Mumbai Dabbawalas –the lessons they taught me by Sunil Karve‚ Founder Trustee & Vice Chairman – MET League of Colleges The famous Mumbai Dabbawalas were at the MET League of Colleges a few days ago. They made the same presentation they had delivered at Harvard Business School. At an interesting and interactive session they spoke about the organisational structure‚ working style‚ and delivery systems of their organisation – the Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Supplier’s Association – to a packed weekend
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In what ways is mumbai important as a metropolitan city? Mumbai serves as an important economic hub of the country‚ contributing 10% of all factory employment‚ 40% of all income tax collections‚ 60% of all customs duty collections‚ 20% of all central excise tax collections‚ 40% of India’s foreign trade and Rupees 40 billion (US$ 9 billion) in corporate taxes. Mumbai’s per-capita income is Rs.48‚954 which is almost three times the national average. Many of India’s numerous conglomerates (including State
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN MUMBAI MICHAEL RAJU MARIADAS F09038 Contents INTRODUCTION 3 HISTORY 3 GEOGRAPHY 3 CLIMATE 4 CULTURE 4 CHRONIC RESPIRATORY
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The Mumbai-Pune industrial belt is the most important industrial region of the country. The region owes its origin to the British rule in India. The British got the Mumbai Island as a marriage gift of Catherine of Braganza’s dowry in 1661. The seizure of Cassette in 1774‚ the collapse of Maratha power in 1818‚ the opening of the Bhorghat to Pune in 1830‚ the opening of steamer service through Suez Canal in 1843 and the opening of the first railway track of 32 km in 1853 between Mumbai and Thane
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Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) is a joint venture company formed by Reliance Infrastructure‚ Veolia Transport and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) based in Mumbai‚ India. It is the operator of Mumbai Metro‚ a rapid transit system under construction in the Indian city of Mumbai.[1] The joint venture bagged the contract for the 2‚356 crore (US$400 million) for building a 12-km metro line between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar.[2] In October 2008‚ MMOPL had signed the loan agreements
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Case Study on Dabbawallah of Mumbai Submitted by : RIL -MDP Taruna Upadhyaya Pankaj Nimavat Siddhartha Chaturvedi Assignment Questions for the case: 1. What is the basis for the success of the Dabbawallahs of Mumbai? What factors need to be in place for a service like the Dabbawallahs to work effectively? Basis for the success of the Dabbawallahs of Mumbai is that they were all working for a single purpose of delivering a dabba in time for the customer’s lunch. Several distinctive and
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INTRODUCTION A dabbawala; also spelled as dabbawalla or dabbawallah; is a person in India‚ most commonly in Mumbai‚ who collects freshly cooked food in lunch boxes from the residences of mostly-suburban office workers‚ delivering it to their respective workplaces and returning the empty boxes back to the customer’s residence by using various modes of transport. "Tiffin" is an Anglo-Indian word‚ derived from obsolete English slang "tiffing" (to sip)‚ for a light lunch or afternoon snack‚ and sometimes
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Mumbai Monorail The Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction for the city of Mumbai‚ India. The project is being implemented by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA‚ with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and a consortium of Malaysian infrastructure Scomi Engineering. It will be the first monorail in India.[4][5] Construction began in January 2009.[6] The first line is scheduled to be commissioned in April 2013.[7] History Vilasrao Deshmukh‚ the then Chief Minister
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Mumbai police on lookout for second alleged rapist The day after the second survivor of a gang-rape at Shakti Mill lodged a complaint‚ the Mumbai Police said one of the accused who has fled Maharashtra and three Police teams are looking for him. The survivor had alleged that she was raped by five men at Shakti Mill on July 31‚ three of them later arrested for the gang-rape of the photojournalist at the same spot. Of the other two accused‚ the police then managed to arrest a juvenile on Tuesday
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