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Updated on: Apr 2022

CHRO Move

Air India reshuffles top management, appoints Suresh Tripathi as CHRO

Apr 18, 2022

Major HR Movements in the month of March

In this note, we highlight some of the major HR Movements announced during the month of March . ...

Appointments

Apr 18, 2022

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Wattkraft India appoints Jatinder as Chief Human Resources Officer

Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing company Wattkraft India has appointed Jatinder Chimni a...

CHRO Move

Apr 18, 2022

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Lithium Urban Technologies appoints Shammy Joseph as CHRO

Lithium Urban Technologies, Indias first zero-emission transport services company appoints Sh...

CHRO Move

Apr 18, 2022

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Industry

Infosys to hire 50,000 freshers in FY23, Salary Hike in this month

IT major, Infosys said that it has already hired 85,000 freshers both off-campus and on-campus in the financial year 2022 which ended on March 31. Infosys attrition rate reaches 27.7% in the March quarter, up from 25.5% in the December quarter, but the management was confident that attrition was actually down in the last quarter. The […]

Apr 16, 2022

CHRO Move

Hexagon elevates Alok Mehta as Executive Director-Global HR Projects

Hexagon, a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies has elevated Alok Mehta as Executive Director Global HR Projects. Alok has been associated with Hexagon since January 2018 as Executive Director- Human Resources. In his previous role, he was leading the people functions at the largest R & D and Innovation […]

Apr 16, 2022

Hiring

TCS announces salary hike from April 1, will hire 40K freshers in Q1FY23

India’s largest IT services provider company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) had added over 100,000 employees from campus for fiscal 2021-22. The company has announced to hire 40,000 people from the campus in the first quarter of FY23. The company has added 35,209 employees on a net basis for the fourth quarter ended on March 31, […]

Apr 16, 2022

CHRO Move

Hitachi Astemo elevates Sanjay Ambhorkar as Head Asia- HR

Hitachi Astemo has strengthened its leadership team by elevating Sanjay Ambhorkar as Head Asia-HR and Pradeep Hatgaonkar replacing him as Country Head- HR. Sanjay Ambhorkar is a competent, result-oriented HR Leader with Over 25 years of insightful experience in full spectrum of HR functions. He has Business understanding, people connect & ability to drive appropriate […]

Apr 16, 2022

C-Suite Move

Oberoi Realty appoints Sameep Pathak as Chief Executive Officer – Mall

Oberoi Realty, India’s leading real estate brand today announced the appointment of Sameep Pathak – Chief Executive Officer – Mall. Sameep will play an instrumental role in charting the growth trajectory of Oberoi Realty’s retail business in India which also includes Oberoi Mall located in Goregaon, Mumbai. Sameep comes with over two decades of experience […]

Apr 16, 2022

Appointments

Merck India appoints Shiv Kumar as Head- Human Resources

A leading science and technology company with expertise spanning sectors like Healthcare Life Science and Electronics, Merck India has appointed Shiv Kumar as Head- Human Resources. He will replace Nitin Singh, Head – HR, APAC, Merck Group who is moving to an expanded regional role within the Group. In this new role, Shiv is responsible […]

Apr 16, 2022

Industry

Air India starts restoring salaries in a phased manner

Air India is restoring salaries of employees in a phased manner to pre-pandemic levels as the aviation sector is recovering with the decline of Covid-19 cases in the country, according to the airline’s official document on Tuesday. The Indian aviation sector was badly hit due to the pandemic-induced travel restrictions during the last two years […]

Apr 16, 2022

Industry

What TCS said in the Q4 earnings call on Hiring and High Attrition

India’s largest IT services provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced its fourth-quarter results for the financial year 2022. The company has shared its observations and future plans with the media during an earnings call. Rajesh Gopinathan CEO & MD, TCS said, “we’re seeing is a demand-supply mismatch in our industry. Fresher hiring and productive […]

Apr 15, 2022

Survey & Report

Women in India quit or consider quitting their jobs due to lack of flexibility

An online professional network, LinkedIn, has launched its latest consumer research based on 2,266 respondents in India to uncover the challenges faced by women at work, and spotlight opportunities for employers to help break biases that are holding women back. The research has found that poor employer sentiment towards flexible working and career breaks are […]

Apr 15, 2022

Industry

Andhra Pradesh: Six killed in a fire accident at Chemical Plant, dozen injured

According to PTI report, Six people died in a fire accident in a chemical factory located at Akkireddygudem in Eluru district in Andhra Pradesh and 12 others sustained burns. This incident took place in Porus Laboratories Private Limited at Akkireddygudem in the recently formed district. Rahul Dev Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Eluru, informed that the […]

Apr 15, 2022

Industry

Infosys plans Return to Office for employees in 3 phases

India’s second-largest IT firm, Infosys is looking forward to calling its employees back to the office. The company has devised a three-phase plan. The year 2020 is remembered as the one introducing work from home idea while 2022 will mark its remembrance for work from office policies. Infosys’ CFO Nilanjan Roy has shed some light on their […]

Apr 14, 2022

Industry

Maruti Suzuki reports fire incident, 2 people die at Rohtak R&D centre

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said that two people working with a contract firm died in a fire incident at its research & development centre at Rohtak in Haryana. There was a fire incident that took place on 11 April 2022, Monday afternoon in the company’s Rohtak R&D centre in one of the buildings […]

Apr 14, 2022