Mumbai formerly know as Bombay is a densely populated city on India’s west coast. A financial centre, it’s India’s largest city and is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Mumbai is the ninth largest city in the world with a population of over 18.5 million people.
Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour.
Mumbai is the wealthiest city in India and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia, the city has the highest number of billionaires and millionaires among all cities in India.
Mumbai is the financial, commercial and entertainment capital of India and is one of the world’s top ten centres of commerce.
In the 1970s Mumbai owed its prosperity largely to textile mills ad the seaport but the local economy has since diversified to include
- finance
- engineering
- diamond-polishing
- healthcare
- information technology.
The key sectors contributing to the city’s economy are finance, gems & jewellery, leather processing, ICT and ITES Textiles and entertainment.
Norman Point and Bandra Kurla Complex are Mumbai’s major financial centres and despite competition from Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune Mumbai has carved out a niche for itself in information technology with the Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) and the International InfoTech Park (Navi Mumbai) offering excellent facilities to ICT companies.
With over 50% of Mumbai employers facing huge skills shortages according to a recent talent survey with demand for IT, Accounting, professionals on a continuous rise. The top ten Job Titles in demand in Mumbai today are
- IT Personnel
- Accounting & Finance
- Project Managers
- Sales Managers
- Customer Service Representatives & Customer Support
- Technicians
- Quality Controllers
- Buying & Procurement.
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