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Tech Mahindra announces advisory board to build cloud roadmap

IT major, Tech Mahindra part of Mahindra Group has collaborated with enterprises, academicians, and ...

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Neha Parikh appointed CEO at Waze, a subsidiary of Google

Neha Parikh, the former Indian-American president of the travel website Hotwire, has been appointed ...

C-Suite Move

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Shantanu joins Accenture as Management Consulting Principal Director

Shantanu Bhattacharya has joined Accenture as Management Consulting Principal Director. He will be a...

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Jobs

TCS to hire 40,000 freshers in FY22, lateral hiring will also be robust

India’s largest IT Major, TCS will be hiring more than 40,000 freshers from campuses in the country in the financial year 2021-22. Milind Lakkad CHRO of TCS said to the media, “The company, the largest employer in the private sector with a base of over 5 lakh employees, had hired 40,000 graduates from campuses last […]

Deutsche Post up outlook, to pay staff pandemic bonus

German logistics group Deutsche Post DHL raised its short and medium-term profit outlook on Wednesday and said it would pay another coronavirus bonus to staff, predicting that the e-commerce boom driven by the pandemic would continue. Deutsche Post, one of the world’s largest logistics firms, expects operating profit to increase to more than 7 billion euros ($8.26 […]

Cognizant and Capgemini to announce Q2 Results for FY22 on July 28

American IT major, Cognizant will announce results for the second quarter of 2021 on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, after market close. Following the release, Cognizant management will conduct a conference call at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss operating performance for the quarter. The conference call will also be available live on the Investor Relations section of the company’s […]

Merger & Acquisition

Capgemini acquires SAP consulting and solution company Acclimation

Capgemini announces the acquisition of Acclimation, a leading SAP services specialist, in Australia. The acquisition significantly strengthens Capgemini’s SAP capabilities in the region and adds to its client portfolio locally. Acclimation is a 100+ people-strong business providing SAP solutions and leveraging leading cloud technologies. With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth, Acclimation has built a […]

Jobs

Nucleus Software to onboard 500 fresher engineers by the end of 2021

Nucleus Software, a technology solutions provider company has announced on Wednesday that it is looking to hire 500 fresher engineers from non-metro cities and towns across India by the end of this year. All the hired engineers will be freshers from non-metro cities and towns, the company said in a statement. The company said, “This […]

Microsoft announces Rs 1.12 lakh as a pandemic bonus for all employees

Technology major, Microsoft has announced to give all of its employees $1,500 (over Rs 1.12 lakh) pandemic bonus, in recognition of a challenging fiscal year. According to The Verge report, Microsoft is gifting the bonus to all staff below the Corporate Vice President level that started on or before March 31, 2021. The company will also include […]

Tech Mahindra partners StaTwig for Covid-19 vaccine supply chain

IT major Tech Mahindra has partnered with StaTwig, a Singapore and Hyderabad-based digital supply chain solution provider, to implement vaccine traceability platform ‘VaccineLedger’ globally. The companies aim to roll-out a blockchain-based traceability solution for global vaccine supply chain transparency, predict and prevent failures in supply chains, including problems related to expired vaccines, stock out, and counterfeiting, a statement said. […]

Pradhan takes charge as Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship

Dharmendra Pradhan assumed charge of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship as Cabinet Minister and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Karnataka, took office as the Minister of State (MoS) of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, who was Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship before yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle, was also present on […]

TCS has crossed 5 lakh headcounts, attrition higher than previous quarter

On July 8, India’s largest IT major, TCS has announced the Q1 results of the Financial Year 2021-22. Net profit of the company rose to Rs. 9,008 crore, in Q1 FY22 ending June 30 from Rs. 7,008 crore a year earlier. Revenue from operations jumped 18.5% to Rs. 45,411 crore. The company unveiled a 29% rise year-on-year in […]

Skoda Auto Volkswagen India appoints Sarma Chillara as Group Head- HR

Skoda Auto Volkswagen India, a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of German automotive manufacturing company Volkswagen Group has announced the elevation of Sarma Chillara as Group Head-HR & Administration. He replaces Executive Director HR & Admin, Jan Frydrych who will move to Skoda Headquarters. Earlier Sarma was working with Skoda Auto Volkswagen India as Head-HR & Admin. […]

Bhupendra Yadav takes charge as Union Minister -Labour & Employment

Today, Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Environment & Forests Shri Bhupendra Yadav has taken charge of his office in the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Shri Yadav is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, representing the state of Rajasthan. He is an expert on parliamentary select committees. He was Chairman of the Joint Committee on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015. […]

Twitter appoints interim compliance officer

Twitter Inc’s India unit has appointed an interim chief compliance officer and will soon designate other executives to meet the country’s new IT rules, the social media giant said in court on Thursday, amid tensions with the government. The IT rules, which became effective end-May, are aimed at regulating content on social media and making firms […]