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Agendaa) Why India? and Pune?b) Overviewc) Fact-filed) Culture/Festivale) Foodf) Infrastructure; Educational; Economyg) Tourist Attractions; including nearbyh) RYE History & Success Stories
INDIAWorld’s Largest
Democracy: 1.2bn
(1/3rd youth)3 rd Largest
Economy (in
terms of PPP)
28-States
(each with own
language, food)
Histor
ical; w
ith
Palac
e, Fo
rt,
Tem
ples …
Art, Music, Dance,
Festivals, Sports
“Multi-lingual, Spiritual”
Rich Culture, Family-values
Secular (different religions)
Why Pune?a) Ideal mix of Good Infrastructure & Rich
Cultureb) Other metros like Mumbai, Delhi does not
offer different experience (as they are similar to what is there back home)
c) Many Nationalities from world-over already present (as student, expatriates, long-stay)
d) Safere) Well-connected within India by Air, Rail,
Road (Mumbai/Bombay <200-kms)
Pune
Oxford of East Cultural Capital
Green with
40%+ Open
space Best
Wea
ther
(am
ongs
t Top
-8
cities
in In
dia)
Good Infrastructure
“Safe, with IT/ITeS 24x7
working”
Good mix of Old (1/5th) &
New City
Cosmopolitan
(<40% Local)
b) Fact-filea) Coordinates: 18-degree 32-minutes North; 73-degree 51-
minutes Eastb) Altitude: 559-meters above mean sea-levelc) Area: 140 sq.km.d) Population: 4mn (amongst Top-8 city in India)e) Languages: Marathi (Local), English widely spoken; Hindi
(National) understood/spokenf) Season: Summer (Mar-June; <38-degree Cel.), Monsoon
(June-Sept; ~100cm rain-fall), Winter (Oct-Feb; 5-25 deg.)g) Time-zone: GMT + 5 ½ hours (same zone across India)h) Literacy rate: 3/4th+i) Economy: Automobile mfg hub; IT (Information Technology)
co.’s; Heavy Engineering/Global mfg co.’s;
c) Culture/Festival
d) FoodWhile North-Indian food; and perhaps Chicken Tikka; may be the only known Indian food
outside India, actual Indian cuisine is full of variety:
e) Infrastructure/Educational/Economya) Infrastructure:
i. International Airport in Pune (and Mumbai airport 200-km away)ii. Well-connected by Air/Train/Road within Indiaiii. World-class Medical facilities; Professional Fitness Club/Gymiv. Best Leisure facilities (shopping-malls, theme-park, multiplex, club)
b) Educational:i. Variety of courses available; like Engineering, Science, Commerce,
Media, Journalism, Fashion, Photography, Animation, Film-making…ii. Best known Institutes like Ferguson, Symbiosis, FTII…
c) Economy:i. Automobile Hub in India; with Mercedes-Benz, Volks-Wagon, Tata
Motors, Bajaj (2-wheelers), John Deere (Tractors), ZF steering….ii. World-class IT co.’s in Hinjewadi, like Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Cognizant.. iii. Heavy Engineering co.’s like Atlas Copco, Tetrapack, KSB, Philips…
f) Attraction/Sight-seeing
g) RYE-3131 Historya) Pune has been participating in International Youth Exchange
since over 10-years, with around 30-60 students every yearb) Most students for Long-term, and few short-term exchange;
around 1/3rd are girls. c) Many success stories, like:
i. Almost all inbound students appreciate Indian (joint) family system, and society
ii. Inbound girl from USA; after completing RYE; comes back to study Medicine for 5-yrs, and stays with same family without RYE…
iii. Outbound student starts a joint-venture company with overseas host
iv. Inbound boys likes India so much that come back to settle down
d) For 2014-15, good mix of students from Science, Music, Commerce, IT (information Technology) etc.