CHAZEN INDIA STUDY TOUR 2016 / 2017 ORGANIZERS: Aditya Mahajan Anindya Dutta Ankur Dubey Ayush Dabas Pulkit Agarwal Ridhee Goyal
CHAZEN INDIA
STUDY TOUR
2016 / 2017
ORGANIZERS:
Aditya Mahajan
Anindya Dutta
Ankur Dubey
Ayush Dabas
Pulkit Agarwal
Ridhee Goyal
Today’s Agenda
• Travel Plan
• Things to do
• Company visits
• Budget
• Logistics
Travel Plan
Mumbai: Dec 28 – Dec 31
Jaipur: Jan 1 – Jan 2
Delhi: Jan 2 – Jan 7
Agra: Jan 5
Goa (optional): Jan 7 – Jan 8
MumbaiMarine Drive Bollywood
Gateway of India Antilla – Most expensive home
Jaipur
Amber Fort Choki Dani Hawa Mahal
DelhiParliament India Gate Qutb-Minar
Delhi Metro Red Fort
Delhi
Lotus Temple
Jama Musjid
“Food heaven”
Agra
• Jan 5: Trip by bus to The Taj Mahal
Goa (optional)
• Jan 7-8: Fly from Delhi to Goa
Tentative company visits
• PE/VC
– Warburg Pincus / Apax Partners / Sequoia Capital
• Development Institutions
– World Bank / IFC
• Upcoming Start-ups
– Chaayos / Groots / GyanDhan
• Meetings with the Government
– BJP Spokesperson / Minister of Inland Waterways
• Major Indian Corporate houses
– ITC / Airtel / Tata
Budget
• Total Estimated Cost: $1800 - $2000
Included:
- Ground Transportation
- Four/Five Star Luxury Hotel Accommodation (double occupancy)
- Most Meals
- Airfare within the country
- Admission to some cultural activities
Not Included:
- International airfare (approx. $1000-$1200)
- Other personal expenses
Logistics
• 40 students total including organizers
• Full-time MBAs only – no significant others
• Students with holds on their accounts cannot participate
• Students are required to attend the entire study tour
• All company visits are mandatory
Note: Chazen Study Tours may be cancelled due to low enrollment or other
issues that would make the tour non-viable (a full refund of costs and bid points
will be given if a tour is cancelled by Chazen).
Bidding
• Bidding starts Tuesday, September 20 at 2:00pm and ends on Tuesday,
September 27 at 4:00pm (https://chazentours.gsb.columbia.edu)
• Results will be released on Wednesday, September 28
• Successful bidders will have 48 hours to pay a non-refundable deposit in
order to secure their spot
• Unsuccessful bidders will have their bid points refunded and will be placed
on a waitlist (based on bid amount - highest to lowest). If a students gets a
spot on the tour, he will be charged this bid amount.
• No swapping
Things to Look Forward To• The Indian ‘Wildlife’
• Comparing New York’s traffic
to New Delhi traffic
• Dancing Bollywood-style
• The food
• Being treated like a rock star
• The colors
• The mustaches (Jaipur!)
• Thousands of years of
history
• India’s hope and optimism
(Don’t try this at home.)
Meet your organizersPulkit Agarwal Ridhee Goyal Aditya Mahajan
Anindya Dutta Ankur Dubey Ayush Dabas
Thank you!Please reach out to Anindya Dutta
([email protected]) for more information