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IIT Hyderabad Launches Centre for Healthcare Entrepreneurship – An Incubator Dedicated for…
Startups in healthcare are a rarity in India; not only it requires high cost of investments but also they need specialized man-power and in-depth research to launch a product. Understanding the needs of startups which are aiming to make…
Govt Unveils a Multiple Education Focused Mobile Apps and Web Based Platforms
Smriti Irani, Human Resource and Development Minister, launched a variety of mobile applications and web based platforms as a part of the Digital India initiative, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The apps and platforms are aimed at reducing…
Samsung India Is Struggling With Revenues; May Fire 1100 Employees In India
Revenues of Samsung India are falling, and such is the alarming situation that they are firing employees to reduce their expenses. As per media reports, Samsung may fire 5% of their staff in India within next few months; which…
Automation Will Wipe Out 50% Of All IT Jobs in India; But Digital Startups Increase Hiring Activity
Are we witnessing some major shift in job creation in India? Is automation threatening the very existence of IT jobs?
But why Digital startups are increasing their hiring activities?
Something big is certainly brewing up.…
Terrorists Infiltrating Startups? Bangalore Police To Make Police Verification Mandatory For All New…
Bangalore Police has received Intelligence inputs that terrorists and extremists are infiltrating IT startups in the city. To stop this, mandatory police verification for all employees would be soon announced by them.
As of now, only…
Google Launches Online Courses and Scholarships in India with Udacity & Tata Trusts
Outside the US, India has the largest number of app developers. The community in India is growing widely, and taking a note of that, to empower these by giving quality education, Google is taking a leap to help these by training them…
Kerala to Provide Raspberry Pi To School Students To Promote ‘Maker-Culture’
Teaching basics of computer science to school children is a long gone thing now. The Kerala government has taken up an interesting project called ‘Electronics@School’ to bestow computer knowledge and bring about nurture a "maker-…
97% Of Engineers In India Can’t Speak English; Less Than 20% Are Employable For Software Jobs
In India, around 600,000 engineers graduate annually from various colleges; while some of them chose the profession because of their engineering passion, some of them were pressurized from their parents.
But a new study has revealed…
Snapdeal To Extensively Engage With Students Before Final Placements To Recruit Perfect Candidates!
To out-do most traditional bastions of corporate growth, India has to create models that create international trust. Snapdeal is on path of doing just that. Small in size but big in people, the students have to compete and put their…
Tech Sector Will Create 15% Less Jobs This Year; TCS, Cognizant Top Employers: NASSCOM
NASSCOM has just released a report concerning tech sector (IT-BPO), which enlists top 20 companies in India. As per the report, these 20 firms hired 1.25 million workers during the fiscal year 2014-15, which is little more than 30% of…
National Career Service Portal Is Now Live; 4.5 Cr Job Seekers Across 959 Employment Exchanges Can…
PM Modi has launched India’s biggest, and most comprehensive job portal: National Career Service which aims to connect all existing employment centers, and create one of it’s kind online employment exchange board.
NSC will directly…
The Verdict is in, Only 17% Employees Work for Money, 83% Would Opt to Work for Passion: Monster
Online job portal Monster is launching a ‘Love What You Do’ campaign urging jobseekers to follow their passion in their current jobs. Money is a very powerful entity. It can build empires and even break kingdoms down. It can take some…
The 5 Stages of Job Rejection
Many have written about the various stages of grief they go through at the end of a relationship. This has become the premise for many comedy sketches, books and movies like 500 days of summer (talk about stuck-up !).
Today, I would…
E-commerce Giants Shelling Out 1.5cr to 3cr Salaries To Lure Top Talent
E-commerce companies are not only setting trends in terms of innovation but are now shelling out big money in acquiring brains that innovate. HR reports confirm that e-commerce companies are paying mid-level project managers more than…
ITC Chairman’s Salary Is 439 Times That of Company’s Median Pay; Mukesh Ambani at 205 Times
Almost a hundred years ago, J.P Morgan, the iconic American investor and banker had said that a CEO’s pay should never exceed 20 times the average worker’s pay. Management Consultant Peter Drucker often shared his 20:1 ratio rule, when…
Govt Launches eBasta, A Digital Library Of Downloadable School Books, Yet Another Digital India…
The Digital India initiative is spreading it’s wings in every area possible. Over last few months there have been many initiatives launched under this scheme, but most of them have been geared towards transparent Governance and other…
Indian Employees Witness Highest Salary Increase of 10.8% among All APAC Nations
2015 is turning out to be an excellent year for Indian employees. As per the recent 2015-16 Asia Pacific Salary Budget Planning report prepared by leading professional services company Towers Watson’s Data Services Practice (TWDS), it was…
No Loyalty! 82% Indian Employees Intend To Switch Job Within 12 Months
Michael Page, a leading recruitment agency from USA having presence across Asia, Europe and Australia, has conducted a survey titled “2015 Michael Page India Employee Intentions report”, which presents a very interesting scenario for…
The ABCs of Managing a Remote Internship Program
Remote interns, born out of the wedlock of internet and internship, have seen a major rise in the internship opportunities of late, especially in the startups. There are so many roles—content writing, social media marketing, graphic…
Make In India Effect? 2.75L New Jobs Created, 118% Increase in Employment YoY [July-Dec 2014]
Ministry of Labour & Employment has just released their Quarterly report on “Changes in Employment in Selected Cities” which revealed that employment generation has increased 118% as 2.75 lakh new jobs have been created between July…