Mumbai (play /mʊmˈbaɪ/; Marathi: मुंबई‚ Mumbaī‚ IPA: [mumbə.i] ( listen))‚ formerly known as Bombay (/bɒmˈbeɪ/) in English due to British colonial/imperialist renaming policies‚ is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India‚ and the sixth most populous city in the world‚ with a population of approximately 20.5 million. Along with the neighbouring urban areas‚ including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane‚ it is one of the most populous urban regions in the
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Mumbai‚ earlier called Bombay‚ is the commercial and entertainment capital of our country. It houses a very large population of around 10 million. You can find people from all religions and cultures here. Mumbai has been growing for almost five hundred years now. Originally‚ Mumbai was nothing but seven swampy islands in the Arabian Sea. But when the Portuguese came to India in 1534‚ they saw potential in these islands and captured them. Soon‚ this place became was established as trading centre
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Project Mumbai/ 2014 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) Mumbai‚ India UNDER THE GUIDANCE: UNDER THE GUIDANCE : Prof. BALAJI RAMADURAI‚ PMP (balajir16@gmail.com) Clean Mumbai Project PROJECT MEMBERS Avinash Mishra Supriya Mote Vaishali Kulkarni (avi1412@gmail.com) (supriyamote7@gmail.com) (vdkulkarni92@gmail.com) 1 VJTI/ Swach Bharat Project - Mumbai/ 2014 2 MUM --- BAI VJTI/ Swach Bharat Project - Mumbai/ 2014 3 Clean Mumbai Project • Major Problems of Mumbai 1.Sanitation
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Bombay Dabbawalas go high-tech For over a century they delivered hot lunch in packages to thousands of Bombay’s working people with almost faultless efficiency without the help of information technology. But now Bombay’s ubiquitous Dabbawalas lunch deliverymen have realized that they need to go high-tech after all -- not only to expand their business but also for their social security. The Bombay Tiffin Box Suppliers Association‚ an association of 5‚000 lunch deliverymen who are called Dabbawalas
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The effect of Globalization on Mumbai Chaitik Doshi F09074 Contents Introduction 2 Mumbai – A Cultural Diversity 3 A Brief History 4 A Glocalised World 5 Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project 6 Navi Mumbai International Airport 11 Mumbai – A Global Financial Hub 13 A Dangerous City to Live In 14 Mumbai 2020: A Vision 17 References 18 Introduction Globalization has been an integral part of India’s progress. It has opened up new avenues for growth. One of the biggest
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Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Hospitality Sector Based in Mumbai Region Oshma Rosette Pinto Assistant Professor‚ Pillai Institute of Management Studies and Research‚ New Panvel Navi Mumbai E-mail: pinto.rosette@gmail.com ABSTRACT The Global financial crisis from 2005 to the present is considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was triggered by a liquidity shortfall in the United States Banking system which resulted in the
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metro cities like Mumbai. The standard of living in rural areas as well as urban areas has been ever-increasing which will further raise the strain and pressures on human mind. People are traveling far away places for their job which forbids them to have their daily food at home. A packed lunch will always be a better alternative than junk food grabbed from a fast food outlet. So people prefer a ‘Dabba’ which has become a necessity in Metro Cities. Why Tiffin Box Suppliers ? Mumbai is a densely populated
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TRAVELOGUE : MUMBAI Mumbai‚ the city of Sri Mahalakshmi‚ where the goddess of fortune and abundance resides and grants favours‚ worshipped by countless devotees who have made Mumbai their home. Little boxes‚ people on people‚ concrete humanity. The only city where it all works‚ against all odds. A city within which people strive for excellence or how would they stand the pace of desperate living here. A city of crime‚ where the crime is not visible. A city where you feel safe no matter who‚ where
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Mumbai – the city of dreams‚ the city of broken dreams. Millions go unnoticed like sand castles washed away at the beach‚ millions are attracted by the skyscrapers of Elphinstone‚ and millions are immortalized like the Elephanta-s. From Haji Ali to Siddhivinayak‚ from local trains to the Vada Pav‚ from the boulders of Bandstand to the sands of Juhu‚ from Mangeshkar to Tendulkar‚ from the Khans to the Bachchans‚ it is ‘Aamchi Mumbai’ all the way. From the trawlers’ struggle for fresh catch to the
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Mumbai Script History of Mumbai To understand the urban developments that have occurred within Mumbai we must first look briefly at the history of the City. Mumbai was originally made up of just a small amount of fishing villages. This was until 1662 when it colonised by the British as part of their expansion of the empire. As a result of this‚ Mumbai became a port used by Europeans due to it being the closest proximity to the subcontinent. This increase in activity led to a subsequent jump in the
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