Upbeat hiring outlook for India in 2017 as 60% of Indian companies will hike headcount: Michael Page survey
Mumbai: Three in five employers in India say they will be increasing their headcount in 2017, according to the latest Salary and Employment Outlook by global recruitment specialists Michael Page. In the current global environment, India is only bright spot in global labour market. Employment market enjoyed in India remained a good year largely unaffected […]
Read More →A startup on electronics prototyping platform by IIT Kanpur students raises capital via crowdfunding and wins International Competition
Kanpur: It is definitely an achievement that needs to be celebrated. Four students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur have developed an open-source electronics prototyping platform: evive, which is for learning STEM skills, prototyping electronics circuits, creating robots and hacking together IoT solutions. It has been designed for the product developers, student and educator […]
Read More →Dr. Jayshree Periwal honored with The Most Influential Education Leader in India award
Jaipur: In a glittering ceremony held recently in Mumbai, Dr. Jayshree Periwal of Jaipur was awarded ‘The Most Influential Education Leader in India’ by AsiaOne. The past recipients of this award include luminaries like Nita Ambani and Malala Yousafzai amongst many others. Dr. Periwal was felicitated with the award for her immense contribution in transforming […]
Read More →Union HRD Minister launches PARAM-ISHAN supercomputer facility at IIT Guwahati
Guwahati: Union Human Resource Development Minister Mr Praksh Javadekar launched PARAM-ISHAN supercomputing facility at IIT, Guwahati today (19 September 2016). “It is a one of the glad moment to have fastest and most powerful computer in northeastern, eastern and southern regions” he said after launching the PARAM-ISHAN super computer. PARAM-ISHAN can be used in the […]
Read More →Brickwork Ratings launches placement reporting services for B-schools and engineering institutions
Exclusive, By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Bengaluru: Much has been talked about employability factor in B-schools and engineering institutes in India. India produces over 17 lakh engineers and 5 lakh MBAs every year. Yet employability of majority of these students is low and they are unable to meet the benchmarked skills of Industry. To fix the […]
Read More →UpGrad and IIIT Bangalore collaborates with SocialCops for their data analytics program
Mumbai: UpGrad, the online education platform for working professionals and International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore have tied up with SocialCops for their Data Analytics program. SocialCops is a data intelligence company that leverages data and technology to bring the entire decision making process to one place – from collecting and merging to visualizing […]
Read More →Mahindra & Mahindra wins Dale Carnegie Global Leadership Award 2016, Jindal Power and Indus Towers runners up
Bangalore: Dale Carnegie Training India announced Mahindra & Mahindra as the winner of the prestigious Dale Carnegie Global Leadership Award 2016. Jindal Power emerged as the first runner up award and Indus Towers went home with the second runner up award. Mahindra & Mahindra stood out as the frontrunner of this year’s Global Leadership Award […]
Read More →Absolutdata launches powerful artificial intelligence (AI) based tool that aims at enhancing efficiency in sales teams
New Delhi: Absolutdata, a leading data analytics firm, announced the release of its groundbreaking NAVIK SalesAI solution, an add-on tool designed to work seamlessly with popular CRM platforms. NAVIK SalesAI is proven to increase sales by providing predictive data on buyers, identifying the most promising prospects and aligning purchaser needs with products and communication channels. […]
Read More →Sunday Special: Google, Microsoft, PayPal and Happiest Minds among Best tech companies in India to work
Mumbai: The Great Place to Work Institute has released second edition of 50 Best Companies to work in India for IT and ITES sector. Among the 50 tech companies, Google, Mocrosoft, SAP, Happiest Minds, Cisco, and NetApp have been featured. This year, in India, 145 organisations in the IT & IT-enabled Services sector undertook this […]
Read More →IIM Bangalore presents Vista 2016 from 23-25 September, Stephen Fleming kicks off the pre-launch speaker series
Bangalore: Vista 2016, the premier business festival of IIM Bangalore, will be held from 23 September to 25 September 2016, with over 40 events across multiple business domains featuring a distinguished lineup of speakers across politics, media and business awaiting them. The three day student fest has lined up the following events: Vista Quiz, Next […]
Read More →Scholarship/ fellowship shall not be denied due to non availability of Aadhaar Card: UGC
New Delhi: The University Grand Commission (UGC) has made it clear that eligible student shall not be denied scholarship/fellowship benefits due to non availability of Aadhaar Card. Although in earlier circular, the UGC had made Aadhaar Card mandatory for applying scholarship/fellowship benefits, now in an alternative for those students who don’t have Aadhaar Card, the […]
Read More →People don’t resist technology rather they resist anticipated discomfort: L & D Global’s Mumbai Meet
Mumbai: Learning and Development Global’s Mumbai chapter celebrated its 5th anniversary today (17 September 2016). Two sessions were lined up: key note session on Skills for Future and Buzzword session. Key note speech was delivered by Dr. D. Prasanth Nair, Managing Partner and Country Head of Inhelm Leadership Solutions, who highlighted about how core competencies […]
Read More →First job paycheck not attractive for job seekers in India
New Delhi: More than half of the job seekers in India are not happy with the salary package offered by employers. As per TimesJobs study, nearly 55% Gen Y and 53% Gen Z employees were disappointed with their first job paycheck. Dissatisfaction with salary is not new however the reasons may have changed with changing […]
Read More →YC is Coming to India: IIT Delhi presents StartUp 101 Series -Talk 1 on 21 September 2016
New Delhi: The Entrepreneurship Development Cell (eDC) of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi) presents its first Talk of the StartUp 101 Series in partnership with Y-Combinator, a Silicon Valley based accelerator, along with Mr. Kunal Shah, former CEO of Freecharge and Angel Investor, on 21 September 2016 (Wednesday). Y-Combinator, popularly known as YC, is […]
Read More →WNS in collaboration with Knowledge@Wharton launches new thought leadership platform, WNS DecisionPoint
Mumbai: WNS (Holdings) Limited, a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) services, yesterday (15 September 2016) announced the launch of WNS DecisionPoint – a new thought leadership platform designed to provide C-suite executives with data-driven perspectives on current and emerging business trends. WNS DecisionPoint will combine WNS’ research-driven analytics and domain expertise with […]
Read More →India’s salary growth at 0.2% against GDP expansion of 63.8% since 2008
Los Angeles/Mumbai: The fall of Lehman Brothers triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the USA in 2008 was an important milestone in the world economy. Since then the world economy has progressed a lot. Adjusted for inflation, salaries of Indian employees grew 0.2% only since 2008 while the Indian economy expanded 63.8% in real […]
Read More →Sports Ministry to launch talent discovery portal dedicated for sports persons
New Delhi: Now identifying talented sports persons at grass root levels and pan-India levels will be easy and hassle free as the Sports Ministry will launch a talent search platform within a month. Details of the performance and potential of a child including video and photographs will be uploaded by children, their parents, relatives, teachers […]
Read More →Three IIMs feature among Top 25 in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management 2016 ranking
Bengaluru/Mumbai: Two-year Post Graduate Programmes in Management (PGP) of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, IIM Banglore and IIM Calcutta have been ranked among Top 25 in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management 2016 ranking. Among B-Schools in India, IIM Ahmedabad stood first with global ranking of 16 while IIM Bangalore featured second (Global […]
Read More →The process of making IIMC into university is under progress, says Union Minister I & B at 49th Convocation Ceremony
New Delhi: Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information & Broadcasting, has said that the process of making Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC ) into a university was under way and once IIMC becomes a university, it would have a platform to start many innovative programs that would aim at providing wider perspective and […]
Read More →NIIT in partnership with IIM Calcutta to offer Post Graduate Certificate in General Management (PGCGM) in a Direct-to-device Mode
New Delhi: NIIT, a global leader in skills and talent development entered into an exclusive partnership with Indian Institute of Technology (IIM) Calcutta to offer Post Graduate Certificate in General Management (PGCGM). As per the agreement, the programme will be delivered through a combination of online and offline modes. The online component will be in […]
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