Category: News

Fork Media to Operate Mashable India, announces agreement with Ziff Davis

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…

Infogain Appoints Kulesh Bansal as CFO.

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…

HDFC Promotes Vibha Padalkar as its new MD and CEO

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…

IBM and IIT Bombay line-up to Speed AI research in India.

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…

Management restructuring at Viacom18 as it gears up for growth.

Viacom18, has announced a management restructuring. The restructuring is aimed at consolidating its growing portfolio towards enabling better business performance through focused content innovation and collaboration across brands. Manisha Sharma, has been elevated to Chief Content Officer, Hindi Mass Entertainment. In her new role, she will be heading content for the entire HME cluster including COLORS…

ArcelorMittal submits a fresh proposal for acquisition of Essar Steel

ArcelorMittal has confirmed through a press release that on 10th September 2018, it submitted a revised proposal to Essar Steel India Limited’s (ESIL) Committee of Creditors for the acquisition of ESIL. They also confirmed that the media reports speculating on the financial value of the revised offer are broadly accurate. The revised offer, which also…

UPSC Notification – Job Opportunities in Government

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has brought out a notification to fill the following posts in Ministries of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Textiles, and Department of Training & Technical Education, Govt of NCT , Delhi.   Position Department Vacancies Economic Officer Economic Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry…

Non-IT sectors – Auto, Auto Ancillary, Real estate, Construction, BFSI show increased hiring.

Increased online hiring activity has been observed in non it sectors – Auto, Auto Ancillary, Real estate, Construction, BFSI as per the recent, July 2018 report by Naukri.com (Naukri Job Speak Index). The report is based on analysis of online hiring activity by leading job portal Naukri.com. The report’s – Naukri JobSpeak Index for July 2018,…

FirstBuild to Open at T-Works, India’s Largest Makerspace.

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, India born Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington, Honored with 2018 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award.

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 Ranked 7th in HFS Research.

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 Hotels And TED Deliver Inspiring ‘Women In Innovation’ Salon – Sparks New Perspectives Across Asia Pacific

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…

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) for US Increased again in August.

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) increased in August, after increasing in July. The index now stands at 110.88, up from 109.58 (a downward revision) in July. The change represents a 6.9 percent gain in the ETI compared to a year ago. “The Employment Trends Index continues to accelerate, with this month’s year-over-year increase…