Maharashtra, India
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The Gateway of India in Mumbai – A monument built in 1924 to commemorate the landing of King George V
Introduction Maharashtra – Key industry facts nd Maharashtra, India’s 2 most populous state is Maharashtra accounts for over 30 per cent of India's leading industrial state contributing fifteen per India’s software exports cent of the national industrial output and over 40 per Home to the world's largest film industry, cent of India's national revenue. Major industries in Bollywood Maharashtra include petrochemicals, automotive, pharmaceuticals, financial services, media and Mumbai is the financial capital of India functions entertainment, IT and ITES and textile industries. The and the gateway for imports into Western India state is also strong in the agriculture sector Maharashtra has consistently been among the top 2 destinations for FDI in India since 2005 Quick Facts Home to National Research & Development institutions and centres of excellence in defence, Area: 307,731 sq. km life sciences, agriculture, advanced materials, etc Population: 112.37 millions State GDP: US$ 233 billion Australia – Maharashtra business Major cities relationships Mumbai: The capital of Maharashtra and the Mumbai, the home of the Indian operations of financial capital of India, houses the headquarters Australian banking and insurance companies - of all major banks, financial institutions, insurance NAB, Westpac, CBA, ANZ. Macquarie Bank, and companies, and many of the leading corporate Insurance Australia Group. houses in India Maharashtra houses the headquarters for Pune: the 2nd biggest city in Maharashtra is BlueScope Steel’s Joint Venture with Tata Steel amongst the leading automotive, engineering, Home to the IITB – Monash research academy education and IT hubs of India Orbital Corp, Australia has a partnership with Pune Nagpur: the 3rd biggest city in Maharashtra and the based Bajaj Auto for their fuel injection systems largest city in central India has a significant Pune based IT companies Zensar Technologies, manufacturing base. Nagpur is an also a logistics Inteliment Technologies and Persistent hub and is very strong in the resources sector, electricity generation and agriculture
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Technologies have their Asia – Pacific Kalyani Skills has a MoU with TAFE SA. headquarters in Australia University of Mumbai has a MoU with University of Western Australia to promote research in Oceanography, Marine Science and Fisheries. Australian companies doing business in Maharashtra Major Industry Opportunities for Key Australian exporters Australia
Dixon Asia Pacific Private Limited Education, training and skill development Leightons India – Construction Infrastructure; Metro rail build and township developments, ports and water front development ANZ Bank – Financial Services Water, waste water and waste management Commonwealth Bank of Australia / National Australia Bank / Westpac – Financial Services Research: collaboration and commercialisation Insurance Australia Group – Insurance Automotive and aftermarket Tata BlueScope Steel – Steel Food and beverage products; agri commodities, agri-business and dairy technology and services Linfox – Logistics Mining Cochlear – Medical Devices Clinical trials and research Aromas – Food and Beverage Aconex – Project Management IT Ironbark – Fresh Fruits Further information Govt of Maharashtra – www.maharashtra.gov.in Key Investment from Maharashtra in IBEF Maharashtra – www.ibef.org Australia MIDC – www.midcindia.org
Tata Consultancy Services - IT The Australian Trade Commission Zensar Technologies / Aegis Ltd / Mphasis / Inteliment Technologies - IT The Australian Trade Commission – Austrade – is Sterling and Wilson - Renewable energy the Australian Government’s trade, investment and education promotion agency. Thermax Ltd - Renewable technology Through a global network of offices, Austrade assists Deepak Nitrite - Speciality Chemicals Australian companies to grow their international Aditya Birla - Copper Mining business, attracts productive foreign direct Larsen and Toubro - Infrastructure EPC investment into Australia, and promotes Australia’s Sun Pharma - Pharmaceuticals education sector internationally. State Bank of India - Financial Services The Austrade offices in Mumbai services the State of Maharashtra. For more information call 132878 or Sterlite - Copper & Gold Mining email to [email protected]
Key Australian education & research activities DISCLAIMER While every effort has been made to ensure the information given in this document is accurate, The Australian Trade Commission BSE Institute MoU’s with University of Western does not provide warranty or accept liability for any loss arising Sydney and Deakin University for master’s from reliance on such information. program in International Finance ©Commonwealth of Australia 2015
Maharashtra University of Health Science Publication date: September 2015 arrangement with University of Sydney and The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network to offer the International Postgraduate Paediatric Certificate Macquarie University agreement with Symbiosis University, Pune for management education.