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Updated on: Jun 2021

Appointments

Nike appoints Namita Vyas as Director- Talent Acquisition

Jun 27, 2021

Honeywell appoints Sumedha Pal Parmar as Head- HR, India

Honeywell, a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina elevates Sumedha ...

Appointments

Jun 26, 2021

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Infosys announces salary hike effective July

Indias second-largest IT firm, Infosys has announced that it will be rolling out salary hikes...

Industry

Jun 26, 2021

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Teslas rival Triton to create , jobs in Telangana for new EV factory

According to Business Insiders report, US-based electric vehicles EV maker Triton, which is...

Jobs

Jun 26, 2021

Labour Law

Government grants further extension in timelines of compliances

Government grants further extension in timelines of compliances and has also announced tax exemption for expenditure on COVID-19 treatment and ex-gratia received on death due to COVID-19. Tax exemption Many taxpayers have received financial help from their employers and well-wishers for meeting their expenses incurred for treatment of Covid-19. In order to ensure that no […]

Jun 26, 2021

Appointments

Cathay Pacific Airways appoints Abhijit Abhyankar as Regional Head- HR

Cathay Pacific, The Hong Kong-based airline, has elevated Abhijit Abhyankar as the airline’s new Regional Head- People (HR) for South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa (SAMEA). Most recently, he was serving in the role of Regional Head of Marketing and Digital Sales – South Asia, Middle East & Africa at the company. In his […]

Jun 26, 2021

Industry

Schneider to create over 2,000 jobs, to invest Rs 350-400 crore in Luminous Power

French multinational Schneider Electric has announced its plan to infuse around Rs 350-400 crore in its Indian subsidiary Luminous Power Technologies to double its manufacturing capacity and ramp up the solar business. With these funds, Luminous will expand the capacity of its seven existing plants in the country, and set up two new manufacturing plants, generating direct employment for more […]

Jun 26, 2021

Industry

Grofers rolls out 33% salary hike for its tech team

Online grocery delivery platform Grofers announced on Monday that it will offer a 33 per cent hike in salary to its tech team effective July 2021, along with a “hefty ESOP allocation” as the online grocery delivery platform looks to retain staff and woo more tech talent. The SoftBank-backed company, which plans to launch an […]

Jun 25, 2021

Appointments

IAMAI appoints Google India MD Sanjay Gupta as Chairman

Industry body IAMAI on Thursday said Google India Vice President and Managing Director Sanjay Gupta has been elected as its chairman for the period 2021-23. He succeeds Amazon Senior Vice President and India Country Manager Amit Agarwal. Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has also named Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan as Vice Chairman of the association, succeeding […]

Jun 25, 2021

Industry

DXC Technology to regularise salary increments, increase hiring

According to TOI report, DXC Technology, a global technology company has said that it is going to regularise its salary review process and expedite the hiring in 2021. Mary E Finch, CHRO and EVP, DXC Technology said in a statement that one of her first initiatives was the Pay the People campaign. “There was no regular pay […]

Jun 25, 2021

Jobs

Disney+ Hotstar set to hire 250 people across verticals

Content streaming platform Disney+Hotstar on Thursday said it will recruit about 250 people in the country across different levels and verticals to drive its next phase of rapid growth and transformation as it looks to compete more aggressively against rivals like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. The new recruitments will be made across verticals including engineering, […]

Jun 25, 2021

Partnership

TCS, Bharti Airtel collaborates to build 5G networks in India

TCS, a subsidiary of the Tata Group has developed a state-of-the-art O-RAN-based Radio & NSA/SA Core and has integrated a totally indigenous telecom stack, leveraging group capabilities and that of its partners. This will be available for commercial development starting January 2022. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) brings its global system integration expertise and helps align the end-to-end […]

Jun 25, 2021

Jobs

Reliance Retail aims to create over 10 lakh jobs in the next 3-5 years

Reliance Retail would grow at least three times in the next 3 to 5 years, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director Reliance Industries, said. It continues to be among the fastest-growing retailers globally and the company aims to be among the top ten retailers of the world, Ambani said at RIL’s annual general meeting with […]

Jun 25, 2021

Appointments

JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals India names Cipla veteran as Head – HR

Suresh Amin has joined JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals as Head – HR, India Business. In his most recent role, he was working with Cipla as Director & Head HO HR and Cluster Partner Respiratory. Amin confirmed his appointment on LinkedIn and said, ” I’m pleased to share my new and exciting assignment as Head of […]

Jun 24, 2021

Appointments

Govt appoints Ex-Infosys CEO as Chairperson of Mission Karmayogi

Ex- Infosys CEO SD Shibu Lal was on Wednesday appointed chairperson of a three-member task force formed to help the government in bringing major bureaucratic reforms through its ambitious “Mission Karmayogi”. According to a Personnel Ministry, besides SD Shibu Lal who is founder of ShikshaLokam and founder and ex-CEO of Infosys Limited, Govind Iyer, Consultant […]

Jun 24, 2021

Appointments

Brillio appointments Vishal Chhibbar as Chief Financial Officer

Brillio, a leading digital technology consulting and solutions company, today announced the strengthening and expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of Vishal Chhibbar as Chief Financial Officer. “I am thrilled to announce the hiring of a top industry veteran like Vishal. He is joining us at an exciting time, as we continue to […]

Jun 24, 2021