Top Indian Brands – Amul retains crown!

 

Its amazing how Amul keeps retaining the crown of being the top Indian brand even though they spend probably fraction of money on advertising & branding as compared to other Indian brands.

Campaign Magazine which releases Asia’s top 1000 brand list every year has ranked Sony as the number 1 brand in Asia. Amul is the only Indian brand which has ranked in Top 100 Asian brands at number 89. It has slipped 16 places from the previous year’s rank of 73.

Kingfisher is 2nd Indian Brand to appear on the list and is placed 116th in Asia. Big Bazaar is 3rd with Asian Rank of 184. Please note that Campaign Magazine rankings are for Asian Brands only. So, there are no Google’s, Microsoft’s & Facebook’s of world in the rankings!

These rankings were arrived based on 2 main questions asked to 3,322 respondents in 16 Asian- Pacific region.

• When you think of the following (product or service) category, which is the best brand that comes to your mind? By best, we mean the one that you trust the most or the one that has the best reputation in the (product or service) category.
• Apart from the best brand you entered, which brand do you consider to be the second best brand in the (product or service) category?

Top Indian Brands

India Rank (2011)	Asia Rank (2011)	Brand Name	Category	2010 RANK
1	89	Amul	Milk powder/Milk/Ice-cream	73
2	116	Kingfisher	Beer/Full-service Airlines	140
3	184	Big Bazaar		248
4	215	ICICI Bank	Bank	182
5	216	State Bank of India (SBI)	Bank	226
6	221	Airtel	Mobile Service Provider	301
7	252	LIC	Insurance	290
8	264	Cafe Coffee Day	Coffee	396
9	270	Titan	Watch	292
10	288	Lakme	Cosmetics	289
11	290	HDFC Bank	Bank	341
12	304	Apollo	Pharmacy/Drugstore	342
13	336	Taj	Hotel	304
14	358	Kissan	Sauce/Condiment	482
15	360	Kelvinator	White Goods	317
16	372	Barista Lavazza (India)	Coffee Shop	534
17	394	Kwality	Ice-cream	496
18	396	Mother Dairy	Milk	273
19	411	Bajaj	Motorcycle	563
20	428	Maruti	Car/Automobile	413
21	435	Indian Oil Corporation	Petrol/Gas Station	642
22	448	Tata	Automobile	256
23	474	Clinic	Shampoo	802
24	477	Air India	Full-service Airlines	580
25	487	Godrej	Consumer Electronics	389
26	490	Hero Honda	Motorcycle	365
27	491	Myojo	Instant Noodles	589
28	524	Videocon	Consumer Electronics	386
29	551	Blue Dart	Courier Company	670
30	553	Drypers	Diaper	683
31	563	ICICI Prudential	Insurance	New entry
32	571	Spencer	Convenience Store/Supermarket	748
33	594	Ceat	Tyre	874
34	595	Tanishq	Jewellery	700
35	617	BPCL	Petrol/Gas Station	704
36	626	Haldiram	Savoury Snack Food	722
37	642	Woodland	Men’s Shoes	525
38	678	Onida	Consumer Electronics	829
39	696	Axis Bank	Bank	New entry
40	700	Metro	Supermarket	697
41	710	Boomer	Chewing/Bubble Gum	627
42	724	DTDC	Courier Company	734
43	747	Kinley	Mineral Water	649
44	756	Parle	Sweets and Candy	979
45	769	TVS	Motorcycle	New entry
46	785	Rin	Detergent	848
47	799	ITC	Hotel	New entry
48	821	IFB	Home & Kitchen Appliances	New entry
49	832	Taj Mahal (Tea)	Tea	780
50	834	Gold Flake	Cigarette	823
51	844	Aavin	Milk	969
52	851	Haywards	Beer	999
53	864	Allianz	Insurance Provider	New entry
54	869	Raymonds	Men’s Fashion Retailer	976
55	914	Himalaya	Mineral Water	New entry
56	936	Center Fresh	Chewing/Bubble Gum	647
57	938	Dabur	Toothpaste	New entry
58	950	Frooti	Fruit Juice	New entry
59	953	Fair And Handsome	Male Skincare Product	961
60	969	Thums Up	Carbonated Soft Drink	792
61	983	The Professional Couriers	Courier Company	New entry
62	986	Park Avenue	Personal Care/Men’s Shoes	New entry
63	991	Arun	Ice-cream	New entry
64	997	More	Supermarket	New entry

There are 2 Indian brands which I don’t recognise or haven’t heard of them earlier and they are – Myojo brand of  Instant Noodles which is ranked at 27th and Arun brand of Ice – Cream which is ranked at 64!

Have you heard them earlier ?

Check the list of Top 1000 Asian Brands here !

 

 

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From an engineering student to a CEO

From an engineering student to a CEO

Merril Diniz

Two years ago, a piece of information posted on a website helped engineering student Ankur Kumar win an essay competition. Gratified by the win, he joined them as a content manager to help other students with similar information. Today, the final year student is already the CEO of the portal. Here's his story

In 2009, engineering student Ankur Kumar took part in a national level essay writing competition by the National Council of Rural Institutes. To his delight, his essay on The Dissemination of Rural Technologies won him second place, and he was awarded a certificate of merit and cash prize of Rs 7,000.

Ankur stumbled upon the competition through Letmeknow.in, a portal that features a gamut of student opportunities from internships, competitions and conferences to workshops, scholarships and jobs, spanning five domains technology, business, mathematics and sciences, arts and design and social sciences.

Inspired by his accomplishment, Ankur wanted to give back to the site that alerted him of the competition. He joined Letmeknow as a content manager while simultaneously pursuing a dual degree in BE Computer Science and Master's in Economics at BITS, Goa. "I wanted to help other students learn of such opportunities," he shares.

Now a final year student, he donned the mantle of CEO of Letmeknow in 2011.

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It all began in 2007 when Nitin Rao, a BTech student at NIT, Suratkal, first blogged (www.letmeknow.wordpress.com) about Tie-ISB's Connect forum.

Armed with more than 425 posts, 268,000+ hits and a nine-member all-student team, the blog migrated to a full-fledged website in December 2008 with a little design and tech help from Grayscale, a design studio floated by four engineering students from BITS Goa.

Now, an advisor to the core team, Nitin went on to pursue his MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management.

The opportunities posted on Letmeknow are diverse -- from the Harvard Project for Asia and International Relations and IIT Delhi's entrepreneurship initiative -- the Small Industries Management Program (SIMAP) to the Young Economist of the Year essay writing competition and interning as an Android developer. And the alerts help!

Ritesh Kumar from IIIT Bangalore stumbled upon IBM's Research lab summer internship, applied and got through.

Saket Jain from SRM University, Chennai, got a heads-up on three national and one international conferences.

This gave him enough time to prepare and present his papers. "These papers finally helped me get admitted to a US university (Western Michigan) to pursue MS in Computer Science," he shares.

What's interesting is that most of Ankur's colleagues are students who do not operate out of one city. While Ankur is currently based in Goa, CTO Karthik (middle column, second photo) is a third-year student at MIT, Manipal.

Content manager Nikita is studying computer science student at St Xavier's, Kolkata. Social media manager Shriya is from Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur and sales and marketing manager Mani is at the Institute of Technology, BHU.

Image: Ankur Kumar

Rest @ http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-achievers-from-an-engineering-student-to-a-CEO/20110627.htm

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India has 153000 millionaires! 12th in World..

 

The emerging Indian Economy has taken the Indian entrepreneurs one step ahead making them more richer!

Previously we have seen many people doubling their wealth due to abnormal returns given by the Indian stock markets.  [Richest Indians]

The number of dollar-millionaires in India surged to a record high of 1.53 lakh (153,000) in 2010, making the country’s high net worth individual (HNI) population 12th largest across the globe.

At the same time, Indian millionaires also showed growing interest in investments like luxury collectibles (luxury cars, boats and jets), as also in sports, the annual survey found.

At the end of 2010, India’s HNI population stood at 153,000, up more than 20 per cent from 126,700 in 2009, when India was ranked 14th.

The worldwide population of HNIs rose by 8.3 per cent to 10.9 million, while their financial wealth grew by 9.7 per cent to $42.7 trillion.

The US is still home to the single-largest HNI segment in the world, with its 3.1 million HNIs accounting for 28.6 per cent of the global HNI population. [Source]

The main reason that has lead to the growth of the millionaires in India is the booming Indian Economy with the support of Global Economy.

According to (Report) annual World Wealth Report of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Capgemini.