IIM Bangalore and Apollo Medskills to launch certificate programme for healthcare professionals
Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and Apollo Medskills have launched a Certificate Programme in General Management for the Healthcare professionals. The programme inauguration will be held at the IIMB campus today 2 August 2016 (Tuesday). The certificate programme has got good response from the healthcare sector and has attracted a large number of […]
Read More →People Matters presents TechHR Conference 2016 in Gurgaon on 4 – 5 August
Gurgaon: People Matters, a leading knowledge and media platform in the HR space in India, presents its flagship event – TechHR16 on 4 – 5 August at The Leela, Gurgaon, where the industry experts will converge to discuss how HR Transformation leveraging the power of technology can be the edge for business digital transformation. The […]
Read More →Decoding Bootcamp, challenges and contests at Eximius 2016 organised by IIM Bangalore
Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore’s flagship event National Annual Entrepreneurship Summit, Eximius 2016, is back, which will be held on 6-7 August 2016 at the IIM Bangalore campus. The summit will host events, contests and challenges that will give hands-on exposure to participants on various aspects of starting and running a business. […]
Read More →Delhi-NCR pips Bangalore as the most preferred destination for angel investments
New Delhi: New Delhi has outpaced Bangalore in the number deals done by angel investor groups in 2015-2016, as per InnoVen Capital’s India Angel Report 2016, the latest edition of its annual report analyzing investment trends by major angel groups in the country. The report reveals that overall deal activity of the angel investments saw […]
Read More →Now AasaanJobs’ mobile web version will run on offline internet
New Delhi: In a bid to tap into offline internet population, AasaanJobs, one of India’s leading online platform for entry level job search and recruitment, upgrades its mobile web version that works without net connectivity. It will now be able to intercept requests with the integration of service worker. The Indian market, especially AasaanJobs’ target […]
Read More →National Tourism Awards for 2014-15 will be presented on 30 July 2016
New Delhi: National Tourism Awards for 2014-15 to Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Industry will be presented on 30 July 2016. National Tourism Awards instituted by Ministry of Tourism is a prestigious recognition of achievements in the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors. These are presented to various segments/stakeholders of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. The […]
Read More →More than eight in ten workers in India are employed in unorganised sector
New Delhi: India no doubt is one of the fastest growing economies in the world in the current environment. Is this growth creating jobs for millions of youth who are entering labor markets and just a job-less growth? In India more than eight out of ten workers are employed in unorganised sector. The rise of […]
Read More →Yes Bank launches YES BANK Transformation Series, India’s largest B-school case study contest
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: Yes Bank, the country’s fifth largest private bank, has launched YES BANK Transformation Series, India’s largest B-school case study contest. The fifth edition of the contest has come back with a bang with four different live challenges after a grand success last year. This time the competition is stiffer and […]
Read More →6th Genius HR Excellence Award invites nominations from organizations and HR professionals
Kolkata: Genius HR Excellence Award invites nominations for various categories of awards. The Awards are open to organizations, HR Professionals, CEOs and key decision makers in India. The last date for submission of nominations for the Award is 30 July 2016. The company informed that there is no participation/ nomination fee for applying the Awards. […]
Read More →Three young HR managers from India win Workforce Game Changers Award 2016: Abhilasha of Jindal Steel & Power, Khalid of IBM India & Sabera of Sunteck Realty
Mumbai: Abhilasha Malviya of Jindal Steel and Power, Sabera Patni of Mumbai’s Sunteck Realty and Khalid Raza of IBM India have found their names among 25 winners of the Workforce Game Changers Award 2016. Out of 25 winners globally, three Indian young HR professionals have created history and also this is the first time any […]
Read More →Darwinbox, a HR tech startup, raises capital from multiple funds including Mohandas Pai’s 3one4
Hyderabad: Darwinbox, a HR Technology and Analytics platform, has recently concluded their first funding round with participation from Endiya Partners, Startupxseed Ventures, 3one4 capital – Mohandas Pai’s investment vehicle capital and Tracxn Labs. The HR tech company said that the funds raised will be used for product development, enhancing customer experience and expanding across India. […]
Read More →CII’s Twelfth India Innovation Summit 2016 on 28-29 July 2016 in Bangalore
Bangalore: CII is organizing its annual flagship event – the “12th India Innovation Summit 2016” on 28-29 July 2016 in Bangalore. The theme of the 12th innovation summit is “The Spirit of Innovation – Celebrating the Entrepreneur” and it reflects the current mood and context of the younger population in the country. The event will […]
Read More →The government is planning to launch 7 startup research parks, 16 TBIs and 13 startup centers
New Delhi: To improve ease of business, especially for startups, the government of India has relaxed procedural laws where startups working in areas covered under the list of 36 “white” category industries have been exempted from all the applicable compliances under 3 Environment Laws viz. the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; the […]
Read More →TCS, Cognizant, Infosys are the largest employers in IT-BPM sector in India
Chennai: NASSCOM has announced the annual rankings of Top 20 IT-BPM employers in India for fiscal year 2015. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), the country’s largest IT company by revenue, is the largest employer where as Cognizant Technology Solutions India stood at second position. The employee strength in Infosys is the third largest while Wipro […]
Read More →Government earmarks Rs.600 crore under Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) for 2016-17
New Delhi: The government has earmarked Rs.600 crore for Financial Year 2016-17 under Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS). As a Fund of Funds, FFS would not invest directly in Startups, but would participate in the capital of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) registered Alternate Investment Funds (AIF). Earlier, the government had approved […]
Read More →Jobs led by skills and work led by technology set to be transformed: NASSCOM HR Summit
Chennai: Jobs, work style, and work culture are set to transform and key agents of the change will be skills and technology. The equation and understanding between man and machine will also shift. The two-day NASSCOM HR Summit has comprehensively discussed and analyzed these emerging trends happening in the HR practices. Commenting on automation […]
Read More →Government of India sponsored Startup India States’ Conference on 23 July 2016
New Delhi: India is the third largest startup ecosystem in the world. The government of India is on a mission to promote and nurture startup culture. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is organising a day-long Startup India States’ Conference on Saturday (23 July 2016) at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. In the conference, the […]
Read More →SHRM India HR Awards invite nominations from HR professionals and business organisations
Mumbai: The SHRM India invites nominations from HR professionals and business organisations for various categories of its fifth year SHRM India HR Awards. The SHRM India HR Awards recognize the organization’s practices as a benchmark of the highest quality in the HR practices. The Award winners will be announced and felicitated at its annual Conference […]
Read More →Share of women employees in TCS rises to all-time high of nearly 34%
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT company by revenue, has added a gross of 17,792 and a net of 8,236 employees in the first quarter of financial year 2016-17 (Q1 FY17). The total employee strength at the end of Q1 FY17 was 362,079 while the total attrition rate (LTM) […]
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