10 Best Corporate Leaders From Maharashtra – 2022

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aharashtra state has a history of creating a path breaker that changes the industry. Revolutionary people are generally considered a leader. The history & current status of Maharashtra states the capacity of creating leaders in the corporate world. Leaders in every field hold crucial positions to make their organization a world-class competitor.

The trading environment in Maharashtra has been favorable for years. Many revolutionary leaders went passing through decades in their respective fields. Talking about Maharashtra’s history of commercial trade, we can see the changes being made every decade to stay in the lead chart.

To learn more about Maharashtra’s corporate leadership, one must understand and study the environment that makes it unique. Leaders can be born anywhere. It is the responsibility of the environment to shape a normal human into a well-rounded leader. A leader is one who has the capacity to take chances and make a difference.

Leaders in management have some responsibilities other than their own position in any particular organization. Subordinates and new

joiners always look forward to their seniors who know the work and the environment in that particular organization. Not every senior holds the talent of being a leader.

Leaders are the one who inspires, motivates themselves and others from their activities.

Some studies conducted worldwide suggest “not all the managers are leaders.” To make a leader, one has to be polite & calm for self.

Unless you have the ability to perform a task without feeling the heat of the pressure, you cannot expect the same from others.

Corporate leaders are also the organizations that set a benchmark for other players in their competition. One such firm has been featured in our latest edition. The organization is a mark of creativity and unity.

like-minded Marathi people and fund business ideas that have the potential to create an impact.

SwiftLift focuses on spot-lighting the firms and startups that are contributing to fabricating lives better with their intention to make our society a better place. It is always a pleasure for me as Chief Editor to represent you with fresh and engaging content to read. It was a collective effort made by our team to bring this edition. I hope you enjoy reading this piece of our efforts. We have other sections filled with trusted and resourceful knowledge & information to garner your reading habit.

In our edition of “10 Best Corporate Leaders From Maharashtra 2022” on the cover story, we have Mr. Sanju Pai, Promoter of Akshat Naturals. It is one of the projects of Aashadhi Ventures. The organization was an experiment of Marathi speaking community that was built on a digital community platform to capitalize

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Startups are not just to make money, but to explore your passions...

It does not matter how small and trivial job you do, what matters is one’s approach, passion, and pursuance...

There is more pleasure in the journey than the destination...

Aashadhi Ventures

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ndia is on an adventure ride from a business and startup standpoint. Many market disruptive startups were born in the last decade, and the foundation for a strong business environment has been laid-down since then. Aashadi Ventures is amongst those disruptive business models that have created history in Indian and especially among Maharashtrian people.

This social venture is established with an aim to gather and capitalize like-minded Marathi people and fund business ideas that have the potential to create an impact. We had an interview with the team, where they described their journey and vision. Let us begin with the chat we had...  What

is the concept?

Aashadi Ventures is the first and only social startup started online by like-minded people. We are not social service or NGO We are working on an innovative concept called Open Entrepreneurship to build an accessible platform for doers. It is a fusion concept. Where like-minded people come together to share their time and resources doing some positive & rewarding projects while also maintaining social consciousness. As a social startup, we work on social capital, social experimentation, social innovation, and social returns.

It all started with a question, “Is it possible to form a company of like-minded people on a social platform?” on Quora (Marathi), a social platform. It received an overwhelming response in just a month, and a group of like-minded people entered into a never-before-joint venture.

The title “Aashadhi” represents the leaderless & passionate Wari (वारी) of Maharashtrian people.

Aashadhian’s Ideology: Startups are not merely for making money...

Generally, career, employment, or entrepreneurship is laser-focused on making money. And we are all doing it already in our respective occupations, how-so-ever. But while running after money, we miss living our life. It is common for a high-ranking official or an ordinary housewife to say I’m missing life and yet no one knows what that exactly means?

What we all miss is passion.

There is no pleasure like creation. Create something and share it with the world. Lijjat Papad is one such example. Started with a very insignificant thing like papad and now connecting millions of people and exporting to more than 60 countries.

It does not matter how small and trivial job you do. What matters is one’s approach, passion, and pursuance.

‘Aashadhi’ teaches us that there is more pleasure in the journey than the destination.

All said and done, we must agree that it takes a lot more than just KARMA to shape something in a proper structure like a company or entrepreneurship.

 How does Aashadhi Ventures function?

Aashadhi operates in 2 different modes: ■ We provide an incubator platform for passionate projects. One has to suggest an idea, propose an investment plan and call for partners. If a project gets onboard, Aashadhi takes care of the paperwork, taxation, GST, licenses and whatsoever is required. One can focus on the idea and its execution. Aashadhians raise investment & help in building the marketplace.

■ Aashadhi doesn’t invest in any project. But it has a share capital of shareholders. So Aashadhi, at its core, is working on a project where it can avail splendid rural & traditional products in urban areas at a reasonable price and assured quality. The project is branded as Gawran.

And most of us hate those statutory compliances, paperwork, and legalities. That is where Aashadhi steps in, providing an incubator platform for innovators. Think of an idea, add your passion and build a solution. We will take care of the rest.

That’s what Aashadhi Ventures is, an open entrepreneurship.  Who

were the founding members and contributors?

Vinay Samant, Vinod Kawle, Sandeep Karhadkar, Prakash Karande, Sunita Talwalkar, and Alka Darade are some of the founding members of Aashadhi Ventures. Now there are 90 social shareholders of Aashadhi Ventures. We have raised capital of 23,00,000/- until now and we are aspiring for social capital of 1,00,00,000/- through 1,000 shareholders. We prefer passionate and active shareholders and call it our Social Capital.

Recently under Gawran Brand, we are working on a native variety of rice, which is found in costal region of Konkan by the name of Walai or Walay.

Walai rice is a brown rice variety. This rice has the ability to provide energy & regulate bowel movements. Regular consumption stabilises the blood sugar level & slows down the ageing process. It is a natural source of Vitamin B1.

That is why this variety is considered as the best native rice variety. The rich microfiber in this rice bran improves digestion, cures constipation. As rice passes through the digestive tract, it absorbs toxins from the stomach, liver, and intestines and excretes them in the faeces. This is a natural process of purification of the digestive system. ... Despite this, due to low yields and losses, “Walai” is lagging behind in the race of hybrid varieties. This grows taller and wholesome nutrition quickly descends into its panicles. Thus panicles become heavy and break. As a result, most of its produce is lost. Therefore farmers has dropped this variety and moved to hybrid once...

We at Aashadhi are working on rejuvenation of this variety and providing Fair Price to growers. We are building health conscious marketplace with “Fair Trade” principals. There are many rural splendours like walai awaiting fair marketplaces..

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us about your success story

Akshat Virgin Virgin Coconut Coconut Oil Oil Akshat

We at Aashadhi Ventures have worked on various Akshat VCO is very rich in projects like coding for kids, oxygen concentrator essential fatty acids and anti& Virgin Coconut Oil... oxidants. It helps in reversing ageing effects. It enhances internal strength & immunity. It  About Akshat VCO contains MCTs that are superWhile Aashadhi began to expand its footprint, rich in ketones, that prevent neuron degeneration we wanted to start something that can be tested & improve memory. The effects of VCO on against our ideologies. Though following passion Alzheimer's & Parkinson's are very promising. sounds very interesting, the first part “knowing your passion” is itself very tricky. It is very easy for Akshat VCO Increases good an artist, that most of us are not. cholesterol & decreases bad cholesterol. MCTs & ketones “So what’s my passion, and how to follow it?” provide relief to people with It starts with KARMA. Insted of reading books, stressful lifestyles like software knowing ideas and listening to motivational developers, sales people speeches, just start working on something. & and managers, from stress and anxiety.

Something that may be very insignificant or even meaningless, but pursued consistently will lead Polyphenols in Akshat VCO alleviate you to the realization (अनुभूती). You never know swelling of joints and several unless you do it. Remember the story of “Valya other inflammatory markers & the robber who became Valmiki Rishi by chanting provides long lasting curative MARA MARA, that transformed into RAMA RAMA effects on joint pain & Arthritis. when chanted consistently”. He is one of our idols in Aashadhi.

Being very light weight Akshat VCO easily We all have many ideas. And none of them actually penetrates deep in skin and offers a long come into being. Because we never try them. But lasting moisturising effect. Anti-fungal & we decided to pursue seriously. One of our fellow antibacterial properties enhance skin & hair participants, Vinay Samant, has been following health to provide natural touch and tone.

Virgin Coconut Oil for more than ten years. He provided all the technical details and SWOT Akshat VCO is the perfect analysis. We decided to start there. medicinal oil for massaging infants. It penetrates deep into Most entrepreneurs start with their own the skin & scalp and strengthens manufacturing. Entrepreneurs think manufacturing the bones & muscles of infants. It is the ultimate creativity. They raise loans, invest helps in improving the immune system. all resources and get exhausted till the product Anti-fungal & antibacterial properties form a becomes ready. They generally realize this when it’s too late... because he is the lone starter... ... But protective shield around infants also taking care we were not. 18 people came together to share of rashes, scars due to nappies etc. Children get a this concept of VCO. India’s 1st VCO is made from restful sleep thus completing their overall growth. coconut milk without any chemical process. No Just like infants, Akshat VCO is also an excellent compromise on quality. And still affordable. We medicinal oil for postpartum mothers for faster decided to make this happen, that’s Akshat: Virgin recovery & immunity. *Akshat VCO should not be given orally to kids younger than 3 yrs.

Coconut Oil Extracted From Coconut Milk.

Akshat” is a 100% pure virgin coconut oil extracted from fresh coconut milk using the centrifuge method. This is the traditional and natural process of separating cream from milk by agitation. No chemicals or external heat is used. All the nutrition & goodness in coconut milk is obtained in the oil as it is. Akshat VCO is the only artisan grade virgin oil with bioactive lauric acid, polyphenols & ketones.

 The Team

Performance

“Empowerment of Partners” was most important idea presented by Prakash Karande, having There are many advantages of social experience in ice cream business. His strategy entrepreneurship. Capital gets shared, so the risk. was practially backed by Visharad Petkar who The spectrum of ideas is widened. Experiences took 1st authorised shopee of Akshat VCO.. get multiplied. And most importantly the market spread is large.

Sunita Mam’s vision about user experience shaped Aashadhi philosophy helped us to stay focused the product and its handling, Laxman Prabhu sir and shape our dream. “Startups are not merely was keen on language and design. Ashish helped for making money, but to explore your abilities”. in label design with his experience in a blender.

Kamlesh’s experience in the packaging was We all were earning enough out of our salaries crucial. With all this, there were so many small or respective occupations. So we wanted to n big & boring n stupid things that needs to be experience something beyond just money… done when you develop a product. Whole team a dream … where we are no more employees but was always involved with all its strengths. Series employers ... our own manufacturing unit! That of meetings on zoom and WhatsApp group is our too “whole coconut processing”, export oriented! virtual office... And today??

The price of this unit ranges between 50 lakh to 2 Today, Akshat is a self-sustained product crores. We decided to raise this fund from SALES. with 30 shops and growing. More than 8,000 So the market will be ready and demanding before happy customers. Now we are planning 100 getting into its manufacturing. Sometimes making shoppees and & sales partners. Also looking something is easy. But taking it to millions of out for concept partners who will JV with us for people and convince them to buy is the key part, multiple verticals of Akshat. where we all get stuck. Isn’t it?? So we decided to build our own marketplace. We raised 13 lakhs within 18 promoters, just enough to source two “Aaah, Marathi people can’t do business” batches of VCO extracted as per our specifications.

And we shared responsibility of selling our own “Marathi people can’t work together as a team.” product within our 1st and 2nd circle of friends “Once employed you can’t get into and relatives. entrepreneurship!”

The idea was simple. Each cycle of Akshat is giving us good profit margins. Three cycles and Akshat is on its own. Does not need fund backup.

And 25 cycles to enter our manufacturing! So, the target was set, milestones were decided and we started our Akshat Wari!

This is where our veteran sales wizard Sanju Pai started tricks from his magic box and we learned about a new concept “2nd Identity”. We all have our own 1st identity generally determined by one’s education and occupation. But will people listen if you are talking about something out of your core expertise? YES. Provided you have deep knowledge and personal experience. Sanju Kaka personally tried Akshat VCO himself and for his dog. Observed results. His wife is from a medical background, tested various things in the laboratory and once Sanju Kaka is sure about results, you just can’t stop him.

“Employees can’t follow passions.”

“Trust can’t be build online...”

Do you hear such things a lot now a days??

Share our story with them. Let them know, we are making exceptions...

Sushil Fartade (Pune) : 95299 23725 | Prakash Karande (Navi Mumbai) : 91724 01231 | Sanju Pai (Mumbai) : 96190 39484 | Sunita Talwalkar (Dombivli) : 99695 65713 | Visharad Petkar (Nagar) : 92253 02038

We all spend a lot of time deciding about our destination. Board a train. It will surely take you to amazing places. Take experience. That will enrich you. Aashadhi Express is waiting for new passengers.

Best Corporate Leaders From Maharashtra 2022

Brightsea Technology Pvt Ltd

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rightSea Technology Private Limited is a software development company which is specialized in software development support for secure, high-performance web-based and mobile applications and is the best e-commerce solution provider in India.

We Provide software for IT, Educational Industry, E-commerce, Banking, and hospitals. It works as an extension of the customer organization. The company was founded in 2021, by Miss Bhakti Vishwas Jagtap with the constant support of Mr. Rahul Manik Tamhane. The location of the office is in Hadapsar, Pune. It is a selffunded company.

Bhakti Vishwas Jagtap Founder

Our software services cater to the following ■ Web Design and Development.

■ E-Commerce solutions.

■ Word press Development.

■ Search Engine Marketing.

■ Social Media Optimization.

■ School / College ERP. ■ Grievance Redressal System.

■ Hospital Management System.

Our History We have a rich and varied experience of over 12 years as a premier education ERP provider. Over the decades, we have treasured the best practices of institutions like schools, colleges, and universities. A deep understanding of the complexity of the educational framework, 16

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going paperless, time-efficient, and the flair of overcoming company in Pune, we understand how to create all IT operational challenges faced by institutions daily types of websites. We develop both static and dynamic makes us a leading education ERP provider. We believe in websites. Our team works with CMS websites and change, which motivates us to develop better, more reliable includes user management systems to the mix. technology continuously. You can find our excellent services and unparalleled solutions across regions of India. Web Application Services includes:

Our Mission

■ Web Application Development ■ CMS Application Development

We are committed to working with excellence in the innovation of industry-first & smart ERP solutions and dedicated to upholding the spirit of the sacred art of teaching as well as learning. Whether it’s innovation, continual learning, contextual knowledge, or a purposeled approach to transformation, there is much we have learned in our journey to becoming one of the world’s largest IT consulting enterprises. We build for ourselves what we strive to build for you. That is the BrightSea’s Way.

■ E-Commerce Portal Development

Our Vision

UI/UX Development

To provide industry-best ERP solutions to academic institutions and enhance the educational ethos to contribute in creating a better and more sustainable world.

Why choose us?

We have highly skilled engineers with excellent technical knowledge and experience in using the latest software standards. We have built a large pool of knowledge that we apply to deliver solutions that meet clients’ needs, expectations, and budgets. By putting our clients at the heart of everything we do, we are proud that we are still supporting our very first business client. Started as a team of two passionate young individuals, and now we deliver amazing user experiences through technology to the people who trust us around India. Being tech specialists, we create solutions that allow you to do it all in an easy and seamless manner. Be with us to grow together.

■ Website Maintenance & Mitigation ■ Mobile App Development: ■ Native Application Development ■ Hybrid Application Development ■ PWA Application ■ Tablet/ iPad Application Development ■ Game Development

An appealing UI/UX design offers a lower down the user churn rate that results in ease of access and winning more consumers. We design applications with a creative look & feel that represents your unique identity to the digital world.

■ Graphics Design ■ Responsive Design ■ Theme/Template Design ■ Logo Design

Customer Support Services The support services of BrightSea Technology make services proactive, highly personalized, and more importantly, business-aligned. Our minimal TAT (Turnaround Time) will help you resolve issues faster so that you can focus on your core business area.

Products

Services

■ School Management Software

☐ Software Development: Integrated services to build software, digital solutions, and manage product lifecycle end-to-end software engineering.

■ Hospital Management System

☐ Web Designing & Development: As a web development

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XOO Services Services for better Future

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OO Services is a Brand under Rawool Enterprises LLP which is a partnership firm. Their journey started in 1988 in the name of Saikrupa Refrigeration where they have served more than 1000+ customers. Now with their co-founders having different expertise, they have made XOO services a reliable brand ■ in the service industry with help of Technology.

Their technicians are well trained & 5+ years expertise.

They always get trained with new technology in an industry under XOO Services. They have introduced ERP & mobile applications for Technicians, so their service process becomes lightning speed. XOO Services is a Brand that their customers can trust for their Electronics Asset.

repair services in your area at your given time.

On-time support for electronic items any kind of Fridge, Deep Freezer, Air Conditioner Problems.

They are the best service center for all brands of home appliances at the doorstep.

Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC): Get a thorough analysis of any problem as they offer excellent Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC) to companies or individuals in need of repairs. XOO Services offers you Annual Maintenance Plans to ensure your devices are periodically checked and cared for, thus assuring you complete peace of mind.

■ Demo & Installation: They’ll get your products installed, configured, and ready to use at your home.

XOO services are a tech-based service provider company Your convenience is guaranteed. Their engineers from India. They provide Quality & lightning speed carry all necessary accessories needed so a single service & deal in B2B and B2C markets. In B2B they visit takes care of all your needs! are the one-stop solution of HVAC, kitchen equipment, Deep freezers, Hygiene maintenance, pest control (B2B: Hotel, restaurant, cafes, ice cream parlors, wine/beer ■ Hygiene maintenance services for commercial kitchens: XOO Services provides high-quality shops, dairies, warehouse, milk product manufacturer commercial hygiene through kitchen clean-ups, & retailer) & also they are the one-stop solution to all with food-grade solutions that are environmentally home appliances. Their dynamic and professional team friendly and non-toxic. These solutions are tailored to members are ready to give world-class quality service to clean all the kitchen equipment, suit all surfaces, and their customers. remove all stubborn stains. In doing so, they prevent your food from becoming contaminated with toxins, bacteria, or other external factors that may prove to Their Services: be detrimental to the consumers’ health.

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Why Choose them: ■ Lightning Speed Services ■ 30 Days Guarantee for Repair Services ■ Repair History on Fingertip ■ 100% Genuine Parts ■ Verified & Trusted Technicians ■ Professional Support ■ High-Quality Equipment Refrigerators are an indispensable part of their lives. They sustain their food by slowing down bacteria growth. Even though they have a long lifespan of 10 to 15 years, there will be problems with their parts. Sometimes the refrigerator’s evaporator fan motor may get jammed because of dirt and eventually you would need to get it replaced. There may also be times when the start capacitor needs replacement.

Chandrakant Rawool Co-Founder

So how do you get them fixed in Mumbai? Your first thought may be getting it repaired at a service center or some repair center near your home. As you already know, this would be arduous to fit in your busy schedule and you may not be sure of the prices. You might even pay more for a non-genuine part that won’t last long. To keep these annoying problems at bay, XOO Servies provides you with skilled professionals who offer fridge repair services in Mumbai by coming to your home whenever you feel it is convenient.

Website- https://www.xooservices.com/index.html

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Hira Automation Pvt Ltd Our values always encourage us to work for the best quality products and welfare of mankind

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n the year 2007-08, three industry experts Mr. Nana Gaikwad, Mr. Indrajit Gaikwad, and Mr. Ashok Babar came together to form an organization for all kinds of engineering works named ‘Hira Engineering Works’. The workshop of the organization was completely equipped with all kinds of conventional as well as modern machines for all kinds of machining works.

With this growth, in the year 2010-11, a new organization has been established named ‘Hira Solutions’. This new organization was completely equipped with its own Design center, manufacturing floor, Assembly center, and all other facilities and therefore lots of special projects were being handled successfully in a wide range of industries. Solutionoriented design, efficient & precision production, and in the end, a highly precise product are the key points behind the success of ‘Hira Solutions’ After this remarkable experience in the industry, in the year 2015-16, again a new organization with an ‘Incorporate identity’ has been established named as ‘Hira Automation Pvt. Ltd.’ This new organization is aimed to work on special projects, complete industrial automation, and many products have been launched under its banner and many more to come.

‘Hira’ is one of the reputed organizations in the manufacturing of special-purpose machines and automation. They also have a wide range of different products such as linear motion slides, precision spindles, compact drilling machines, bearing press machines, etc.

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Nana Gaikwad Founder & Director

have served a wide range of industries such as the lock industry, knife industry, motor industry, customized automatic gauging for various industries, automation for welding and plasma cutting, press machines, painting reciprocators, etc.

Their Products: ■ Linear slides ■ Spindles (Belt and Pulley driven) ■ Compact Drilling Machine

They are targeting themselves as a multi-national organization with global customers and a global pioneer in their field of products. While serving the industry they always aimed to be an ideal organization and inspiration to other start-ups.

They are targeting themselves as a multinational organization with global customers and global pioneers in their field of product. While serving the industry they always aimed to be an ideal organization and inspiration to other start-ups.

Website- http://www.hiraautomation.com/index.php

The famous quote by Bharatratna Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam “Dream, Dream Dream, Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action.” has always taught people to see dreams. They have dreamed of a corporate organization with a wide range of Products.

They have already started working for a very efficient production line and a separate management ladder.

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Business Environment in Maharashtra Maharashtra is the wealthiest state in India and still holds power to keep the title as it has kept its trade secrets open to the market. The environment in Maharashtra, from climatic conditions to the business environment, seems to be favorable as compared to other parts or regions of India, making it a better destination for having a ssbusiness unit.

Empire, Shivaji Maharaj had a concept of setting up or rebuilding an entire village under every fort to create a marketplace where the business trade could take-place in a safe environment.

Safe passage for transporting goods and a safe marketplace to sell or purchase goods were the best business practices in that century. The business practice Various companies have their corporate offices registered came a long way that propelled Maharashtra’s business in Mumbai. Most of the Banks & Other Financial service environment to the highest level. Later, invasions from providers have their HQ in Mumbai. Still, the question is Europe and specifically British Raj raised the importance unclear of ‘why Maharashtra is the favored destination to of then Bombay, currently Mumbai port. have a business?’

After Independence from Britishers in 1947, Maharashtra was established as an independent state in 1960. After its formation in 1962, the state government introduced the History MIDC (Maharashtra State Development Corporation).

Everyone in India has heard the name ‘Chatrapati Those who live in Maharashtra know how MIDC has Shivaji Maharaj’. He was a great Maratha king, strategist, been developing since its formation. MIDCs were created warrior, and economist. His vision to make India’s land in every district of Maharashtra to ease the business free from slavery and create “Hindavi Swaraj” was the establishment process to generate jobs and increase the core mission. While creating & expanding the Maratha standard of living of its people. The rest is history.

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Now, Maharashtra stands at the second-most  Agriculture & Forestry position in industrial production and holds a The agriculture sector still plays a crucial role in dominant status in automobiles, electronics, heavy job creation and workforce employment compared machinery, food processing, chemicals, and other to other sectors and industries. Maharashtra is manufacturing industries. one of the largest sugar cane producers in India. In recent times, sugar mills have been manufacturing sugar as-well-as hand sanitizers and up to a certain Top Industries & Sectors extent, bio-fuel.  Banking & Other Financial Services Milk and milk products are the ones that have a huge market demand. Various districts As mentioned earlier, Mumbai, the capital city of the are involved in processing milk. Kolhapur, state, hosts the HQ of several Banks and other Financial Pune, Satara, Ahmednagar are a few of the institutes. India’s largest banks, SBI, Union Bank of leading districts, that produce million of India, Central bank, Axis bank, Bank Of India, ICICI megatonnes of milk.

Bank, etc have their HQs in Mumbai. Not just that, the

Reserve bank of India has its head office in Mumbai.  Judgment The stock exchanges, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) & National Stock Exchange(NSE) are A wealthy state with a fair population and a variety located in Mumbai. of business industries has a healthy environment to commence a business. Still here, we have a catch.

Maharashtra is even one of the leading states in CoMaharashtra has well-settled large capital businesses operative & Rural banking services. in its major cities. That creates strong competition  IT sector between small companies and large ones.

The services sector accounts for more than 60% of the total GDP of Maharashtra’s economy. Out of which, the IT sector has a leading position. Pune and Mumbai’s IT parks and SEZs have attracted investors and employers to start their corporate services from these parks. Millions of jobs have been created due to this.

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Small towns and rural areas have a strong market base that can be further covered by new enterprises that could possibly keep them sustained in the market for a long time.

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TalentServ Sports Pvt Ltd Sports Management Simplified

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cadWare is developed by TalentServ Sports Private Features: Limited. TalentServ Sports is leading the digital transformation of sports. They use cutting-edge ■ Digitization: More and more businesses and industries are being run on software and sports technology to enable data-driven player management to with no exception. Technology adoption brings maximize performance and discover exceptional talent. down costs, enables innovation, and improves AcadWare is a comprehensive sports App to effectively the quality of service to customers. AcadWare & in a less laborious way manage & coordinate on day facilitates the software-based transformation of to day administrative, training, coaching & scouting organizations using their all-in-one cloud-based activities. Athlete Assessments App & Long-Term Athlete sports management platform.

Development App are a part of AcadWare.

AcadWare is an easy-to-use mobile application that represents the digital future of sports training and player assessments - with immediate positive benefits not only to Owners, Managers, frontline administrative Staff, coaches but also to athletes/ players/ subscribers & their Parents or Guardians.

AcadWare helps you to very effectively, 100% Digitally & smartly deal with day-today academy management challenges like delayed payments, unmonitored attendance, non-existent coaching plans, irregular player assessments, and disengaged parents.

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■ Engagement: They believe that organizations that engage and communicate with their members meaningfully, will retain the members with the sport and the organization much longer. AcadWare has features like messaging, assessments, coach feedback, news & announcements that dramatically improve member engagement with your organization.

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monitored closely. AcadWare provides a calendar-based training scheduler with features like workout plans, coaching drills, performance assessments and trends, injury management, and competition tracker.

Rohit Naik Co-Founder & Director

AcadWare will empower your all staff to help improve fee and attendance compliance, execute predefined coaching drills and perform player regular assessments. It’s useful insightful dashboards that help you monitor effectiveness and make informed business decisions for your sports organization.

AcadWare provides free access to players & parents to view academy news, monitor attendance, and make online payments & is a better way to develop sports talent, keep players & parents informed & highly engaged.

Their mission is to develop top-class sports talent who can bring glory to your academy and in turn to your nation with the help of your administrative staff, coaches & also consulting with other teams of sports specialists.

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Syvylze Analytics LLP Making a difference through smart analytics

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through product mix and pricing analysis. ata analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling to discover ■ Improving inventory planning through useful information, informing conclusions, churn analysis. and supporting decision-making. Data analysis has multiple facets and approaches, encompassing diverse ■ Optimizing supply chain and logistics. techniques under a variety of names, and is used in different business, science, and social science domains.

In today’s business world, data analysis plays a role in  Survey & Research Analytics: Deriving consumer insights, satisfaction, brand equity from making decisions more scientific and helping businesses primary research and digital channels. operate more effectively.

Syvylyze Analytics is a well-established company that ■ Unearthing target audiences by segmenting market provides data visualization & analytics services using populations into distinct groups to build potential Tableau, to help their clients answer business questions customer profiles. and gain insights from their data.

■ Identifying drivers of key attitudes and behaviors, to understand market sentiments, in line with that of a brand’s value proposition.

Their solutions: ■ Understanding market perceptions and positioning  Retail Analytics: Executing end-to-end analytics of a brand and, its competitors. solutions, from sales planning, merchandising, ■ Decoding customer feedback to identify pain points marketing, to pricing promotion & inventory. and improve customer experience.

■ Understand consumer journeys through acquisition, retention-churn, cohorts’ analysis, and loyalty behavior.

 Marketing Intelligence: Consolidating data across digital channels and platforms to provide ■ Unearthing customer experience through brand content, campaign, and audience insights. and product drivers, satisfaction, and voice of customer analytics.

■ Assessing marketing strategy and goals, establishing ■ Improve seasonal forecasting and annual measurement frameworks, understanding data budgeting efficiency. maturity, and defining analytics and reporting sales performance.

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■ Measuring content effectiveness across campaigns, channels, topics, and media types to identify which content and topic resonate with your audience.

■ ■ Leveraging the voice of customers to identify what consumers want, what they feel about your brand and products, and what they say about their experience. ■ ■ Conducting quantified analyses to measure your omnichannel marketing strategy and understand the effectiveness and key drivers. Optimize the channel ■ mix to maximize your return on investment.

from internal & external sources to build curated data assets.

Data Science & Analytics: EDA, statistical modeling & AI/ML to distill insights from data.

Visualization & Reporting: Interactive storyboarding for ease of consumption of information.

Managed Services: Managed services for data & reporting infrastructure along with ongoing analytics as a service.

■ Identifying organic influencers and measuring the effectiveness of paid influencers.

Organizations in all industries increasingly rely on data to make critical business decisions—which new products to develop, new markets to enter, new  Hr Analytics: Establishing a unified framework investments to make, and new (or existing) customers for competency measurement across the to target. They also use data to identify inefficiencies organization to identify gaps and opportunities. and other business problems that need to be addressed.

Their Competency Measurement Framework allows you to map all employees’ required competencies In these organizations, data analysis assigns a numerical against their current level of competencies. This is value to these important business functions so done through a combination of self-assessments, performance can be assessed and compared over time. technical evaluations, and prevalent performance But the job involves more than just looking at numbers: evaluation/appraisal systems in the organization. data analysis is an art of how to use data to enable an In addition, our Framework can be used to assess organization to make more informed decisions. prospective recruits.

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StartupHR Toolkit Your complete HRM colution

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tartupHR Toolkit comprises ready-to-use HR templates for different stages of the HR process.

The aim is to help you manage your HR processes independently. The toolkit has been carefully structured and designed by SutraHR based on their experience of managing the HR operations for startups and established companies. You can customize them as per your preferences and needs.

■ Employee relations ■ Performance Appraisal ■ Benefits administration ■ Performance management ■ Offboarding

Each HR process follows an intricate pathway that Waqar Azmi is a serial Entrepreneur & an Adventurous demands strategic planning. While HR leaders establish Traveler. He is The Founder & CEO of Sutra Services each process according to specific parameters and Pvt. Ltd., the parent company behind SutraHR & objectives, they are all interdependent.

StartupHR Toolkit. They are 11 years old Global HR company based out of Mumbai, India.

Why You Should Buy StartupHR Toolkit?

Importance of HR:

■ Legally compliant and govt approved HR documents.

HR processes refer to the fundamental strategies that ■ 24×7 customer support (during daytime).

HR leaders implement to ensure successful employee lifecycles and work experiences.

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■ Expert HR guidance.

What does their Toolkit offer?

■ COVID-19 ■ Employee Policies ■ Hiring ■ Performance Review ■ Statutory ■ Recruitment ■ HR Forms ■ HR Letters They are on a mission to change the way companies look at Human Resource Management. They want to make the lives of HR professionals easier and happier. Using the experience and knowledge of new-age HR practitioners, they’re creating an HR Toolkit that will increase productivity and give everyone time to concentrate on real work.

Waqar Azmi Founder & CEO

The human resource department is a vital seed for a company’s growth. They are responsible for more areas than recruitment, training, or pay. They shape the company’s culture, make sure the employee engagement is at the highest, and everyone is satisfied with the jobs they are assigned to do. A company is only good as its people, and the HR department oversees those people. As the saying goes,” Human Resources isn’t something we do. It is something that runs our business”.

Website- https://www.startuphrtoolkit.com/

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Major Industries in Maharashtra

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he state of Maharashtra is the topmost destination for many industries that contribute at large to building India’s economy. We will be covering all the major industries and sectors working in Maharashtra. Before jumping straight into the industry data, we must understand that many factors make this state a favorable destination for setting up an industry.

Ltd, TELCO, and others. Meanwhile, Nashik is home to India’s largest multi-purpose vehicle manufacturer, Mahindra & Mahindra.

Let’s begin with our list:

The main force of state competition in the automotive and automotive industries is the presence of established manufacturers. The network of suppliers and component suppliers is a critical consideration when deciding on the location of each automotive unit. The strong presence of the engineering sector is another advantage of the state, together with a large qualified work base. The goods transport infrastructure of the state is also a positive factor for the automotive logistics industry.

Automobile The automotive sector plays an important role in the industrialization of the state. Each part of the sector, including two and three wheels, cars, and commercial vehicles, is represented by the state. The major automotive centers in the state include Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, and Nagpur. Pune is home to big players such as Bajaj Auto Ltd, Daimler Chrysler 30

The state accounts for about 38 percent of national automobile exports by value. About 40 percent of the automotive industry works in the state. Major automotive centers in the state include Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, and Nagpur.

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Media & Entertainment

Pharmaceutical & Bio-Technology

This billion $ industry has HQ of India in the capital city of Maharashtra. FICCI has published a report, where it states that the ‘Media & Entertainment industry has been hitting new milestones and has stepped onto a matured phase at a growth rate of 12% CAGR.’

Home to several global pharma companies in Maharashtra, it holds about 20% of India’s pharmaceutical output. The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute is headquartered in Pune city.

The entertainment industry in Maharashtra has five sub-parts which are Television, Film, Radio, Music, and Theater. A new form of entertainment has raised the competition high i.e Web Content. Television still holds the majority of stake in the state as the household holds & kids prefer the traditional entertainment source.

Adults, on the other side, prefer web-content over traditional entertainment.

Pharma companies in Maharashtra are distributed in these districts: Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nasik, Raigad, Thane, Pune, and Ratnagiri. The list of manufacturers is big and are operationalized in manufacturing various pharma products like hand sanitizers, medicine for multiple diseases, surgical tools & equipment, etc.

Final words

These are a few of the industries that have a remarkable presence in the Indian economy. Other than India being the world’s largest exporter of software, these Banking & NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Maharashtra accounts for more than 20% of India’s Companies), Wealth management sector, Food & software exports. With more than 1,000+ Small, Beverages, Tourism, Agriculture, Chemical, Textile, etc.

Medium & Large enterprises registered in the state are also contributing largely in employment generation and developing Maharashtra’s economy. contribute around the US $8 Billion of IT exports.

Information Technology

Pune & Mumbai city are the major hubs for IT companies in the state. Pune is the second-largest city for IT companies after Bangalore in India. It has several IT parks, notably at Hinjewadi, Magarpatta, Kharadi, Fursungi, and Talawade. The IT sector in Maharashtra is set to rise exponentially, as there has been news in recent times that Google will be setting up its new campus in Pune.

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ITVIS Innovation Pvt Ltd Lighting up your life

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erived from the Sanskrit word “Tvisha” meaning light, iTvis signifies the growing importance of intelligent lighting in our lives. The ability of lighting systems to detect occupancy and daylight and respond to these changes dynamically whilst ensuring improved wellness of occupants is leading to a paradigm shift making “Lighting First” a priority for homes, offices, industry, healthcare, and retail chains. iTvis is leading the way in providing cutting-edge Human Centric Lighting solutions to customers through its strategic solution partner Esylux, Germany.

Fire Escape Lighting Solutions and Speciality Lighting solutions are provided by iTvis through its strategic partnerships with Fulham, the USA which are world leaders in this field.

Lighting and Automation product solutions for commercial, retail, offices.

The lighting environment has a direct influence on the health and well-being of the people living and working under it. Research has shown that the variation of ■ Smart Factory: Intelligent Lighting and Automation solution for Smart Factory light is by far the most important factor in setting and maintaining their natural daily rhythm, the so-called circadian. Preliminary evidence suggests that low light ■ Home Automation: Lighting and Automation solution for Happy Home exposure is associated with diminished health and wellbeing, and it can lead to reduced sleep quality, depressed mood, lack of energy, and reduced social relations. At Their Team: iTvis we believe in designing well-lit environments that are suitable for the visual tasks performed in a room ■ India’s best lighting & automation professionals and simultaneously meet individual needs.

■ Masters in Illumination Technology

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■ India’s first Lighting academy & experience center ■ Topmost lighting educationist in INDIA ■ ISLE member: Indian society of lighting engineers

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automation professionals to collaborate with them in creating an intelligent lighting experience that seamlessly integrates with your building automation solutions. Their business partners form the core of their overall business strategy. They invite experienced and budding lighting entrepreneurs to join their franchise network to provide humanized lighting solutions to society. iTvis is on an endless mission to find the right people - people who are willing to take challenges and make a difference. The experienced leadership team believes in people development and nurturing talent for long-term mutual benefits.

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Maarg Technologies Innovating RVI applicatons according to the market need

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aarg Technologies Provides RVI-NDT Solutions to a Range of Industry Sectors Like Automobile, Aviation, Process, Research & Development, Defence. They are the sole Indian distributor of video borescope from Mitcorp Taiwan & also other NDT products. Since its inception, Maarg Technologies has served more than 200 plus Indian and abroad customers.

The founder of Maarg Technologies, Mr. Dipak Sonawane, spent 14 years promoting world-class, but expensive RVI-Videborescopes to Aerospace, Automobile, Petrochemical, Power & Research Industries. Spotting an opportunity to bring more affordable video borescopes to India, Dipak started Maarg Technologies and tied up with MITCORP Videoborescope brand of Taiwan.

Products they have: ■ MITCORP Videoborescope ■ Advanced Coating Thickness Gauges

work – they take pride in delivering suitable, competitive, RVI Solutions to the needs of all verticals of the Industries from Automotive, casting, Process, Aerospace, Nuclear, Power Etc. they are a team of down-to-earth Team. We won’t throw buzzwords at you, and we stand by our stated work-human philosophy.

■ Their Ability to support: They are committed to helping and supporting their existing and prospective customers by all possible means. They are not a flash-in-the-pan company, tomorrow also, they will be there for you. They try to offer standard support from office / stand-by unit support as per urgency, Same will be available from 10 AM to 6.00 PM Monday to Saturday.

■ Quality: This means they have Quality and variety for every RVI-applications need. They are continually evolving and emerging as an Economical & Best Quality RVI Solution providing company.

■ Minis canner for Spot Weld/Rivet Scanning

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 X1000 PLUS-PRM100 360 articulation

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■ Application Field: Co-generation power plant.

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■ Target flaws: stocks, tube wall, gap.

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 X1000 PLUS + 360 articulation ■ Application Field: Diesel Engine Generator Set. ■ Test object: Engine Cylinder & parts.

■ Target flaws: Scratch & surface visual inspection.  X500+4.5mm 2way- Application Case ■ Application Field: Car engine maintenance.

■ Test object: Engine valve parts.

■ Target flaws: Valve gap inspection.  MX500-Product Application Case

Dipak Sonawane Founder & MD

■ Application Field: Power plant cable.

■ Test object: Two-way cable connector.

■ Target flaws: Connecting subparts gap inspection.

Maarg is the word for path in many Indian languages. Their vision is to reach everyone who looking for advanced yet economical Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) solutions.

Website- https://maargtech.com/

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ARIVR VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGIES Developing ARVR technology for education system

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RIVR VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED has been working on Incorporating Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Technologies in the current Education System in an Inexpensive and Exciting form maintaining social distancing precautions.

What is Virtual Reality?

Virtual Reality is a simulated experience that places the user in a virtual environment that they can interact with.

It allows users to visit imaginary worlds or places that may be impossible to visit in real life. There are two key characteristics of virtual reality that make it different: To understand their vision, you will have to understand the ability to experience and interact. the perception initially. Imagine if the children can learn This gives the user a sense of complete immersion within Education Syllabus through the interface of AR/VR the simulation as it involves the senses. It makes it more where they feel like they are inside the classroom with all believable and engaging for the user. This considered the study material in 3d versions in front of him/her, for VR has been proven to be a powerful resource that can instance, if they are learning about a monument, they aid conventional learning methods. would be able to see the Taj Mahal in front of them in a 360-degree view with all the necessary descriptions in text and images. Similarly with Mathematics, Chemistry The Benefits of AR in Education: Experiments without having to undergo any risks or AR’s relative seamlessness of digital objects within the breakages. For Biology Plants and Animals, dissections “real world” encourages interactivity and engagement. can be done digitally more easily, language teaching It maximizes students’ ability to spend their time would be more exciting with videos and animated learning curricular subjects while minimizing the time graphics. ARIVR can provide that assurance without spent learning how to use the new tech. any risks, also their examinations will be conducted without distractions through this interface virtually and In addition, as discussed in Stanford News on VR’s applications within the classroom and “the effect of orally under the supervision of Teachers. the body’s actions on the mind,” AR can also inspire ARIVR intends to provide these students with AR/ empathy in an individual. It offers two-dimensional VR hardware at an inexpensive affordable price and methods of presenting information versus the an exuberant approach making Education more traditional one-dimension. This combination of thrilling. This technology will allow access through an interactivity and engagement with emotion, in turn, application into mobiles/desktops/laptops/tablets for could enhance the ability of students to remember easy accessibility to the subject according to their grades what they’ve learned– and lead to faster acquisition of and subject matter individually from their venue which information and skills. would even emphasize safety during current pandemic times and continue learning without any hassles.

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Therefore, AR provides students with opportunities to deepen their knowledge within several areas, including: ■ Reading ■ Working with numbers ■ Spatial concepts ■ Playing

curriculum overhaul: it can be even more effective in supplementing current pedagogical materials by simply adding more contextual experiences. It can be used to just stimulate interest and discussion in different subject areas and be the basis for class activities.

Virtual Reality in Education & Training:

The benefits of VR in education and training are being discovered. Humans learn by interacting. They derive and retain information from their environment. Virtual ■ Real-life environments & scenarios reality-based learning provides an immersive teaching This can include everything from field trips to exposure method that allows users to interact with environments to training within different professions. When around them. Memory retention increases when combined with assignments involving teamwork, AR learning through interactivity. Abstract concepts or similarly helps provide new opportunities for students situations that no longer exist can be experienced to learn how to communicate and collaborate. It could through VR, opening many possibilities that did not potentially also be the same technologies they will use previously exist. in the workforce later.

Website- https://arivrvirtualtechnologies.com/ When adopting AR there is also no need for a complete ■ Content creation

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Economy of Maharashtra

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aharashtra state has the wealthiest economy in India. According to some previous data issued in the public domain that reveals Maharashtra’s GSDP stood at ₹26.62 Trillion in 20202021AE. CAGR is increasing at 6.42% from 2105-16 to 2020-2021AE.

employed in agriculture and its allied business.

According to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), from October 2019 to March 2021, FDI inflows into Maharashtra amounted to US$23.43 billion, or 28% of the whole FDI inflow.

During Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 in June 2020, the India’s financial and Maharashtra’s state capital city state favored the investment proposal of Rs 1.13 lakh Mumbai is a commercial hub that evolved into one of crore (US$15.23 billion) and expected more than 2.5 the prominent global financial hubs. The state is engaged million jobs. in multiple industries and dominates Automobile, The state’s total exports were $58.41 billion in FY21.

IT, Electronics, Pharmaceuticals, Bio-Technology, Maharashtra exported precious goods such as pearls, Education, Entertainment, Finance, and Import- precious and semi-precious stones, medicinal and Export industries. chemical preparations, gold and other decorative metal products, automobiles & vehicles, and iron ore.

Economic status Competing with other States & Union Territories of India, Maharashtra stands at the topmost position in terms of revenue and GDP. Being the second most industrialized state in India, Maharashtra contributes upto 20% of the total national industrial output.

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Sector Distribution Maharashtra’s economy has a strong base of industries and sectors spread across the region favorable for the same.

The three primary parts of Maharashtra’s GDP are Agriculture, Industry & Services.

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Agriculture

Maharashtra has a rich history of having textile mills, where Mumbai was the HQ of India’s mills. Bhiwandi, Historically, India has divided its economy and GDP and Ichalkaranji, Malegaon, and Solapur are among the followed them into three sectors: agriculture, industry, major textile industries today. Other than these, and services. Agriculture includes crops, horticulture, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Electronics, Chemicals, the dairy and animal industries, aquaculture, fishing, Engineering, Food processing, Heavy machineries, fish farming, beekeeping, forestry, and related activities.

Paper & Paper products are the sectors that contribute Although Maharashtra is a highly industrialized state in at large in Maharashtra’s industry segment.

India, agriculture remains the state’s main occupation.

Because most of the land is arable because it is still raining, the southwest monsoon season between June Services Sector and September is critical to the state’s food and livelihood. The services sector holds the dominant position where Therefore, the agricultural calendar of Maharashtra and it contributes around 55-60% to Mahrashtra’s GDP. This other parts of India follows the monsoon. Any change sector is a mix of traditional and modern services. in the temporal distribution, spatial distribution, or amount of rainy seasons can lead to floods or droughts, Banking & Finance services hold the highest position leading to the suffering of the agricultural sector. This in the state as it caters to Asia’s oldest stock exchange, has a cascading impact on the secondary sectors of BSE. Not just that, India’s major banks have their HQ the economy, the general economy, food inflation, in Mumbai. The Reserve bank of India has its head and thus the overall quality and cost of living for the office in Mumbai with NSE, India’s second prominent stock exchange. general population.

The tourism sector has its own identity that comes hand-in-hand with the transport industry that has four Industry ways of commuting: Road, Rail, Air, and Water.

This is a sector where the vast majority of the population - Parag Ahire use to perform their job. The industry basically means a manufacturing unit or plant that runs multiple operations to manufacture or process particular goods or items.

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