Aon’s Assessment solutions have come up with a report – Leading Digital Transformation for Talent Acquisition. The report highlights the key business and talent challenges facing employers across APME, and suggests seven strategic actions that can help the firms enable digital transformation and enhance the success of their talent acquisition functions. The report is based on…
The U.S. based insurer MetLife Inc. named Kishore Ponnavolu as their company’s president for the Asian region, while Rebecca Tadikonda was named as the head of strategic growth market effective from Sep 1st 2018. Due to his new role Ponnavolu will become a member of the company’s executive group and will directly oversee Japan, South…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is set to invest in One97, the parent company of Paytm. It is reported that Berkshire Hathway may pick up 3-4 % of One97 Communications Ltd for Rs 2000 – 2500 cr. This is the first direct investment by the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ in India. Todd Combs, the investment manager from Berkshire…
Headstart one of India’s oldest and largest startup ecosystem development organizations has has launched #StartupSaturday, its flagship event in Gurugram with IILM University as Knowledge Partner. Headstart is a volunteer driven not-for-profit organization. The volunteers are a passionate bunch comprising – entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship enthusiasts, with a fervent desire and commitment to being change…
Goldman Sachs has announced the appointment of Prachi Mishra as Managing Director and Chief India economist. In her new role, she will be based in Mumbai. She joins from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where she was deputy division chief of the Western Hemisphere Department. Earlier in November 2014, she had joined joined the Reserve…
Sterlite Power has appointed Rui Chammas, former CEO for Biosev, as the leader of its Brazil business. The Company has a portfolio of 9 projects, entailing an investment close to USD 1.7 bn in the country. Pratik Agarwal, Group CEO Sterlite Power, said, “We are delighted to welcome Rui to Sterlite Brazil. He has a rich experience in running large organisations in the…
The Aditya Birla Education Academy (ABEA) is a premier teacher training institute founded by the Aditya Birla Education Trust (ABET). The institute offers professional programs to nurture the aspirations and skills of educators and school administrators. ABEA, along with University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, ABEA is offering educators the Virtual Online Teaching (VOLT)…
Srinivasan Services Trust (SST) the social arm of TVS Motor Company and Sundaram-Clayton Limited has appointed Mr. Swaran Singh, IAS (R), as the Chief Executive Officer of the Trust effective August 1, 2018. Mr. Ashoke Joshi, IAS (R), the Chairman of SST for the last 14 years will now play the role of advisor to…
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has opened its newest U.S. regional technology and service delivery center in Irving, Texas. The opening follows a November 2017 announcement by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the company’s plan to invest more than $8 million to expand in Irving and create 1,100 new jobs by 2023. With its U.S. operations headquarters in College Station, Texas, Cognizant is a global leader in business, digital and technology…
Every situation can be interpreted in as many ways we can think of interpreting it. We can dissect any situation based on our own understanding (which for most of us is mostly limited) and interpret it as seems fit to us. A statement can be humor, the same can be sarcasm, the same can be…
Recently I was browsing through the pages of Ogilvy on Advertising – a book by David Ogilvy, the legendary advertising executive. David Ogilvy was one of the founders of Ogilvy & Mather, a leading agency which subsequently became a part of WPP. The book features a section where in David Ogilvy wrote about the relevance…
Intuit Inc., has been ranked #8 in “India’s Best Companies to Work For in 2014” list by the Great Place to Work Institute in association with The Economic Times. This is the company’s sixth successive year on the list, moving up from being ranked 37th in 2013. The company is a leading provider of business…
Reliance Industries will kick off its online retail foray starting with grocery. Mukesh Ambani’s plan to move a part of Reliance Industries’ retail division into the e-commerce space has been known for a long time. The company plans to offer express deliveries of fresh fruit and vegetables to homes in Mumbai, making it the first…
The performance of eight core industries during the April-May 2014 on the whole has remained subdued at 3.3 percent level, thus, infrastructure constraints continue to hold performance of the nation, apex industry body ASSOCHAM said. On one side, while oil and gas sector has registered negative growth, steel sector has performed indifferently, while fertilizers, electricity,…
Google India, has once again topped the list of best businesses to work for in India. This is based on an annual study of best companies to work for conducted by Great Place to Work ® Institute and Economic Times. Intel , Marriott Hotels, American Express & SAP Labs are other leading brands that have…