5 Companies That Modernized India

2. Amul

Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative, based at Anand in the state of Gujarat, India. The word Amul is derived from the Sanskrit word Amulya, meaning invaluable.

Formed in 1946, it is a brand managed by a cooperative body, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which today is jointly owned by 3 million milk producers in Gujarat and is also behing fetching India the tag of being the world’s largest producer of milk.

The foundation story of Amul dates back in 1948 when a mechanical engineer Verghese Kurien, set up a dairy. The simple diary transformed into million Dollar Company and took provided rural India with new opportunities and hope.

3. Cafe Coffee Day

Café Coffee Day is a division of India's largest coffee conglomerate, Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company (ABCTCL).

The first CCD outlet was set up on July 11, 1996, at Brigade Road, Bangalore, Karnataka. Following this, CCD opened over 1000 cafés throughout the nation by 2011. As of May 2013, there are 1438 outlets across 28 states of India. A ‘meter’ on their official website (Cafecoffeeday.com) keeps continuous track of the number of CCD outlets.

The concept of CCD totally broke the traditional myths of coffee cafes in India and today Indians love to hang out for hours in this light and friendly ambience of the coffee shops.

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