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The Kellogg Company, a popular American multinational food manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States was named among the world’s Best Regarded Global 2000 Companies, as per the second annual Forbes magazine ranking. From the 232nd position in last year’s list the company has taken a massive leap of 219 spots and is now…
Lithium Technologies, a San Francisco-based software provider that allows businesses to connect with their customers on social media and digital channels. This Thursday (September 13, 2018) the firm confirmed its commitment to India as a strategic market for growth by opening a new office. Lithium unveiled its new state of the art campus in Bangalore at…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been recognized as one of the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in North America for the sixth consecutive year. This annual award recognizes top employers that display leadership and innovation in engaging their workplaces. TCS received the award in North America for building an energized and…
State Bank of India has invited applications from eligible and interested candidates for appointment to specialist cadre officers’ posts. The last date to apply is September 24. DETAILS OF POSTS: Deputy Manager (Regular): 27 Fire Officer (Contractual): 21 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Deputy Manager: Graduate with minimum 5 years of Commissioned Service in Armed Forces or as…
ELEVATE is an initiative by Government of Karnataka to provide a comprehensive entrepreneurship platform for startups. The Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology, and science and technology have shortlisted 77 startups out of 250 finalists for Elevate 2018. These top technology-based startups chosen through a rigorous hunt across Karnataka State will receive a whopping sum of…
According to an ET article, the government of India is planning an Rs 1-lakh-crore plan to set up mega national employment zones across the country at the aim of providing direct and indirect job opportunities to one crore youth over the next three years. The proposal, which is being given the final shape by the shipping ministry…
Fork Media, India’s fastest growing publishing and ad tech media company, today announced a new agreement with Ziff Davis, the American digital media company, to operate Mashable India. Fork Media has already been working on other Ziff Davis brands like IGN and AskMen, in India. Mashable India will curate and localize the best of Mashable’s delightfully…
ThinkPalm Technologies is has been recognized as one of ‘India’s Top 50 Great Mid – Size Workplaces’ by Great Place to Work® Institute. This recognition is based on a detailed assessment of the quality of employee experience and people practices based on a globally validated survey conducted by Great Place to Work Institute. Last year, ThinkPalm…
Infogain, a Silicon Valley leading provider of technology solutions and services has appointed Kulesh Bansal as Chief Financial Officer. Based out of Infogain’s Noida, India office and reporting to CEO Sunil Bhatia, Bansal will lead Infogain’s finance and legal functions, in addition to focusing on profitability, financial controls, pricing and deal support. Bansal is a…
The board of HDFC Life has announced Vibha Padalkar as its new Managing Director and CEO for a period of three years effective from today. She was earlier serving as the firm’s Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer. This comes after the resignation of current CEO Amitabh Chaudhry on September 8 to join Axis Bank as…
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and IBM today announced that the university will join the AI Horizons Network to advance in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research. By joining the AI Horizons Network, IIT Bombay will pair its world-class faculty and top graduate students with leading AI scientists from IBM Research – India to advance and accelerate…
GE Appliance’s FirstBuild has signed an agreement with the state of Telangana and T-Works to establish FirstBuild India at T-Works. FirstBuild is an online and physical community dedicated to designing, engineering, building, and selling the next generation of major home appliances. T-Works is an initiative of the Telangana government for startups in hardware and electronics.…
Rajalakshmi Nandakumar, an India born Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering will be honored, with a 2018 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award for her work to enable the detection of potentially life-threatening health issues using commonly available smartphones. She received her bachelor’s degree in Computer…
CSS Corp, a new-age IT services and technology support company, has announced that it has been named amongst the Global Top 10 Cognitive Assistant Service Providers by HFS Research in its latest Cognitive Assistant Service Providers Report for 2018. The report has been compiled based on interviews with 300 enterprise clients of IT services from…
Marriott International’s flagship brand Marriott Hotels continues to spark creative ideas and meaningful conversations worldwide, hosting its second TED Fellows salon in the Asia Pacific on September 6th at the Bengaluru Marriott Hotel Whitefield in India. The event was attended by an engaged crowd of over 200 movers and shakers including innovative entrepreneurs, Marriott Rewards loyalty…