JIMS Rohini organized a virtual industrial visit to Yakult Danone India Pvt Ltd for PGDM-Retail Management batch (2020-22) on 12th January 2021. The resource person- Mr. Aadish Jain and Mr. Tushar Kumar, Public Relations, Yakult gave a virtual tour of manufacturing unit of the company.
The session was started by giving brief history about the company as how in 1930 by Dr. Minoru Shirota who was a Japanese scientist prepared a special type of drink made up of Lactobacillus casei Shirota. It was proved to be very useful for liver of all age group of people and it was offered at very low price. Basically, Yakult is a Japanese company and has been opened as a joint venture company when it came to Indian market. At present it has made a very big market and could satisfied a large number of customers of the Indian market.
The speaker elaborated further as how the product made by the company which is totally natural and most of the products are being made by same ingredients. Pectin is the most important and common among them. The speaker also stated the benefit of taking this drink as it helps in improving the digestion of people of all the age groups and build immunity to fight with different diseases.
At the end, Q&A round was conducted where students cleared all their doubts and Mr. Aadish shared the video of the manufacturing unit and explained how it functioned. Overall it was an interactive session for the students.