Steinbach & Partner, a global executive search firm and an HR advisory company, has set up its India office as a fully owned subsidiary – Steinbach and Partner Executive Consultants India Private Limited. The India Business, would be headed by Ramgopal Rao, who is partner of Steinbach & Partner International and President & Country Head…
S-Tel, seems to be one of the first telecom operators to pull the plug post the supreme court verdict on 2G licenses. The company has been amongst the telecom operators impacted by the supreme court ruling earlier in Feb 2012, related to cancellation of 122 telecom licenses issued on or after January 10, 2008. S-Tel,…
The need for productivity, better utilisation of time, and efficiency of the processes: If you are a businesses that is serious on bringing efficiency in your business processes, automation and leveraging technology is no long just a “good thing” to do, but its an essential. Automation of business processes and thereby HR processes is an…
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Xerox India has appointed Rajat Jain as Managing Director for India operation’s. The appointment is effective February 20. He will replace Konstantin Klein who had taken charge of Xerox India last August. Rajat has a career spanning over 25 years, in consumer, media, entertainment, telecom and technology space. He was previously associated with Mobile2Win, Walt…
Hitachi Consulting, the IT and management consulting solutions arm of the $112 billion Hitachi Ltd would be adding up manpower in its Hyderabad Global Development Centre to increase the head count from 1600 to about 4000 over next five years. (Source: Economic Times) The client base of Hitachi Consulting, comprises a wide range of industries…
Tata Power, India’s largest private power company, which is developing a 25 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power project under Gujarat’s Solar Power Policy 2009, through its subsidiary, Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited, has announced the successful commissioning of its project on 25th January 2012. Spread over 100 acres of land, the solar plant is located…
Silicon Image, a US based company in the areas of wireless and wired HD connectivity solutions, today announced the opening of its newest research and development (R&D) center in Hyderabad, India. The facility opened on January 27, 2012, is located in Hyderabad’s technology hub and focuses on the design and development of semiconductor and IP…
Kellogg’s would be acquiring snack brand Pringles from Proctor & Gamble Co – for $2.7 billion. Following this deal Kellogg’s would be amongst the leading players in the global snack market, second only to PepsiCo.
Sushobhan Sarkar, has been appointed as Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) with immediate effect. Mr Sarkar joined LIC in 1978. Prior to his elevation, he was Executive Director (International Operations) handling LIC’s global business.
If you ever thought of benchmarking your compensation levels with the industry, we have prepared a compilation based on analysis of compensation levels from across Telecom, BFSI, Media, Manufacturing – Auto, Engineering, IT sectors. The compensation ranges that can be representative of most sectors / industries and companies in India. The From – figure can…
Sanjay Viswanathan, has resigned from the post of CEO & Managing Director of Sonata Software. He was appointed as CEO and MD of the company in August 2011 after the resignation of B Ramaswamy. It is reported that the reasons for Viswanathan exit was personal. Srikar Reddy, appointed as the new CEO & MD: The…
Qantas Airways plans to cut 500 jobs in Australia. Qantas employs over 90 per cent of its 32,500 employees in Australia. The airline also plans to consolidate some engineering, ground and maintenance operations in its Sydney hub. This announcement comes post a massive fall in the first half profit of the airline. The cuts are…
Cathay Pacific Airways has plans to hire 200 flight attendants in 2012 as part of India expansion plan. As a part of the hiring plan, over 2,000 shortlisted candidates of Indian nationality, over 18 years of age and fluent in Hindi and English, will be invited to interview sessions in February. Successful applicants will be…
Mr. Dan DeChristopher (53) has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BMW Financial Services India, effective 27 January 2012 and will be based at the company’s headquarters in Gurgaon (National Capital Region). Prior to joining BMW Financial Services India, Mr. DeChristopher worked as General Manager – Sales and Marketing…