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Facebook partners with Millennium Alliance to propel social sector innovations

By   /  October 5, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Startup News  /  Comments Off on Facebook partners with Millennium Alliance to propel social sector innovations

New Delhi:  The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and FACEBOOK today announced their partnership to augment the Millennium Alliance (MA) initiative. The MA is an inclusive platform to leverage Indian creativity, expertise, and resources to identify, scale and expand the outreach of innovative solutions being developed and tested in India to […]

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AICTE notifies CMAT 2017 will be held on 28 & 29 January 2017

By   /  October 5, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on AICTE notifies CMAT 2017 will be held on 28 & 29 January 2017

New Delhi:  Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), a national level entrance examination, facilitates Institutions to select suitable graduate candidates for admission in all Management programs of AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges. CMAT is conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), […]

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SHRM India’s Annual HR Conference 2016 on the theme DARE – A Bold New HR concludes

By   /  October 5, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, HR Zone, Learning & Training  /  Comments Off on SHRM India’s Annual HR Conference 2016 on the theme DARE – A Bold New HR concludes

Companies turning to technology to reach out to right talent: SHRM India–CareerBuilder report

New Delhi: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management concluded its 5th Annual conference & exposition in New Delhi on 30 September 2016. The two-day conference and exposition witnessed the presence of over 1000+ delegates, including HR professionals, corporate leaders and over 90 speakers and acclaimed thought […]

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Gender Diversity Challenge: Only 5% employers in India see a rise in women CXOs, TimesJobs Study

By   /  October 4, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Career Corner, Conferences  /  Comments Off on Gender Diversity Challenge: Only 5% employers in India see a rise in women CXOs, TimesJobs Study

Mumbai: Gender diversity has been the talk-of-the-town in India while the ground reality is grim.  Around 40% organizations anticipate more female employees at the mid level in their workforce, however; only 5% see a rise in number of women at CXO levels reveals the latest TimesJobs Study on Gender Diversity in India. This TimesJobs study […]

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IMT Ghaziabad launches mandatory course on sustainability and social responsibility

By   /  October 4, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on IMT Ghaziabad launches mandatory course on sustainability and social responsibility

Ghaziabad: IMT Ghaziabad, India’s premier management school, launched a Sustainability and Social Responsibility (SSR) initiative titled I’M The Change on Saturday, October 1, 2016, on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. The first steps taken under the initiative are a course on SSR and a Talk Series. The course, titled ‘Sustainability and Social Responsibility’ is now […]

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Wipro bags two Awards at SHRM HR Awards 2016, IDFC Bank wins Excellence in Social Media

By   /  October 4, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, HR Guru, HR Zone  /  Comments Off on Wipro bags two Awards at SHRM HR Awards 2016, IDFC Bank wins Excellence in Social Media

New Delhi: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) India announced the winners of its annual awards for excellence in human resource management and innovative practices. Wipro Limited, IDFC Bank Limited, Mercer Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd, Shree Cement Limited, Brandix Group, and Aditya Birla Financial Services Ltd emerged as winners of  SHRM HR  Awards under various […]

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GATE 2017: The last date for submission of applications has been extended up to 11.00 AM of 10 October 2016 (Monday)

By   /  October 4, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on GATE 2017: The last date for submission of applications has been extended up to 11.00 AM of 10 October 2016 (Monday)

New Delhi: In a bid to address last minute rush, the last date for submission of online application for GATE 2017 has been extended up to 11.00 AM of 10 October 2016 (Monday). Earlier, today (04 October 2016) was the final day for submission of online application via GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) website. […]

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Manipal Global bags Porter Prize for industry architecture shift

By   /  October 3, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on Manipal Global bags Porter Prize for industry architecture shift

Bangalore:  Manipal Global Education Services has won the Porter Prize for Industry Architecture Shift in recognition for redefining the industry structure by challenging the very basis of competition, creating new business models, challenging the status quo and exploiting change. Manipal Global won the award after a three-stage evaluation process. The jury consisted of eminent leaders […]

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Average internet speed in India is the lowest in Asia Pacific at 3.6 Mbps

By   /  October 3, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Digital Box  /  Comments Off on Average internet speed in India is the lowest in Asia Pacific at 3.6 Mbps

Bengaluru: Though India posted a sharp rise in internet speed compared to last year with a 54% rise to 3.6 Mbps in Q2 2016, still India is at the bottom among Asia Pacific countries on the internet speed parameter. Global average internet speed decreased 2.3% from the first quarter of 2016 to 6.1 Mbps, a […]

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Yoga is included as a new subject for UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET)

By   /  October 3, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on Yoga is included as a new subject for UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET)

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission has added Yoga as a new subject in the UGC- National Eligibility Test (NET).  The UGC has published the syllabus of Yoga as a new subject for the upcoming NET exam January 2017. The next UGC-NET exam will be held on 22 January 2017 as the Central Board of […]

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India’s BPM sector employs 10.8 lakh employees, added 49,000 of employees to its workforce in 2015-16

By   /  October 3, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Conferences  /  Comments Off on India’s BPM sector employs 10.8 lakh employees, added 49,000 of employees to its workforce in 2015-16

Bengaluru: The Indian Business Process Management (BPM) sector added 49,000 employees to its workforce, at a rate of 4.7%, taking the total no. of employees to 1,086,000. This was revealed by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) at its recently held NASSCOM BPM Strategy Summit 2016 in Bangalore. Growing at a CAGR […]

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Dr. V. Kamakoti of IIT Madras wins IBM Faculty Award 2016

By   /  October 2, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education, Skill  /  Comments Off on Dr. V. Kamakoti of IIT Madras wins IBM Faculty Award 2016

Chennai:  Dr V. Kamakoti, Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has been selected as a recipient of IBM Faculty Award 2016.  The IBM Faculty Awards is a competitive worldwide program intended to foster collaboration between researchers at leading universities worldwide and those in IBM research, […]

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Joint CSIR-UGC Test (JRF & NET): Re-opening/extension of last date for submission of online application form

By   /  October 2, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on Joint CSIR-UGC Test (JRF & NET): Re-opening/extension of last date for submission of online application form

New Delhi: In the interest of candidates for research scholars, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has decided to re-open/extend the date for submission of online application form for Joint CSIR-UGC test for Junior Research Fellowship & Eligibility For Lectureship (NET). As per the latest notification appeared in an national daily, the revised/ […]

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IDFC Bank wins SHRM India HR AWARDS 2016 for Excellence in Social Media – People Practices

By   /  October 2, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, HR Guru, HR Zone  /  Comments Off on IDFC Bank wins SHRM India HR AWARDS 2016 for Excellence in Social Media – People Practices

New Delhi: IDFC Bank,the private bank that started operation last year, won SHRMindia HR AWARDS 2016 for Excellence in Social Media – People Practices. The bank has been hounoured for the effective use of social media channels, tools and applications for driving key people processes for high impact. The Award recognizes the bank for its […]

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Management competitions and challenges at IIM Bangalore’s Vista 2016 record grand success

By   /  October 1, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on Management competitions and challenges at IIM Bangalore’s Vista 2016 record grand success

Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore hosted Vista 2016 successfully, which was held on 23 -25 September 2016 at its campus. Vista is IIM Bangalore’s annual International summit. On this summit the premier institute organises a lot of excited business and management competitions and challenges. The prominent among them are as followed: Bzzwings, Team […]

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Gramotsava, the Rural Management Fair of XUB, inaugurated at XIMB

By   /  October 1, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on Gramotsava, the Rural Management Fair of XUB, inaugurated at XIMB

Bhubaneswar: “Gramotsava 2016”, the rural marketing fair organized by R-MAX, the Rural Managers’ Association of XIMB-XUB was launched at Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar on 30 September 2016. The event was organized to address the transformation of rural India through skill training. A serene song by the students of Rural Management, XIMB-XUB served as the […]

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India will take 126 years to match education standards of developed nations: ASSOCHAM Paper

By   /  October 1, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on India will take 126 years to match education standards of developed nations: ASSOCHAM Paper

Mumbai: India spends 3.82% of GDP on education whereas the US spends 5.22 per cent of its GDP on education, and for Germany it is 4.95 per cent and UK 5.72 per cent. This is the one parameter that reflects India’s magnitude of improvement in education system. In the skill development area, India’s position is […]

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Vedica Scholars Programme for Women invites applications for 2017-18, PGP in management exclusively for women

By   /  September 30, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Career Corner, Education  /  Comments Off on Vedica Scholars Programme for Women invites applications for 2017-18, PGP in management exclusively for women

New Delhi: The Vedica Scholars Programme for Women announces admissions for its third batch, the Class of 2017-2018, a post-graduate programme in management exclusively for women. Located in Delhi, this 18-month residential programme is tailored to the needs of employers, who recognise the need for greater diversity in the workforce and board-rooms today. Fresh graduates, […]

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#HackForIndia v 2.0, a Hackathon contest in FinTech, AgriTech, EduTech, space, at IIT Patna kickstarts today

By   /  September 30, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Education  /  Comments Off on #HackForIndia v 2.0, a Hackathon contest in FinTech, AgriTech, EduTech, space, at IIT Patna kickstarts today

Patna: IEEE student branch Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, in association with Mobile10x-IAMAI, is organizing a 24 hours Hackathon (#HackForIndia v 2.0) at IIT Patna from 06:00 PM, 30 September to 06:00 PM 1 October, 2016. It is a part of 15 cities Hackathon to support next Big App from India. Students from all […]

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Organizational context overshadows traditional leadership development programs in driving development of strong leaders

By   /  September 30, 2016  /  #Alert, #Top News, Global News, HR Zone  /  Comments Off on Organizational context overshadows traditional leadership development programs in driving development of strong leaders

Oakland/Mumbai:  Organizations that build a context for leader growth have better business and talent outcomes than those that rely more on traditional leadership development programs, according to new research from Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP. Context refers to systems, processes, cultures, and practices that support leaders in their daily development. Summarized in a WhatWorks […]

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