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District-3131: Pune-INDIA

PUNE

Agendaa) Why India? and Pune?b) Overviewc) Fact-filed) Culture/Festivale) Foodf) Infrastructure; Educational; Economyg) Tourist Attractions; including nearbyh) RYE History & Success Stories

INDIAWorld’s Largest

Democracy: 1.2bn

(1/3rd youth)3 rd Largest

Economy (in

terms of PPP)

28-States

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Art, Music, Dance,

Festivals, Sports

“Multi-lingual, Spiritual”

Rich Culture, Family-values

Secular (different religions)

Why Pune?a) Ideal mix of Good Infrastructure & Rich

Cultureb) Other metros like Mumbai, Delhi does not

offer different experience (as they are similar to what is there back home)

c) Many Nationalities from world-over already present (as student, expatriates, long-stay)

d) Safere) Well-connected within India by Air, Rail,

Road (Mumbai/Bombay <200-kms)

Pune

Oxford of East Cultural Capital

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Good Infrastructure

“Safe, with IT/ITeS 24x7

working”

Good mix of Old (1/5th) &

New City

Cosmopolitan

(<40% Local)

b) Fact-filea) Coordinates: 18-degree 32-minutes North; 73-degree 51-

minutes Eastb) Altitude: 559-meters above mean sea-levelc) Area: 140 sq.km.d) Population: 4mn (amongst Top-8 city in India)e) Languages: Marathi (Local), English widely spoken; Hindi

(National) understood/spokenf) Season: Summer (Mar-June; <38-degree Cel.), Monsoon

(June-Sept; ~100cm rain-fall), Winter (Oct-Feb; 5-25 deg.)g) Time-zone: GMT + 5 ½ hours (same zone across India)h) Literacy rate: 3/4th+i) Economy: Automobile mfg hub; IT (Information Technology)

co.’s; Heavy Engineering/Global mfg co.’s;

c) Culture/Festival

d) FoodWhile North-Indian food; and perhaps Chicken Tikka; may be the only known Indian food

outside India, actual Indian cuisine is full of variety:

e) Infrastructure/Educational/Economya) Infrastructure:

i. International Airport in Pune (and Mumbai airport 200-km away)ii. Well-connected by Air/Train/Road within Indiaiii. World-class Medical facilities; Professional Fitness Club/Gymiv. Best Leisure facilities (shopping-malls, theme-park, multiplex, club)

b) Educational:i. Variety of courses available; like Engineering, Science, Commerce,

Media, Journalism, Fashion, Photography, Animation, Film-making…ii. Best known Institutes like Ferguson, Symbiosis, FTII…

c) Economy:i. Automobile Hub in India; with Mercedes-Benz, Volks-Wagon, Tata

Motors, Bajaj (2-wheelers), John Deere (Tractors), ZF steering….ii. World-class IT co.’s in Hinjewadi, like Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Cognizant.. iii. Heavy Engineering co.’s like Atlas Copco, Tetrapack, KSB, Philips…

f) Attraction/Sight-seeing

g) RYE-3131 Historya) Pune has been participating in International Youth Exchange

since over 10-years, with around 30-60 students every yearb) Most students for Long-term, and few short-term exchange;

around 1/3rd are girls. c) Many success stories, like:

i. Almost all inbound students appreciate Indian (joint) family system, and society

ii. Inbound girl from USA; after completing RYE; comes back to study Medicine for 5-yrs, and stays with same family without RYE…

iii. Outbound student starts a joint-venture company with overseas host

iv. Inbound boys likes India so much that come back to settle down

d) For 2014-15, good mix of students from Science, Music, Commerce, IT (information Technology) etc.