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Doing Business in India & Understanding Pitfalls
India Business -understanding challenges and pitfalls while doing business in India. This book offers illuminating insights into the Indian business environment.
"The only book on understanding pitfalls while doing business in India".
This practical book will create awareness about business environment in India and certainly help you in avoiding the cost of expensive mistake. This book is ideal for business leaders, managers or entrepreneurs from the West who are planning or already doing business in India.
This book is written by an Indian entrepreneur for Westerners who are doing business with Indians or are planning to do business in India.
Contents include:
Part 1: Understanding the Indian Mind
What motivates Indian people most?
Negotiations in India
Where Indians spend most of their life savings?
The culture of saving money
Where do Indians save money?
Part 2: Doing Business and Understanding Pitfalls
Myth about 300 millions middle class consumers
Retail sector
Dealing with PR agencies
Real estate
Education system
BPO’s industry
Banking services
Telecommunication services
Legal system
How Indian companies stay competitive?
Can India sustain about 8% growth until 2020?
Potential pitfalls while doing business in India
Key facts about India
Reference
Useful websites
About the author: Subodh Gupta
Subodh Gupta is the author of the books "Doing Business in India and Understanding Pitfalls" and "Understanding Indian Culture & Bridging the Communication Gap".
He brings a wealth of cultural knowledge and experience about Indian business environment following a career in India where he worked for around 12 years as a government official, an entrepreneur, an editor to a business journal, a guest professor to various MBA schools, a training consultant for The Times of India Group (India’s largest media group) and as a corporate trainer. He worked around 8 years in the UK as a freelance trainer and consultant.
His training experience spans from senior corporate level to journalist, to senior government officials, to MBA schools, to entrepreneurs, etc.
Passionate about developing people skills, he brings fun and interactive learning to his training and is committed to help people achieve their aims and objectives.
Subodh has worked with a number of Indian and International clients, including Sapient UK, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, International Data Corporation, Oracle, DFID UK, Betfair Limited UK, SAKATA, Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited, Delhi Management Association, DSCL limited, The Times of India, Royal Aeronautical Society UK, etc.
Subodh has a Masters in Consultancy Management from CDC-BITS Pilani, India; Diploma in Public Relations (UK) and a Cert in the Training Practice from CIPD UK.
He is also a graduate CIVIL ENGINEER from Institution of Engineers India. A keen yoga and meditation practitioner he has also trained number of celebrities in India and in the UK.
Subodh has been interviewed by various TV Channels and his views and articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers in India and in the UK.
"The only book on understanding pitfalls while doing business in India".
This practical book will create awareness about business environment in India and certainly help you in avoiding the cost of expensive mistake. This book is ideal for business leaders, managers or entrepreneurs from the West who are planning or already doing business in India.
This book is written by an Indian entrepreneur for Westerners who are doing business with Indians or are planning to do business in India.
Contents include:
Part 1: Understanding the Indian Mind
What motivates Indian people most?
Negotiations in India
Where Indians spend most of their life savings?
The culture of saving money
Where do Indians save money?
Part 2: Doing Business and Understanding Pitfalls
Myth about 300 millions middle class consumers
Retail sector
Dealing with PR agencies
Real estate
Education system
BPO’s industry
Banking services
Telecommunication services
Legal system
How Indian companies stay competitive?
Can India sustain about 8% growth until 2020?
Potential pitfalls while doing business in India
Key facts about India
Reference
Useful websites
About the author: Subodh Gupta
Subodh Gupta is the author of the books "Doing Business in India and Understanding Pitfalls" and "Understanding Indian Culture & Bridging the Communication Gap".
He brings a wealth of cultural knowledge and experience about Indian business environment following a career in India where he worked for around 12 years as a government official, an entrepreneur, an editor to a business journal, a guest professor to various MBA schools, a training consultant for The Times of India Group (India’s largest media group) and as a corporate trainer. He worked around 8 years in the UK as a freelance trainer and consultant.
His training experience spans from senior corporate level to journalist, to senior government officials, to MBA schools, to entrepreneurs, etc.
Passionate about developing people skills, he brings fun and interactive learning to his training and is committed to help people achieve their aims and objectives.
Subodh has worked with a number of Indian and International clients, including Sapient UK, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, International Data Corporation, Oracle, DFID UK, Betfair Limited UK, SAKATA, Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited, Delhi Management Association, DSCL limited, The Times of India, Royal Aeronautical Society UK, etc.
Subodh has a Masters in Consultancy Management from CDC-BITS Pilani, India; Diploma in Public Relations (UK) and a Cert in the Training Practice from CIPD UK.
He is also a graduate CIVIL ENGINEER from Institution of Engineers India. A keen yoga and meditation practitioner he has also trained number of celebrities in India and in the UK.
Subodh has been interviewed by various TV Channels and his views and articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers in India and in the UK.
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23 books4 followersAbout Celebrity Trainer Subodh Gupta
We believe in wellness training for managing stress, weight loss and fitness with the help of yoga, nutrition, counselling and palm reading.
We provide training programs for celebrities and corporate organizations at work place and at our studios in Wimbledon, Fulham and Hammersmith in London.
Brief about Subodh Gupta
Interviewed and appeared on
Aaj Tak TV channel
Tez TV channel
Jain TV
Sadhana TV channel
ZEE TV
DD Metro TV channel in India
Channel S in London
CNN/IBN
TIMESNOW TV news channel
ITV E4 in London (Made in Chelsea)
ITV Secret Eaters
BBC Radio London
Mr. Gupta, 43, has worked as consultant with The Times of India group (India's largest Media Group), and has years of experience as celebrity and corporate trainer on conducting yoga, weight management and stress management classes and workshops. Mr. Gupta has organized
yoga workshops for a number of corporate organizations in India and London.
In addition to yoga, weight loss and stress management, Mr. Gupta has also organized workshops on work life balance, art of managing personal relationship, knowing oneself, team
building, etc. Mr. Gupta has organized more than 500 workshops.
Subodh Gupta is a certified yoga trainer in the UK. He has also written several articles on yoga.
His articles and views have been published in magazines and newspapers such as
Telegraph UK
Times UK
Personnel Today
Guardian
Marie Clare
AOL Living
AOL News Obesity
The Eternal Solutions
The complete well being
Joyful living
The Analyst
Life Positive
Women and Home (UK)
Slim at Home (UK)
Take 5 magazine (Daily Star UK)
Zest UK magazine (UK)
Full House magazine (UK)
Haute Living Magazine
Vegetarian Living (UK)
Mid Day
Tone News
Pick me up
Medical News Today
Yahoo India
IndiaTimes
The Times of India
Hindustan Times
The Economics Times
The London paper
Clandis (UK)
Fabulous (UK)
Essentials Managzine (UK)
He is also a member of REPs in the UK.
Subodh Gupta is the author of numerous books available at Amazon, Barnes and Nobles.
Art of Breathing for Stress Free Life
Gentle Yoga for 50 Plus
7 Food Habits for Weight Loss Forever
Corporate Yoga
Yoga for Golfers
Stress Management a Holistic Approach
Simplified Yoga for Backache
India Culture and Travel Scam
We believe in wellness training for managing stress, weight loss and fitness with the help of yoga, nutrition, counselling and palm reading.
We provide training programs for celebrities and corporate organizations at work place and at our studios in Wimbledon, Fulham and Hammersmith in London.
Brief about Subodh Gupta
Interviewed and appeared on
Aaj Tak TV channel
Tez TV channel
Jain TV
Sadhana TV channel
ZEE TV
DD Metro TV channel in India
Channel S in London
CNN/IBN
TIMESNOW TV news channel
ITV E4 in London (Made in Chelsea)
ITV Secret Eaters
BBC Radio London
Mr. Gupta, 43, has worked as consultant with The Times of India group (India's largest Media Group), and has years of experience as celebrity and corporate trainer on conducting yoga, weight management and stress management classes and workshops. Mr. Gupta has organized
yoga workshops for a number of corporate organizations in India and London.
In addition to yoga, weight loss and stress management, Mr. Gupta has also organized workshops on work life balance, art of managing personal relationship, knowing oneself, team
building, etc. Mr. Gupta has organized more than 500 workshops.
Subodh Gupta is a certified yoga trainer in the UK. He has also written several articles on yoga.
His articles and views have been published in magazines and newspapers such as
Telegraph UK
Times UK
Personnel Today
Guardian
Marie Clare
AOL Living
AOL News Obesity
The Eternal Solutions
The complete well being
Joyful living
The Analyst
Life Positive
Women and Home (UK)
Slim at Home (UK)
Take 5 magazine (Daily Star UK)
Zest UK magazine (UK)
Full House magazine (UK)
Haute Living Magazine
Vegetarian Living (UK)
Mid Day
Tone News
Pick me up
Medical News Today
Yahoo India
IndiaTimes
The Times of India
Hindustan Times
The Economics Times
The London paper
Clandis (UK)
Fabulous (UK)
Essentials Managzine (UK)
He is also a member of REPs in the UK.
Subodh Gupta is the author of numerous books available at Amazon, Barnes and Nobles.
Art of Breathing for Stress Free Life
Gentle Yoga for 50 Plus
7 Food Habits for Weight Loss Forever
Corporate Yoga
Yoga for Golfers
Stress Management a Holistic Approach
Simplified Yoga for Backache
India Culture and Travel Scam
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