Industry Visit for International Business Management batches – Apr’17

Indian Institute of Learning and Advanced Development (INLEAD) organizes various Extracurricular activities for student’s development. As a part of this, an industrial visit has been organized to Parle manufacturing plant, in Neemarana, Rajasthan on 20th Nov 2017. The main aim is to go beyond academics in all possible ways; also it was focused to make students aware about how various activities related to planning, procurement, inventory management, marketing, financing and human resource are carried out in company and organizing an Interactive session with the officials of various departments.

Parle G is an Indian private limited company. It owns the famous biscuit brand Parle G. Parle Biscuits Private Limited is manufacturing a wide range of biscuits – Parle-G, Monaco & Krack Jack as well as other confectionery products like wafers, Fulltos, Namkeen etc. It has factories in Bahadurgarh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.

As the students reached the plant,  HR Executive from Parle explained the working of the plant and gave an insightful presentation related to the working of the plant and its production. She also described the functions, benefits of the product and its presence worldwide. They also explained the automation of the plant which follows the highest hygiene standards. Students were taken around the manufacturing plant and were explained about the production and packaging process. They were explained that Parle G has Asia’s largest biscuit baking oven. 

Students also interacted with the staff of the Parle G Plant and were shown videos and presentation of its products. The process in the making is totally automated and is internationally designed keeping in mind the hygiene standards. During the Interactive session, students & faculty member actively participated and asked many questions to clear the concepts. Students also got additional information about recruitment, waste management and CSR policies of the company.

Ms. Jyoti (HR Coordinator- Parle, Neemrana): “INLEAD students are a very enthusiastic bunch & an extremely excited lot with many questions put forth by them.”

Feedback: Student:

• Sakshi Bhatnagar, MBA in International Business Management Apr’17: “I got to know about the entire process and the huge oven which was 250 feet long was very fascinating.”
• Ankita Rajput, MBA in International Business Management Apr’17: “The best HR  practices of Parle was very interesting and the fact that the decision making is centralized from Mumbai”