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Updated on: Jul 2021
ABB India appoints Kiran Dutt as President of its Electrification Business
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ABB India appoints Kiran Dutt as President of its Electrification Business

ABB India has appointed Kiran Dutta as President of its Electrification business. He will lead the ABB Electrification business for India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. In his new role, he will be responsible for growing market coverage and channel penetration and working closely with the broader Electrification Regional Global Markets organization of Asia Pacific & […]

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NetConnect Global (NCG) to hire 5,000 people in India
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NetConnect Global (NCG) to hire 5,000 people in India

Bengaluru-based technology services firm NetConnect Global (NCG) has announced that the company is planning to hire 5,000 technology professionals pan-India to facilitate its expansion operations in India. The company intends to complete the hiring of 5000 people by end of this calendar year. NCG said in a statement that by strengthening its workforce, by recruiting […]

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Eaton India plans to hire 700 employees by the end of this year
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Eaton India plans to hire 700 employees by the end of this year

Power management firm Eaton has announced that its plans of hiring 700 people by the end of this year. The company said in a statement that Eaton intends to expand its team in multiple domains including digital transformation, engineering and information technology, finance, supply chain, sales & marketing functions, etc. The plan is in line […]

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Mindtree completes acquisition of the NxT Digital Business from L&T
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Mindtree completes acquisition of the NxT Digital Business from L&T

IT major, Mindtree on Friday announced that it has completed the acquisition of the NxT Digital Business from Larsen and Toubro (L&T). In May 2021, the company had announced that it will acquire the NxT Digital Business from Larsen and Toubro (L&T) for Rs 198 crore, a move that will enable the mid-sized IT firm to capture opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) and […]

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HCL appoints Accenture Veteran as Country Head for Spain and Portugal
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HCL appoints Accenture Veteran as Country Head for Spain and Portugal

IT major, HCL Technologies has appointed Adolfo Calviño Asensio as country head of Spain and Portugal to accelerate business growth in the region across all key industry verticals. This key appointment is the first of a number of strategic investments HCL plans to make in Iberia, as the company expands its geographic footprint. Adolfo has […]

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OYO appoints Nitin Thakur as Head- Communications
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OYO appoints Nitin Thakur as Head- Communications

OYO has announced the appointment of Nitin Thakur as the Head of Communications. Nitin comes with over two decades of experience and would be responsible for looking at both internal and external communications for OYO. He would be a part of OYO’s global leadership team In this new role, Nitin will be responsible for driving […]

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CMD of Shakti Bhog Foods arrested by ED in a money-laundering case
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CMD of Shakti Bhog Foods arrested by ED in a money-laundering case

ANI | The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday arrested Kewal Krishan Kumar, CMD of Shakti Bhog Foods Limited from the national capital under the provisions of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in a case of alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating, and criminal misconduct. As per the ED, this arrest was in continuation of a search that was carried out […]

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Jeff Bezos leaves enduring legacy as he steps away as Amazon CEO
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Jeff Bezos leaves enduring legacy as he steps away as Amazon CEO

As he prepares to blast off into a new career stage, Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world’s most powerful corporations. Bezos, 57, was set to hand over the job of Amazon chief executive on Monday to Andy Jassy and turn his attention to his private space […]

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What’s TCS plan to bring employees back to the office?
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What’s TCS plan to bring employees back to the office?

Tata consultancy services (TCS) is working on a plan to bring more employees back to the workplace. As the second wave of COVID-19 subsides and vaccination has picked up, most of the companies around the world are working on plans to bring their employees back to the office. Ofcourse, it’s not going to be like […]

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GE Healthcare appoints Divya Srivastava as CHRO for South Asia
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GE Healthcare appoints Divya Srivastava as CHRO for South Asia

General Electric (GE) Healthcare has elevated Divya Srivastava as Chief Human Resources Officer for South Asia operations from her earlier role as total Rewards Global Processes Leader and Sales Compensation Strategy Leader at GE. Announcing her appointment Divya wrote in a LinkedIn post, “I am honoured to assume my new role as HR Leader for […]

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Cognizant sees two more top-level leaders’ exit
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Cognizant sees two more top-level leaders’ exit

According to media reports, IT major, Cognizant sees two more top-level leaders, Arun Baid and Dan Smith exit from the firm. These are the latest exits in a series of key leaders who left the company since Cognizant CEO Brian Humphries initiated a restructuring effort in the year 2019. Arun Baid was Senior Vice President at Cognizant […]

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Major HR Movements in the Month of June 2021
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Major HR Movements in the Month of June 2021

After the second wave of COVID subsided, leadership announcements took up. In this note, we highlight some of the major HR Movements announced during the month of June 2021. Swiss Re appointed Cathy Desquesses as CHRO Swiss Re appointed Cathy Desquesses as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective June 1, 2021. Prior to this, she was […]

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