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Hi, I’m Ryan and I'm a business student at Leeds Metropolitan University. I'm currently in Bangalore, India, volunteering in a business development role at an ethical producer of fabric and paper pro
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Posted By Ryan Hill on 07 Aug 2010
Friday 2nd July - We went to a
party with our new friends from Cameroon, Nelson and Stephane. Nelson
is an aspiring actor and model and Stephane works for Tata, India's
biggest conglomerate. Tata are crazy, about 30% of the vehicles are made
by them, as well as owning a satellite TV network, mobile phone
network, hotels, bottled water and there's even Tata Ceramics! A company
could never become such a huge entity in the West, but in India several
big companies seem to dominate all the markets.
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Posted By Ryan Hill on 06 Aug 2010
Wow, I've been so lazy this week. Well, it could be due to my tiredness...
I've been watching the football until 2am every night, and have been up for work at 8 – it could have something to do with it.
I have helped re-organise the
financial statements this week, and I spent the whole of Wednesday and
Thursday answering questions for the company on their background and
goals.
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Posted By Ryan Hill on 05 Aug 2010
On Sunday I went with some
friends to a crafts fair in Bangalore. There was four of us, and one of
the girls we were with managed to find us a driver. His van looked
ancient, and I sat in the front passenger seat, where I had to lean
forward as the recline mechanism on my seat was broken, so if I leant
back I'd crush Maceik! (who was sat behind me) This really made me think
about the standards of not just transport in India, but everything, and
how in the west we really fail to appreicate the flash new cars we can
afford and the expectations we have of transport services.
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Posted By Ryan Hill on 04 Aug 2010
Day two at my placement and
Karen was under pressure for the big meeting, but still maintaining her
calm demeanour and cheery outlook. I got straight down to work,
re-reading the notes I had made from the day before and discussing my
findings with Karen. She was pleased with what I had achieved so far,
and shortly after this meeting I cracked on with my work.
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Posted By Ryan Hill on 03 Aug 2010
Hi! So I've reached Friday,
the end of my first week. The last few days have been hectic and I've
really been making the most of my time here in Incredible India!
To continue from my last
blog, after leaving Hema's house we met up with Vipul for a night on the
town.
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Posted By Ryan Hill on 02 Jun 2010
Wow! That kind of sums up my feelings towards Bangalore and everything I have been exposed to so far!
I arrived at Manchester
Airport on Monday at about 12.15pm, the other guys were already in the
check in queue. I had neither met nor seen the faces of the other
volunteers from Leeds Met so far, so I was a bit apprehensive that I
might waste time trying to search Terminal 1 for them! Luckily for me,
they had my passport, and spotted me from the queue.
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