Aurangabad -The 4rh largest city in maharashtra,home of companis like bajaj,videocon,skoda,audi,wokhard,garware,wipro,johnson&johnson,colgate, beer Capital of India


Malls under development:

prozone mall 22lakh sq.ft mall
west poineer 7.5lkah sq.ft mall cum multiplex opp airport
r-mall 1.5 lakh sq ft at garkheda
TK mall 5 lakh sq. ft adalat road
global mall at dargha
multiplex near railwaystaion
chinar tower ellora road
NBL city center

empire mall
http://product-image.tradeindia.com/00277506/b/0/Empire-Mall-Pvt-Ltd-.jpg
Ajnatha group five star hotel opp airport
http://product-image.tradeindia.com/00277509/b/0/Hotel-Facilities.jpg

chinar tower aurangabad
http://www.nagpalgroup.co.in/images/uppro1.jpg

nbl city cneter
http://www.nagpalgroup.co.in/images/in111.jpg

more detail of empire mall
IT park and hotel from ajanthainfrastrcture group
http://ajantainfrastructure.tradeindia.com/Exporters_Suppliers/Exporter17868.277507/Empire-Mall-Pvt-Ltd-.html

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5944/auair6.jpg
Aurangabad Intenational airport
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4345/aai4.jpg
It is just like any metro city airport
औरंगाबाद, ता. १७ - चिकलठाणा येथील आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळाचा चेहरामोहरा संपूर्णत: बदलला आहे. डोळे दीपवणाऱ्या या आकर्षक विमानतळाचे शुक्रवारी (ता.२१) सकाळी ११ वाजता केंद्रीय नागरी उड्डयन मंत्री प्रफुल्ल पटेल आणि मुख्यमंत्री विलासराव देशमुख यांच्या हस्ते उद्*घाटन होणार असल्याची माहिती विमानतळ नियंत्रक (कंट्रोलर) विवेक उपाध्याय यांनी "सकाळ'शी बोलताना दिली.
विमानतळावरील विविध प्रकारच्या कामांसाठी १३० कोटी रुपये खर्च झाले असून विमानतळावरील अंतर्गत व बाह्य भागातील कामे जवळपास पूर्ण झाल्याचे त्यांनी स्पष्ट केले. चिकलठाणा विमानतळाला अंतराष्ट्रीय विमानतळाचा दर्जा प्राप्त झाल्यामुळे दर्जानुसार विविध सोयी-सुविधा उपलब्ध करण्यात आल्या आहेत. ज्यामध्ये प्रामुख्याने टर्मिनल बिल्डिंग, एटीसी टॉवर, फायर स्टेशन या इमारतींमध्ये अद्ययावत सोयी-सुविधांचा समावेश करण्यात आला आहे.

टेक्*निकल बिल्डिंगमध्ये विमानतळाशी निगडित सर्व प्रकारच्या कार्यालयांचा आणि महत्त्वपूर्ण विभागांचा समावेश आहे. पूर्वीपेक्षा फायर स्टेशनही अत्याधुनिक व प्रशस्त करण्यात आले आहे. सबस्टेशनचा प्लॅंटदेखील वातानुकूलित करण्यात आला असल्याचे उपाध्याय यांनी सांगितले.

उद्*घाटन सोहळ्यासाठी एअरपोर्ट ऍथॉरिटी ऑफ इंडियाचे चेअरमन डॉ. के. रामलिंगम, सदस्य (योजना) व्ही. पी. अग्रवाल, कार्यकारी संचालक पी. जी. पाई आदी मान्यवरांचीही उपस्थिती राहणार आहे.

रेस्टॉरन्ट, एटीएम, चाईल्ड केअर, ड्यूटी फ्री शॉप्स आणि बरेच काही...
तब्बल २० हजार ५०० चौरस मीटर जागेवर टर्मिनल बिल्डिंग बांधण्यात आली आहे. यामध्ये क्*लोज सर्किट टी. व्ही., फ्लाईट इन्फॉरमेशन डिस्प्ले, डिरेक्*टिंग सिस्टिम, व्हीआयपी व्यक्*तींसाठी रिझर्व्ह लॉन, प्रशस्त रेस्टॉरन्ट,ब्यूटी शॉप, बॅंक एटीएम, पोस्ट ऑफिस, रेल्वे तिकीट बुकिंग काउंटर, पॅसेंजर बोर्डिंग ब्रीज, मॉडर्न बगेज हॅंडलिंग, ऑटोमॅटिक फायर अलार्म, चाईल्ड केअर, ड्यूटी फ्री शॉप्स आदी प्रकारच्या अत्याधुनिक सोयी-सुविधांचा समावेश असल्याचे विवेक उपाध्याय यांनी सांगितले.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4345/aai4.jpg
airport

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5944/auair6.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Aurangabad_Airport_3.jpg/300px-Aurangabad_Airport_3.jpg

prozone mall is all set up to start its 22lakh sq.ft mall in aurangabad
It will be largest mall in india when it gets in operation,
it wii have hypercity,shaopper's stop,relince ome,oddesy,liberty,nike,big cinemas with 5 screen,globus,70000 sq,ft food court,pyramid,pantoon,liberty international
http://ajantainfrastructure.tradeindia.com/Exporters_Suppliers/Exporter17868.277507/Empire-Mall-Pvt-Ltd-.html

http://www.prozone.co.in/projects.htm

west poineer group's 750000 sq.f mall um multiplex ,hotel is also coming aurangabad
http://www.west-pioneer.com/content/developments/developments.asp

reliace mall (area 1.5 lakh sq.ft)at garkheda 3 screemn multiplex
TK mall (area over 4lakh sq. ft)at adalat road
Inox 4 screen multiplex nearrailway station
aurangabad city center beside big bazzar
global mall at dargha

http://propertyshodh.com/images/1chinar%20tower%20aurangabad%20nagpal.jpg
chinar tower aurangabad by nagpl group

http://www.nagpalgroup.co.in/images/in111.jpg
NBL city center aurangabad

aprat from this aurangabad alredya has
spencer hyper50000 sq.ft
big bazaar 44000 sq.ft
more. mega store 40000 sq.ft
vishal mega mart
PVR ,Fame.big cinemas
five 5star hotel(taj,rama,ajntha ambesiter,lemon tree,vits)

http://propertyshodh.com/images/1chinar%20tower%20aurangabad%20nagpal.jpg
chinar tower aurangabad by nagpl group

Welcome to the forum Niks8887 :cheers:


Anyway here is some more info on Chinar Towers:

Chinar Tower, Ellora Road - Show room/Offices

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5539/chinary.jpg

Link (http://www.nagpalgroup.co.in/project5.html)

Commercial Project, CIDCO N3 - Office

http://i28.tinypic.com/14xlaj4.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/efqb1h.jpg

Link (http://www.nagpalgroup.co.in/project6.html)

Shivalik Heights, Tilak Nagar - Show rooms/Offices

http://i26.tinypic.com/1175qmd.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/2yo30j5.jpg

Link (http://www.nagpalgroup.co.in/project7.html)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5944/auair6.jpg
Aurangabad Intenational airport
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4345/aai4.jpg
It is just like any metro city airport
औरंगाबाद, ता. १७ - चिकलठाणा येथील आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळाचा चेहरामोहरा संपूर्णत: बदलला आहे. डोळे दीपवणाऱ्या या आकर्षक विमानतळाचे शुक्रवारी (ता.२१) सकाळी ११ वाजता केंद्रीय नागरी उड्डयन मंत्री प्रफुल्ल पटेल आणि मुख्यमंत्री विलासराव देशमुख यांच्या हस्ते उद्*घाटन होणार असल्याची माहिती विमानतळ नियंत्रक (कंट्रोलर) विवेक उपाध्याय यांनी "सकाळ'शी बोलताना दिली.
विमानतळावरील विविध प्रकारच्या कामांसाठी १३० कोटी रुपये खर्च झाले असून विमानतळावरील अंतर्गत व बाह्य भागातील कामे जवळपास पूर्ण झाल्याचे त्यांनी स्पष्ट केले. चिकलठाणा विमानतळाला अंतराष्ट्रीय विमानतळाचा दर्जा प्राप्त झाल्यामुळे दर्जानुसार विविध सोयी-सुविधा उपलब्ध करण्यात आल्या आहेत. ज्यामध्ये प्रामुख्याने टर्मिनल बिल्डिंग, एटीसी टॉवर, फायर स्टेशन या इमारतींमध्ये अद्ययावत सोयी-सुविधांचा समावेश करण्यात आला आहे.

टेक्*निकल बिल्डिंगमध्ये विमानतळाशी निगडित सर्व प्रकारच्या कार्यालयांचा आणि महत्त्वपूर्ण विभागांचा समावेश आहे. पूर्वीपेक्षा फायर स्टेशनही अत्याधुनिक व प्रशस्त करण्यात आले आहे. सबस्टेशनचा प्लॅंटदेखील वातानुकूलित करण्यात आला असल्याचे उपाध्याय यांनी सांगितले.

उद्*घाटन सोहळ्यासाठी एअरपोर्ट ऍथॉरिटी ऑफ इंडियाचे चेअरमन डॉ. के. रामलिंगम, सदस्य (योजना) व्ही. पी. अग्रवाल, कार्यकारी संचालक पी. जी. पाई आदी मान्यवरांचीही उपस्थिती राहणार आहे.

रेस्टॉरन्ट, एटीएम, चाईल्ड केअर, ड्यूटी फ्री शॉप्स आणि बरेच काही...
तब्बल २० हजार ५०० चौरस मीटर जागेवर टर्मिनल बिल्डिंग बांधण्यात आली आहे. यामध्ये क्*लोज सर्किट टी. व्ही., फ्लाईट इन्फॉरमेशन डिस्प्ले, डिरेक्*टिंग सिस्टिम, व्हीआयपी व्यक्*तींसाठी रिझर्व्ह लॉन, प्रशस्त रेस्टॉरन्ट,ब्यूटी शॉप, बॅंक एटीएम, पोस्ट ऑफिस, रेल्वे तिकीट बुकिंग काउंटर, पॅसेंजर बोर्डिंग ब्रीज, मॉडर्न बगेज हॅंडलिंग, ऑटोमॅटिक फायर अलार्म, चाईल्ड केअर, ड्यूटी फ्री शॉप्स आदी प्रकारच्या अत्याधुनिक सोयी-सुविधांचा समावेश असल्याचे विवेक उपाध्याय यांनी सांगितले.

Sorry, mujhe marathi nahi aati.

Can someone tell me what this says?

http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#AlbumZoom?uid=3930843466030168631&pid=1246015455719&aid=1$pid=1246015455719
anjali big cinemas

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/106217980305555853904/UntitledAlbum#5381998865985825154

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/106217980305555853904/UntitledAlbum#5381998865985825154

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niral bazzar

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fame tapdia ,town center aurangabad

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pvr, Airport road,aurangabad

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Aurangabad business center

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NBL city cneter

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kasliwal relince mall cum multiplex
garkheda aurangabad
coming in march 2010

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Vkhi4QA1kn8/SrR-qvdfbuI/AAAAAAAAAIE/Z9MV-XtxriU/s400/OgAAABwgz9Lpt_5zGa9XP6vdUkv84ynBI5Ft_cuZrJoz6wieOstY_lKxwkRpoUMZzFK0_gHzWXFHAKwbgiCYlPWP6hkAm1T1UGcU6W26obINEfeDKsdm8oQGEz7s.jpg
Tapdia n kasliwal group mall
TK mall,adalat road
coming in 2010 end

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Patel group's comertial center

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22lakh sq.ft prozone mall
API corner aurangabad
biggest mall in INDIA

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Vkhi4QA1kn8/SrSADU437qI/AAAAAAAAAIo/Ph88YUXTra4/s400/OgAAAHhb7tTG1FviFZPo63gPQZiauyPWkZyY_5kFSZFuBhixt65puDg3aPqnk4PaCZsWqZDrcfE-2KFiN1Fqwzm61agAm1T1UJeG1msI0K5A9s_gKo27KqD-cMf0.jpg
prozone mall construction

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Vkhi4QA1kn8/SrSAa8aANoI/AAAAAAAAAI0/3WFANJCMw_c/s400/OgAAAPb4053X2KILK4qXPHfoI3hot3rkmoj38t1g8OV1bwJqCIbKxjRpToalFM4EmRnuvVKUu0aioQFCpMadd8eUYiEAm1T1UFc3nAe2hvW87kqZ4Jvo3E-w-pZp.jpg
Big bazaar,aurangabad

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Kamal nayan Bajaj hospital aurangabad

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Aurangabad festiwal
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N-2 cricket ground during Aurangabad Primer League
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APL

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Divisinal stedium Aurangabad
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Tennis court with cover

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What a strange design. Any info on what this is? :)

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Ajantha infra group's 200 rooms 5star hotel
Airport road,aurangabad
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Anjantha groups GOlden IT Park
Chikhalthana MIDC,Aurangabad

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Vascon group IT Park
chikhalthana MIDC,Aurangabad

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vascon 300 rooms 5star hotel
Airport road, aurangabad

What a strange design. Any info on what this is? :)

This Is propose comercial center by Patel group
Rit now I dont have any offical Website for this

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Pride Engima,near divisional stedium ,Garkheda,aurangabad

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Premchand Infocity
Chikhalthana MIDC
Aurangabad

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west poineer 7.5 lakh sq ft mall cum hotel
aiirport road Aurangabad coming in 2013
Intercontinental hotel

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Disha sansruti
Paithan road,Aurangabad

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kasliwal Marval,Beed bypass,Near MIT colg AUrngabad
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Pride egima

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pride tower near railwaystation

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anjali big cinemas

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vascon groups hotel with 300 rooms

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vascon group IT park

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plot for sale near stedium garkheda

prozone golden mall largest in india (22 lakh sq.ft)
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[IMG]

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Audi company
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skoda auto aurangabad
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taj hotelhttp://lh5.ggpht.com/_Vkhi4QA1kn8/SufhI2dSELI/AAAAAAAAAT0/nSY8AjKVTGo/s400/aurangabad.jpg
hotel Ajantha ambesiter
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lemon tree hgotel
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rama internatinal
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vits hotel
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hotel medows
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bibi ka makbara(REPICA OF TAJMAHAL)
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panchakki
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upcoming INOX near station
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side view
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtO5dBPhjno

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audi showroom inside mall

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22lakh sq.ft mall
prozone mall

Looks huge and nice looking too.

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22lakh sq.ft mall
prozone mall

Wow - very nice. 2.2 million square feet is pretty big. When will this be ready?

it will b open in may 2010
it is biggest mall in INDIA at this moment
i know gurgaon ko 38lakc sq.ft mall ban raha hai lekin use abhi 4-5 sal time hey
check out you tube link

Aditya Birla Minacs inaugurates its twenty-seventh center in Aurangabad
Center to further strengthen Aditya Birla Minacs’ leadership in region specific customer interaction services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 16, 2009 – Aurangabad, India: Aditya Birla Minacs, a global business solutions company (subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo) today announced the inauguration of its new delivery center at MIDC Chikalthana in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The center will initially provide customer interaction services in Marathi, apart from Hindi and English, to 53 million IDEA Cellular subscribers as part of the five year outsourcing services deal worth Rs 600 crores.

Mr. Navanit Narayan, Chief Service Delivery Officer, IDEA Cellular Ltd. was honorable chief guest at the occasion and inaugurated the center. Mr. Milind Godbole, President APAC, Aditya Birla Minacs presided over the function.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Navanit Narayan, Chief Service Delivery Officer, IDEA Cellular, said, “Our close partnership with Minacs has strengthened IDEA’s ability to deliver predictable, high quality services to our subscribers and deliver a strong customer experience 24/7. We are pleased with the quality of work that is being delivered from our Aurangabad operations and have confidence in the talent pool available in the city and the region. These kinds of centers will be instrumental in redefining mobile telephony service standards providing incisive reach, connectivity and value added services”.

Speaking at the inauguration, Mr. Milind Godbole, President – APAC, Aditya Birla Minacs said “Our new center firmly establishes Aurangabad as a significant customer service hub for Aditya Birla Minacs in Western India. We are delighted to be in Aurangabad and we value the support and encouragement we have received throughout the development process for this center. Aurangabad is planned as a hub for the Minacs Connect India hub-and-spoke model that we are implementing. Connect India’s unique, technology-driven, decentralized service delivery model will transform customer support services in India, with smaller regional centers offering accent diversification, disaster recovery and a standardized operation”.

Minacs Telecom Solutions offers end to end solutions including inbound and outbound sales, customer service and support, loyalty and retention, contract processing, database-driven marketing amongst other services. Minacs currently serves several Fortune 500 telecom clients including a leading wireless technology provider, a large global telecom company, and a global broadband service provider.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVON6-WGGU0

http://shreeprakashdevelopers.com/ongoing.html
amusment park and food plaza

After a six-year delay, the third auto cluster in the state after Pune and Nashik has got the green signal with the centre approving Rs 80 crore for the Marathwada Auto Cluster (MAC) in Aurangabad.

It will cater to more than 1,200 ancillary and engineering units and generate jobs. In 2002, the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA) had initiated the cluster project. The proposal was submitted to the government in 2003-04. But lack of political will and funds delayed it.

The CMIA again submitted a fresh proposal in 2006 in according with revised guidelines of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, but got no results.

CMIA recently held an apex committee meeting in New Delhi with the officials of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry for approval of the project under the Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme.

“Finally, our dream has come true,” said Ashish Garde, Hon. Secretary, CMIA to The Sunday Express.

Ajay Shankar, Secretary, Renu Sharma, Joint Secretary and Director Shashi Ranjan Kumar of the department reviewed the revised project report for MAC and approved a central grant of Rs 60 crore. The state will contribute the rest. CMIA has already formed a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called Marathwada Auto Cluster for setting up the facility in Aurangabad.

This is the third such project in Maharashtra. In Pune, the local industries association, MCCIA, has set up an Auto Cluster Project in association with Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and another is coming up in Nashik.

Will push hard for industrial growth, promises Dar
Pledging to push for Maharashtra’s progress, state Industries Minister Rajendra Darda on Saturday sought support from all parties in the task. At a felicitation ceremony in Aurangabad, Darda said basic infrastructure for industrial growth would be developed. He said the state was leading in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and will soon emerge as number one destination for new groups, including the IT sector.



Darda said inclusion of Aurangabad in Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project will provide growth opportunity for cities located in 150 km range of the special railway track for the venture. He said sick industries were a major challenge. “We should try to find why these industries are sick. If need be, they can be taken over by another group. But existing laws for the process are too complicated,” he said, adding that he would try to get the laws amended.

He also announced to start a single-window facility for completion of various pending works in the industrial sector.



The minister also said that laws for providing compensation to farmers against lands acquired by MIDC should be changed.

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mall with imax multiplex coming near darga
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tenis stedium with coverd roof
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gate
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niks8887, from now on please imageshack all the images that you post. A guide on how to do that is available here - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=600498

http://www.ajantainfraltd.com/index.php/project/aurangabad/prozone-golden-mall

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hyat hotel
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Hey Niks - which is that Golf Course ^^? Is it private or part of the Armed Forces facilities?

its private golf course develop by ajantha group
govt is developing 1 other 18 hole golf course near international airort

http://www.ajantainfraltd.com/index.php/project/aurangabad/blue-bells

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NBL city center at nirala bazar
nagpal group and nirman bharti landmrks(dilip deshmukh brother of vilasrao deshmukh)joint venture coming in Niralabazar near savarkar chock
Its a land of waqfbboard purchesed last year by NBL









A mega project of Nagpal Group, is ready to appear in strategic locations of Pune & Aurangabad. It is a self sufficient project concept designed to cater cross sections of customers.

NBL city center in Aurangabad is a mega project from Nagpal group. Designed in a gigantic manner, it has everything to fulfill clients need. Customers are ready to welcome this new project. It is going to exhibit features of ultra modern facilities. This is a landmark creation of Nagpal Group.

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Great updates.:cheers:

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Good updates

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Satyam Cineplex to launch in A'bad by 2011.
Satyam Cinemas is on an aggressive mode of expansion and plans to add over 40 screens to its existing network by the summer of 2011.

'We are targeting major cities in North, East and South India. This will include cities like Delhi, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai,' Ian Riches, vice president of Business Development and Projects Satyam Cinemas, told IANS, via e-mail Thursday.

'By the end of March 2011 we will be launching close to 18-20 screens in cities like Jodhpur, Aurangabad, Mysore and Rohtak to achieve a total of 40 screens operational by the end of the financial year,' he added.

Owned by Deven Chachra, Satyam Cinemas has been operating for nearly two decades in the capital. At present, it boasts of 17 screens across the country with four multiplexes - three in Delhi and a newly opened five-screen property in Indore.

Niks can you provide links when posting projects. Some of the projects I can't find anywhere on the net.

Audi Q5 to Be Assembled in Aurangabad , India
German automaker Audi will start production of its model Q5 at its Aurangabad plant in Maharashtra by mid-2010. The plant currently assembles Audi A4 and A6 at this plant and intends to produce 500 units of Q5 initially. Audi Q5 is a soft-roader that is capable of doing tasks as good as Q7 but comes in a more manageable package. The car is being imported as CKD units which will be assembled locally to bring down the costs. Completely built units in India attract 100 percent duty making the car extremely costly and not available for even upper middle class.

The completely knocked down (CKD) production site in Aurangabad is based on an extremely flexible concept that means it can ‘breathe’ and can be adapted to new market requirements. The start of production for an additional model is related to the volume and possible anytime. We will start assembling our SUV Q5 in India by mid-2010,” said Benoit Tiers, Audi India Managing Director.

Luxury car makers are gearing up to capture more of the market by manufacturing the popular models here to bring down costs. The Audi Q5 is priced at Rs 38 lakh for a base model. The company did not want to comment on what could be the price for the CKD model.

I almost give link of all pic
rest o1 r real pic capture by my frnd from aurangabad

http://www.rlda.in/Tenders/Presentation-of-Pre-Bid-Conference.pdf

Toshiba, Itochu, Mitsubishi and Mitsui by 2011
Japan to aid state's first green industrial estate

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Mumbai, Feb. 25 -- State will have its first eco-friendly industrial estate in Shendra near Aurangabad, some 400 km from Mumbai. The Japanese government will grant funds for the project, and its experts will work on it later this year. Shendra will be one of the three pollution-free industrial estates in the country to be set up in association with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The other two will come up in Haryana and Gujarat. Shendra will be developed along the lines of Kitakyushu in Japan. Once one of the most polluted industrial cities in Japan, Kitakyushu has now emerged as a smart city, where all kinds of industrial waste - including that generated from automobiles, home appliances, medical instruments, construction, food processing and plastic - are recycled by private companies. Shendra's current facility, run by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), is home to multinationals such as Skoda, which has an automobile unit. A special economy zone has also been planned there. Industry Minister Rajendra Darda told Hindustan Times that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan during his recent visit there. Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corpor-ation (DMICDC) will be the nodal agency. DMICDC is a 1,483-km dedicated freight corridor passing through five states before reaching Maharashtra. Shendra falls in that corridor. That's why it was chosen for the project.

MIDC's CEO, Kshatrapati Shivaji said Japan will fund and carry out experiments, followed by private investments through companies like Toshiba, Itochu, Mitsubishi and Mitsui by 2011

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list od sez in Shendra MIDC
SIMENS metro coech SEZ
Hindalco SEZ
Wokhat SEZ
Ajantha pharma SEZ
Glenmark SEZ
skoda, audi
Videocon SEZ

Good to see you back.

http://beta.thehindu.com/business/companies/article257623.ece

German automobile major Mercedes Benz launched the GL 350CDI BlueEfficiency, what it called the “most premium SUV [sport utility vehicle] in the Indian market” here on Thursday.

The two variants — GL Executive priced at Rs. 63.57 lakh and the GL Luxury priced at Rs. 68.48 lakh (ex-showroom Mumbai) — were unveiled by the Managing Director and CEO of Mercedes Benz India Wilfried Aulbur.

The seven-seater luxury model is equipped with a 7 G-TRONIC gearbox, 4Matic Permanent all-wheel drive, electrically folding third row of seats and a panoramic sunroof. Speaking to journalists on the occasion, Dr. Aulbur said, “In its segment, the GL-Class is the largest SUV and the only one that offers full-size third row seats with independent AC vents. It has exemplary head and leg room. The BlueEfficiency tag is a statement of its environmental compatibility.”

He said that special attention had been paid to safety. The models were equipped with the pre-safe preventive occupant protection system, a world first in this market segment. The crash-responsive head restraints for the driver and the front passenger would support the head sooner in a rear-end impact.

It accelerates from a speed of 0 to 100 kilometres per hour in 9.5 seconds, reaches a top speed of 210 kmph and consumes 9.7 litres of fuel per 100 km. It is also fitted with special off-road features such as Downhill Speed Regulation and hill-start assist.

Dr. Aulbur said, “The model is aggressively priced as we would like to occupy the luxury SUV sector in India, which has a space for 9,000-10,000 units a year.” He said that Mercedes Benz was planning to expand with showrooms and dealerships in Tier-2 and Tier-3 markets like Goa, Bhubaneshwar, Indore, Aurangabad and Surat.

Printing press and corporate Head office for Lokmat at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Area – 60,000 sq.ft.
The four-acre plot is designed to accommodate the Corporate Head office of Lokmat Newspapers and a Printing Press. The printing press is designed for 4 sets of cold set printing machines making it the biggest installation facility among all Lokmat printing press facility

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Patel Pride

Independent Bungalow -
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Twin Bungalow -
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Row House -
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AT india101
any link n location of patel pride project

Oh oops thought I posted it. I edited my previous post.

Here is a view of the Prozone Golden Mall from Google Earth, the site is massive.

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Probably is going to be the largest building in Aurangabad

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it will be the largest mall in INDIA
22lakh sq ft
Asia's largest mall
Mr Vinay Surana, projects director, Ajanta Infrastructure, the company which is building Asia’s largest retail mall in Aurangabad, and a partner to the summit, said: “Aurangabad is well connected to Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, which are the existing IT hubs. Companies can break even faster in a city like Aurangabad, compared to existing IT hubs as the cost of living, land rates and lease rentals are half of that in cities like Pune. The city has a vibrant population and so we have undertaken the project of constructing a 22-lakh square-feet retail mall. The project will be ready in the next 18 months, but we have already leased out almost 60% space. The mall will get anchor brands like Shoppers’ Stop, Westside, Adlabs, Croma and @home, for the first time in Aurangabad

Are you sure Asia or even India? Because the Lulu mall in Kochi is 2,000,000 sq.ft

PROZONE MALL IS 22LAKH SQ.FT
biggest in INDIA n ASIA at current
dont know after 5 yr

22 Lakh sq.ft = 2200000 sq.ft = 204308 m2

There are many larger malls in Asia. But it will be the largest in India and one of the largest in South Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_buildings_in_the_world

IT IS BIGGEST RETAIL MALL IN INDIA,ASIA
UR PROVIDED LINK'S MALL R NOT ONLY RETAIL BUT TYHEY HAVE HOTTEL N COMMERCIAL SPACE IN IT

Ok, ok it's the largest mall India and Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provogue
Provogue
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Provogue is a Mumbai based Indian company incorporated on November 11, 1997 as Acme Clothing Private Limited. The brand Provogue was launched in March 1998 and is currently one of the biggest retail apparel brands in India based in based Mumbai.[1]

[edit]Sponsorship

Like many other sports brands, Provogue started sponsoring the sports teams.
Team Sponsorship
-Provogue is the official clothing sponsor of Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League
Kings XI Punjab
-Provogue is the official sponsor for clothing of all the teams in Indian cricket league.
[edit]Reference

^ http://www.provogue.net/contact_us.html
[edit]External links

Official site
They have a subsidiary called Prozone which recently got funded from Liberty International. Prozone is a chain of malls initiated by provogue. The first shopping mall is scheduled for launch in May 2010. After the launch, Prozone mall in Aurangabad will be one of the largest mall in the country in terms of size and Gross Leasable Area.

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Anyway great updates on the malls.

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औरंगाबादकरांचा 'मर्सिडीस' क्लास...! एकाच वेळी ११५ गाड्यांची खरेदी
(28-04-2010 : 12:14:32)

मर्सिडीस-बेन्झ वापरणाऱ्या 'हौशी' मंडळींसाठी ती आपल्या दारी असणे ही सार्थ अभिमानाची गोष्ट असते. त्यातूनच मुंबईत मर्सिडीस-क्लबची कल्पना पुढे आली आणि रुजलीही... सुमारे १२ वर्षांपूर्वी स्थापन झालेल्या या अनौपचारिक क्लबच्या सदस्यांमध्ये अनेक मराठी नावांचाही समावेश आहे. त्यांनी कमाविलेल्या वैभवाच्या वेगळ्या 'क्लास'ची साक्ष देणारी मर्सिडीस हाच त्यांच्यातील समान दुवा असतो. दोन डझनांहून अधिक सदस्य असलेल्या मुंबईतील मर्सिडीस क्लबच्या धर्तीवर औरंगाबादेतही असा क्लब झाल्यास आश्चर्य वाटू नये. अर्थात तसे झाल्यास औरंगाबादेतील संख्याबळ लक्षणीय ठरण्याची शक्यता आहे.

औरंगाबाद, दि. २७ (प्रतिनिधी) : महाराष्ट्राच्या औद्योगिक सुवर्ण-चतुष्कोनात महत्त्वाचे स्थान असलेल्या औरंगाबादने एक आगळाच विक्रम नोंदविला आहे. औरंगाबादकरांनी एकाच वेळी तब्बल ११५ मर्सिडीस गाड्या खरेदी करत शहराची आर्थिक व व्यापारी ताकद अधोरेखित केली आहे. कोणत्याही एका शहरात वैयक्तिक पातळीवर इतक्या मोठ्या प्रमाणात मर्सिडीसची खरेदी होण्याची देशातील ही पहिलीच घटना आहे. दसऱ्यापूर्वी या गाड्या सीमोल्लंघनासाठी सिद्ध असतील...
गाड्यांची वर्गवारी ती वापरणाऱ्यांनुसार करायची झाल्यास बीएमडब्ल्यू, ऑडी, मर्सिडीस यांचा क्रमांक नेहमीच वरचा असतो. २७.५ लाख ते ४२ लाख रुपये असा प्राईस-बॅण्ड असलेल्या 'मर्क'चा मालक असणे आणि पोटातील पाणी न हलता वाऱ्याशी स्पर्धा करत ती पळविणे ही अनेकांची पॅशन असते. या वर्गवारीतील जास्तीत जास्त गाड्या एकाच वेळी विकण्याचा एक
विक्रमी प्रयत्न करण्याचे घाटल्यावर मर्सिडीसचे
नाव नक्की झाले. त्यानंतर औरंगाबादेतील अनेक प्रतिष्ठितांना आवाहन करताना ५० गाड्या
एकाच वेळी विकण्याचे उद्दिष्ट ठेवण्यात आले होते. या आवाहनाला मिळालेला प्रतिसाद डोळे दिपविणारा होता. तब्बल ११५ जणांनी गाड्यांसाठी नोंदणी केली आणि एक आगळा इतिहास घडविला. अनेक उद्योजक, व्यापारी, बिल्डर्स यासाठी पुढे आले. गाडीच्या क्रेझपेक्षाही औरंगाबादची मान जगात उंचाविण्यासाठी ते या उपक्रमात सहभागी झाल्याची माहिती 'लोकमत'ला मिळाली आहे. मर्सिडीसचे महाराष्ट्रातील वितरक 'बीयू भंडारी'चे संचालक चंद्रवदन भंडारी यांनीही ११५ गाड्यांची एकाच वेळी विक्री झाल्याचे स्पष्ट केले. यामुळे औरंगाबादच्या शिरपेचात मानाचा तुरा खोवला गेल्याची भावना त्यांनी बोलून दाखविली. उद्योजक घराणी किवा कंपन्या एकाच वेळी मोठ्या प्रमाणावर गाड्या खरेदी करतात. मात्र वैयक्तिक पातळीवर झालेली ही विक्री निश्चितच स्तब्ध करणारी आहे. विशेष म्हणजे एकाच वेळी नोंदणी झालेल्या या गाड्यांची डिलिव्हरीही एकाच वेळी करण्यात येणार आहे. ९ किवा १० ऑक्टोबरला सर्व ग्राहकांना मर्कच्या चाव्या मिळतील, असे भंडारी यांनी सांगितले. याचाच अर्थ दसऱ्यापूर्वी या ११५ मर्सिडीस बेन्झ औरंगाबादच्या अनेक आवारांची शान वाढवितील.
राज्याच्या औद्योगिक नकाशात औरंगाबादचे महत्त्व अधोरेखित करणारी ही घटना आहे. देशविदेशातील गुंतवणूकदारांचे शहराकडे लक्ष वेधण्यासाठीही याचा मोठा उपयोग होणार आहे. त्यामुळे व्यापाराला व पर्यायाने रोजगारनिर्मितीला चालना मिळणार आहे. या घटनेमुळे बड्या बँकांचेही शहराकडे लक्ष वेधले गेले आहे. औरंगाबादकरांनी घडविलेले संपन्नता आणि समृद्धीचे हे दर्शन राज्याच्या सुवर्णमहोत्सवी वर्षाला साजेसे असेच आहे.

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'Aurangabad group' buys 115 Mercs at one go
Prafulla Marpakwar, TNN, Apr 29, 2010, 02.44am IST

MUMBAI: Aurangabad, the city in the backward region of Marathwada represented by chief minister Ashok Chavan and heavy industries minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, is known for its poverty, acute water shortage and lack of industrial development.

Last week, however, it achieved a different kind of distinction, when a group of its prominent denizens made what was possibly the single largest bulk booking of Mercedes Benz cars in India— an astounding 115 of them.

The feat was initiated and achieved when 115 industrialists, mediapersons, exporters, developers, medical professionals and lawyers, led by industrialists Rishi Darda and Rahul Dhoot, joined hands, set up what they called the ‘Aurangabad group’ and booked the swanky Mercs. ‘‘We have promised to deliver them in October, preferably before Dussera,’’ Pune-based Mercedes dealer Chandravadan Bhandari told TOI.

Bhandari said the Aurangabad group had set up a seven-member team to negotiate with the manufacturers. ‘‘Since it was the highest ever bulk booking, their plea was considered and they were given a good offer,’’ he said. ‘‘They accepted it and booked 115 cars.’’

Currently, there are five brands of Mercedes Benz available — C, E, M, S and GL — ranging from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 95 lakh. While the C-Classic costs Rs 25 lakh, the S-Classic sells for well over Rs 95 lakh.

Although not named as such, the Aurangabad group was active in the city in social work, organising medical camps, religious pilgrimages and so on. The proposal to acquire high-end cars was mooted a month ago. Several brands were discussed and ultimately, it was decided to go in for the Mercedes Benz. Initially, fewer than 15 persons were willing but later the figure shot up to a whopping 115.

(With inputs from Nikhil Deshmukh and Syed Rizwanullah)

Siemens commissions Aurangabad railway bogie unit
The Hindu April 29

Siemens Rolling Stock Pvt. Ltd., a 100 per cent subsidiary of Siemens, has set up the first dedicated bogie plant at Aurangabad with an initial investment of Rs. 200 crore. The factory will provide direct employment to about 250 people and indirect employment to about 1,000 people.

According to a company statement, the greenfield facility will manufacture high performance and superior quality bogies for locomotives, passenger coaches, electric multiple units and metros. It has been set up in technological collaboration with the Siemens AG bogie facility at Graz, Austria.

Siemens will provide the latest bogie solutions for the Indian and Asian markets through the factory which has the capacity to manufacture about 800 customised bogies annually, with scope for expansion to suit the market requirement. The bogies meet the European standards, that is, EN norms, and will have a minimum life of 25 years and a lower lifecycle cost.

Commenting on setting up of the plant, Armin Bruck, Managing Director, Siemens, said “This bogie factory is the first outside Europe and the U.S., and it enables us to offer our customers localised products at highly competitive rate.” Bogies form a part of the undercarriage of the coach and consist of a bogie frame, wheels, axles, suspension systems and brake equipment. Usually, two bogies are fitted to each carriage, wagon or locomotive, one at each end. They are primarily responsible for the ride quality, safety and comfort of the passengers on board. The range to be manufactured include metro bogies with 18 tonnes axle load, bogies for local trains with 21.5 tonnes axle load, bogies for high speed trains, high comfort bogies for passenger coaches and high axle load locomotive bogies.

Siemens new bogie facility at Aurangabad

The factory will manufacture high performance and superior quality bogies for locomotives, passenger coaches, electric multiple units and metro coaches.

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When the Mercedes office in Pune got a call two months ago from Aurangabad, a city better known for the nearby seventh century Ajanta-Ellora caves than for its industrial growth, the salesman at the receiving end was not impressed. Not even when the caller told him that they wanted to book at least a 100 Mercedes cars, the largest-ever bulk booking of the luxury car in India. “We’ll call you back,” he said, but never did.



It’s an attitude that raises the hackles of Aurangabad’s mushrooming new billionaires. It’s an uphill task, they say, to convince anyone outside Aurangabad that there’s big money in this small town, once touted as Asia’s fastest growing city but better known for the ‘industrialists’ from outside who milked the state government dry of subsidies and vanished overnight. “We resent being called a backward town,” explains Sachin Nagori, a builder who, like many of the city’s rich, has made his fortune from scratch in the last 10 years. “Even MacDonald’s and Pizza Hut haven’t set up shop here as yet,” Nagori says, adding that a few years ago when Aurangabad’s entrepreneurs wanted Skoda to open shop here, they had to make a trip to the parent office with a Czech interpreter to persuade them. Fed up with the patronising tone they get from metros and multinationals alike, Nagori persuaded his friends and business associates to book their Mercs in bulk—140 of them at last count. “It was time to tell people outside that Aurangabad, far from being backward, has the potential to be another Pune.”


The moped is still seen in the city

It was easier to convince Aurangabad’s rich to buy their first—or second and third, in some cases—Mercs than to persuade the luxury car company to take them seriously, according to Nagori. “We realised it wasn’t going to work with a simple call, so a few of us went to Pune and gave a PowerPoint presentation about us and Aurangabad in general.” The dealer then organised a road show in Aurangabad, and agreed to take bookings. “They gave us only three days to make the bookings, otherwise the number would have easily gone up to 250-300,” Nagori says, adding that he’s still receiving cheques from those he couldn’t get in touch with on time.



Kiran Wadhi, 41, Builder/Contractor
“At least 25 per cent of the people living in our apartment complex can afford to buy a Mercedes,” says Wadhi. It takes courage to own one, according to him, because while it’s every businessman’s dream to drive in a Mercedes, “we put it off, saying not now, maybe next year.”

It’s not hard to understand why the Mercedes Benz dealer, Chandravadan Bhandari, took so long to recognise their true worth: Aurangabad’s new rich seem unlike any you’ve seen before. They don’t smoke or drink, don’t flaunt labels, nobody’s ever heard of a child going astray and their idea of a good time is getting together with other families for a potluck dinner. And many of them continue to live in 400 sq ft apartments with peeling walls and stained stairways, the only concession to their new status being the two big cars parked among the neighbours’ scooters and Marutis. Like Kiran Wadhi, a builder who moved into his modestly furnished two-bedroom apartment in 1993, when he was still working for a construction company on a salary of Rs 5,000. For Wadhi, who rode a bike for many years before he could afford his first Maruti car, the Merc is less a status symbol than a sign of achievement: he and his family of five (mother, wife, two school-going sons) have spent 14 of their happiest years in this tiny flat, as Mona, his wife, tells us. So why spend a fortune acquiring a Mercedes? “Because it’s always been my dream to own one—for a businessman, it’s a sign of ultimate achievement.” Mona interjects: “Our son always used to ask, ‘When will Papa get a Mercedes car?’” But the Wadhis are clear about one thing: “Just because we’re buying a Mercedes, we’re not going to change our lifestyle. We are old-fashioned people who believe in old values.”

Even the concept of a steel-and-glass office is quite new: until Nagori built his swank business centre a year ago, most of Aurangabad’s multi-billion businesses were conducted in 300 sq ft rooms, with an old desk and a few chairs and a mudpot of drinking water. It’s the kind of office even Sitaram Agrawal, chairman of one of Aurangabad’s biggest real estate companies, had until he shifted to his new office four years ago. In fact, Agrawal’s first Mercedes—gifted to him by his son for his 25th wedding anniversary—was parked for years outside their little office and flat. Was it an embarrassment, considering the neighbours probably owned, at best, a scooter or a bike? “It was a gift and I had to honour my son’s feelings,” explains Agrawal, whose father ran a grocery store and who started his own career on a scooter, running small contracts.

As in Agrawal’s case, the Merc is sometimes a tribute by sons to fathers who have built their business empires out of nothing. Virendrasingh Pawar has booked a top-class Mercedes for precisely that reason: his father made a fortune from scratch by supplying private security to Aurangabad’s industries and hotels. And now that Virendrasingh has taken over the business, diversifying into electronic security, growing in the last few years into the country’s leading firm, he wants to celebrate by gifting his father his dream car. For himself, young Pawar would prefer a BMW but feels that can wait. At first, Pawar senior, who has seen hard times, resisted, but like Agrawal, succumbed for reasons of sentiment that had nothing to do with a desire to flaunt a status symbol.



Manzoor Khan, 49, Silk mill owner
Khan’s grandfather started the first Himroo powerloom factory. He went to work in a tonga. With business growing fast, Khan is about to demolish his old home and build a new mansion instead. “In the last three years, owning a Merc here is no longer seen as flaunting your wealth,” he says.

Aurangabad’s rich are also bending the hierarchy of Merc models to suit their own notion of family ranking. As Agrawal explains, the Merc he booked with the group of 140 was going to be of the top class, costing Rs 81 lakh. Since he already owns a Merc, he wanted to buy one for his son instead. But the son refused to accept the top class, saying that if his father drove a E-class Merc, he’d only drive a lower model—so they ended up getting the C-class one.

For Santosh Muthiyan too, the Merc is more a matter of family prestige. Some twenty years ago, his father, who owned a cloth shop, threw him out of the house because he failed his tenth class exam. Muthiyan began as a door-to-door salesman. Today, he and his partners own the biggest infrastructure company in Aurangabad, building luxury homes and a mall that is expected to be one of Asia’s biggest. At 37, Muthiyan believes it’s time he started living: in a few months he’ll be moving from his 1,000 sq ft apartment into a 51,000 sq ft mansion with a swimming pool and gym that he’s building for himself. Left to himself, he’d probably like to go on living in his present apartment which he shows us around with great pride. But Muthiyan sees an upward lifestyle almost as a challenge. “I promised myself that I’d take my father to live with me when I have a big house and a big car, and I’m now fulfilling that pledge.” Muthiyan has, of course, booked the top-class car for his father.

Muthiyan believes that money must “rotate”; that it’s the obligation of every rich man to spend so that the city can grow. But there are those who scoff at this “Mercedes Benz patriotism”. As Ram Bhogale, chairman of Umasons Auto Components, one of the leading auto parts manufacturers here, says: “I can certainly afford to buy a Merc, but why would I spend Rs 50-80 lakh on a car? I’d rather invest it in a machine for the factory.” This Merc gang, according to Bhogale, is attracting the wrong kind of attention to Aurangabad. “You’ll end up attracting scamsters and real estate mafia here by these sort of gimmicks,” he says, adding: “Don’t build bridges to wrong destinations.”



Sanjeevkumar Kankariya, 49, Kankariya Group Chief
Starting his career selling cherries, Kankariya took a loan to start a printing press when he was 21. A multibillionaire today, he says: “I started off on a bicycle, and will always think of myself like that. But there’s no harm spending when you’ve earned it and pay your taxes.”

Agrees A.N. Kadam, secretary of the Mahatma Gandhi mission, which runs several private colleges with an annual turnover of Rs 32 crore: “There’s a cultural difference between the old and new generations in Aurangabad. The latter want fast money and development, not caring if it’s sustainable or not. They call it development, I call it a mess.”

“But it’s in the nature of entrepreneurs to be impatient,” argues Nandkishore Kagliwal, another self-made billionaire who now heads the region’s biggest seed companies. Kagliwal says he’d be just as happy to drive in his old ambassador car. But he’s booked a Merc as well just in solidarity with the group.

As Mansingh Pawaar, vice-chief of the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture puts it: “The idea was to make the world sit up and take note of Aurangabad’s rapid growth, and it worked.” What an idea, Sirji!

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Orignally posted by Rajan

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40 ACRE Int'l Convention Centre in Shendra , A'bad
MIDC & CMIA jointly has declared to build a State-Of- Art International Convention Centre @ Shendra Industrial Estate over a whooping area of 40 Acres on B.O.T. basis. The funds allocated for this purpose are Rs 660 crores. The blue print has been prepared and the tender would be soon published. The completion time alloted is of 3 Years. The funds would be allocated by Japanese Authority, Central Govt. Of India , State Govt. & Some part by MIDC.

It would be a house for no. of Large Exhibition Halls , Conference Halls , Restaurants & a 5-star Hotel. And all these would be provided with up=to-date facilities and amenities.

Its definitely a good news for all of Aurangabad-kars.
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Are you in Aurangabad? If so can you please get some pics? Would like to see the current status.

sorry boss m not in aurangabad
mall is completed and likely to be open im july
bacchan faliy or hritik(brand ambesitor) r invited for that

Ah well. Thanks for the info.

are you from aurangabad
do u hv any info about upcoming multiplex in aurangabad coz local newspaper give info that 5-7 multiplex coming in aurangabad in next 2 yr

No, I am not from Aurangabad, though I am quiet interested in it.

And Satyam Cineplexes is planning multiplexs in cities like Aurangabad.

Satyam Cineplexes bets big on tier II cities

Delhi-based multiplex operator Satyam Cineplexes has plans to expand in tier II cities. It has already raised Rs.55-60 crore for the next 30 screens that it will open in the near future. The amount is raised through private equity, internal accruals and debts.

“Recently, we spread our wings outside Delhi with the opening of a multiplex in Indore. We have plans to launch multiplexes in Jodhpur, Aurangabad, Mysore, Rohtak and Jaipur. For tier II and III cities, our tie-ups are mostly with malls,” said Deven Chachra, MD, Satyam Cineplexes.

Satyam's five-screen multiplex in Indore came up at Century 21 Mall in December last year.

The per screen cost in tier II cities would be Rs.1.5-1.75 crore, Chachra said, while the average multiplex area will be 35,000 sq.ft.

On the retail rental model with malls in tier II cities, Chachra said, “Satyam Cineplexes will have minimum guarantee as well as revenue sharing retail rental model with them.”

Satyam Cineplexes is a fully-owned multiplex chain of Superior Films Pvt Ltd.

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can u give me information regarding west poineer mall 7.5 sq ft in aurangabad. I want its location and status

This all the info from their website (http://www.west-pioneer.com/content/developments/developments.asp):

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I'm have no clue not it's location, but the concept & design plan have been completed.

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stay tuned for the ravishing pics of the Mercedes Exhibition Held at Rama International.....
The exhibition was recorded as a History for Indian Sub Continent... as this Exhibition resulted into sale of 115 Merc babes.... So dont miss it, and let ur frnds know about this page...

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After merc and bmw its Audi's tern 4 road show in Aurangabad

Audi has started assembly of the Q5 model in Aurangabad, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. In the future, up to 1,500 units of the Q5 will run off the assembly line there each year for the Indian market. The sporty SUV is the third Audi model after the A4 and A6 to be produced in India.

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Audi has started assembly of the Q5 model in Aurangabad, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. In the future, up to 1,500 units of the Q5 will run off the assembly line there each year for the Indian market. The sporty SUV is the third Audi model after the A4 and A6 to be produced in India.
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Bajaj to invest Rs 500 crore in Waluj 4-wheeler plant

Nilanjana Ghosh Choudhury / DNASaturday, July 24, 2010

Pune: Bajaj Auto will come up with its 4-wheeler plant at Waluj near Aurangabad instead of the present proposed location at Chakan.

Addressing shareholders at the annual general meeting on Thursday, Rajiv Bajaj, managing director Bajaj Auto, said, “In all probability we will shift the 4-wheeler plant to Waluj since we have enough land available there and have also reconstructed few of the existing buildings.”

Bajaj had earlier said the company may look at an alternative location for its small car project since it has not been able to get the adequate land at Chakan.

Kevin D’sa, president (finance), at an analyst conference call, said the new 4-wheeler platform, which can also build 3-wheelers and the ultra-low-cost car, will come up with an investment of Rs500 crore.

“The manufacturing cost will be over and above the Rs500 crore and at a later stage the production can be shifted out of Waluj,” D’sa said.

Refusing to divulge much details on the project, Bajaj said, “It is a confidential agreement between the 3 companies, however, we want to make a money making car. Capex would be under Rs500 crore and hopefully we will be able to launch it by 2012.”

The Waluj plant is supposed to be a dedicated site for manufacture of 3-wheelers and the small car. Bajaj already has a plant at Chakan manufacturing motorcycles. D’sa said due to intense competition from TVS in the 3-wheeler passenger carrier segment, there has been some loss of its 90% market share.

“The removal of permit in Tamil Nadu has opened up the market for us where the pent-up demand is around 35,000 units. In the next 3-4 months we will see significant sales happening in this region,” he said.

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_bajaj-to-invest-rs-500-crore-in-waluj-4-wheeler-plant_1413733

DMICDC to invite global bids for four mega projects soon. Rs 900 crore exhibition and convention centre in Aurangabad.
Gireesh Chandra Prasad
Posted: Monday, Jul 26, 2010

New Delhi: The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC), a union government company, would invite global bids in the next three months to build four mega infrastructure and logistics projects as it begins building sophisticated industrial cities across northern and western India connecting Haryana and UP with Maharashtra with a total investment of $100 billion. These six states, where new cities would come up, account for half of the country’s industrial production and exports and about 43% of the country’s total economic output.

The projects, for which international competitive bids would be called, include a Rs 2,500 crore logistics hub in Pune and a Rs 800 crore-Rs 900 crore exhibition and convention centre in Aurangabad. More expensive projects include a mega industrial park in Gujarat at Dholera and a water supply project in Madhya Pradesh. The initial cost estimates could change as the DMICDC gives final touches to the projects. DMICDC CEO & MD Amitabh Kant told FE that bids would be invited for these projects in the next three to four mon ths from specialists in multi-modal logistics, public transport and water supply management. The first phase of the industrial corridor project would be completed by 2017. About 65%-70% of all the projects would be executed in public private partnerships and a large number of them would require trunk infrastructure or long distance pipelines. The projects would be executed with state government participation to ensure that land, water, power and environment clearances are tied up without delay.

“If India has to grow at 9%, then we need large scale manufacturing. For that, we need to step up manufacturing growth from 16% to 25% of gross domestic product. That’s why we are creating the new industrial cities where the back bone would be the Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor,” Amitabh Kant said.

The states that would directly get benefited are Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

source : Finincial express
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/DMICDC-to-invite-global-bids-for-four-mega-projects-soon/651539/

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Bajaj to roll out car project from Aurangabad plant (http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/bjauf_bajaj-to-roll-out-car-project-from-aurangabad-plant-1068159.html)

Bajaj Auto under its new car project with Nissan and Renault will roll out the cars from its Waluj plant in Aurangabad, instead of Chakan plant near Pune, India revealed the Business Standard.

Earlier, Bajaj reported having faced some issues of acquiring land in Waluj for the car plant. The total cost of this project is INR20 billion ($424 million).

Bajaj is also planning to re-launch its scooters, owing to the growing market in this segment. The company will also launch a new model of its Pulsar motorcycle in 2011, with advanced engine and technology, the source revealed.

Rajiv Bajaj, managing director of Bajaj Auto was quoted by the source as saying: "The company is investing INR5 billion ($106 million) in this project. It is confidential for Bajaj, Nissan and Renault and so, I will not speak much about it."

The Government is planning to extend the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to some more cities in the country. It was proposed to include the following 28 cities/urban agglomerations with population of 5 lakh and above under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) component of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM)

Maharashtra : Amravati, Aurangabad, Bhiwandi, Kolhapur, Solapur.

Public private partnership can play a significant role in supplementing Government’s efforts of building infrastructure in urban areas. JNNURM encourages urban loal bodies to use public private partnership for this purpose.

Request for inclusion under UIG of JNNURM have been received from a number of cities including Warangal, Karamsad, Gandhinagar, Hubli-Dharward, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Gaya, Biharshariff, Pawapur, Nalanda, Rajgir, Sultanpur-Lodhi, Kurkshetra- Pehowa, Gurgaon, Aurangabad, Vrindavan, Kurnool, Jodhpur, Gwalior, Guntur, Panipat, Bellary, Calicut, Darjeeling, Klimpong & Kurseong, Deoghar, Sambalpur, Dhule, Malegaon, Kolhapur, Port Blair, Kaithal, Siliguri, Haldia, Amravati, Solapur and all cities of Bihar with population above 2 lakh.

Cities that are not covered under this component are eligible for coverage under another component of JNNURM, namely Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) subject to availability of funds.

This information was given by Shri Saugata Roy, Minister of State, Urban Development in reply to a question in Lok Sabha Today.


source : Press Information Bureau (press release)
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=63894

Abhinay Talkies at Mondha Road, Jaffer Gate will soon be E-Square Abhinay!!
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Findability Sciences, an American software company starts its offshore development center in Aurangabad.

Boston – (June 15, 2010 :Press release) Boston, Massachusetts based Findability Sciences, a consulting company focused on sciences of finding information, announced opening its offshore development center in the city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra at incubation centre of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).

The company is headquartered in Boston metro area in the United States of America. Focused on research, ratings & consulting services, the company has plans to expand its operations internationally. With growth in its development activities, Findability Sciences decided to set up its development center in STPI facilities in Aurangabad.

“We were looking for cost effective yet modern town in various countries, where we can get best talent and have easy access to international destinations”, said Anand Mahurkar, CEO & President of Findability Sciences. After rigorous research and comparison of various options we decided on Aurangabad. Being one of the fastest growing cities in Maharashtra, with access to good quality engineering colleges and research institutes we think the city is a right destination for our international software development center, added Mr. Mahurkar. According to Umesh Dhekane, CTO Findability Sciences, STPI’s modern facility with technology infrastructure made the choice easy.

“We welcome Findability Sciences to our incubations facility in Aurangabad", said Dr. Sunil K Agarwal, Director of STPI Maharashtra & Goa jurisdiction, with an American company starting its operation in Aurangabad, we expect many other companies to consider Aurangabad city as their choice to start such operations. This also will offer the local talent international quality employment opportunity in their city, added Dr. Agarwal

Findability Sciences plans to hire 100+ software professionals and engineers in next one year. The company is also working on partnering with local area management and engineering colleges to set up unique business & education collaboration.

http://www.findabilitysciences.com/latest-news

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awesome updates :applause:... keep it up !!!

Expo-cum-Convention centre to come up at Shendra Aurangabad as part of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) by 2014.

First render of Expo-cum-Convention centre at Shendra Aurangabad !!!!!
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DMIC Mega Industrial Parks at Shendre-Bidkin at Aurangabad

DMIC hubs will add Rs. 20,000 billion to Maharashtra's industrial output

Mumbai, Maharashtra, August 9, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- The ambitious DMIC (Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor) project will boost the state's industrial output by an additional Rs. 20,000 billion over the next three decades and create an additional 23 lac industrial/ manufacturing jobs over the same period. The DMIC connecting JNPT and New Delhi has been created with a vision to create a globally competitive business environment, with state of the art infrastructure to catalyze domestic investments and FDI that will bring about economic and social sustainability.

Accounting for the third largest share of the DMIC project area wise, Maharashtra has put in place an enabling policy framework with an aim to strategically capture the spillover growth from Mumbai into other areas that fall under this 1500 km long, 300 km wide belt

Under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, a High Power Committee (HPC) has been constituted by the Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri. Ashok Chavan to facilitate inter-departmental coordination and fast tracking of approvals. MIDC has been appointed as the nodal agency for DMIC related development.

The DMIC projects districts in Maharashtra have been divided into two key Economic Influence Zone viz; Nashik-Sinnar-Igatpuri Investment Region (NSIIR) and the Dighi Port Industrial Area. There are various industrial and mega industrial park projects being implemented under each of the two zones -

Nasik-Sinnar-Igatpuri Integrated Industrial Township with a full range of international standards of places to live, work and play

◦The Nashik Investment Region has plans for setting up of Mega Industrial Parks at
◦Shendre Bidkin at Aurangabad, linking Aurangabad city and airport
◦Dhule Industrial Township - New Textile Hub
◦Sinnar in Nashik District
◦World class modern Exhibition and Convention Centre at Aurangabad, including hotel and entertainment facilities and transit connections
Dighi Port Industrial Area is a new gateway to India connected by high speed rail service, modern high-speed roads and highways where the following projects are being implemented -

◦A Mega Industrial Port city is being planned at Tale Dist. Raigad
◦A Multi-modal Logistics Park at Karla to accommodate increased traffic freight volumes, movement and connections and bring in a multiplier effect

MIDC is acquiring 70,000 hectares of land to accommodate these DMIC initiatives. Steps are also being put in place to ensure water allocations and superior road and rail connections to and from every DMIC hub.

Expo-cum-Convention centre to come up at Shendra Aurangabad as part of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) by 2014.

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More on 'Smart City' at Shendra.

Japanese consortium to develop ‘smart city' near Aurangabad

Rahul Wadke Hindu Business Line

Mumbai, Aug. 20

Shendra industrial area near Aurangabad will be converted into a ‘smart city' by a consortium of 30 Japanese companies. They have committed an investment of $10 million for converting 400 hectares into a green, high-tech city, with low carbon footprint.

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is the lead developer of the project. It is a part of the multi-billion dollar Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) which is being jointly developed by the Indian and Japanese governments.

India Government plans to develop a dedicated rail freight corridor of 1,483 km connecting Delhi and Mumbai. Along the alignment of the rail corridor would by be DMIC, which will enhance investment climate and promote the economic development of the region. The Japanese Government would help the Union Government with planning and execution of both the corridors.

The ‘smart city' will come up on the existing 400 hectares of MIDC-controlled industrial area, which is home to companies such as Skoda Auto. The city will have 24-hour power supply and drinking water, rapid urban transportation network, complete waste and water recycling systems. Power supply will be controlled through intelligent grids and smart metering.

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Dr K. Shivaji, MIDC's Chief Executive, told Business Line that the smart city would be connected with fast and integrated IT systems, modern transportation network and modern recycling facilities. For Japanese companies it is an opportunity to showcase their technological advancement, he said.

Dr Shivaji said that the companies have already started the concept planning for city which is likely to come after 2012. MIDC is also in the process of acquiring additional 1,500 acres of land for the Shendre industrial area, he said.

A senior MIDC official said that the companies would develop the city along the lines of Kitakyushu city in Japan which has successfully managed to integrate environment conservation policy with an industry promotion policy.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/08/21/stories/2010082152071700.htm

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Greaves Cotton to set-up Rs 100 crore plant in Aurangabad

23 Aug, 2010,

MUMBAI: Greaves Cotton, one of India's leading engineering companies, is setting up a state-of-the-art greenfield plant in Shendra, an industrial area of Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

The initial investment in the plant of Rs 60-crore will go up to Rs 100 crore in stages and the plant will have a capacity of 80,000 engines per annum which will eventually be scaled-up to meet industry demands, a press release issued here today stated.

This unit will manufacture both single and twin cylinder engines, meeting all contemporary emission norms, which will be primarily supplied to existing as well as new three-and-four-wheeled small commercial vehicles manufacturers.

These vehicles are normally owner-driven and generate immense potential for self-employment, the release said.

With an annual production of over 3-lakh engines, Greaves Cotton is among the world's largest manufacturers of single cylinder diesel engines.

Over 80 per cent of the diesel three-wheelers in India are powered by Greaves engines and more than 2-million Greaves engines are already in the market powering small 3-and-4 -wheeled commercial vehicles.

The foundation stone for the new facility was laid by Maharashtra's Industries Minister Rajendra Darda on August 22 and it is expected to go on-stream by end of FY 11.

The setting up of this additional facility will enable Greaves Cotton to capitalise on the huge growth potential seen in the automotive engines business particularly for three-and- four-wheeled small commercial vehicles which are extensively used in the 'last mile' transportation segment in the country, the release said.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/engineering/Greaves-Cotton-to-set-up-plant-in-Aurangabad/articleshow/6421562.cms

Early Learning Centre, Britain's leading children's toy retailer to open more stores in cities like Mumbai, Pune, and Aurangabad.


Early Learning Centre, Britain's leading children's toy retailer has announced the launch of its three stores at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon, Delhi International Airport – Terminal 3 and the domestic airport. ELC currently has over 400+ international stores in more than 35 countries across the world. DLF Brands Ltd. the retail and lifestyle division of DLF Ltd announced its JV with ELC in April 2010.

Speaking on the launch Timmy Sarna, CEO, DLF Brands Ltd., said, “We are extremely delighted to launch our three new stores at Delhi NCR. With these stores launches we increase our store count to six in Delhi NCR. We are also planning to open more stores in cities like- Kolkata, Bangalore, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, and Aurangabad. Thus it will further strengthen our presence in the Indian market.”

Sandeep Chadha, Brand Head, India commented, “It is estimated that the Indian Toy Market is somewhere around Rs 1500 crore and it is set to grow at 25%. There are about 5,000 different designs available in India and about 50 new designs are introduced every month to meet consumers' taste. Therefore considering the demand and taste of our customers we at ELC bring to a child toys that bring wide smile on his face. We are hopeful for positive response from our target audience.’’

ELC will showcase the latest collection of toys at Delhi NCR stores. At this autumn there are more than 2,000 wonderful toys for customers to choose from ELC showrooms. ELC ensure that all toys are of top quality, safe and provide lots of fun. Toys at ELC are designed with care to bring out the very best creativity and inspiration in children and are developed with experts, child psychologists and children themselves.

ELC offers product in Nine different categories; Art and Creativity, Baby and Toddler, Making Music, Learning, Dressing Up, Let’s Pretend, Sport & Activity, Action & Adventure, Puzzles and Games.

http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Early-Learning-Centre-launches-three-stores-in-Gurgoan/4915079554

for more updates and official news go to
http://www.aurangabadmetro.com/lastpagenew-subcatg.php?bid=438#
Prozone’s shopping centre in Aurangabad opens on 8th October 2010.


‘Prozone’ is currently engaged in developing more than 12 million sq.ft of mixed use space in India, mainly in Aurangabad, Nagpur, Coimbatore, Indore, and Jaipur amongst others. The company primarily focuses on the development of regional mixed-use shopping centres, commercial and residential developments. The company is promoted by Provogue (India) Limited and Liberty International, UK which is FTSE 100 company with assets in excess of GBP 6 billion or almost Rs 60,000 crores.


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Prozone has always had a clear vision to think beyond and simplify the science of retail. The company is building world class regional shopping centres that are destination centres for shopping, leisure and entertainment. The first super regional shopping centre in Aurangabad is the country’s first Ground + 1st Floor shopping centre that our country has ever witnessed.

Prozone’s shopping centre in Aurangabad is strategically located with the unique advantage of being a destination centre and very close to the International Airport and also close to the city centre. The shopping centre is integrated with a commercial development with state-of-the-art design and world class amenities. The concept of fashion, shopping, leisure and entertainment will undergo a major make-over and transformation in Aurangabad and the shopping centre is all set to become a new destination not only for Aurangabad but for the entire Marathwada region.

The shopping centre in Aurangabad will offer an enviable mix of hypermarket, department stores, consumer durables, books, fashion, health beauty, a large family entertainment centre, fine dining restaurants, food court with seating capacity of more than 700 seats, and a 5 screen multiplex. The centre has some of the best retailers in India with anchors including Star Bazaar, Shoppers Stop, Croma, Westside, Pantaloons, Globus, Reliance Trends, Reliance Timeout, Orama Xing III, Satyam Cineplex, Fashion@Big Bazaar, and other well known retail brands such as United Colors of Benetton, Provogue, Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Levis, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Domino’s, amongst other international and national retailers.

The centre offers to its region a complete family entertainment package of almost 40,000 square feet well equipped with the latest rides that includes indoor roller coaster, bowling alley, bumper cars, soft play area, carrousel, video arcade games complimented with the 5 – screen multiplex.
The shopping centre promises a lot for the local community by providing a large and unique platform to come together for events, shows, cultural activities etc.Through its unique blend of shopping, leisure, entertainment, cultural hub, Prozone’s shopping centre holds the promise of creating a new city centre in its location.

@ niks8887,
you seems to love the Aurangabad city a lot, as is same with me.
you have provided a lot of development knowledge regarding various developments going in abd around Aurangabad, thats great, thank you.
I have always dreamt of Aurangabad as an metro which seems to be around the corner. Also the city was always got an step child treatment from the Politician and Govt. of Maharashtra, while the Central Govt. always supporting any development plan whatever if at all State needed or asked for.
Now as of Prozone, or development like these seems to be very promising though its taking a lot of time and are getting ahead of time scheduled inaugrations and openings. While now some good peoples from Aurangabad MNC ( Muncipal corporation ) and especialy young ones like Pramod Rathore, Prashant Desarda and Mayors also seems to have decided to be a part of the makeover of the city. The move toward widening the Jalna road seems to be way in the right direction. But at the same time one cannot be sure of the same unless and untill people like us support the cause and also major support from MLA's and especialy Radhakrishna Vikhe patil.
About the thread, almost all the projects are been discussed and we will make sure that lot of peoples should get into this so that we can get together for the cause of Aurangabad development.

Croma to open megastore in Prozone mall, Aurangabad

27 Sep 2010

Infiniti Retail Ltd is set to open a megastore of Croma, its consumer durables and electronic products retail chain, at Prozone mall, Aurangabad. The store will be inaugurated on October 8, 2010, the company says.

Speaking exclusively to IndiaRetailing, Ajit Joshi, chief executive and managing director, Infiniti Retail Ltd, said, “We are already present in tier II cities such as Surat, Baroda, Rajkot and Ahmedabad. Now we are coming up at Aurangabad's Prozone mall, where we have invested a total of Rs.3 crore, including inventory. The store will be thrown open to public on October 8, 2010.” The 15,000 sq.ft store will be Croma's 53rd megastore in India.

http://www.indiaretailing.com/news.aspx?topic=1&Id=5004

Aurangabad company makes foray into Chinese auto market

25 Sep, 2010, 10.07PM IST,PTI

AURANGABAD: Making an entry into the Chinese market, Aurangabad based 'Grind Master machines' has provided micro finishing machines for crankshafts to General Motors' plant in Shanghai, China.

Addressing a media conference here today, technocrat Milind Kelkar, heading the company ,expressed happiness that the company from a backward region like Marthwada is now on the global map for its quality products.

The company has collaboration with IMPCO, USA, which is the world leader in micro finishing.

The Marathwada based company, well known for its expertise in the field of de burring and super finishing of auto parts has also been exporting machines to USA, UK, Switzerland, Holland, UAE among others. The company has also supplied micro finishing machines for Nano cars.

Mohini Kelkar, co-promoter of the company said that a new plant is soon expected to come up in Waluj industrial area for Robotics and Hi-tech automation production.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/auto/automobiles/Aurangabad-company-makes-foray-into-Chinese-auto-market/articleshow/6627617.cms

101 Mercs arrived in the city on Monday, more are expected soon as the order is for 150 cars. Will be handed over to their respective owners on Oct. 14th at a grand function which Chairman of Mercedes India will be attending!!

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Inside Prozone Mall Aurangabad - Opening October 8 2010. (pics credit kapil & Nikhil)

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link Prozone mall page facebook
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Aurangabad drives into the global arena

TNN, Oct 6, 2010, 11.32pm IST

AURANGABAD/PUNE: It was a deal that put Aurangabad a city in the backward region of Marathwada on the global map. The bulk order placed in April this year for over 100 Mercedes Benz cars by the Aurangabad group' comprising doctors, builders, industrialists and professionals is all set to be fulfilled on October 14. The number of cars booked has gone up from 115 in the initial stages to 150, and is expected to touch the 160-mark by the time of delivery.

Currently, there are five models of Mercedes Benz available in the market C, E, M, S and GL with ex-showroom price ranging from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 70 lakh. The actual price will be higher after adding charges for octroi, RTO, road tax and other costs. A majority of the cars booked by the group are among the costliest from the Mercedes stable.

Though the Mercedes Benz has its plant near the Chakan industrial area in Pune, the deal was sealed at the company's headquarters in Germany. "The deal is very important for the German car maker as well. It is being considered as a special project by the company," said a senior official of the company, who refused to be identified.

Deven Bhandari of B U Bhandari Motors, said, "This would take the total number of Mercedes cars in Aurangabad close to 190, which is a significant size for a high-end car dealer. As a dealer, we are scouting for a good location to set up a well-equipped, after-sales service centre in Aurangabad." Another location would be Kolhapur, which already flaunts a large number of modified Mercs.

It all started on a fine February morning this year, when, while working out in a gym, Sachin Nagori, an Aurangabad-based builder and developer, shared his childhood dream of owning a Mercedes with two of his friends. Sachin suggested that all his friends should also join in.

"We laughed it off as we were not sure of even 11 people joining the bandwagon. But, Sachin continued to pursue the idea wherever and whenever he got an opportunity," said Akshay Rathi, director of the Kaigaon Paper Mill, and Balkrishna Bhakre, director, Disha Group, a construction company.

Soon, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, developers, traders and professionals, including lawyers and doctors, joined in and saw it as an opportunity to promote Aurangabad and bring it to the world's notice.

Nagori said, "It was a collective effort."

"It's all about the story of first generation entrepreneurs, who tasted the benefits of privatisation and globalisation, and also proves the uniqueness of Aurangabad where people have faith in each other," said Maansingh Pawaar, the president of the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture (MACCIA).

Pawaar, who is one of the Mercedes buyers, said the main idea behind the collective effort was basically to showcase the city's strength. "We have succeeded in grabbing the world's attention," he said.

"Each of us has certain skills in our respective areas, but we faced an image apprehension. Given an opportunity, we have proved our worth in almost all fields," said Nilesh Kapadia, a 39-year-old chartered accountant, who runs a network of 2,000 CAs across the country and is among the 150-plus Mercedes buyers.

Interestingly enough, at least four persons of the Aurangabad group already own a Mercedes, but they found the idea of joining the group to effect an image makeover for Aurangabad an exciting prospect.

"Collective buying was a novel and exciting idea," said Sitaram Agrawal and Sanjay Kasliwal, who already bought Mercedes cars just a few months ago.

"Many in the town could afford a Mercedes, but one needs an attitude and confidence to actually buy one," they said. "If the Mercedes had extended its deadline for booking, the number of buyers would have crossed the 300-mark," said Manzoor Khan, another buyer.

Ajit Muley of Ajit Seeds, who, too, owns a Mercedes, said, "It's not that those who booked the Mercedes want to flaunt their wealth. It is the attitude. They could have owned it any time, but to buy it collectively makes a difference."

"Their reason for coming together and spending money is something that appealed to me. Buying Mercedes cars in a group to create and project an image of the city was a novel and commendable idea and that was the reason I joined the group," said Ulhas Gaoli, an industrial consultant.

"The officials from the company, too, responded positively and took us very seriously. They visited Aurangabad thrice and held a series of meetings. Subsequently, banks, too, came forward with their offers of assistance. Eighty per cent of the vehicles have been financed by the bank," Gaoli added.

A grand function is being planned in Aurangabad around the delivery date, which is expected to be attended by chief minister Ashok Chavan and State Bank of India chairman O P Bhat.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Aurangabad-drives-into-the-global-arena/articleshow/6702436.cms

India's largest and the first horizontally designed mall to open in Aurangabad

Syed Rizwanullah, TNN, Oct 7, 2010


AURANGABAD: After booking a fleet of high-end cars, Aurangabad is all set to witness the opening of the first phase of Prozone' India's largest and the first horizontally designed shopping mall spread over 1 million sq ft area, housing a mall, hotel and office blocks. The inauguration will be held on October 8.

"It will offer the entire Marathwada region a vast range of shopping and entertainment experiences and it will also help attract tourists," said Nikhil Chaturvedi, managing director of Provogue and Prozone.

Prozone Aurangabad, to be opened on Friday, is a joint venture of Provogue (India) Limited and Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc UK's leading shopping centre developer, formerly known as Liberty International Plc.

"After a three-year study of the city's demography, its youth population, industry, tourism potential and future growth prospects in the next 20 years, we chose to set up shop in Aurangabad," said Chaturvedi.

He said that after India sanctioned foreign direct investment ( FDI) into retail infrastructure sector in 2004, a number of investments and foreign partnerships happened that led to the accelerated development of shopping centres across the country.

"Most of these developments accounting for over 90 per cent investment have taken place in major metro or tier I cities. Now, the first major regional shopping and entertainment centre in a tier II city is set to be launched in Aurangabad," Chaturvedi said.

"Retail is one of the biggest drivers of GDP and it is expected to change the fortunes and lifestyle of people. We want to explore tourism potential which we feel has not been tapped properly. The tourists come to the town, but go back as soon as they visit the World Heritage monuments at Ajanta and Ellora as there are no other attractions. If they prolong their stay by just one day, it would make a huge difference and will help the region's GDP to grow by at least 15 per cent," Chaturvedi said.

Chaturvedi added that Prozone would also provide good job and growth opportunities to local youths.

A five-screen Satyam' Cineplex is also part of Prozone, he said, adding that every age group will have something to explore at the mall, turning the visit into a family outing.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Indias-largest-and-the-first-horizontally-designed-mall-to-open-in-Aurangabad/articleshow/6709146.cms

Provogue to open its first mall in Aurangabad today

Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

Provogue (India) Ltd, the country’s fourth-largest retail company, is opening its first Prozone mall in Aurangabad on Friday through its subsidiary Prozone, its joint venture with UK’s Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc (formerly called Liberty International Plc).

Prozone Aurangabad, a horizontally designed development of over 1 million square feet, is completing its phase one on Friday. It will include a mall, a hotel and office blocks.

The mall that has been designed keeping the regional community of Marathwada in mind, will create 5,000 jobs in Aurangabad. The company has already employed over 4,000 people for the first phase construction, which lasted three years. Once the hotel and office blocks are ready, more jobs will be created.

Nikhil Chaturvedi, managing director, Provogue and Prozone, is hoping to attract millions of tourists at the mall.

The mall will offer the entire Marathwada community a vast range of shopping and entertainment experiences for the first time from India’s leading retailers like Shoppers Stop, Westside, Pantaloon, Globus, Reliance Trends, Croma and others.

Aurangabad residents can look forward to shopping at fashion brands like Provogue, Nike, Reebok, United Colours of Benetton, Wills Lifestyle and Allen
Solly, while speciality stores across categories of footwear, kids, jewellery and books will also be a part of the mall.

“Prozone’s mantra ‘All my wants, in one place, for the whole family’ has driven every aspect of design, services and amenities of the shopping mall,” Chaturvedi said.

In all, the mall will comprise hypermarkets like Tata Trent’s Star India Bazaar, a food court having Indian and international quick service restaurants (QSRs), a 5-screen multiplex that will come up in phase two, a 40,000 sq ft family entertainment centre, a banquet hall and many retail stores.

Capital Shopping, the joint venture partner, owns 9 of the top 21 regional shopping centres in the UK.

“In the UK, Capital Shopping Centres attract more than 300 million visitors per annum. Prozone Aurangabad will have a significant impact on increasing the amount of time tourists spend in the city and can have huge impacts and benefits to the local populace and the exchequer,” Chaturvedi said.

http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_provogue-to-open-its-first-mall-in-aurangabad-today_1449139

OMIGPI fund opens first shopping mall in India

Old Mutual
11 October 2010


The Prozone Aurangabad Mall has opened its doors.

The Triangle Real Estate India Fund, a $120 million venture by Old Mutual Investment Group Property Investments (OMIGPI) and ICS Realty, is targeting growth of its portfolio through more partnerships in retail-biased assets now that its first Indian investment, the Prozone Aurangabad Mall, has opened its doors.

Ben Kodisang, managing director of OMIGPI, a part of the Old Mutual international long-term savings and investment group, said the opening of the new shopping centre, which represents the fund's first investment, signalled it was ready for growth with existing partners - and new partners.

He said the Triangle fund was also partnering with Prozone, a joint venture between Provogue, a leading Indian retail group and Capital Shopping Centres plc, in investments in two other fast-growing cities - Coimbatore and Nagpur.

"In two years' time, these two cities should see the opening of these further investments with our partners. These will be mixed use developments covering 800 000 square feet (74 320m²) of retail, together with office, hospitality and residential components."

Mr Kodisang said the Prozone Aurangabad Mall, a $75 million shopping centre, symbolised the value of partnerships, and was a milestone in OMIGPI's decade-long associations with India.

"In 1999 ICS Infrastructure was founded to introduce international groups to India. In 2005 our initial links with ICS were cemented in Pioneer Property Zone. This joint venture where we contribute skills from our experiences in retail developments and ICS facilitates access to clients, enables developers in India to get a structured approach towards building and managing shopping centres. Having gained an appreciation of the Indian market - and of the opportunities - with our partners, we established the Triangle Real Estate India Fund, based in Mauritius, in 2008."

The Prozone Aurangabad Mall was also a realisation of an opportunity to address the under-representation of organised retail in smaller ‘tier 2' cities like Aurangabad in a responsible and sustainable way.

"We believe in the merits of investing in ‘tier 2' cities where there is market demand and which we believe offer better value and long term growth," said Mr Kodisang. "While we, as investors, and our stakeholders, are set to benefit from the fast-growing consumer market in India, we also recognise the benefits associated with the mall for the development of the Aurangabad community. These include upgraded roads, world-class shopping, entertainment and banqueting facilities and a market place for smaller local traders."

Prozone Aurangabad Mall, located in a prime residential neighbourhood in one of the fastest growing and industrialising cities in India, has 800 000 square feet (74 320m²) of space and more than 150 retail stores selling top local and international brands, a five-screen cinema complex, a large family entertainment centre, 3 000 parking bays and a market trading area to promote local entrepreneurs. The centre is anchored by key national retailers, including Shopper's Stop, Tata's Star India Bazaar, Croma and Westside, and select Pantaloon formats.

There are also plans to build an office complex above the centre. A business class hotel will be constructed to complement the precinct.

The mall is three kilometres from the city's international airport and a 15-minute drive from the city centre. It has a primary catchment area of 1 million middle- to high-income consumers within a radius of 7-10 kms (or 25 minutes' drive), while its secondary catchment area comprises about 1.65 million middle- to high-income consumers within a radius of 50-100 kms (30 -90 minutes' drive).

Aurangabad, housing the administrative headquarters of the Marathwada region, is a major educational centre. It ranks as the seventh-most-popular tourist destination in India, attracting some 1.5 million tourists a year to see the famous Ajanta and Ellora caves.

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Hrithik Roshan at the inauguration of Prozone Mall Aurangabad !!

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Sedans put Aurangabad on world map

Mumbai, Oct 15, DHNS

A group of industrialists, mediapersons, lawyers and doctors led by Rahul Dhoot of Videocon and Rishi Darda of Lokmat Media Group came together to change the general mindset about Aurangabad.

“Aurangabad has everything. It is an economic powerhouse, but investors are still scared of coming here due to its perceived negative image, which we have decided to change forever,” said Sachin Mulay, President of the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture.

The group sent a seven-member team led by Mulay to Benz’s outlet in Pune to negotiate the price, and the German automobile-maker was too happy to do the bidding, considering that it would be the single-largest bulk booking in one go.

The Indian arm of Mercedes manufactures three models - S class, E class and C class - at its Pune plant, and the prices range from Rs 28 lakh to Rs 78 lakh per piece. Of the 150 Mercedes-Benz cars that were sold, there were 13 S-, 74 E-, 39 C-, 6 GL- and 18 M-Class cars.

According to Manas Dewan, while the S, E and C class of cars were manufactured in India, the GL and M class of cars were imported from Benz’s US plant.

“It was a mix of locally made and imported cars and there was shipment time and other issues... the buyers also wanted to take delivery just before Diwali,” Dewan told Deccan Herald.

Mercedes-Benz India’s MD and CEO Wilfried Aulbur personally attended the handing over ceremony in Aurangabad.

“All of us have worked very hard to reach where we are today. And we all felt that we deserved to satisfy ourselves- and to realize a long cherished dream. It could only have been the best- and hence Mercedes was the brand to be!” exclaimed Rahul Mishrikotkar who drove away with an E-Class.

Proud owners

“We are well travelled and have exposure to different global brands. Yet when we analysed options, Mercedes emerged as the obvious choice,” said Rahul Pagaria, another proud Mercedes Benz owner.

The cars were delivered by a Pune-based distributor B U Bhandari, which has now opened a special service centre in Aurangabad to cater to the new vehicles.

“Now we have a service center right at our hometown, and then there is the Mondial service for roadside assistance… who else can offer such comprehensive assurance?” added Atul Save.

“In short the fascinating cars, impeccable service, customer oriented packages, as well as the high resale value made Mercedes the obvious choice. Of course, the tristar emblem is an unsurpassable statement!” summarised Sameer Mulay, who bought an ML-Class.

Till date, Aurangabad had 15 Mercedes, of which 11 belonged to the Mulay family alone, while four belonged to four other families.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/105166/sedans-put-aurangabad-world-map.html

Proud owners of Mercs !!

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Biggest Mercedes-Benz deal in a day in Aurangabad

16 Oct, 2010, 07.10AM IST,IANS

AURANGABAD: This sleepy Maharashtra town showed its massive spending power Friday as 150 gleaming new Mercedes-Benz cars purred out of the company premises with all the paperwork in order.

The buyers, known as the ' Aurangabad Group', included top industrialists, businessmen and professionals.

'We wanted to put Aurangabad on the world map by this,' commented Rishi Darda, managing director, Lokmat (newspaper) Group and one of the proud buyers of a Merc.

The customers started trooping in since Thursday for the deliveries of the vehicles of their choice and the entire programme ended Friday afternoon on the auspicious Navaratri ashthami day.

The 150 cars which were lovingly grabbed included 13 S-Class, 74 E-Class, 39 C-lass, and the imported variants -- six GL-Class and 18 ML-Class.

An elated Mercedes-Benz India managing director Wilfried Aulbur said there is tremendous economic power in tier-two and tier-three cities of India. 'Today, it came to the fore in a bold, aggressive and dynamic manner with the sale of 150 Mercedes-Benz cars at one stroke.'

The total sales figure for the day came to Rs 650 million (Rs 65 crore), making it the single biggest deal of its kind in a day for the company in the country, said Manas Dewan, deputy general manager, product management and corporate communications.

'All of us have worked very hard to reach where we are today. We all felt we deserved to satisfy ourselves - and to realise a long cherished dream. It could only have been the best - the Mercedes-Benz brand,' said Rahul Mishrikotkar of RHS Ventures , who bought an E-Class.

Aulbur said that Friday's record sale showcases Aurangabad as the 'new face of India'.

The deal has created significantly high interest from investors many of whom are now actively contemplating entry into this city, besides several large brands which are now aggressively eyeing Aurangabad as 'a preferred destination'.

Situated in the backward region of Marathwada, Aurangabad is world-renowned for the world heritage Ajanta-Ellora caves, the Bibi Ka Maqbara, Daulatabad Fort and the grave of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6757576.cms

250 delegates from India, abroad to attend tourism conclave in Aurangabad

TNN, Oct 16, 2010, 11.00pm IST

AURANGABAD: The two-day Aurangabad Tourism Conclave, being organised by the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture (MACCIA) to explore the tourism potential of Aurangabad and the Marathwada region, will start here from October 18. Civil aviation minister Praful Patel will inaugurate the conclave in the presence of Maharashtra industries minister Rajendra Darda and mayor Anita Ghodele.

A documentary Destination Aurangabad' will be screened on the occasion and those already working to promote tourism in the region will be felicitated, said MACCIA chairman Maansingh Pawaar and other office-bearers of the conclave's organising committee.

State tourism minister Vijaykumar Gavit, transport and law minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, minister of state for tourism Varsha Gaikwad and MP Chandrakant Khaire will attend the concluding function on October 19, Pawaar said, speaking to reporters at the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA) here on Friday.

"At least 250 delegates from across India and abroad are likely to attend the conclave, which is meant to tap and boost the tourism potential in Marathwada. It aims to work out a strategy for the next five years to ensure an increase in the tourist flow to the region," said the conclave's convenor and noted industrialist Ram Bhogale.

MACCIA is organising this conclave along with various government departments and associations of traders and industrialists. Aurangabad Zilla Vyapari Mahasangh, CMIA, Marathwada Chamber of Trade and Commerce, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, Government of India Tourist Office, Aurangabad Hotels and Restaurant Association, Tourism Promoters' Guild, and Aurangabad District Guides Association, are among those who have extended their cooperation for the meet, Pawaar said.

"The documentary, which will be presented before the delegates, will highlight the region's tourism potential and bring to the fore the opportunities in heritage, religious and eco-tourism in different parts of the region," said Bhogale.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/250-delegates-from-India-abroad-to-attend-tourism-conclave-in-Aurangabad/articleshow/6761017.cms

AAO, Raho, Dekho Aurangabad !!
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Civil aviation minister Praful Patel inaugurates the Aurangabad Tourism Conclave in the presence of Maharashtra Industries minister Rajendra Darda and Mayor Anita Ghodele.

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Aurangabad is Maha tourism capital

Syed Rizwanullah | TNN 20-10-2010.

Aurangabad: State tourism minister Vijaykumar Gavit on Tuesday declared Aurangabad as the tourism capital of Maharashtra and announced 50 per cent tax concessions for the hospitality industry to tide over off-season problems.

The Aurangabad Heritage Corridor will be marketed in the world,especially in Buddhist countries,said Gavit while addressing the valedictory function of the two-day Aurangabad tourism conclave organised by the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture (MACCIA).

Aurangabad and Marathwada region account for the largest number of monuments in the state,including world heritage monuments Ajanta and Ellora.
Various tourist facilities were coming up in the district,including a golf course,Gavit said,adding that these facilities should be brought under the spotlight to attract tourist flow.

Stating that Maharashtra was set to celebrate 2011 as tourism year,he said a core committee has been formed to decide on the direction the tourism sector in the state needed to adopt.MACCIA president Mansingh Pawaar is a member of the core committee,Gavit said.

The minister announced at least 50 per cent tax relief to the hospitality industry,stating that the state government was aware of the problems they faced during off-seasons.He informed the conclave that the states tourism department is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the forest department on October 20 to promote eco-tourism in Maharashtra.

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Shoppers Stop enters Aurangabad

Shoppers Stop has recently opened a store in Aurangabad. The 45,000 sq.ft store at Prozone mall is the retailer's first outlet in the city and 34th in the country.

Calling Shoppers Stop's entry into Aurangabad a new milestone, BS Nagesh, customer care associate and vice chairman, Shopper’s Stop Ltd, said, “We enjoy the reputation of providing an unmatched shopping experience to our customers. Our entry into this historic district marks a new milestone in our nearly two-decade-long journey of success and accomplishments in the retail landscape of India.”

Expressing hope that the department store will be able to meet all expectations of residents of the city, he said, “Aurangabad is rapidly emerging as a cosmopolitan city of fashion-conscious citizens. We already have a base of about 4,000 loyal customers residing in and around Aurangabad, who travel to our outlets in Mumbai and Pune. We are positive that the people of Aurangabad are equally excited about our entry, as we are about providing them with an unparalleled shopping environment.”

Shopper’s Stop Ltd has a national presence with a retail space of over 2.05 million sq.ft spread across 34 stores in 15 cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Pune, Gurgaon, Chennai, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Noida, Amritsar, Bhopal and Aurangabad.

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Maha FDA starts work on Aurangabad office project, estimated to cost Rs.9 c (http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=57919&sectionid=)

Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (Maha FDA) has initiated construction of a three-storey building on its 2.5 acre land in Aurangabad.

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Prozone Aurangabad, designed to be a ‘horizontal mall’ on the lines of international developments, opened its doors to customers in a grand ceremony held recently. Spread over 20 acres, the mall promises to offer a truly multinational environment of shopping, entertainment and dining, among other facilities.

The grand opening ceremony was attended by political dignitaries, Bollywood celebrities and leaders of India’s largest retail giants such as Future Group and Shoppers Stop, among others. Also present on the occasion was David Fischel, global CEO of Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc, the leading shopping mall developer in the UK, which has co-developed the mall with Provogue (India) Ltd.

Stressing that growth opportunities are phenomenal in Aurangabad, Fischel said, “The people of Aurangabad, where half the residents are under 35 years of age, are eager for places to spend money. The city doesn’t have a bowling alley, hip nightclub, entertainment, enough retail options for everyone’s wallet or a place for families to gather for a relaxing day out. There’s no place for leisure here. We are totally committed to making the Prozone mall Marathwada’s premier retail and leisure destination. We will work hard to ensure that it becomes the pride of every citizen in the region.”

Prozone Aurangabad, a ground+1 structure with more than 1,500 parking spaces, offers world-class services and amenities and a thrilling environment involving a mix of entertainment, retail, food courts, cafés, restaurants, fine dining, banquet hall and a future hotel and commercial hub.

The mall will house India’s major retail brands, including Shoppers Stop, Star Bazaar, Westside, Pantaloons, Croma, Satyam Cineplexes, Reliance Trendz and KFC. The property also houses numerous support services including banks, ATMs, underground car parks and public transport, service alleys for transportation of goods, separate entry and exit for service vehicles, children’s play area, first-aid, staff canteen facilities, large atrium, 100 per cent power backup and logistics service providers.

The company expects the mall to attract more than six million unique visitors per year, about three times the total population of the city. Aurangabad is the first tier II city in India to develop a retail and leisure destination of this scale. The arrival of Prozone will lead to further rapid transformation of the city of Aurangabad and the Marathwada region.

A recent article on Bloomberg recounted surprise by Daimler AG on the order of over 140 Mercedes by a group of city leaders. Bloomberg reported that the community of just under two million today has undergone massive growth and development in the last few years, especially after investments from leading national and international corporates, which has created a new major hub of potential buyers and new-generation entrepreneurs.

Speaking before the opening ceremony, Nikhil Chaturvedi, managing director of Provogue and Prozone, said, “We saw the opportunity in Aurangabad from Day 1. The Aurangabad mall project has been a labour of love; we believe in the city and the passion and commitment of its government, community and businesses – we have invested a huge amount to ensure that Aurangabad will have the very best and the very first mall of international design standards of any city in India.”

Salil Chaturvedi, deputy managing director, Provogue and Prozone, noted, “The arrival of Prozone means that we’ll be bringing in tourists and business travellers to Aurangabad at a scale never seen before. And they’ll be staying longer in our city to enjoy our local lifestyle and culture and our new 'destination mall'. Prozone was built by the people of Marathwada and it is a leisure and retail destination for the people of the region. We are extremely proud to to be opening our first mall in the city of Aurangabad.”

Prozone is an FDI-compliant joint venture company between Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc of UK and Provogue (India) Limited. The JV invests in the development of regional mixed-use centres, which include retail, entertainment, food courts, multiplexes, IT parks, hotels and other commercial and mixed-use development.

Capital Shopping Centres is a UK FTSE-100 listed property company with assets of over £5 billion (equivalent to approximately Rs.38,000 crore), of which regional mixed-use centres account for over 90 per cent of the portfolio. The company is the third largest REIT in the UK and among the top 20 in the world and owns nine of the top 21 regional shopping centres in the UK.

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India’s Smaller Cities Show Off Growing Wealth

By LYDIA POLGREEN - The New York Times
Published: October 23, 2010

AURANGABAD, India — For decades this central Indian city was vintage old India: crumbling Mughal-era ruins and ancient Buddhist caves surrounded by endless parched acres from which farmers coaxed cotton.

A new residential development in Aurangabad, a city of 1.2 million people. As the small city’s fortune’s have grown, cultural mores that once made ostentatious spending unseemly have shifted.
But this month Aurangabad became an emblem of an altogether different India: the booming, increasingly urbanized economic powerhouse filled with ambition and a new desire to flaunt its wealth.

A group of more than 150 local businessmen decided to buy, en masse, a Mercedes-Benz car each, spending nearly $15 million in a single day and putting this small but thriving city on the map. Frustrated that the usual Chamber of Commerce brochures were slow to attract new investment, the businessmen decided to buy the cars as a stunt intended to stimulate investment in Aurangabad, one of several largely unknown but thriving urban centers across India’s more prosperous states.

“In and around Aurangabad there are companies worth a thousand crores,” an amount of Indian rupees equivalent to about $225 million, said Sachin Nagouri, 40, a hyperkinetic local real estate mogul who came up with the idea. “But Aurangabad is not known even in this state. There is plenty of money here. We just need to show it.”

Economists and government officials have long acclaimed India’s so-called second-tier cities as new founts of prosperity and incubators of India’s growing middle class. Cities like Pune, a manufacturing and information technology hub a few hours outside of Mumbai, and Ahmadabad, the biggest city in India’s wealthiest state, Gujarat, have shown that smaller cities can attract big business.

But now even smaller cities in some of India’s most prosperous states are booming, too. Coimbatore, a city of about one million in Tamil Nadu near India’s southern tip, has expanded from textile manufacturing to software development and making auto parts.

Aurangabad, with 1.2 million people and a stable base of automotive assembly plants, factories and agribusiness, has long attracted the attention of companies selling small appliances, cellphones and economy cars. But as the city’s fortunes have grown, and cultural mores that once made ostentatious spending unseemly have shifted, companies selling luxury goods are also seeking out these newly flush consumers. A sprawling new mall just opened here, as well as new multiplex theaters and luxury hotels.

“The story of Aurangabad is the story of India,” said Debashish Mitra, head of sales and marketing for Mercedes-Benz in India. “There are many cities like Aurangabad, where Indians have money but were not indulging in luxury; they were always in a saving mode. But now that is changing. People want to spend, and feel they deserve luxury.”

That certainly describes Mr. Nagouri, Aurangabad’s answer to Donald Trump. He has made a fortune buying and developing land in highly leveraged deals. He lives in a sprawling modern house kitted out with Italian marble floors and designer sofas. Four cars sit in his driveway, including the latest, a gleaming white Mercedes sedan with buttery chocolate leather seats.

He was working out at the gym one day last spring with a friend, he said, when the idea for the group purchase of the luxury cars struck him. Perhaps, he wondered, if they could get enough people together they could generate publicity for the city. It started with a core group of 20 friends, but as word got out the number quickly grew. Eventually more than 150 businessmen signed up, most of them in their 30s and early 40s like Mr. Nagouri.

These men could not be more different from their cautious fathers, who stashed every penny as a hedge against an uncertain future in India’s economy, which until 1991 was heavily controlled by the government. In the land of Gandhi and the birthplace of Buddhism, grand displays of material wealth are still frowned upon.

Older men like Ashish Garde, who runs Nirlep, a company that has made nonstick pots and pans here since 1968, declined to join the group. Mr. Garde said the nearly $15 million spent on luxury cars would have been better spent on investments in industries that would create jobs or donations to charity. He declared himself satisfied with his economy car.

“Those of us who went through the hardships of the past know the value of money in a different way,” Mr. Garde said. “Those who get quick money, their relationship is different. After globalization things happen very easily. The element of struggle is gone.”

Mr. Nagouri’s family once had a small fortune in land holdings, but his father, a university lecturer, made a bad bet on a spring factory that went bankrupt.

“We had no money even to take a bus,” he said.

In the 1980s Mr. Nagouri got a job as a clerk in a construction company and spent six years studying how the business worked. He made a bit of money on the side selling sand and bricks. Eventually he struck out on his own, borrowing $2,000 from friends and relatives to build a small apartment building. He said he sold it almost immediately. “I understood the gimmick,” he said.

Not everyone is cheering Aurangabad’s new ostentatious wealth.

Sanjeev Unhale, a local antipoverty activist and journalist, said that the money spent for the luxury cars could have gone a long way to help those left behind by Aurangabad’s boom. The Marathwada region, of which Aurangabad is the capital, is cursed with perpetual droughts. Cotton farmers often assume huge debts to stay in business. Suicides by debt-ridden farmers are common, Mr. Unhale said. India’s economy may be nearing double-digit growth, but the wealth is not widely shared, and hundreds of millions live on $2 a day.

“Mercedes is for luxury,” he said. “It is not the manner in which we should show our mettle. We should show it in the genius and quality of what we produce.”

The desire to flaunt new wealth, however, is a natural part of India’s economic trajectory, said Ashutosh Varshney, a Brown University professor who has studied the social dimensions of India’s economic rise.

“It does show the burst of ambition in the small towns of booming states,” Mr. Varshney said. “It is, deep down, a drive for recognition, an impulse known to be sociologically and psychologically important when those lower down rise.”

Pramod Khairnar Patil, a local builder who bought a Mercedes, said entrepreneurs like him deserved to enjoy their wealth. Initially he had planned to buy the least expensive model, which sells for about $50,000, but his daughter persuaded him to upgrade, which nearly doubled the cost.

“It’s more expensive, but we should step ahead,” he said.

Mr. Patil has seen Aurangabad’s fortunes rise since he started out as a builder in 1990. Where he once built claustrophobic one-bedroom apartments for aspiring middle-class families, today he puts up airy townhouses and bungalows.

“People’s dreams are changing,” he said.

His own fortunes have grown, too. When his father built the modest house in which Mr. Patil lives, it did not occur to him that he needed more than one parking space. At that time owning even a single car was a distant dream. Now he has a problem deciding whether to park his sport utility vehicle or his shiny new Mercedes in the driveway.

“Times have changed,” he said. “The things that were luxury initially now are the need of the time.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/asia/24india.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2

State’s first eco-friendly industrial area in Aurangabad soon

Posted: Sat Oct 23 2010, 23:40 hrs
Aurangabad: Express News Service

The state’s first eco-industrial area would come up in Aurangabad soon and the work will start in 2-3 months. Minister of State for Industries and Environment Sachin Ahir, here to attend some social functions, said, “The plan has been approved by cabinet and will be executed within 2-3 months. Only eco-friendly projects will get a place in this industrial area.”

He said, “We can’t predict how long it will take to complete the project.” “Our industrial policy stresses promotion of eco-friendly units and we are coming up with new ideas,” he said. Old units in Aurangabad MIDC will also be upgraded to meet pollution norms, he added.

He also said the state government had revised its policy of acquiring land for expansion of industrial areas. The state will not acquire agriculture land but will opt for barren land. State will not put pressure on people for land acquisition. Ahir said 15 per cent share of developed land will have to go to the owner.

Ahir, who also visited the newest landmark in town, the Prozone Aurangabad Shopping Centre, said malls can offer tremendous job opportunities to local people as the retail sector needs minimum skills. He said shopping centres should thus be promoted across the state.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/states-first-ecofriendly-industrial-area-in-aurangabad-soon-ahir/701555/

Endurance Technologies will becomming out with initial public offering (IPO)

9 Nov, 2010, 05.02AM IST, Apurv Gupta,ET Bureau

The Aurangabad-based company aims to raise Rs 1,000 crore through the IPO to expand and retire debt, according to investment bankers familiar with the matter.

Endurance plans to issue 1.31 crore shares, or 25%, of its equity with a face value of Rs 4 apiece at Rs 750-800 per share in the IPO, valuing the firm at . 4,000 crore, post-dilution. Standard Chartered PE, which invested about Rs 190 crore in the company in two tranches, may get roughly . 450 crore in the IPO. Kotak Mahindra Capital and Citigroup Global Markets are lead managers to the issue.

Standard Chartered Private Equity’s Nainesh Jaisingh and Endurance officials declined to comment on the matter.

Endurance, which counts Fiat Group, Daimler AG and Audi AG among its clients, posted total income of Rs 2,409 crore in J2009-10 . The company’s debt stood at Rs 1,049 crore.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/rights-issues/StanChart-PE-to-use-IPO-door-to-part-sell-Endurance-stake/articleshow/6892153.cms

101 BMWs booked in one day in Aurangabad

Associated Press Nov 22, 2010

Aurangabad: History was created on Sunday in Aurangabad when the young entrepreneurs including builders, industrialists, doctors and other professionals booked 101 BMW cars in a single day.

Pankaj Agrawal, one of the young industrialists said that the reason behind the mass booking was to put the name of their city in front of the world along with availing group discounts.

"The main aim of making a group of 101 BMW was that by doing so we would receive good support from the company, there would be quantity discount which is not possible individually. And the most important thing is that …Aurangabad would be known on a word level. These were our main intentions behind this group booking," said Agrawal.

He further added that Aurangabad city has a lot of hidden potential which is now being unleashed.

"There is lot of potential in Aurangabad city which was hidden till now. Now everybody is unleashing those potentials," said Agrawal.

This is the second time that the city's businessmen have become part of a record automobile deal. Earlier this year on October 14, 150 Mercedes cars were purchased in Aurangabad in a single day.

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2011 Glabal Maharashtra conference and Trade Fair Aurangabad

A mega event in continued commemoration of 50 glorious golden years of our State of Maharashtra organised by the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce Industry & Agriculture (MACCIA) to promote Maharashtra and Marathwada as a global business destination.

Global Maharashtra Conference and Trade Fair is an attempt to bring successful enterprenuers across the globe and provide a common platform that can culminate in mutually beneficial long term partnerships.

Many persons of Maharashtra origin have migrated to various parts of the world and successfully built businesses, services, companies and careers across the globe. These individuals through their enterprise and hard work have created a rich bank of experience, knowledge and financial resources. Maharashtra itself has progressed rapidly in the past decade and given rise to many first generation entrepreneurs who have built successful businesses in the fast expanding Indian economy.

Today, there are lucrative opportunities for trade, manufacture and services in the State of Maharashtra. If the emerging businesses in Maharashtra and the successful persons of Maharashtra origin settled abroad be brought on one platform, the interaction can lead to many interesting partnerships mutually beneficial to both.

The event will seek to bring on a common platform NRIs and global investors from various countries to participate in export / import activities from our region. The event will also give an opportunity to showcase the products and services originating or assembled in our region

Conference Dates
5th, 6th & 7th January 2011

Conference Venue
ITC Welcomhotel Rama International,
Jalna Road, Aurangabad,Maharashtra, India. Pincode-431003

Trade Fair Dates
6th,7th,8th & 9th January 2011

Trade Fair Venue
Garware Stadium, Chilkalthana,Aurangabad, Maharashtra,India
Pincode-431003


http://www.globalmaharashtra.org/Default.aspx

Skoda Auto's Aurangabad plant wins Greentech Environmental Excellence Award

Skoda Auto India Aurangabad Plant grabs Prestigious international “Greentech Environmental Excellence Award”.

“Greentech foundation conducts Environmental performance competition every year across the Industries in India. This year also the Competition was conducted in which 300 Companies have participated.

M/S Skoda Auto India, Aurangabad has won “Silver Award” in automobile sector from Greentech Foundation for its distinguished and consistent efforts in the area of Environmental Management.

This award was presented in Novotel Hotel, Hyderabad at the auspicious hands of Rakesh Shrivastava, IAS Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India and Kamleshwar Sharan – President of “Greentech Foundation” on 12th December 2010. Sanjay Datta, DGM HR & C.M. Sharma, Sr. Manager Quality received the Award on behalf of Skoda Auto.

On this occasion, senior government officials were also present.

For preparation of this competition, efforts were taken by Sanjay Datta – DGM HR & Admin, Dr. Abhay Kulkarni – Factory Medical Officer, C.M. Sharma – Sr. Manager Quality, Yogesh Wani – Manager Safety, Fire & Security, Kailash Mohite – Asstt. Manager Safety & Security, Hemant Gayke – Fire & Safety Officer and Other plant officials.

Managing Director Dr. Oliver Gruenberg & Director Commercial, Director HR & Admin Makarand Deshpande & CFO Sanjay Mundade has congratulated “SHE Team” for this noteworthy achievement

http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Skoda-Auto-India-Aurangabad-Plant-wins-Prestigious-international-Greentech-Environmental-Excellenc/5027978263

Macci to organise global conference in Aurangabad

Mumbai | Wednesday, Dec 15 2010 IST

Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (MACCIA) is organising second edition of 'Global Maharashtra Conference and Trade Fair' in Aurangabad between January 5-9, 2011. This is for the first time that such a mega event is being organised in Aurangabad. Around 600 delegates from more than 23 countries including India will be participating in the conference. As many as 12 consuls from different counties will also be participating in the event, a release issued by MACCI said here today.

This conference will provide a global platform to the entrepreneurs in Maharashtra and has a special importance on the background of globalisation.

Dr Vijay Kelkar, president, National Stock Exchange and 13th Finance Commission will be the chief gust and Dr Suhas Patil, president, emeritus, cirrus logic, US will be the key-note speaker for the conference which will be inaugurated on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Dr Aziz Khan, Principal Secretary (Industries), Government of Maharashtra will address the conference on `Industrial policies and current policy framework', the release added.

http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20101216/1650025.html

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Taking a cue from the recent bulk order for 150 Mercedes-Benz cars at one go, VVIP Aviation Pvt Ltd, a Delhi-based private aviation company, today announced launch of its multi-city chopper service in Aurangabad.

Briefing reporters here, the company chairman, Suresh Chavhanke, said for one month, the helicopter would be parked at the Chikalthana airport and would be shifted to the company franchisee, the Pune-based Manas Thakor's five-acre piece of land near the airport. Manas Thakor would look after the helicopter operations in the town.

The light helicopter does not require much of a space or a special facility for its landing, as it can land on a terrace of a building or on a lawn, he said.

The service can be extended to the foreign tourists willing to use the helicopter to save a bigger amount of time that they have to spend while travelling by road.

Many industrialists, business people and political big wigs need helicopter service. They have to bring in helicopters from Pune and Mumbai, whenever required, and pay more the flying hours, he added.

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German company to set up industry in Aurangabad

Aurangabad, Jan 7 (PTI)
A German company today agreed to set up an industry here in Central Maharashtra, a trade body said.

The German firm will set up an industry here which will provide jobs to 2,500 people from the region, Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MACCIA) President Mansingh Pawar said.

He, however, did not identify the company and quantum of investment.

Three industrialists from Maharashtra have agreed to invest in Tanzania, Pawar said.

These investment proposals were signed during the ongoing `Maharashtra Global Conference'' and trade fair.

Nearly 100 delegates from around 25 countries are attending the five-day conference and trade fair, organised by MACCIA, which will conclude on Sunday.

http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4777646

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Reliance Kasliwal Mall will open up in March 2011. Take a deep breath for the second mall in Aurangabad.

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Nissan India instates two new dealerships in Rajkot and Aurangabad
(http://www.autotantra.com/nissan/2011/13/nissan-india-instates-two-new-dealerships-in-rajkot-and-aurangabad/)

Nissan, the multinational automaker headquartered in Japan, agreed upon two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Madras earlier in November 2010 with an intent to foster the growth of automobile technology in India. Now, the company’s Indian operation unit Nissan Motors India has inaugurated two new dealerships in the cities of Rajkot and Aurangabad in an effort to attain maximum customer outreach.

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This venture is reported to mark the global carmaker’s entry in Saurashtra and Marathwada regions. Both the newly opened dealerships, Shirin Nissan in Aurangabad and IB Nissan in Rajkot, boast of a spacious showroom facility and service area to provide customers’ quicker and better access to the supplied services. Sales consultants and service teams working at these dealerships are reportedly trains personally by Hover Automotive Indian and Nissan to ensure a high level of customer fulfillment.

“We are extremely happy to open new dealerships in Aurangabad and Rajkot. With the valued patronage and support of our dealer partners, we hope to create a significant presence of Brand Nissan and provide total customer satisfaction with high-quality service standards,” commented Manoj Kumar, Vice President – Operations, Hover Automotive India.

The Shirin Nissan dealership headed by Zubair Motiwala is located at Kranti Chowk, Main Jalna Road, Aurangabad, 431 005, while the IB Nissan dealership owned by Vishnu Patel is situated at R S No 41/1/P, Village Vavadi, Gondal Road, Rajkot, 360 004. Nissan Micra (Global compact hatchback, Nissan X–Trail (SUV model), Nissan 370Z (iconic sports car) and Nissan Teana (luxury sedan) are the vehicles that will be made available by Nissan from Shirin Nissan and IB Nissan dealerships.

The expansion strategy to increase commercial coverage in over 52% of the national strategy includes Nissan dealerships in 13 states across the country.

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is any update about new industries intrested to come to aurangabad as i heard last time herohonda and one another four wheeler intersted to setup here

is any update about new industries intrested to come to aurangabad as i heard last time herohonda and one another four wheeler intersted to setup here

Hero Honda was about to come here, but unfortunatly MH govt unable to give them req. land.
@ new compant yes German Automotive is investing in Aurngabad
1 more thing porsche cayenne will be assemble from Audi unit.

‎14th National Conference on e-Governance at Aurangabad

The historic city of Aurangabad in Marathwada region of Maharashtra would play host to the 14th National Conference on e-Governance on February 10-11. The two-day conference to be attended by government officials and experts would be held at the CIDCO Natyagruha Auditorium.

Maharashtra already has an Information Technology (IT) policy in place and if the Cabinet clears the e-governance policy by that time, it would be released in Aurangabad. “The achievements of Maharashtra in IT and e-governance would be showcased during the conference,” Dr Nitin Kareer, secretary, IT, told a news conference at Mantralaya, the state secretariat here.

Governor K Sankaranarayanan would inaugurate the conference in presence of union minister of state for IT Sachin Pilot, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, union minister of state for planning and parliamentary affairs V Narayanswamy, union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal among others.

http://www.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimesBeta/20110202/5068712854407836382.htm

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Hero Honda looks beyond north, eyes Maharashtra
India's largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda is learnt to be in talks with Maharashtra government to set
up a large manufacturing base in Aurangabad. This would be Hero Honda's first facility outside north India
and is being perceived as a step towards improving its show in the western markets where Bajaj Auto,
India's second-biggest two-wheeler maker and main rival, has its main
base.
Hero Honda, which recently ended its joint venture with Japan's Honda,
plans to buy 800 acres in Aurangabad in the estate of the Maharashtra
Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), sources said. "Hero Honda
has got the government sanction on February 1 for the same. The
company may set up a manufacturing unit in Aurangabad," a person
close to the development said.
HT could not independently verify the price of the 800 acres in the
Aurangabad MIDC or the total investment the company plans. However,
a person involved in the development said, "One condition for Hero Honda would be to recruit at least 30%
locals in the factory."
The company had approached Maharashtra authorities for its facility, sources said.
A company spokesperson neither denied nor confirmed the development. "We are yet to take a final
decision on the location of our proposed fourth plant as we are still evaluating various locations. Therefore,
it is premature to share our capacity plans and quantum of investment at this time," a spokesperson said in
an emailed response to a questionnaire sent by HT.
Hero Honda with its three plants and 5.5 million annual production capacity needs more factories to
address emerging demand. The company, which has sold 4.4 million two-wheelers in the last 10 months, is
operating at full capacity. It currently has three manufacturing plants in north India and has been eyeing a
fourth one.


http://www.hindustantimes.com/Hero-Honda-looks-beyond-north-eyes-Maharashtra/Article1-660080.aspx#

The Value Hunters of Aurangabad
Maharashtra’s tourism capital used to be a typical small town. It’s now making a dramatic entry on ndia’s consumer map
by Ashish K Mishra | Mar 1, 2011
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THE DEAL MAKER Sachin Nagori, 41, is a first-generation real estate developer

S achin Nagori won’t forget the occasion in a hurry. It isn’t often that an unknown businessman in distant Aurangabad is chased by The New York Times or The Times of India for an interview. Or have Wilfried Aulbur, the then managing director of Mercedes Benz India, drop by at his house.



In October 2010, Nagori had pulled off a coup. He persuaded 151 businessmen to buy a premium luxury symbol: A Mercedes Benz car. By using their collective bargaining power, Nagori managed to extract a hefty 20 percent discount from the German carmaker. The bulk sale made its way into record books as the largest number of vehicles sold in a single day in a city, turning Nagori into an instant celebrity. In a small town like Aurangabad, the news spread like wild-fire, catching almost everybody’s imagination. And that included Pankaj Agrawal, another businessman in search of fame.

A first-generation entrepreneur, Agrawal owns an LG Shoppe home electronics department store and a Bajaj Auto dealership in Aurangabad. He has a large home on one of Aurangabad’s arterial roads and owns two cars. Agrawal decided a luxury car would be more befitting for his status in society. And what better than an imported sports car, the BMW M6?

By November, Agrawal had lined up some interested buyers so he too could negotiate a bulk deal. Aurangabad had no luxury car dealerships, so he approached the nearest one in Pune. He lured BMW into doing a road show and by the end of it, Agrawal was all over the national media, taking credit for masterminding the sale of 101 BMW cars in Aurangabad — though there was no contract with BMW yet.

That’s when BMW got a shocker. Close to 40 customers at its dealership in Pune called in to cancel their bookings. They wanted discounts similar to what BMW had been offering customers in Aurangabad. Senior executives at the car maker went into a huddle and decided that it made no sense to support bulk deals. “I consider the sale of 101 cars like this as the starting point of brand erosion. If I agree to the unreasonable discounts that the group asks for, the dealer will not make any profit, we will not make any profit and also anyone else who does not get the discount will heavily complain. What I sell to people is not a product, but a dream,” says Andreas Schaaf, president, BMW India. Over the next few days, the company called off negotiations. Agrawal lost face. And Aurangabad’s second tryst with fame turned into a farce.

Yet despite losing the sale, the key lesson hasn’t been lost on BMW’s German president. “Aurangabad is a good example where nobody had that city on his landscape, but it had the potential. Obviously, people have the buying power to buy premium luxury cars. And the consequence out of this whole thing is that as BMW, we have to speed up our dealer network sales,” says Schaaf. For starters, BMW has already sold 20 cars in the city and is looking at shortly setting up its service station in Aurangabad.

On the face of it, Aurangabad’s rather dramatic entry on India’s consumer map may seem a bit contrived. For all the conspicuous consumption, there’s plenty that’s remained the same, especially the deep sense of community among its residents.

Spread over a radius of about 8 kilometres, Aurangabad has a population of about 1.4 million. Traffic is minimal, the roads are barely motorable and the errant traffic sense of its residents is no different than in any other Tier II town.

It isn’t until you hit the town’s southern side that you come face-to-face with the new wealth: A stretch of sprawling bungalows dotting the streets. Jalna Road, an arterial road that connects the city, is the nerve centre. Practically everything is located in and around this stretch. The evidence of prosperity and change are clearly visible; from the four-month-old 800,000 sq ft Prozone mall, which is the largest and only mall in the city, to dealerships of automobile brands like Skoda, Nissan and Maruti Suzuki and eateries and hotels like the Taj and Lemon Tree.

In the last five years, the city has morphed well beyond its status as Maharashtra’s tourism capital into a hotbed of industrial activity, primarily led by the automobile and engineering cluster. In more recent times, the growth has been spurred by agriculture and real estate development. Cotton farming has grown in the surrounding villages. Farmers have thrived thanks to cotton prices hovering at an all time high of around Rs. 4,500 per quintal. Residential real estate prices have zoomed. Properties were valued at around Rs. 20 lakh an acre in areas like Nashik Road, Old Bombay Road and Beed Road in 2006. Prices have risen five times in the last four years.



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THE FLASH MOB Auto dealer Rahul Pagariya (second from right). A Strong sense of community seeps though town's consumerist culture



Back in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Aurangabad was a typical Marathwada town. People were primarily into agriculture and industry mainly comprised local units in textiles, silver and gold handicrafts, which were sold to eager tourists. The creation of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in the late ’80s saw the arrival of big business houses like Bajaj Auto and Garware.

Gradually, as people started making money from the industries that sprouted up, they quickly realised that they could piggyback on the industrial growth. It also helped that other big cities like Mumbai and Pune became increasingly crowded for companies. Some set up ancillary manufacturing units and others opted for dealerships. “Eventually even the software companies started coming in; the business process outsourcing companies are already here like Birla and Vodafone. They have about 2,000 to 2,500 employees and these companies always take young people who are mostly very optimistic and they want to grow fast. So you can see that the city is growing in that fashion,” says Makrand Deshpande, director, human resources at Skoda Auto India. Deshpande who studied in Aurangabad has seen the city change over the last 30 years.

The change has seeped into the surrounding villages too. Farmers have started giving up farming. Many have sold their land and moved to the town. Their kids have used their education to get better jobs in adjacent manufacturing and service industries. There’s a new builders lobby taking shape in the city. Last November, Pagariya Auto, a Maruti Suzuki dealer, sold 10 Altos in a nondescript village called Karmad. “They all came in one after the other. Cotton prices are at an all time high and the prices of land in the interior parts of Marathwada have shot up. So these people have a lot of cash and they want to spend,” says Rahul Pagariya, director, Pagariya Auto.

This explosion of new wealth is leading to a significant explosion in lifestyle. To begin with, the town had very few leisure and entertainment options. Five years ago, Cannought was the only super market and Nirala Bazaar was the only place where you could buy clothes and basic consumer durables. “People who needed a lifestyle went to Pune, which is a four-hour drive from here. So there was a lot of latent demand. And then everything changed with the opening up of Big Bazaar, which was followed by More,” says Deshpande.

Individualism, the leitmotif of consumption in big cities like Mumbai, is still missing in Aurangabad. A strong sense of community seeps through the town’s consumerist culture. There’s no better example of it than Sachin Nagori.




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Straight Up Real estate prices have risen five times in four years



Nagori, 41, is a first-generation real estate developer who couldn’t complete his education because his family was in a severe debt crisis. His father was a lecturer who thought it would be a good idea to sell some family property and set up a factory to manufacture automobile springs. The venture didn’t take off. The family was displaced. “That brought us to an extraordinarily bad shape. We had to sell our house and started living in a rented house at Rs. 800 per month,” says Nagori. For the next five years, he apprenticed at a local builder’s office, at times working for more than 18 hours a day doing small chores. At 25, he started a bricks and sand trading business and slowly over the years started developing properties. In 2005, he arrived on the city’s who’s who list with the Aurangabad Business Center, a 100,000 sq feet complex, which has become one of the city’s premium commercial properties.

The clout he wields is immense — and Nagori’s bulk buying spree isn’t an aberration. As things turn out, this town has a thing for doing things together. In August 2009, when Nagori and his close friends decided to take a holiday in Goa, they formed a group; of friends and friends of friends. Close to hundred people came on board and they chartered a Kingfisher flight to Goa. Again, early in January 2010 when a few people wanted to visit Shirdi, they formed a group. Even movie-watching is a community affair. Every time a new movie releases in town, they come in large groups with their family, friends and relatives to watch the movie.

“We still hunt in packs. The whole thing of mental construct of nuclear family is fine, but people here do things together. When special food is cooked, it does make its way to the neighbour’s home. In our minds, we are still living in mohallas. People still enjoy doing the small things together,” says Damodar Mall, director, food strategy, Future group.


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SHOPAHOLICS The mall prozone gets more than 20000 visitors a day



As a result, Big Bazaar, located on Jalna Road and one of the first retail outlets to set up shop, does not have the clean straight aisles of a typical Western supermarket. “The design allowed more people to talk, discuss and then decide, unlike in the West. And the customer is doing nothing but getting another pair of senses along with him,” says Mall. The idea was to make it look like a value and bargaining place. And almost on cue, customers invariably ask for discounts. Mall says he finds the highest level of bargaining in the Swiss watch counter. “It is not that the average Indian consumer is out there to splurge. The intent to extract value is still very strong,” he adds.

On October 8, five minutes away from Big Bazaar, Prozone opened its doors to the public. Spread over 8 million sq ft, it was the first and continues to be the only mall in Aurangabad developed in a joint venture between Provogue and Capital Shopping Centers Group of UK. And Vikrant Misra was in for a big surprise. Misra, a senior manager in charge of special projects has been a part of the startup team which set up Prozone. Quite a few people who visited the mall would take off their shoes before entering the premises. “These people had never visited a clean, big place like this before and frankly we were shocked and really worried to see this because we thought somebody might get hurt,” he says. In fact, in the first 10 days when the mall opened, says Misra, he spotted two Bentleys in the parking lot. “You could see that people had money here and they are coming to the mall to spend,” he adds.

Today, Prozone gets more than 20,000 footfalls in a single day. Retailers who have set shop in the premises, like Shoppers Stop, Levi’s, United Colors of Benetton, Puma and Reebok among many others, weren’t expecting anything like this. In fact, Shoppers Stop is seeing more footfalls in its Aurangabad store as compared to some of its Mumbai stores. “The mall is packed and our expectations have been vindicated by a huge margin. Seeing the demand we are now opening a bowling alley, a Sports Bar and a Satyam Cineplex in the complex,” says Misra.

This is in stark contrast to the days when Misra first came to Aurangabad in 2008 to do a feasibility study. “It was a lonely kind of place with people hardly going out and spending a lot of time either at home or watching a movie. The whole time I kept wondering: Will these people come to my mall to buy stuff and how on earth will I convince retailers to come here?” he says. That whole impression changed when Misra’s local driver took him to Jalna, about 40 km from Aurangabad. “I found a BMW or Mercedes parked in almost every house in Jalna and I was pleasantly surprised. I researched the place and found that Jalna is one of the biggest steel hubs in India. And those people had money and would go all the way to Mumbai and Pune to shop,” says Misra.

Deshpande agrees that spending habits have changed. “If you see Prozone then at one point in time there are more than 5,000 people in the mall. Anybody going to that place will not come back without spending. You spend at least Rs. 1,000 buying stuff for kids or on food,” he says. The hotel or eatery business is booming. Deshpande says that it is difficult to find a place at any decent restaurant in the evenings. “There is no place to sit. Even in pure vegetarian restaurants you have to wait for 10 minutes in the queue,” he adds.

The changing composition of Aurangabad’s society may be behind much of the new shopping and leisure pursuits. Nearly 65 percent of the urban population is under 35 years of age. And an increasing number of people are coming in from outside to settle in the city. “To reach anywhere in Aurangabad, from one end to other, it takes about 20 minutes by road. It is a simpler lifestyle clubbed with new opportunities which is drawing people. And in the bigger companies like Bajaj, Endurance or Varroc, you will find that there are at least 30 percent people from outside who have come to work and live here,” adds Deshpande.

For marketers looking to ride the consumption wave in small town India, Aurangabad could well become the test case for understanding India’s new middle class consumer.





This article appeared in Forbes India Magazine of 11 March
Link- http://business.in.com/article/on-assignment/the-value-hunters-of-aurangabad/22782/0

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