Hyderabad-based Edify Education, which aims to start 50 schools across the country by 2015, has announced its plans to start eight schools in the state, with an aim to provide international education. The group is assessing locations like Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Anand, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, to name a few for setting up schools on franchisee model.
Edify Education is an initiative of DRS Group, which has interests in logistics, warehousing. The group forayed into education in May this year and will be setting up three schools in Ranipet (Tamil Nadu), Nagpur and Amravati (Maharashtra) in 2010-11. Besides Gujarat, the group aims to start more schools in the coming years in prominent centers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and other states.
AK Agarwal, director, DRS Group said, "We plan to start two schools in Gujarat in the academic year 2011-12 and eight across the state by 2015. There is a huge demand-supply gap for quality education at affordable prices and Edify Education has been launched to tap this demand. Edify will provide quality international education with global orientation pan-India and will be in easy access to even middle class families. We have an aggressive growth plan to launch 50 branches by year 2015."
The evaluation process in these schools will be skill based and will assess the child's ability to conceptualize, process information and apply the same in a creative manner. While, the schools will follow CBSE curriculum; it will also bring in global orientation like learning by participation. All these campuses will have temperature controlled classrooms, and all other facilities which will help in the development of mind, body and soul, a release from the group stated.
In the process of exploring franchising options for the state, Edify will host a Franchise Expo on July 24-25 in Ahmedabad.
Tags:Edify Education, franchisee model, School Franchise, DRS Group,AK Agarwal,franchising options, franchise expo, Education Franchise, school franchising, k12 franchise, pre-school franchise,
Source:Business Standard: July 20, 2010.
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Reliance Industries Ltd Invests In Franchise Driven Deccan 360
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday announced that the company would be investing an undisclosed amount in Capt. G.R. Gopinath-led Deccan 360.
This investment is being made a wholly owned subsidiary of RIL. However, Capt. Gopinath, refused to divulge details of the shareholding pattern of the entity and the capital expenditure, while addressing a press conference here.
Service providers
This investment would help Deccan 360 increase the air and surface network coverage across the country and introduce world-class services and systems to express end-to-end supply chain logistics space in business-to-business and the retail sector, said Capt. Gopinath. Deccan 360 has appointed national service providers on a franchisee model and has already set up over 80 service centres and eight surface hubs to service the operations. It has now deployed eight freighter aircrafts, covering 15 airports, with a fleet of over 300 trucks and 850 vehicles nationwide. It has a capacity of more than 300 tonnes per night by air, with over 60 warehousing hubs, delivering overnight services to 50 cities, all driven by 60 plus nationwide franchisee.
Deccan 360 has integrated a multi-modal capability ensuring clock-work precision in its operations and offers a never before reach, according to Capt. Gopinath, founder of the company Commenting on the initiative, RIL Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh D. Ambani said “we believe that our collaboration with Deccan 360 will see a transformation in the logistics domain in India. I have full faith in Capt. Gopinath and his team to make this a big success. We are sure that this initiative will propel the customer experience to the next level in the logistics domain.”
On the occasion, Capt. Gopinath, Chairman and Managing Director, said, “Deccan 360's strategic partnership with Reliance will enable us to realize our dream faster — a dream of creating world class logistics reach to every nook and corner of India. Our air and surface network would open up backward reaches of India and integrate these with the Metros. We all know that supply chain is the lifeblood of a country's economy.”
Tags:RIL,Deccan 360,Logistics Franchise,Courier Franchise,cargo franchise,service franchise,
This investment is being made a wholly owned subsidiary of RIL. However, Capt. Gopinath, refused to divulge details of the shareholding pattern of the entity and the capital expenditure, while addressing a press conference here.
Service providers
This investment would help Deccan 360 increase the air and surface network coverage across the country and introduce world-class services and systems to express end-to-end supply chain logistics space in business-to-business and the retail sector, said Capt. Gopinath. Deccan 360 has appointed national service providers on a franchisee model and has already set up over 80 service centres and eight surface hubs to service the operations. It has now deployed eight freighter aircrafts, covering 15 airports, with a fleet of over 300 trucks and 850 vehicles nationwide. It has a capacity of more than 300 tonnes per night by air, with over 60 warehousing hubs, delivering overnight services to 50 cities, all driven by 60 plus nationwide franchisee.
Deccan 360 has integrated a multi-modal capability ensuring clock-work precision in its operations and offers a never before reach, according to Capt. Gopinath, founder of the company Commenting on the initiative, RIL Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh D. Ambani said “we believe that our collaboration with Deccan 360 will see a transformation in the logistics domain in India. I have full faith in Capt. Gopinath and his team to make this a big success. We are sure that this initiative will propel the customer experience to the next level in the logistics domain.”
On the occasion, Capt. Gopinath, Chairman and Managing Director, said, “Deccan 360's strategic partnership with Reliance will enable us to realize our dream faster — a dream of creating world class logistics reach to every nook and corner of India. Our air and surface network would open up backward reaches of India and integrate these with the Metros. We all know that supply chain is the lifeblood of a country's economy.”
Tags:RIL,Deccan 360,Logistics Franchise,Courier Franchise,cargo franchise,service franchise,
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