1. INDIA Traits , Challenges and Expectations Presentation by UrmilaChakraborty Englishour

2. 3.28 million sq. kilometers – Area 7,516 kilometers - Coastline India consists of 28 states and seven Union Territories

3. Languages of India 18 Official languages Urdu 325 languages spoken Punjabi Hindi Oriya Rajasthani Bengali Sanskrit Assamese Gujarati Marathi Konkani Telugu 1,652 dialects Kannada Tamil Malayalam

4. Unity in diversity So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked." --Mark Twain, from Following the Equator

5. Cultural Awareness/Adaptation Blue - Westerner Red -Indian Opinion

6. Cultural Awareness Way of Life Punctuality

7. Cultural Awareness Anger Sundays on the Road

8. India: Pacing Ahead to be a major economy in the world

9. SWOT India

10. The challengesthatIndian Offshore teams face- Schomerstudies 1. Mindset about Management Hierarchy 2. Attitudes Towards Appointments and Deadlines

11. The challengesthatIndian Offshore teams face- Schomerstudies 3. Meaning of Agreements and Commitments 4. Results vs. Process Orientation

12. The challengesthatIndian Offshore teams face- Schomerstudies 5. Directness -- Especially in Addressing Disagreements

13. Some IndianExpectations Security and senseofbelonging Humantouch Training programmes/ family welfare schemes Growthopportunities Long termrelationships

14. Cultural Awareness/Adaptation UnderstandingChange. Overcomingfear. Adapting.

15. Hofstede cultural dimensions Power Distance Index (PDI) that is the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions (like the family) accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. Individualism (IDV) versus its opposite, collectivism, that is the degree to which individuals are integrated into groups. Masculinity (MAS) versus its opposite, femininity, refers to the distribution of roles between the genders which is a fundamental issue for any society . Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) deals with a society's tolerance for uncertainty, it ultimately refers to man's search for Truth. It indicates to what extent a culture programs its members to feel either uncomfortable or comfortable in unstructured situations. Long-Term Orientation (LTO) versus short-term orientation: It can be said to deal with Virtue regardless of Truth.

16. India PDI: 73 LTO:58 MASC:51 UAI:35 IDV: 44 PDI: 53.5 LTO:42 MASC:48 UAI:60 IDV: 40

17. Market research company Ipsos Social Research Instituteinterviewed about 23,000 people: Not withstanding poor infrastructure, poverty, chaos, bribe, corruption and so many negative things, Indians are still some of the happiest bunch of people living on this Earth -fourth in the world when it comes to “Happiness” quotient !

18. Dhanyavad. Thank you Namaste