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  Adi Godrej - MBA Program
Godrej has also been involved in the company’s philanthropic efforts, which center on the environment, family planning, and education.
Godrej notes with satisfaction that the Godrej Group has continued to stay in the forefront of Indian business and has begun to globalize its operations.
Adi Godrej is devoting much of his attention to the future.
mitsloan.mit.edu /mba/alumni/godrej.php   (565 words)

  
 Adi Godrej: Middle class billionaire
We tell him Godrej products may be doing well, but it's a bit hard to digest that the owner of a Rs 5,500-crore (Rs 55 billion) group, who can afford the best and the costliest products in the world, uses only Godrej products.
Godrej has middle class values, courtesy his mother who was a schoolteacher and taught him "the greatest lesson -- humility", but believes in living life king-size.
Godrej, however, feels this is a needless discussion, as professionals have nothing to worry in a well-managed family business.
www.rediff.com /money/2005/aug/09inter.htm   (886 words)

  
 Godrej Properties
Godrej Properties firmly believes that it is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the increased need for excellence in real estate.
I am proud of the fact that Godrej Properties was the first Indian real estate development company to have obtained an ISO 9000 certification.
Godrej Properties is led by experienced, energetic managers focused on the company’s core competencies.
www.godrejproperties.com /ChairmansMsg.htm   (179 words)

  
 The View Group-Advisors
Godrej is Chairman of the Godrej Group of companies, one of India's largest and most highly regarded conglomerates.
Godrej serves as a member of the National Council of The Confederation of Indian Industry and a member of the Dean's Advisory Council of the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Godrej received his undergraduate and Master's degree in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
www.viewgroup.com /htms/advisors   (2607 words)

  
 Godrej Soaps to sell part-stake in Sara Lee
The move is aimed at enabling Godrej Soaps to reduce its debt and improve its debt-equity ratio.
Godrej Soaps is reeling under a high debt burden of Rs 343 crore (Rs 464 crore in 1998-99).
Godrej Sara Lee is a leading player in the household insecticides market with a share of 37 per cent.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/20000801/fco01077.html   (464 words)

  
  Billionaires.co.in » Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej is one of the icons of Indian Industry.
Adi Godrej left India at the age of 17 to enroll at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Godrej is major supporter of the World Wildlife Fund in India, it has developed a green business campus in the Vikhroli township of Mumbai, which includes a 150-acre mangrove forest and a school for the children of company employees.
www.billionaires.co.in /2006/10/04/adi-godrej   (237 words)

  
 Godrej Story
Even after joining the family business at his father's insistence, Sohrab felt ignored and isolated, as he was not of a mechanical bent of mind and had nothing to contribute by way of manufacturing.
The author has drawn upon wide research, and extensive interviews with all members of the Godrej family and with key Godrej employees, retired and in service, to present a well-rounded, informative and entertaining portrait of a remarkable industrial house.
He carried on, for twelve years, racked by pain that was somewhat assuaged by the love that now came to him in redoubled measure from his workers...
www.godrej.com /gstory/gstory.htm   (566 words)

  
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His company Godrej Properties is keen to make the most out of the markets before the realty boom goes bust.
Currently, Godrej Properties has 20 million square feet under development and has a turnover of about Rs 450 crore or eight per cent of the group turnover, with plans to double this in a year.
It is a private company and the promoters, Godrej Industries have a controlling stake of over 80 per cent," said Adi Godrej, Chairman - Godrej Industries.
www.ndtvprofit.com /homepage/storybusinessnew.asp?template=&whichstory=n&id=37123   (292 words)

  
 Welcome to 4Ps
Godrej hopes to account for almost 80% of the AC market through their extensive channel network comprising consumer sales outlets, dealers and a target of around 5,000 outlets exclusively selling ACs, out of the 15,000 outlets that they have in total.
Outlining future plans, Adi Godrej, Chairman of the Godrej Group has said that his company seeks to compete not only with the MNCs who have already made their entry into the Indian bazaar but all over the world.
Godrej has accepted the challenge and is continuing to fight tooth and nail to protect its turf.
www.businessandeconomy.org /100/feb-06/corporate1.html   (523 words)

  
 Godrej group charts succession plan-India Business-Business-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Godrej family is one of the oldest business families in Mumbai, running the 109-year old empire which has now extended into the fourth generation.
The eldest of the next generation of Godrejs, Tanya, is director on the board of Godrej Industries.
The Godrejs also have a family council which meets periodically to discuss ownership matters to keep members of the family business abreast of the developments.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /NEWS/India_Business/Godrej_group_charts_succession_plan/articleshow/629929.cms   (544 words)

  
 FMCG buoyancy to continue: Adi Godrej - Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Godrej Properties, which works on a model of joint ventures with landowners, is in the process of developing large projects in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore.
Godrej Agrovet is into animal feeds and has made a foray into the rural retailing business under the brand name `Aadhaar'.
Godrej Agrovet's Aadhaar will have a synergistic link with the company's urban retail outlet called Nature's Basket, which entails retailing of fruits and vegetables in the metros.
sify.com /finance/equity/derivatives/fullstory.php?id=13971378   (638 words)

  
 Business World - Marketing
Sitting in his spacious, glass-walled cabin in the sprawling Vikhroli complex in Mumbai, Adi B. Godrej, managing director of Godrej Soaps, believes he is firmly on his way to solving, once and for all, the problems that have dogged his Rs 900 crore flagship for the past four years.
While Adi Godrej is going all out to reposition his flagship, not too many people are cheering.
Adi Godrej believes that hawking equity in joint ventures or a subsidiary is an important part of unlocking shareholder value.
www.businessworldindia.com /archive/991018/mktg4.htm   (1706 words)

  
 Realty boom to be core driver for Godrej Group : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Godrej’s new restructured business plan now includes the unlocking of its vast land assets in Mumbai, principally the more-than 2,000 acres of land in its Vikhroli estate in Mumbai’s north east suburbs that had so far been embroiled in disputes involving the Urban Land Ceiling Act.
In Godrej Properties, 83 percent equity is held by Godrej Industries, while  13 per cent vests with the Godrej family.
At the national level, Godrej is set to bring in other land holdings into property development.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1866095,00020009.htm   (638 words)

  
 Godrej withdraws soap brand Nimin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
GODREJ Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) has decided to withdraw its latest soap brand, Nimin, from the market.
Targeted at the entire family, the health soap was said to be made from 100 per cent vegetable oils and combined the goodness of natural ingredients such as neem, tulsi and lime.
Mr Godrej said, "We had a strong rural thrust planned for the new brand and it was not a metro product in a big way."" GCPL had appointed Mudra as its ad agency for the Nimin brand.
www.chemicalhouse.com:8080 /nl_new/jsp/viewnewsitem.jsp?id=352&newsitemid=1012&type=general&categoryname=Soap   (366 words)

  
 Adi Godrej: Chief Executive Officer, Godrej Group,FMCG and Real Estate Leader,FMCG and Real Estate Leader
Adi Godrej has been on a restructuring move of sorts.
Adi Godrej once remarked that in Europe and the west the hair colour market is suibstantially larger then the soaps market.
Broadly Adi Godrej is not a Sunil Mittal he prefers to take things as they come along and is interested to change the pace a bit not the direction.
www.theequitydesk.com /adi_godrej.asp   (213 words)

  
 Adi Godrej Delivers Talk at Leadership Lecture Series of SJMSOM-IIT Mumbai
Adi Godrej is one of the very few industry stalwarts who have witnessed the growth of Indian industry from pre-liberalization to post-liberalization era.
Godrej, a very important ingredient in any team today is the need to be creative.
Godrej, he said, has been a well-accepted brand since a long time in the Indian market.
www.coolavenues.com /bschools/070129/sjmsom-godrej-1.php   (495 words)

  
 Adi Godrej
The co-founder and the managing director of the Godrej Group of companies, Adi Godrej, was born into a business family and left India at the age of 17 to study business management.
Adi made the management structure more systematic and modernized and initiated the process of improving the standards of the products.
Adi has made the best possible use of the process of globalisation in the country.
www.mapsofindia.com /who-is-who/business-economy/adi-godrej.html   (274 words)

  
 MAGINDIA.COM - Godrej Soaps -- Ensuring a clean break for employees
She was among the 2,650 people at Godrej Soaps to receive the letter.
Of this, 1,000 people will go to Godrej Consumer Products Ltd and the balance will be part of Godrej Industries Ltd. The idea behind the demerger was to focus on consumer products so as to enable this business to grow better independently.
Accordingly, the company is in the process of drawing up an HR plan to identify characteristics or traits that are required in people for their development in both the new companies.
www.magindia.com /manarch/news/man1323.html   (1487 words)

  
 Equitymaster.com : “One VAT rate would be a key inflection point for the economy”
As the man in charge of the Godrej Group, he is quite well known.
Godrej: In my view, there are two key negatives from this budget.
Godrej: I don’t have a view on that, because it’s a negligible tax.
www.equitymaster.com /detail.asp?date=3/01/2005&story=2   (825 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Business
Godrej, however, hasn’t identified a location where the project will come up.
Adi Godrej also plans to acquire companies making consumer care products both in India and abroad.
Another group company, Godrej and Boyce, managed by Jamshyd Godrej, has already evinced interest in setting up a furniture manufacturing plant in the state.
www.telegraphindia.com /1060923/asp/business/story_6783127.asp   (366 words)

  
 MAKING IT YOUR ADVANTAGE
Renamed Godrej Upstream Ltd. the call center is to be expanded from the present 100 seats to 500 by the end of the year.
We have set a target of expanding from 100 seats to 500 seats by the end of this year and going forward, we expect India to be the preferred outsourcing destination.
Godrej Upstream is a provider of call center and customer care service with three call centers in the US and one in India.
www.ciol.com /content/search/showarticle.asp?arid=53395&way=search   (316 words)

  
 Moneycontrol India :: News :: Where is the FMCG sector headed? :: :: Business :: FMCG ,Adi Godrej, Godrej ...
Adi Godrej, Chairman of Godrej Industries and Nikhil Vora of SSKI give their perspective on where the FMCG sector is headed.
Godrej says that there has been a little bit of cost push which is leading to price pushes.
Adi Godrej expects volume growth to continue very strongly.
www.moneycontrol.com /india/news/business/fmcgadigodrej/whereisfmcgsectorheaded/08/13/article/249746   (439 words)

  
 Realty boom to be core driver for Godrej Group : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Godrej’s new restructured business plan now includes the unlocking of its vast land assets in Mumbai, principally the more-than 2,000 acres of land in its Vikhroli estate in Mumbai’s north east suburbs that had so far been embroiled in disputes involving the Urban Land Ceiling Act.
In Godrej Properties, 83 percent equity is held by Godrej Industries, while  13 per cent vests with the Godrej family.
At Vikhroli, Godrej and Boyce has sought the state government’s exemption for the surplus land under the ULC Act for tourism and commercial activities.
www.hindustantimes.in /news/181_1866095,00020009.htm   (638 words)

  
 MVA 500: Godrej: The Quest For Value
Adi Godrej hasn't exactly had much to write to his shareholders about.
Godrej's point is that EVA isn't only pertinent to the performing businesses, but in fact is more relevant to the slackers.
Godrej is counting on this new compensation system discouraging any attempts at gunshot growth, from those with an eye on short-term benefits.
www.india-today.com /btoday/20010306/mva2.html   (2137 words)

  
 Indonesia Investment Online - Whats New
Mumbai, India, September 25, 2006 (NDTVP) - Adi Godrej is looking east to Indonesia to get some extra palm oil to increase his market share.
His flagship company, Godrej Industries, is planning to buy out a palm oil plantation in Indonesia, which will cater to the global market that's growing at 20-25 per cent every year.
Godrej consumer has made three acquisitions over the last year, and the chief is looking at inorganic growth for expansion not just for the FMCG company, but also for the group as a whole.
www.bkpm.go.id /bkpm/news.php?mode=baca&info_id=4729   (419 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : FMCG sector buoyancy to continue: Adi Godrej
Godrej Properties, which works on a model of joint ventures with landowners, is in the process of developing large projects in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore.
Godrej Agrovet is into animal feeds and has made a foray into the rural retailing business under the brand name `Aadhaar'.
Godrej Agrovet's Aadhaar will have a synergistic link with the company's urban retail outlet called Nature's Basket, which entails retailing of fruits and vegetables in the metros.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /bline/2005/10/25/stories/2005102501150800.htm   (796 words)

  
 Moneycontrol India :: News :: Adi Godrej hopes duty on raw materials come down :: :: Budget Interviews :: Adi ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Adi Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director of Godrej Consumer gives his perspective on what to expect from the food processing and the FMCG business as a whole when Budget 2007 unveils itself.
Godrej states that there should be no excise duty on processed food products for 5-10 years to enable the industry to grow.
Q: Prima facie, what would your expectations be from the Budget on the food processing side, especially even from the rural demand side because it was addressed in parts of the last Budget but a lot of the FMCG players seem to be tapping the rural division.
cnbc-tv18.moneycontrol.com /india/news/budgetinterviews/adigodrejgodrejconsumer/adigodrejhopesd/market/stocks/article/268103   (1178 words)

  
 New products from Godrej stable likely
Godrej Soaps is open to acquisitions, Godrej said, but added that nothing's on the anvil since there were not many brands on offer at the moment.
Godrej also ruled out any possibility of his company to get into joint ventures in the near future.
Godrej also said the company is deemphasising on foods business and hence may even divest its stake in Godrej Pillsbury, the Rs 55 crore joint venture in which the Godrej group holds a 49 per cent stake.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20001008/ibu08062.html   (493 words)

  
 Hershey to buy stake in India company - Boston.com
The business will be renamed Godrej Hershey Food and Beverages Ltd. with the parent company holding 43 percent, said Adi Godrej, chairman of Godrej Industries.
Agarwal said the company will use two of Godrej's existing factories to manufacture Hershey products, and that new manufacturing facilities will be added depending on sales and demand.
Both Godrej and Hershey have a history of more than 100 years and operate large distribution networks in their respective countries.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2007/04/03/hershey_to_buy_stake_in_india_company   (322 words)

  
 agencyfaqs! > news & features > media newslets > Adi Godrej on BBC World's Back To The Floor
This week the guest on BBC World's new Back To The Floor series is Adi Godrej, chairman of Godrej Group.
In this episode, Adi Godrej goes Back To The Floor literally and takes to the streets to seize the challenge of leading his sales army that drives the market for his company's soaps and hair dyes.
After his return from the bustle of the marketplace to the calm confines of his office, Godrej resumes the chairman's responsibilities and meets with the executive committee to review the Godrej sales system.
www.agencyfaqs.com /media/media_newslets/Media/1940.html   (247 words)

  
 Indiainfoline.com
Godrej is a Director of numerous firms, including Godrej and Boyce Mfg.
Godrej also serves as a member of the National Council of The Confederation of Indian Industry He is a member of the Governing Board of the Indian School of Business and a member of the Wharton Asian Executive Board.s
Adi Godrej said that toiletries and hair colour segments would grow faster than soaps and detergents.
www.indiainfoline.com /news/showleader.asp?storyId=392&lmn=1   (1331 words)

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