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Cuffe Parade
Cuffe Parade is a historic and significant business district of the city of Mumbai, India. It is home to a collection of commercial and office high-rises. It is bordered to the north by Nariman Point which, along with Cuffe Parade, forms the greater CBD region of the city. History Cuffe Parade was named after T. W. Cuffe of the Bombay City Improvement Trust, which reclaimed around 75,000 m² on the western shore of Colaba. Much of Cuffe Parade was developed on reclaimed land in the 1960s, with many of the buildings over thirty storeys high. Prior to the mid 2000s, some of the tallest buildings in South Asia were located in Cuffe Parade. Unlike Nariman Point to the North, Cuffe Parade's lack of proximity to major historical sites has allowed construction of towers above 150 metres of height. However, in recent years, residential towers in Parel, along with commercial towers in Mumbai Central have overtaken Cuffe Parade's skyline. Cuffe Parade has been making a resurgence in re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held '' de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai Central
Mumbai Central (formerly Bombay Central, station code: MMCT) is a major railway station on the Western line, situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra in an area known by the same name. It serves as a major stop for both Local and Inter-City/Express trains with separate platforms for them. It is also a terminal for several long-distance trains including the Mumbai Rajdhani Express. It is one of the five major Terminal stations in Mumbai while others being Mumbai CST, Mumbai LTT, Mumbai BDTS and Mumbai Dadar. Trains depart from the station connecting various destinations mostly across states in the northern, western and north-western parts of India. The station was renamed from ''Bombay Central'' to ''Mumbai Central'' in 1997, following the change of Bombay to Mumbai. In 2018, a resolution was passed to change the station code to ''MMCT'', with implementation ongoing. History It was designed by the British architect Claude Batley, and constructed by the Shapoorji Pallonji in 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colaba Woods
Colaba Woods ( mr, कुलाबा वुड्स ) is a garden in the Colaba area of Mumbai, India. Colaba Woods is located near the President Hotel in South Mumbai. About 5 km from the CST railway station. The Colaba woods garden is located on C.T.S. No. 87A and 88B. It is spread over 31,000 m2. It is a beautiful wooded tree garden near to high sky scraper buildings. In the early 1900's the Tata Electric Company took over an eight-acre plot of land from the MCGM. This was called as Colaba woods. It was a refuse dump. Today, this green forest in the concrete jungle at Cuffe Parade is the lung of the locality. It has several facilities like joggers' track, an amphi-theater, a readers' corner for street children, basketball courts, children play areas and areas for relaxation. Colaba Woods won the Urban Heritage Award in 1989. Tree enumeration study In 2015, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation revealed its plans to use up a quarter of the Colaba Woods for c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BD Somani International School
B.D. Somani International School is an International Baccalaureate Diploma and IGCSE certified Reception to Grade 12 school in Mumbai, India. It is located in the Cuffe Parade area in South Mumbai. History B.D. Somani was founded in 2006, starting with a two-year International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. In 2008, an IGCSE Program and primary school were started. It was founded by Aradhana Somani, an educationist whose other successful projects include G.D. Somani Memorial School, Mira Conscious Education Pre-school, and B.D. Somani Institute of Arts and Fashion Technology. Summary B.D. Somani International School has 932 students from reception to grade 12. It is located in Cuffe Parade and is one of the top international schools in Mumbai. The school has two sections, primary school and secondary school. There are several subjects taught in B.D. Somani: Maths, Science, English, Social Science, Humanities, Core subject, French, Hindi, Geography, History, Music, Theatre/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Trade Center (Mumbai)
The Mumbai World Trade Centre at Cuffe Parade is a skyscraper built in the year 1970. It is the first world trade center in India. It consists of two towers, the M. Visvesaraya Industrial Research and Development Centre (MVIRDC) and the IDBI. MVIRDC is also known as Centre 1. At 155.9 m, it was the tallest building in South Asia for nearly four decades, until the completion of Planet Godrej (181 m) in 2009. It was constructed by the Shapoorji Pallonji Group. In 1998, the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) commenced air conditioned bus services connecting the World Trade Centre with the suburb of Andheri. Further, Special 2 buses are also running between Mumbai CSMT and the World Trade Center. References See also *List of world trade centers * List of tallest buildings in Mumbai *List of tallest buildings in India * List of tallest buildings and structures in the Indian subcontinent *List of tallest twin buildings and structures Buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Trade Centre (Mumbai)
The Mumbai World Trade Centre at Cuffe Parade is a skyscraper built in the year 1970. It is the first world trade center in India. It consists of two towers, the M. Visvesaraya Industrial Research and Development Centre (MVIRDC) and the IDBI. MVIRDC is also known as Centre 1. At 155.9 m, it was the tallest building in South Asia for nearly four decades, until the completion of Planet Godrej (181 m) in 2009. It was constructed by the Shapoorji Pallonji Group. In 1998, the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) commenced air conditioned bus services connecting the World Trade Centre with the suburb of Andheri. Further, Special 2 buses are also running between Mumbai CSMT and the World Trade Center. References See also *List of world trade centers * List of tallest buildings in Mumbai *List of tallest buildings in India * List of tallest buildings and structures in the Indian subcontinent *List of tallest twin buildings and structures Buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bina Sheth Lashkari
Bina Sheth Lashkari (born ) is an Indian Doorstep school founder in India. Over 30 years she has helped to organise the education of 100,000 children in Mumbai. In 2013 she was awarded the Stree Shakti Puraskar Life Laskari took her first degree in child psychology. She started her work when she founded her first school in Cuffe Parade in Colaba in 1988. At the time children from the slums could only look on as richer children went off to posh schools. She originally had 25 children and their Banjara parents were working for low wages gutting fish. She had been inspired to the idea while she was taking her master's degree in social work. She had visited the local school and she was surprised to find that children were leaving after her three or four years. Visiting the children's parent she found that the children were all ready an essential part of their families wage earning. They could not be spared if the family was to survive. With the assistance of Rajani Paranjape she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JM Financial
JM Financial (JMFL) is an Indian financial services group headquartered in Mumbai and has branches across India. It also has overseas branches in Ebene, Singapore, New Jersey and Dubai although almost all the group's business are domestic operations in India. History JM Financial was founded in 1973 by Nimesh Kampani and was originally set up as a consultancy practice. In 1986, it was incorporated as an private limited company to engage in the business of Stock-broking. In 1991, it listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange becoming a publicly listed company group and in 2006 it held a secondary listing on the National Stock Exchange of India. The group expanded into different businesses outside Stock-broking which include Asset Management in 1994, Private Equity in 2006, Real Estate investment in 2007, Distressed Credit in 2008 and Mortgage lending in 2017. In 1999, JM Financial and Morgan Stanley set up a Joint Venture in India named JM Morgan Stanley. In February 2007, Morgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimesh Kampani
Nimesh Kampani (born 30 September 1946) is an Indian investment banker. He is the chairman of the JM Financial group of companies. His personal wealth was valued at US$ 595 million in 2009 making him the 83rd richest in India, at that time. The Kampani family's combined direct and indirect equity ownership of JM Financial Ltd is between 60% and 65%. ''Livemint'' called him along with Hemendra Kothari and Uday Kotak the "Three K's" of India's leaders in investment banking. In 2014, the court named him as the mediator in the inheritance dispute between Shardul and Cyril Shroff over the law firm Amarchand Mangaldas, which at the time was India's largest. Early life and education Kampani is a commerce graduate from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics Sydenham College of Economics is a college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to the Dr. Homi Bhabha State University. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in management. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narendra Patni
Narendra Kumar Patni (9 March 1942 – 3 June 2014) was an entrepreneur and IT visionary who founded Patni Computer Systems and helped establish the overall Indian IT industry. He is considered a "pioneer of India's information technology (IT) services revolution" and a "doyen of the industry" Patni was listed in the Forbes list of India's 40 Richest in 2005. Patni was the founder and CEO of Patni Computer Systems, (PTI, PATNI) with headquarters in Kendall Square, Cambridge and Mumbai, India. Patni Computer Systems employed 18,000 people around the world and was listed on the Bombay and New York Stock Exchanges. Narendra Patni graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and had a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also held an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Patni divided his time between Mumbai, India and Boston, MA. He died on 3 June 2014 in Boston, MA. Early life and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essel Group
Essel Group, (also known as Zee Group) is an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company and corporate promoter headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company has had business interests in mass media, infrastructure and packaging. It operates the subsidiary of Zee Media Corporation. Encumbered with severe debt, Essel has sold off several of its assets, including Essel Propack and stakes of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Founded in 1926 as the Messrs Ramgopal Indraprasad by Jagannath Goenka, the company was expanded and converted into the Essel Group of Industries by his grandson, Subhash Chandra. Chandra is part of the Goenka (Goel) family which owns and operates the group; he was also the chairman of the company and a Bharatiya Janata Party-backed member of the Rajya Sabha. History 1926–1967 In 1926, Jagannath Goenka founded the Messrs Ramgopal Indraprasad as a commercial firm to deal in food grains at the ''mandi'' ( product market) in Adampur, Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhash Chandra
Subhash Chandra Goenka (born 30 November 1950) is an Indian billionaire media baron. He is the chairman of the Essel Group, an Indian media conglomerate and founded Zee TV in 1992. He was also the chairman of Zee Media but resigned as Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the company on 24 May 2016. He was elected to the Upper House of the Indian parliament for the Haryana state in the 2016 Rajya Sabha election, as an independent candidate supported by legislators from the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 31 May 2022 Subhash Chandra filed his nomination from Rajasthan for elections to the Rajya Sabha as an Independent candidate backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, but he lost the election. Early years Subhash Chandra is born in an Agarwal Bania family in Adampur, Hisar district, Haryana. Forbes India notes that Chandra was born in Rajasthan, and moved with his family to Hisar during his childhood. His family had a debt of , which he had to repay. His family could not afford his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
