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L&T opens corporate experience center ‘Planet L&T’ in Mumbai

Larsen & Toubro, India’s leading engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defence and services conglomerate, opened the doors to ‘Planet L&T,’ its sprawling new digitally-enabled corporate experience center. Located at its newly-built ‘A.M. Naik Tower’ in Powai, Mumbai, the center is spread over close to 10,500 square feet.  The ‘Planet L&T’, a mesmerising peek into…

Cyient bags 2020 Supplier Performance Award from Thales

Cyient, a global engineering and digital technology solutions company, announced that it has received the “2020 Supplier Performance Award” from Thales. The company received the award at the Thales Virtual Annual Supplier Conference held on December 15, 2020, for achieving “on-conformity delivery performance” excellence.  Thales issues the award annually to recognize suppliers across different categories…

TCS wins the Top Women Award for Corporate Citizenship in South Africa

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced it has won the Top Women Award for Corporate Citizenship, recognizing its role in advancing women to the forefront of the South African economy.  Hosted by Standard Bank, the award celebrates top women leaders and the companies behind them. These annual…

TCS wins the Business Culture Award for building an innovation culture

Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has won the Business Culture Award in the category Best Use of Innovation for Business Culture.  The Business Culture Awards celebrate forward-thinking organizations that set up their employees to succeed and recognize how their people’s employment experience is fundamental to business performance.  TCS…

Cyient inks MoU with Perth-based Decipher to support global rollout of cloud mining platform

Cyient, a global engineering, manufacturing, and digital transformation and technology solutions company, announced that it had signed an MoU with Decipher, a SaaS company that provides a cloud monitoring and governance platform for tailing storage facilities.  As per the MoU, Cyient will support Decipher with the global rollout of their cloud mining platform for tailings…

TCS ranked #1 for customer satisfaction by leading German companies

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been ranked number one for customer satisfaction in Germany in the Whitelane Research 2020 IT Sourcing Study, Europe’s largest independent survey of IT service providers.  The survey ranked 27 IT service providers based on responses from more than 160 CxOs and…

Godrej Properties ranked #1 by the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

Godrej Properties Limited (GPL), one of India’s leading real estate developers, announced that GRESB, an organization that provides Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) benchmarks for real estate organizations across the world has recognized Godrej Properties as a Real Estate Development Sector Leader both globally and in Asia for listed residential real estate.  Each year GRESB…

Samsung to focus on local startups under its new India R&D vision

Samsung, India’s biggest and most trusted electronics company, has unveiled #PoweringDigitalIndia, its brand new vision for the country that will be driven by a new citizenship program aimed at students across the nation, a refreshed local R&D strategy with special focus on the local startup community and new initiatives in manufacturing.  The new vision #PoweringDigitalIndia…

TEMA appoints R. Chandrashekhar as Chairman of Digital Empowerment council

TEMA (Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India), a national apex body to represent telecom Technology Providers, Global and Indian, Private and Government owned companies, has announced the appointment of R. Chandrashekhar, former secretary of the Department of Telecommunications and Department of Electronics and IT as the chairman of TEMA Council on Digital Empowerment. Chandrashekhar is…

ViacomCBS appoints Raffaele Annecchino as President and CEO

ViacomCBS, Inc. announced that Raffaele Annecchino has been appointed President and CEO of ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), effective immediately. He succeeds David Lynn, who is stepping down and will depart the company following a transition period. He will report to Bob Bakish, President and CEO, ViacomCBS. In his new role, Annecchino will oversee all of…

ABB names Carolina Granat as Chief Human Resources Officer, succeeds Sylvia Hill

ABB, a global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future, has announced that Carolina Granat is to succeed Sylvia Hill as Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Committee, effective January 1, 2021. Granat currently serves as ABB’s Global Head of People Development,…

Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri retires, Executive Chairman John Elkann to be the interim CEO

Ferrari N.V. announced that Louis Camilleri has resigned as CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors, with immediate effect.  Ferrari’s Executive Chairman, John Elkann will act as interim Chief Executive Officer while the Ferrari Board of Directors will manage the ongoing process of identifying Camilleri’s successor, the company said in a statement.…

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering to acquire PARI

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering’s Industrial Automation Business, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PARI, India’s largest Industrial Automation Company.  The combined capabilities of Wipro and Pari will help broaden its offering, expand global footprint, and strengthen its ability to forge deeper customer relationships in India and overseas, WIN said in a statement. Founded…