Please cooperate with our market research internship project

Dear Sirs / Madam

Appeal to industry, business enterprise & CSR initiatives to cooperate with our market research summer internship project 2018.

Background

Advanced Strategies Pvt. Ltd. - Business Counsellors and Strategy Consultants for Market Expansion of Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs). The companies web site is at www.astrategies.com

EWI Development Initiative Foundation is Sec 8 Company - and Not For Profit - EastWestInterconnect : Helping create sustainable rural livelihoods in the backward districts of North East India. The companies web site is at www.eastwestinterconnect.org.in

Both have their registered office in Mumbai and Branch in Pune. The companies have been working in the North East Region of India as well.

Objective

Without doubt, enterprise are managing themselves in turbulent times. To stay afloat change, reorientation and market expansion is essential.

Our interns are studying the business climate and how businesses are faring. Also what challenges they face, opportunities they see and what is being done to take them forward. We will come out with a report of our findings and interpretations after this summer 2018, which we will share with participants and help grow your business, if you so desire.

Your cooperation

May we humbly request your kind cooperation?

The interns have some survey questions which we would like you to respond to. This may be on email, on telecon or face to face meetings.

The Scope of the survey:

Regions

Western Region : Western India and Konkan Coast - Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Goa

North East Region : North East India - 8 states - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura

Sectors

a) Rural Empowerment and Livelihood Creation - Social Enterprise Development

1. Agricultural & Farming - Agro - bamboo, agriculture, horticulture, sericulture, herbs, Animal husbandry - pigs & cattle, Poultry, Fish farming & Apiaries

2. Food Processing

3. Handicrafts and Handloom

4. Village - Eco - Rural Tourism

5. Village Primary Education

6. Rural Higher Education & skills development centers

7. Rural Health-care clinics and primary health centers

8. Rural Power from Grid and Renewable Solar & Hydro

9. Water and Waste management

10. Micro Finance

11. Small businesses Enterprises to be started up such as - Food Biscuits, Cement Bricks, Handicrafts, Handlooms, Tailoring Shops, Mobile Phone Services, Chemist Shop, Electricians Shop, Retail Shop-Grocery, Laundry /Dhobi, Fish/Meat/Poultry Shop, Cyber Café, Travel and Tourism booth, Electronics-repairing, Dairy Shop, Restaurant, low cost women hygiene products

b) Urban Enterprise Development

1. Township Development & Smart Cities

2. Service Sector Enterprises - Hospitality – Highway Rest Areas, Restaurants, Catering & Canteens, Resorts & SPAs, 3/4 star hotels, Music, Health-care-Hospitals-Clinics, Sports facilities & recreation, Education: K-12 Schools, Working Women’s Hostels

3. Logistics: - Truck Fleet Stations (Hubs) - Warehouses & Cold Storages

4. Retailing: Grocery Stores

5. Low cost computing / IT – suitable for small enterprises

c) Finance

1. MSME Finance

a. Commercial Investments - loans, NBFC, startup/angel, pvt equity etc.

b. Social / Impact Investments - CSR, Grants, Donations etc

2. Vendor / supplier / trade / working capital finance

Thank you for your kind attention and we look forward to your cooperation.

Devavrat Bhatia

Associate for Business Development

Please cooperate with our market research internship project

Appeal to industry, business enterprise & CSR initiatives to cooperate with our market research internship project.

Advanced Strategies Pvt. Ltd.  -  Business Counsellors and Strategy Consultants for Market Expansion of Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs). The companies web site is at www.astrategies.com

EWI Development Initiative Foundation is  Sec 25 Company - and Not For Profit - Focused on North East India Backward Districts Area Development, Rural Empowerment, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Creation. The companies web site is at www.eastwestinterconnect.org.in

Both have their registered office in Mumbai and Branch in Pune. The companies have been working in the North East Region of India as well.

Pune University Department of Management Science (PUMBA) students are our interns for Summer June - July 2016. Ms Sarita Bayas is from Aurangabad, Ms Ankita Saindane is from Jalgaon, both from Maharashtra, and Mr Bishal Debnath is from Agartala in Tripura.

They are studying commercial and social enterprise growth potential and market linkages. Their focus is on Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad and Jalgaon and surrounding areas. In the North East, they are studying the state of Tripura.

May we humbly request your kind cooperation?

They have some survey questions which we would like you to respond to.  This may be on email, on telecon or face to face meetings. The feedback will help us develop an analysis with regard to the growth prospects of commercial and social enterprise. We would be pleased to share the findings with you once the internship is completed. Besides, we would be pleased to partner with your organisation for its growth, particularly into the NorthEast India Markets. This may be discussed once the survey is complete and we have a better understanding of your own objectives.

My presentation at the Pragati Maidan on 13.02.16 http://bit.ly/dne2016_start_pdf and http://bit.ly/dne2016_start regarding startups and entrepreneurship development in the NorthEast.

The questions would be customized for different market segments. Some examples are

Banks for NER - http://bit.ly/ewif_banks
MSME India Presence & Expansion http://bit.ly/ewif_sme
Farmers Questions (India) http://bit.ly/farmersquestions
Questions for NER Politicians http://bit.ly/ewifquestions1
Questions for Maharashtra Politicians http://bit.ly/asquestions1

Thank you for your kind attention and we look forward to your cooperation. Email interns.bee@gmail.com and/or call 022-22672561

Rajiv Bhatia
Director

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