India, History, Hinduism, Indian Society

1. Introduction to India (Bharat): population, main cities, Ayurvedic..
2. History of India
3. India: The “spiritual land”
4. Introduction to the Indian religions
   1. Hinduism
   2. Jainism
   3. Sikhism
   4. Zoroastrianism
   5. Islam
5. Indian society values

Bhagavad Gita (Hinduism)

The Subject “Introduction to India” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Bhagavad Gita Courses, Realization of the Gita

Languages: or India Inde India.

Introduction to India (Bharat).

The Republic of India (Bharat):

1. Literacy rate in India: 64.84%, 75.26 for males and 53.67 for females
2. The Constitution of India recognizes twenty-two different languages
   1. Hindi is the official language
   2. English is the language of business in India (Bharat)
3. Area of India: 3,287,595 km² (2.4% of the World area)
4. The capital of India is New Delhi
5. The Indian largest city is Mumbai
6. Type of Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic
7. Independence of India: 1947 (UK)
8. Currency of India: the Indian Rupee (INR)
9. Borders of India: Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Burma
10. Nearby island countries: Indonesia, Maldives, and Sri Lanka

Official languages: Hindi and English (*).

India recognizes thirty official languages:

1. Assamese (Assam)
2. Bengali (Tripura and West Bengal)
3. Bodo (Assam)
4. Cashmere
5. Dogri (Jammu and Kashmir)
6. Gujarati (Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Gujarat)
7. Hindi (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bijar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jariana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttaranchal)
8. Kannada (Karnataka)
9. Konkani (Goa)
10. Maithili (Bihar)
11. Malayalam (Kerala and Lakshadweep)
12. Manipuri (Manipur)
13. Marathi (Maharashtra)
14. Nepali (Sikkim)
15. Oriya (Orissa)
16. Punjabi (Punjab)
17. Sanskrit
18. Santali
19. Sindhi
20. Tamil (Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry)
21. Telugu (Andhra Pradesh)
22. Urdu (Jammu and Kashmir)
23. Punjabi (Punjab)

Sri Ramakrishna

The capital of India is Delhi, the Indian politics and international embassies centre. Delhi has one of the highest per capita revenue levels in India.

1. Mumbai (Bombay) is the commercial capital of India and one of the largest cities in the World (16 million people)
2. Bangalore is the “Silicon Valley of India” and a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centre
3. Kolkata (Calcutta) is one of the largest metropolitan cities in India with a strong cultural and literary tradition
4. Chennai (Madras) in South India has a strong industrial base, many engineering and technical enterprises in India are located in Chennai

It is necessary to know the Indian history to know the Indian culture and the form of doing business, especially the influence of Hinduism.

1. The history and culture of India begin along the Indus River
2. Religion is vital in India. Hinduism is the religion of 82% of the Indian population
3. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the World (after Christianity and Islam): 837 million followers (13% of the population in the World)
4. Hinduism is the main religion in India, Nepal, and among Tamils in Sri Lanka
5. Hindu sacred texts are perhaps the most ancient Religious texts still surviving today. Primary sacred texts of Hinduism are the Vedas: the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda
6. The Bhagavad Gita, part of the Mahabharata (400 or 300 B.C.), is a central text of Hinduism, a philosophical dialogue between Sri Krishna and the warrior Arjuna. This is one of the most popular and accessible of all Hindu scriptures, required reading for anyone interested on Hinduism
7. Mahatma Gandhi is considered as the Father of the new India and a beacon of light in the last decades of the British colonial rule, promoting non-violence, justice, and harmony among people of all faiths
8. The Ayurvedic concept is that the organism adapts to the environment and its food and climate. This principle of adaptation is called Satyma. In India, Ayurveda is gaining much prominence as an alternative to the Western medicine

Hindi language:

1. Yoga of the Threefold Faith of the Bhagavad Gita

Haryana.

India: spiritual power of the world