The Sweden-based cosmetics company Oriflame is set to introduce 150 more products in India by next year, as competition among direct-selling companies in India rises with the entry of more multi-national players.
In one of the biggest such programmes, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is investing Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) over three years in remodelling its campus to make room for 25 per cent more students and give it an international look.
While starting salaries range between Rs 8,000 and Rs 15,000, one can also start one's own business after gaining a few years of experience.
With growth in mobility and mobile penetration levels in tier II and III towns and cities, Microsoft India is looking at a larger chunk of its mobility business from these regions.
Kolkata-based Webel Mediatronics Ltd - a subsidiary of West Bengal Electronic Industry Development Corporation Limited, is planning to start manufacturing and designing motorised wheelchair and digital hearing aid
DocuShare makes it easy for corporates to share ad hoc information more efficiently and allows organisations to do away with the time, labour, and cost of maintaining paper files.
ITC Limited is planning to aggressively scale up its FMCG business and expand the portfolio by staging an entry into the home and personal care market, in an attempt to be the leading FMCG player in the country.
Zee Interactive Learning Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zee Telefilms, has firmed up its plans to provide 'smart' schooling in Kolkata.
The idea is to integrate its businesses and emerge as a complete entertainment giant.
The Kolkata-based organisation imparts them free vocational training and assured placements.
Educational institutions led advertising with 68 per cent share in Jan-May '07, followed by coaching centres with a 15 per cent share.
After shampoos and oral care, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are betting big on soaps this year.
The Indian paints industry is likely to piggyback the increased activity in the housing sector and higher sales of automobiles and two-wheelers as well as consumer durables, thanks to rising personal incomes.
Kolkata's Shrachi group has joined hands with two non-resident Indians for a housing complex exclusively for NRIs and their parents living in India.
Rural retail seems to be keeping a lot of women in villages across the country on their toes.
PVR Cinemas, the Rs 180 crore (Rs 1.8 billion) multiplex chain, is foraying into eastern India this financial year. It is looking at setting up 50-60 screens in 7-8 locations in eastern India within the next 5 years.
Consumer durables major Godrej & Boyce plans to enter the television segment in 2008.
Seagram India, a Pernod Ricard group company and the world's second largest wine and spirits conglomerate, is looking at positioning itself as an Indian brand
The Rs 300-crore (Rs 3 billion) Vimal textile brand, launched 27 years ago by Reliance Industries, is preparing for a major comeback this April.
The wireless phone subscriber base in India has already crossed 100 million mark and is expected to more than double to 265.2 million by 2010