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Procter Gamble appoints LV Vaidyanathan as CEO, India

Procter amp Gamble has announced today that LV Vaidyanathan will take over as the Chief Executive ...

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Police held 22 for duping job seekers of over Rs. 1.25 cr in last 6 months

The Cyber Cell of Gurugram police has arrested a total of 22 people, including nine women, running a fake call centre involved in duping hundreds of job seekers of over Rs. 1.25 crore in the last six months, an official said on Friday. The police has also seized 21 computers, 27 mobile phones, one laptop and Rs. […]

Labour Court resumes hearing of TCS employee sexual harassment case

According to India Today Report, An appeal against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) ICC (Internal Complaints Committee) report in a sexual harassment case has been resumed in the Kanchipuram Labour Court in Tamil Nadu. The victim said “The ICC Committee, including the chairperson and their report, is biased and prejudiced in favour of the perpetrator. “AIFITE is standing […]

JSW Steel appoints Priya Ranjan Kumar as Vice President- HR

JSW Steel Limited has appointed Priya Ranjan Kumar as its Vice President-HR. Prior to this, he was associated with Viraj Profiles, a stainless steel manufacturer as SVP & CHRO. Priya Ranjan Kumar has more than 24 years of experience in the areas of Human Resources Management from the shop floor to the enterprise level in […]

Mindtree reports high attrition in Q4FY22, added 11,200 people in FY22

Mindtree, global technology services, and digital transformation company announced its consolidated results on Monday for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2022 Mindtree also saw a rise in attrition like its peers TCS, Infosys in the fourth quarter. The company has reported attrition at 23.8 per cent in Q4FY22, up from 12.1 per cent in […]

Merger & Acquisition

L&T Infotech and Mindtree may be merged to create $22-billion firm

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. is weighing a merger between two of its publicly traded software firms (L&T Infotech and Mindtree), according to people familiar with the matter, as the Indian conglomerate seeks scale to compete with global digital giants. The boards of Mindtree Ltd. and Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd., two software units controlled by […]

Hiring

WinZo expects to create one lakh jobs over the next year

Gaming startup WinZo expects its ecosystem to create more than 1 lakh direct and indirect jobs over the next year, a top official of the company said. As the gaming industry is growing, WinZo co-founder, Saumya Singh Rathore told media that the company is engaging housewives, teachers, and influencers for various assignments paid on a work […]

EPFO

EPFO – Panel backs raising the monthly wage ceiling to Rs. 21,000

A high-level committee has backed the proposed for increasing in the wage ceiling under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to Rs. 21,000 from the current Rs. 15,000. However, the panel said the government can implement the increase from a later date after deliberations, according to the media report on Monday. If the proposal is […]

Air India reshuffles top management, appoints Suresh Tripathi as CHRO

The group chairman N Chandrasekaran has issued the order, according to which, Air India has reorganized the leadership roles. Nipun Aggarwal has been appointed chief commercial officer while Suresh Tripathi will be chief human resources officer Aggarwal replaces AI veteran Meenakshi Malik while Tripathi succeeds AI’s Amrita Sharan Malik and Sharan will be advisers to Air India […]

Appointments

Major HR Movements in the month of March 2022

In this note, we highlight some of the major HR Movements announced during the month of March 2022. KPMG APPOINTS ACCENTURE’S DIVYA PRIYAMBADA AS DIRECTOR – HR KPMG has appointed Divya Priyambada as Director- HR. Prior to this; she was associated with Accenture as HR lead- Accenture Digital India. In this new role, she is responsible for […]

Wattkraft India appoints Jatinder as Chief Human Resources Officer

Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing company Wattkraft India has appointed Jatinder Chimni as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective March 2022. Wattkraft India (Wattkraft Industries Pvt Ltd) is a subsidiary of Wattkraft Solar GmbH (Germany). The company is VAP Partner of Huawei Inverters & Phono Solar Modules (Bloomberg Tier 1) in Europe & in India. Jatinder is […]

Lithium Urban Technologies appoints Shammy Joseph as CHRO

Lithium Urban Technologies, India’s first zero-emission transport services company appoints Shammy Joseph as Chief Human Resources Officer. Shammy Joseph has over 30 years of exemplary progressive experience in HR Strategy, Leadership, Coaching, and establishing frameworks and policies at the organizational level across domains. Before joining Lithium Urban Technologies, Shammy was associated with ACG World as a […]