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Updated on: Apr 2022
JSW Steel appoints Priya Ranjan Kumar as Vice President- HR
CHRO Move

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 […]

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

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

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WinZo expects to create one lakh jobs over the next year
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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 […]

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

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Air India reshuffles top management, appoints Suresh Tripathi as CHRO
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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 […]

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Major HR Movements in the month of March 2022
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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 […]

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Wattkraft India appoints Jatinder as Chief Human Resources Officer
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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 […]

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Lithium Urban Technologies appoints Shammy Joseph as CHRO
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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 […]

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

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Hexagon elevates Alok Mehta as Executive Director-Global HR Projects
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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 […]

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

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