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Updated on: Dec 2019

Jobs

NEC Corporation to hire employees

Dec 17, 2019

Whirlpool India MD Sunil DSouza steps down, Vishal Bhola to succeed

Whirlpool India Managing Director Sunil DSouza has resigned and would be replaced by Vishal B...

C-Suite Move

Dec 17, 2019

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Tata Motors not to layoff workforce amid the slowdown

According to Telegraph, Tata Motors rules out job cuts and not looking to reduce the workforce due t...

Jobs

Dec 16, 2019

Latest news: Tata Motors not to layoff workforce amid the slowdown - SightsIn Plus

EY to hire , people in the financial year

Ernst amp Young EY, one of the largest professional services firms in the world has ramped up re...

Jobs

Dec 16, 2019

News

Reckitt Benckiser enhances parental leave globally

Global health organization Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has announced a new parental leave policy for its 40,000 employees globally. The new leave policy, which was announced on 3 December 2019, will be available to all staff regardless of the number of hours an employee works, as long as they have been in employment for at least one […]

Dec 14, 2019

Featured

Avathon Capital Leads $35 Million Funding Round in EdCast to Transform the Future of Work

Sterling Partners’ Education Opportunity Fund Becomes Avathon Capital; Leads Funding Round to Help EdCast Drive Growth and Impact in Workforce Management and Corporate Education Markets SAN FRANCISCO — December 12, 2019 — EdCast, a category-defining leader in AI-powered personalized learning and knowledge management for enterprise customers, announced today the close of its $35 million Series […]

Dec 13, 2019

Jobs

Alstom to hire in India, increase staff to 8,000

French Transport Company Alstom is planning to double its manufacturing capacity in SriCity, in Andhra Pradesh, to 480 trainsets per annum in the near future. The company will be increasing its headcount from current 5,000 people to 8,000 by March 2023, said Alain Spohr, MD, Alstom, India & South Asia. Speaking at SriCity, Spohr said, “We […]

Dec 13, 2019

Labour Law

Social Security Code Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

Labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar, on Wednesday, introduced the Social Security Code Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha, paving way for universalization of social security for 50 crore workers in the country. Union Cabinet had approved the bill last week. The bill seeks to establish a social security fund and tap the corporate social responsibility fund […]

Dec 13, 2019

Jobs

India’s Top 15 Emerging Jobs for 2020

Professional networking platform LinkedIn unveiled the top 15 emerging jobs in India for 2020. According to the report ‘The LinkedIn Emerging Jobs 2020’, Blockchain Developer, Artificial Intelligence Specialist, and JavaScript Developer take the Top 3 spots on the list this year. While tech jobs lead the list, non-tech jobs such as Customer Success Specialist, Digital […]

Dec 12, 2019

Merger & Acquisition

Skills platform Degreed acquires Adepto

Degreed, the workforce upskilling platform for one-in-three Fortune 50 companies, has acquired Adepto, a Total Talent platform that provides visibility and access to the skill-sets of current, past, and potential workers. Adepto enables organizations to build private Total Talent networks that intelligently match internal and external workers to project, gig, and job opportunities that fit their […]

Dec 12, 2019

Movement

Toyota Kirloskar Motor announces leadership changes

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (TKM) has announced a restructuring of its senior management team. As part of the new organizational hierarchy, which will come into effect from 1 January 2020 Industry veteran N Raja, who has been with TKM for the past seven years, will now play a larger role and assume the role of […]

Dec 12, 2019

CHRO Move

Rohit Thakur joins Paytm as Chief Human Resources Officer

Paytm appoints Rohit Thakur as Chief Human Resources Officer from Accenture. His appointment is effective from December 2019 and he will be based out of Noida. Rohit had joined Accenture two years back in February 2017 as India Head-HR. He has over 26 years of experience in Human Resources and prior to joining Accenture, Rohit […]

Dec 11, 2019

CHRO Move

Sanjev Vaid elevated as MD- Human Resources at Royal Bank of Scotland

Sanjev Vaid elevated as Managing Director – Human Resources, Head – Reward & Employment, India at Royal Bank of Scotland. He succeeds Anuranjita Kumar who stepped down recently. Mr. Vaid has been working with RBS since 2018 as Head- Rewards, Pensions & Benefits. He is a certified Job Evaluator, Trainer in areas of Process and Quality […]

Dec 11, 2019

Jobs

TCS announces changes in its health insurance policy

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), announces changes in its health insurance policy in order to provide benefits to employees involved in a same-sex relationship. The change in health insurance policy would now benefit all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or LGBT employees in the company. Mumbai-based TCS becomes the first company of Tata Group to provide […]

Dec 11, 2019

C-Suite Move

Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka joins Oracle’s board of directors

Former Infosys CEO Vishay Sikka has been nominated to the board of Oracle Corp. Sikka, who had recently launched Artificial Intelligence startup Vianai Systems, is a world-renowned authority in the field of artificial intelligence and was a top executive at SAP. Announcing Sikka’s nomination to the prestigious board, Oracle CTO Larry Ellison said: “Vishal is […]

Dec 11, 2019

C-Suite Move

Dilipkumar Khandelwal joins Deutsche Bank as Chief Information Officer

Former SAP India MD, Dilipkumar Khandelwal joins Deutsche Bank as Chief Information Officer. He will be based in Pune. In his new role, Khandelwal will oversee the development of the bank‘s technology centers globally to create one, consistent strategy while continuing to work with their businesses on developing technology to improve the client experience. As […]

Dec 9, 2019