Mr. Amit Joshi, Astt Manager HR, is guiding our student, Dipen Chauhan in his summer internship at Austin. Our student has been assigned the task to carry out a consumer satisfaction survey and identify the satisfaction levels of its products and services. The student needs to exemplify his analytical skills and market research knowledge to carry out the work effectively. Feedback: The company mentor has given a positive feedback for the student and is happy with his sincerity, discipline and the efforts being put to carry out the task assigned to him. The guide is also happy with the domain knowledge that the student possesses of the management area.
Prepared By: Prof. Meetali Saxena L. J. Institute of Management Studies, LJMBA
Bajaj Tiles Student Name: Nilesh Patel This time around, Bajaj Tiles selected one student for its summer internship project. The student will prepare a project report on financial analysis and will explore the financial position of the company. The skills required for undertaking this work are critical and evaluative in nature. The guide, Mr.Ashok, appears pleased with the performance of the L.J. College of Management recruit and reportedly admires his regular attendance and sense of professionalism. After working there, Mr.Ashok looks forward to the candidate making a presentation on the topic of product placement and the search for raw materials. Finally, the company would like to expand by launching a new design every month.
Prepared by: Dr. Archan Mehta Mr. Nilesh Patel & Mr. Ashok Patel, Manager (Accounts) Established in 2004, Bajaj Tiles is a company with 154 employees. Located in Kadi, Mehsana, this company produces wall tiles in different sizes. With an annual turnover of 40 crore rupees, Bajaj Tiles caters to a domestic market and does not have any trade relations abroad.