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Updated on: Mar 2021

C-Suite Move

Emami Paper Mills CEO P S Patwari resigns

Mar 22, 2021

Vuram Technology plans to hire staff this year globally

Vuram Technology plans to hire staff this year globally IT company Vuram Technology is planning ...

Jobs

Mar 21, 2021

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Cognizant, Accenture, TCS, PwC India announced bonus, promotions, and salary hike this month

Cognizant, Accenture, TCS, PwC India announced bonus, promotions, and salary hike in March IT s...

Industry

Mar 21, 2021

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Diversity is now a priority for companies even for campus hiring

Diversity is now a priority for companies even for campus hiring According to a TOI report, the comp...

Jobs

Mar 20, 2021

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Jobs

Big quotas for locals in private jobs will lead to economic slump: Study

Big quotas for locals will lead to economic slump: Study With the election season in progress, the political parties are on a promise spree, some realistic but mostly “unrealistic and non-feasible”. The DMK, the main opposition party of Tamil Nadu that is expected to return to power, if poll surveys are to be believed, has […]

Mar 20, 2021

Coronavirus

ICICI, HDFC, and few more Banks to bear Covid vaccine cost for employees

ICICI, HDFC, and few more Banks to bear Covid vaccine cost for employees ICICI Bank announced that it will provide COVID-19 vaccination for its employees and their immediate family members free of cost. The Bank will reimburse the cost of the two mandated vaccine shots for its employees and their dependent family members, said in a […]

Mar 20, 2021

Coronavirus

Tech Mahindra to cover Covid-19 vaccination cost for employees globally

Tech Mahindra to cover Covid-19 vaccination cost for employees globally Tech Mahindra, today announced that it will cover the Covid-19 vaccination cost for all its associates globally. Tech Mahindra has urged all its associates to register themselves for vaccination through the government app – CoWIN/Aarogya Setu, and follow the mandated process. Currently, Tech Mahindra has over with 121,900 […]

Mar 20, 2021

C-Suite Move

Marc Llistosella CEO-designate will NOT join Tata Motors

Marc Llistosella CEO-designate of Tata Motors will not join company Marc Llistosella who was named as the new CEO & MD of Tata Motors effective from July 1, 2021 will not be joining the company, N Chandershekran, Chairman, Tata Motors, said in a surprise statement. The statement further added that Marc is not able to relocate to India for personal […]

Mar 20, 2021

Jobs

HCL Tech starts hiring 20,000 people for next few months

HCL Tech starts hiring 20,000 people for next few months IT major, HCL Technologies President and CEO C Vijayakumar said in January 2021 that the company will hire about 20,000 people over the next few months to meet the demand coming in on the back of strong growth in deal signing and adoption of digital […]

Mar 20, 2021

Industry

TCS rolls-out another salary hike within 6 months for all employees

TCS rolls-out another salary hike within 6 months for all employees India’s biggest IT major, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a second salary hike within six months, effective from the month of April this year. It would be covering more than 469,000 employees. Previously, the company had rolled out salary hikes by 6-8 per […]

Mar 19, 2021

Jobs

Degree or Expertise: Will Google Career Certificates Disrupt the Hiring?

Degree or Expertise: Will Google Career Certificates Disrupt the Hiring? If you don’t have a degree, and looking for a Job in IT, or Technology roles, now Google will help you to get yourself skilled. Recently, Google Inc. has started enrolments for its latest Google Career Certificates in data analytics, project management, and user experience […]

Mar 19, 2021

Appointments

WhatsApp ropes-in Mahesh Mahatme from Amazon Pay to lead India payments

WhatsApp ropes-in Mahesh Mahatme from Amazon Pay to lead India payments WhatsApp has hired a top Amazon executive to head its payments business in India, two sources told Reuters, as the messenger service gears up to expand in the booming sector. Manesh Mahatme, who has worked at Amazon Pay for nearly seven years, is due to join WhatsApp’s payment service soon, one […]

Mar 19, 2021

C-Suite Move

Capgemini to Change the Composition of the Board of Directors

Capgemini to Change the Composition of the Board of Directors The Board of Directors, based on the report of the Ethics & Governance Committee, deliberated on the change in its composition to be proposed to the upcoming Shareholders’ Meeting of May 20, 2021. Furthermore, in the evolving context of the Covid-19 epidemic, the Board of […]

Mar 19, 2021

Industry

Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs globally, including India

Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs globally, including India It is unclear where the bulk of the cuts will fall, but it said about 96 jobs in the UK were under threat as part of the €600m (£518m) cost cuts. Nokia is playing catch-up on 5G, and also plans to invest in cloud computing […]

Mar 19, 2021

Appointments

JSL Lifestyle appoints Rajesh Mohata as CEO

JSL Lifestyle Limited appoints Rajesh Mohata as CEO The Board of JSL Lifestyle Limited (JSLL), a subsidiary of Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL), has announced the appointment of its new Executive Director and CEO, Rajesh Mohata. In his role, Rajesh will be leading JSLL’s customer-centric brands – Arttd’inox & ARC, and its various business verticals, […]

Mar 19, 2021

Jobs

Two lakh jobs added in IT sector since 2019: IT Minster

Two lakh jobs added in IT sector since 2019: IT Minster, Ravi Shankar Prasad The IT sector has contributed 8 per cent to the country’s GDP and two lakh new jobs have been added in the sector since 2019, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. He said the government also intends to lay BharatNet in […]

Mar 19, 2021