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INDEX A Ancient Indian history, 3 A.B. Melwani Pte. Ltd., 39 Anglo-Dutch Treaty, 28 Abbasbhai Nakhoda, 44 Angullia, 44 Abdullahbhai, Sheikh, 44 Angullia and Isabhai and Abraham, George, 172, 180, 218, Company, 44 219, 220, 238 Ani Mani Porchalai, 104 Acharya, Amitav, 141 Anjapaar, 106 Adani Exports Ltd., 166 Annamalai Avenue, 62 Adani Global, 166 anthropological narratives, 2 Adani Group, 291 A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, 287 Aditya Birla Group, 156 Approved International Trader administrative system, efficient, (AIT), 157, 183 150 Arab merchants, elected AEC Education, 179 committee, Singapore Agarwal, Mahendra, 169 Chamber, 204 agency houses, 201, 202, 203 Arab Street, 32, 34 Agrocorp International Pte. Ltd., Armenian merchants, elected 183 committee, Singapore Air India, 170 Chamber, 204 Al-Abrar Mosque, 34 Arnasalam Chetty Road, 62 Allomal Hassomal, 260 Arulmigu Sri Thandayuthapani American planter, 204 Temple, 63 Amoy, 24 Ascot serviced apartments, 111 Anacaona Pvt. Ltd., 124 ASEAN, trade agreements, 143 Ananda Bhavan Restaurant, 232 ASEAN plus, 143 09 Beyond_Index.indd 347 6/3/11 10:36:02 AM 348 Index ASEAN-Chamber of Commerce bazaar language, 74 and Industry (ASEAN-CCI), Bazaar Malay, language of 218 market interactions, 306 initiatives, 314 Behn, Meyer & Co., 202 meetings with Australia-Peru Bencoolen Street, 26 Chamber of Commerce, Bengal Native Infantry, 25 222–23 Bengalis, 30 ASEAN-India Joint Sectoral Bentinck, William, 200 Cooperation Committee, Berger International Limited 221 (BIL), 154, 155 Asia-Pacific Indian Chambers of Bhandari, Kiran, 187, 193 Commerce and Industry Bhojwani, Rupchand, 220 (APICCI), 220 B.H.T. Daulatram Jubilee Silk Asian Paints (India) Ltd., 154 Store, 49 Augustus (Emperor), 3 Big Bollywood 96.3 FM, 175 Axis Bank, 168 bills of exchange, indigenous, 9 Azad Hind Fauj, 67 Birlasoft Limited, 168 Azad Hind Government, 66 Blood Transfusion Service, 216–17 board of companies, B representations on, 186 Bajaj Brothers, 52 Boer War, 259 Balakrishnan, Vivian, 237 Bohra mercantile community, 43 Banana Leaf, 106 Bohra Muslims, 34 Bandung Conference (1955), 146 Bohras, 43 Bandy, Clyde Michael, 290 Bombay Life Assurance Bangalore, Information Company Limited, 46 Technology Park, 164 Bombay Trading Company, 44 banias, 177 Bose, Subhas Chandra role of, 9 assimilating of Indian Bank of Baroda, 168 manpower, 67 banks, limited use of, 43 emergence of, 66 Bataks, 26 further discussions, 88 Batu Pahat, 104 Bose, Sugata, 2 Bazaar Contingent, 25 Botswana, 223 09 Beyond_Index.indd 348 6/3/11 10:36:03 AM Index 349 Boustead, Edward, 201 business pattern, 41 Boustead & Co., 202 business process outsourcing Bridge Singapore, 237 (BPOs), 181 British, good relations with, 26 businesses British armed forces, withdrawal traditional methods of from Singapore, 67 operations, 76 British Chamber of Commerce, 201 C British rule, defeat of Japan, 68 California Software Co. Ltd., British Straits Dollar, 204 288 British trade, communities Canton, 24, 200, 260 collaborating on, 37 Cantonment Road, 62 Brown, Rajeswary Ampalayanar, Capital Trust Group, 155 6, 18, 73, 132, 206, 306 capitalism, encouragement, 148 Buddhism, spread of, 4 carpet business, 34 Buffalo Road, 57 Carr-Saunders University bullock owners, 50 Commission, 214 Burhani mosque, 207 case studies, entrepreneurs, business associations, see also 255–301 business organizations caste structure, goldsmiths in business communities, see also India, 133 Indian business groups CECA Agreement, 154, 157–60, demographic structure of 168, 176 Southeast Asia, 2 see also Comprehensive Indian, see Indian business Economic Cooperation communities Agreement (CECA) North Indian, 31 changes beyond, 160–72 South Indian, 31 FTA-plus arrangement, 157 business community, European, multinational enterprises, 162 207 new Indian entrepreneurs, 161 business migrants, Indian, 11 opening of Indian banks in business organizations, 200–54 Singapore, 192 ethnic Indian, 207–36 Cecil Street, 32 Singapore, 200–7 centres of business activities, 33 09 Beyond_Index.indd 349 6/3/11 10:36:03 AM 350 Index Centurion Bank, 136 construction of GPS Terminal, CEPT Scheme, 143 Middle East, 291 Chairmanship of SICC, 221 customers, 287 emphasis on right manpower, efficient sourcing, 288, 292 273 expansion into newer markets, involvement in Kewalram 289 Chanrai Group, 261 growth and progress, 283–87 Chamber de Commerce of growth of, 284, 292 Marseilles, 244 joint venture with Adani Champion Sports, 118 Group, 291 Chan Poh Meng, 173 partnership with Itochu Chandran, Robert, 257, 281 Corporation, 283 becoming U.S. citizen, 283 profit figures, 289 death, 290 Chemoil Helios Terminal, 284 Philippines, coconut products Jurong Island, 285 business, 287 Chettiar Chamber of Commerce, Chandran, Vivian, 287 211 Chandroo, Dr T., 180 Chettiar moneylenders, Chandulal Co., 40 repatriation to India, 66 Change Alley, 52, 60 Chettiar Varthega, 62 Changi Air Bases, 56 Chettiars, 10, 29, 31, 37, 51, 54, Chanrai, J.T., 49, 261 55, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, Chanrai, Murli Kewalram, 258 65, 66, 73, 103, 107, 125, Chanrai Group of Companies, 256 131, 206, 207, 208, 211, Chaudhuri, K.N., 24 212, 246, 321 Chellarams, 49 business community, 60–64 Chemoil, 15, 256, 257, 281–92 displacement from kittingis, 102 advantages provided by repatriation, 66 Singapore, 285 temples dedicated to Lord Asian Institute of Management Muruga, 63 (AIM), 282 as venture capitalists, 62 background, 281–83 well-organized, 73 brand value, 290 Chettiars’ Temple, see also Sri business model, 288–90 Thendayuthapani Temple 09 Beyond_Index.indd 350 6/3/11 10:36:04 AM Index 351 Chettinadu, 60 Cold War, 146 Chetty Theruvu, 62 end of, 14 Chew Hua Seng, 165 Collyer Quay, 32 Chhotirmal, 110 colonial capitalism, impact of, Child’s Dream, 271 304 China colonial industrialization, 310 influence of Kushanas, 4 colonial intervention, 1 opening up of, 140 colonial phase, 36 Chinatown, 59, 233 India, supply of labour, 27 Chinese businesses, advantages colonialism, advent of, 24–32 in raising capital and colonization, onset of, 4 finance, 309 Comcraft Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Chinese communities 153 accumulation of wealth, 305 commercial migrants, 31 Southeast Asia, 303 Commercial Square, 28 Chinese family businesses, community groupings, language patterns of, 308 factor, 34 Chitty Melakas, 87 Comprehensive Economic Chitty Road, 26, 87 Cooperation Agreement Cholas, 4 (CECA) Chopra Sports Pte. Ltd., 118 negotiations, 158 Chulia Street, 40, 54, 59, 60 political goodwill, 160 South Indian business post-investment opportunities, community, 54 159 Chulias, 32, 34, 54, 59 relaxed restrictions over Chutney Café, 183 temporary entrants, 159 CII-India Business Forum, 237 see also CECA Agreement circulating credit facilities, 9 Confederation of Indian citizenship, 76 Industries (CII), 237 Clemenceau Avenue, 62 Confrontasi, Indonesia, 101, 216 C.M. Mohammed Co., 44 Contact Singapore, 237 coconut oil, exports, 69 Control of Rent Act, 95 coexistence, 36 conventional paradigms, 2 Cohen, Robin, 8 conventional sectors, 148 09 Beyond_Index.indd 351 6/3/11 10:36:04 AM 352 Index coolies, 5 Distinguished Technopreneurs copra, trade in, 68 Forum, 180 Coromandel Coast, 34, 54, 59 diversification of businesses, corporatization of business, 302 109–25 Cosmetic Medical Specialist Draft Companies Bill (1966), 215 Centre, 165 Drake, P.J., 202, 203 country ships, 24 Drug Houses of Australia, acquisition of, 163 D Dutch East Indies, demand for dairy farmers, Punjabis, 50 Indian cotton, 65 Dalhousie Lane, 26 Damodaran, Harish, 177 E Dani, Ashwin, 154 East & Asia Pacific Trade & Das, Sanchita Basu, 190, 192–93 Industry Publications Pte. Dawoodi Bohra Ltd., 180 community, 44 East India Company, 24 strict allegiance to mosque, 45 administration from Calcutta, traders, 43 25 de-industrialization, 30 sepoys and soldiers, 28 decolonization, effect on Eastcom Systems Pte. Ltd., 179 business communities, 109 Economic Development Board definitions (EDB), 142 Indian, 13 Regional Headquarters Award, transnationalism, 8 170 Delhi Public School (DPS), 194 economic liberalization, 140 Delta Exports, 152 economy, interdependence with demographic minorities, 36 political interests, 150 Dhanabalan, S., 141 EcoOils processors Sdn Bhd., Dhoby Ghaut, 29 267 Dhoraisingam, Samuel S., 26 EcoOils Sdn Bhd., 267 diaspora Eco Water Management, 267 bonding of, 41 EDC@SICCI, 215, 241, 314 fleeting and flexible, 172–76 Educomp Solutions Ltd., 165 new demographic profile, 175 Emerio Corporation, 182 09 Beyond_Index.indd 352 6/3/11 10:36:05 AM Index 353 enclave structure, 32–64 comparative, 171 English language, proficiency in, retail sector, 130 25, 94 Framroz, P.M., 53 English-educated middle class, 178 Framroz and Company, 53 Enterprise Development Centre, Franklin Baker, 287 215, 225 free market economy, 92 Enterprise One, 142 Free Trade Agreements, 143 entrepot trade, textiles, 99 “free-port” doctrine, 201 entrepreneurial fluidity, 9 entrepreneurs G case studies, 255–301 Gati Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., 169 professionals turned, 177–84 Gati International, 169 progressive, 148 Gayatri Restaurant, 133, 232, entrepreneurship 251 change in emphasis, 129 General Chinese Trade Affairs legacies of caste, 310 Association, 205 ethnic network, links to General Insurance Corporation homeland, 311 of India, 155 European business community, Gian Singh Co., 52 207 Gill, M.S., founding of Royal Everygreen Marine Corp, 287 Sporting House, 117 Girishchandra Kothari, 39 F global capitalism, rise of, 147 family firms, corporatization of, Global Entrepolis@Singapore,