INDIA

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INDIA
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India Work Study ProgramCoimbatore, India
Application deadline Dec. 3rd Can grant
extension if requested prior to deadline
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Overview

• Academic assignments and practical experience
  gained
• Students work for an Indian company,
  multinational
• corporation or non-profit/charitable
  organization
• Three credit course MGT 4640
• Weekly seminars given by professionals and
  academics
• Prerequisite choose ONE
• Mgt. 3640 - Cross-cultural Mgt. Practices
• Mgt. 3650 - International Management
• Mgt. 3815 - Management Issues in South Asia

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Why participate? Learn about an amazing
culture and country through living and working in
it.Gain valuable work and cross-cultural skills,
make new friends, and network...
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Introduction

• The six-week program in Coimbatore, India
• Students live at the guest house at Karunya
  University and work in the city of Coimbatore
• Designed to allow students direct exposure to the
  culture and working environment of India and
  first-hand international business experience
• Unpaid practicum and academic coursework for 3
  credits (Mgt. 4640)
• Students work on a variety of projects according
  to the specific needs of the company to which
  they have been assigned.

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• Coimbatore is the second largest city and one of
  the most industrialized cities in the southern
  state of Tamil Nadu. Situated on the banks of
  the river Noyyal, it is known as the textile
  capital of South India.

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Coimbatore is situated at the foot hills of
Nilgiris mountains and has as a pleasant
temperate climate.
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India Work Study

• 3750 that includes
• airfare
• Accommodation
• A cultural trip within India (beach mountains)
• meals, accommodations group transportation
• Weekly seminars

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Living Arrangements Apartments or hotel
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Travel dates

• The work-study group is tentatively scheduled to
  depart on May 4 and return on June 18, 2011.
• (These dates are still approximate and may vary
  slightly depending on flight availability).

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Practicum Placements

• Students gain cross-cultural skills and practical
  work experience by being placed in a local
  company or non-profit organization.
• Student learn through interacting with colleagues
  and working along side local professionals.

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Examples of Companies

• Child Relief and You (CRY) an NGO
• TransWorks
• Group M
• Standard Chartered Bank
• Tribal DDB
• A.T.C. (Clearing Shipping) Pvt. Ltd.
• 2 Students are placed with each company.

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Class Field TripKovalam Varkala

• Kovalam Varkala are famous for their beautiful
  beaches on the Arabian Sea.

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Field trip to Ooty, queen of the hill stations
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• ADDITIONAL REQUIRMENTS
• Students are responsible for ensuring they have
  the required immunizations for travel to India.
• Students passports must be valid for at least
  six months following their scheduled return date.
• Students also are required to obtain a visa so
  passports must be obtained immediately upon
  acceptance into the program (i.e. must submit
  passport application in person rather than by
  mail).

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Country Overview

• South Asia
• 3,166,414 sq km (1,222,582 sq miles).Population
  1.1 billion (estimate 2007).Population
  Density347 per sq km.CapitalNew Delhi.
  Population 16.6 million (estimate
  2007).GovernmentRepublic since 1947.

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India culture

• India is a multicultural and multi-religious
  society
• Indian Folk Dance
• Lavni The Great Indian Folk Dance
• Indian Kathak dance
• Bollywood dance

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Religion

• Hindu
• Muslim
• Sikh
• Christian
• Jain
• Parsi
• Buddhist minorities

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Weather

• India has four seasons
• Summer (March-May)
• Rainy season (June-September)
• Spring (October-November)
• Winter (December-February)
• People of Coimbatore always enjoy the best
  climate in South India. The temperature of the
  Coimbatore City varies between 39 Degree Celsius
  in summer to 15 Degree Celsius in winter months.
  Most of the time there is a mild breeze flowing
  through the Palghat gap from Kerala.

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Languages

• The main language is Hindi which is spoken by
  about 40 of the population
• English is also enshrined in the constitution
  for a wide range of official purposes.
• 17 regional languages are recognized by the
  constitution.
• These include Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya and
  Punjabi, which are widely used in the north
• Tamil and Telugu, which are common in the south.
• Other regional languages include Kannada,
  Malayalam and Marathi. The Muslim population
  largely speaks Urdu.

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Food

• Curries are created from the subtle and delicate
  blending of spices such as cumin, turmeric,
  cardamom, ginger, coriander, nutmeg and poppy
  seed although these vary from region to region.
  Vegetable dishes are more common than in Europe,
  particularly in southern India. 

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Food

• Dhal (curried lentils).
• Kulfi (firm Indian-style ice cream).
• Gulab Jamuns (deep-fried dough balls in sweet
  syrup). 
• Jalebi (circular-shaped deep-fried batter in
  sweet syrup).
• Paan (betel nut, with assorted condiments and
  spices, wrapped in a paan leaf).

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Clothing

• examples of clothing

• Traditional sari styles

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?viQXFvGQ7gNk
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?voMOj-d4B6aA
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vf--J4g8TWz0feature
  related

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Customs
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Contact

• Faculty of Management International Programs

• Andrea Amelinckx
• Phone [phone]
• Email andrea.amelinckx_at_uleth.ca

Webpage http//www.uleth.ca/man-int/st
udents/programs/work-study/india/
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Questions?