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 →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 →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 →ICICI Bank launches Software Robotics to drive banking operations
Mumbai: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics have now touched the Indian Banking sector for the first time as ICICI Bank has introduced ‘Software Robotics’ that emulates human actions to automate and perform repetitive, high volume and time consuming business tasks cutting across multiple applications. ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, has become the first in […]
Read More →FlipSpaces, a VR-Tech startup for interior and workspace design, generates $ 1 million revenue in just 3 months
Mumbai: FlipSpaces, a young Startup by IIT alumni and gaming experts, is pioneering the concept of Virtual Reality for Interior Designing for both home and office workplace in India and has generated a revenue worth $ one million in a short span of only 3 months time. More surprisingly, the venture has been able to […]
Read More →Bosch Ltd, GE (T & D) and BPCL emerge as winners at AIMA’s National Competition for Young Managers
New Delhi: The grand finale of All India Management Association’s (AIMA) 42nd National Competition for Young Managers was held on 12 August 2016. Bosch Ltd has emerged as the National Champions while GE (T & D) India Ltd was the first runner-up and BPCL was the second runner-up. Sir Padampat Singhania Award for Best Young […]
Read More →More than half of employees in India think that they are less effective at work due to financial problems, while 35% feel financial worries are affecting their lives
New Delhi: More than half of Indian employees anticipate that they will be up against a less comfortable retirement than their parents’ generation, according to the latest survey by global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson. The 2016 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey found that while employees’ satisfaction with their financial situation in India […]
Read More →Aspire Systems features at the top 100 companies to work for in India: Great Place to Work® Institute India
Chennai: Aspire Systems, a global technology services firm with a strong focus in product engineering, has been ranked 51 in this year’s ‘India’s Best Companies to Work for ’Study commissioned by Great Place To Work® Institute India, in association with The Economic Times. This is the seventh time in a row that Aspire Systems has […]
Read More →Tech distractions via smartphones at workplace restricting productivity: CareerBuilder
By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Chicago/Mumbai: It may be true that personal technology helps workers in many ways. On the other hand, in many cases it is having negative impact on productivity. Tech distractions are emerging as a new spoiler in workplace. Distractions at workplace originating from personal lives/personal technologies such as smart phone, social media […]
Read More →TCS CodeVita 2015 enlisted at the Limca Book of Records as the largest team programming contest
Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), India’s largest IT exporter, informed that that TCS CodeVita 2015, its global coding challenge, has entered the Limca Book of Records as the largest team programming contest in India. TCS CodeVita is a contest for engineering and science students to explore the act coding and to sharpen their programming skills […]
Read More →Rajya Sabha passes Maternity Bill, women to get 26 weeks of maternity leave
New Delhi: In a landmark move, the Rajya Sabha today (11 August 2016) has passed the much awaited Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 seeks to increase Maternity Benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for two surviving children and 12 weeks for more than two children. Hence, the working […]
Read More →Mahindra Comviva, only company from India, wins Tech Culture award 2016 for innovation in people culture
New Delhi: Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, has received top honours at the TMCnet Tech Culture award 2016 for fostering a creative and collaborative workplace environment. TMCnet, a leading business-to-business and integrated marketing media company, surveyed and selected 37 companies globally that nurture tech talent driving their overall growth and performance. […]
Read More →Cabinet approves introduction of Pension and Post-Retirement Medical Schemes as part of superannuation benefits for employees of Food Corporation of India
New Delhi: It is good times for employees of Food Corporation of India as a long cherished dream of FCI employees has come true. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi yesterday (10 August 2016) approved for introduction of Pension and Post-Retirement Medical Schemes as part of superannuation benefits for Employees […]
Read More →Union Cabinet approves Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 that seeks to increase maternity benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi today (10 August 2016), has approved the amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 by introducing the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Parliament. Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 seeks to increase Maternity Benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for […]
Read More →Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2016 begins today in Nagpur
Mumbai: Tata Crucible, India’s largest business quiz, will be launched today (5 August 2016) in Nagpur. The quiz will bring in innovative formats and an element of unpredictability to engage the intellectual curiosity of the participants. This year, the plan is to change the game to focus on deducing answers, rather than recalling from past […]
Read More →Bangalore tops among metro cities for providing better workplace, finds Michael Page poll
Mumbai: Employees in India are most satisfied with their workplace in the Asia Pacific region. A study by Michael Page, the global specialist recruitment firm, found that 62% of respondents in India were satisfied to very satisfied as compared to 54% of their Asia Pacific counterparts. The quarterly study covered the responses of about 500 […]
Read More →Phenomenal rise in adoption of flexible working environment globally: Vodafone Survey
Mumbai: Amid the competitive talent landscape, employers are adopting flexible working policies to enable employees to vary their hours and use the latest technologies to work from home. Nearly 75 per cent of companies worldwide have now introduced flexible working policies, according Vodafone Global Survey titled “Flexible: friend or foe?”. The survey was conducted with […]
Read More →India, Brazil and Mexico are more transparent in employee rewards strategy: Mercer
Mumbai: With emerging competition in global talent market, employers across the globe are considering that total rewards strategy should be customized as per employee needs and cultural fit. Employers in Mexico, Brazil and India are more transparent when it comes to rewards compared to those in other countries, as per Mercer’s Global Talent Trends 2016. […]
Read More →Cognitive computing will make work environment more flexible and productive
London/Mumbai: The world is at the inflection point where the progress of artificial intelligence (AI) is set to take centre stage. AI will become a critical part of the economy as breakthroughs in deep learning have dramatically improved computer vision, natural language processing (NLP) and robotic motion systems. Frost & Sullivan’s flagship Growth, Innovation and […]
Read More →More than four in ten employers in India have total rewards strategy, another two in ten have it in the planning stage
Mumbai: A well-built total rewards strategy is core of people culture and workforce management. Indian Inc is steadily realizing the benefits of having total rewards programs as nearly 43% of the surveyed organizations already have a well-built total rewards strategy and 23% have it in the planning stage, finds the latest TJinsite study by TimesJobs. […]
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