Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is evaluating a plan to set up its third refinery at Jamnagar in an ambitious project to reach a total capacity of 100 million metric tonne per annum, the largest at a single location in the world. The company has appointed a global oil and refinery consultancy firm to evaluate the feasibility of the project, which will help capitalise the increased requirement for global crude distillation capacity.
Any economy, which has to sustain a wage CAGR of 6-7%, slips into recession within 15-20 years.
The Tata Group, one of India's largest business houses, has made summer internship offers to 19 students of five leading US business schools this year
The French retailer, which has been talking to various Indian business houses for a possible partnership to roll out its wholesale operations in the cash- and-carry format, has also recruited around 50 people.
Workforce participation rates are twice as high for Chinese women as they are for Indian women.
The principal delay is because the defence forces, which are expected to vacate some spectrum for mobile service providers, are yet to identify locations for some sites for an alternative optic fibre network that is being developed for them.
The days of heady annual increments and bonuses are over - at least for now - for IT employees.
G V Sanjay Reddy, vice chairman of the GVK Group, elaborates on his plans for the much-awaited Mumbai airport makeover.
Most of the older staff had to take the stairs to the top, but GenNext wants the escalator.
India needs to provide vocational training to at least 10 million people in the 15-29 age group every year.
Ranbir Kapoor's towels and the limited edition Saawariya phones are selling like hot cakes.
It's time companies realised that recruitment ads have to go beyond those for tenders.
Intuitive hiring processes have a 40-50% failure rate. It's time to shift to a data-based approach.
As companies have gone horizontal, they no longer have the luxury of collocation. Today, most products are developed and manufactured across boundaries, time zones, cultures and enterprises.
A growing number of companies are in an innovation mode to engage employees in the wallet, mind and heart.
Workaholic CEOs find their job appealing, but their subordinates find that appalling.
For the animation industry, the share of domestic demand is just 10 per cent of the total market.
Indian CEOs are world leaders in IQ, but have a long way to go in tuning in to other people.
Most banks are still reluctant to open savings accounts based on company appointment letters, though the Know-Your-Customer norms allow it.
Person-to-person outsourcing gains currency with small offices and individuals.