Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has donated ₹5Cr to non-profit Give India, thus matching Google’s earlier donation of ₹5Cr to the online NGO donation platform. Thanking Pichai, Give India in a tweet said, “Thank you @sundarpichai for matching @Googleorg’s Rs 5 crore grant to provide desperately needed cash assistance for vulnerable daily wage worker…
Premier executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles recently announced the appointment of former Google HR executive Laszlo Bock to its Board of Directors as an Independent Director, effective April 3, 2020. Along with his new role, Bock will continue to be the CEO of Humu Inc., a company which he founded. As CEO of Humu,…
Internet giant Google recently announced the appointment of industry veteran Karan Bajwa as the Managing Director of Google Cloud business in India Bajwa, who has leadership experience of more than three decades, will be responsible for driving all revenue and go-to-market operations for Google Cloud’s extensive solution portfolio that includes Google Cloud Platform and G…
Gojek, an Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm, has closed an additional $1.2 billion of funding recently, as per an internal memo reviewed by Reuters. The memo states that the company’s total funds stand at around $3 billion, and added it was still seeing “strong demand” among the investment community despite “turbulence within the tech investment…
“Desperate times, call for desperate measures” When the first case of Coronavirus was reported, nobody expected it to engulf the whole world in fear, causing a recession-like situation. The pandemic has so far has claimed more than 4,000 lives worldwide and infecting 100,000 people. As we speak today, the virus has begun spreading in India…
E-commerce giant Amazon Inc recently announced that it has extended its work-home-home advisory to include employees in New York and New Jersey. The move is aimed at lowering the risk of coronavirus transmission among the employees. In an official statement, the company said, “We continue to work closely with public and private medical experts to…
Google leaves no stone unturned when it comes to supporting its workforce. As COVID-19 makes its way across the globe, Google is ensuring that its workforce is provided with all the support it needs in these troubled times. Last week, Google said that it will compensate its members of its extended workforce in the North…
As the novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly and cost more than 3,000 lives, corporations and organizations around the world are feeling the heat of it. Companies are now facing battles on two ends- sustaining the business and safeguarding employees. The outbreak has now led to the world’s largest work-from-home experiment to take place. Companies like…
Bengaluru-based hyperlocal services provider Dunzo recently announced that it has raised $11mn in debt funding round from Alteria Capital. With the latest fund infusion, Dunzo is seeking to scale up its operations in the locations where the company is profitable. Kabeer Biswas, CEO, and Co-Founder of Dunzo said that the debt funding will help the…
India has a big pool of talent, capable of changing the world for good. Indians for long have been making their mark in the world with their brilliant innovations and life-changing discoveries. In the business ecosystem as well, Indians have proved their worth, leading global companies. Especially in the technology industry, Indian-origin Chief Executive Officers…
Tech giant Google on Monday confirmed that its Head of People Operations or Head of HR Eileen Naughton is stepping down from her position. This comes after Eileen spent years mediating issues between the management and the employees due to the rise in employee activism. She will be stepping down from her position as the…
Amidst a global fear of the flu-like Coronavirus, many corporations around the world have decided to temporarily shut their operations in China. With the virus spreading fast, an alarm has been set off across the globe with companies shutting their stores, putting travel restrictions on employees and warning of a financial hit from slowing business…
TalentSprint has announced the expansion of its Women Engineers (WE) Program, with enhanced support from Google. Building on the strong industry acceptance of the first cohort, the second cohort will select, train, and enable 120 talented women engineering students to become world-class software engineers. The program is open to first year women engineering students across…
Google has announced a new course in the coding language Python, that will prepare American workers for jobs in the tech industry. Python is considered to be a key skill that most employers in the tech industry are looking for. Google says it wants to prepare people for jobs in the industry. The program is…
Alphabet, the parent company of Google on Friday crossed the $1bn valuation mark. With this Alphabet became the fourth tech company to cross $1trillion milestone. Alphabet joins Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon in the exclusive club. Amazon passed the $1trillion mark in September 2018 but its current value is estimated at $931bn. Apple was the first…