Managing human resources remains a major and under-appreciated challenge for most start-ups.
Mumbai-based start-up Purple Squirrel Eduventures is helping students decide on their careers through industrial visits
Anurag Singal, founder of cajobportal, a job site that caters exclusively to CAs and commerce graduates tells us how he aims to skill and enable satisfactory employment to aspiring professionals.
An industry of scamsters is operating in the guise of call centres in India.
Son of a mechanic from the Public Works Department, Ayush Sharma has not only won admission to the undergraduate programme at the prestigious American university, but also a full tuition waiver.
India's internet subscriber base is 100-150 million, depending on whose estimates you take, and is growing at 20-30% a year.
The President said Indian economy grew at 5.7 per cent during the first quarter of 2014-15.
When Rediff.com's Archana Masih and Rajesh Karkera set course from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea, they could not think of a better place to begin their journey than the stately campus that has given India some of its greatest military heroes.
How bridge keeps corporate India sharp and quick-witted.
Anupam Kher on why he thinks the prime minister is a genuine person.
'Do not panic; have a good rapport with the HR and negotiate if they can map you to some other requirement with lesser compensation. Take sometime off -- 10 to 15 days; relax; be with your parents or friends then come back and prepare a good resume and learn new skills.' A chemical engineer and IT professional share their layoff lessons.
If borrowers don't have access to a bank's credit facility, it could make sense to use peer-to-peer systems.
'We teach our kids the 3 R's -- reading, writing, and arithmetic -- so that they can be successful. It's time the fourth R joined that list: Programming. My vision is to expose every student to computer science and show them that coding IS fun and applicable to their daily lives.' Just 15, Swetha Prabakaran, founder and CEO of Everybody Code Now!, a non-profit working to empower the next generation of youth to become engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs, is already a White House Champion of Change for teaching hundreds of students how to code.
The online world is driven by convenience, simplicity and speed.
'Professor C Y Bayly was undoubtedly the tallest of his generation. For so many of his students who were privileged to be taught by him he was much more than the rarest of rare scholar.' Professor Seema Alavi remembers a teacher who left an indelible imprint on India history.
Power2SME, a one-stop shop for sourcing and buying raw materials for SMEs, is the only B2B firm in this space.
A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory.
ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar talks of what's on and what lies ahead for the Indian space agency.
'If standing in a bank or ATM line is a test of patriotism, why is not a single leader standing in that queue too?'
With the festive season underway, retailers in the online and the offline world need to prepare well to offer the best deals to consumers and earn trust.
'It is ironic that the guy who set the standard of stardom was forgotten. It was his death that made us remember him again.'
Given the cost structure in the country, it won't be easy for AirAsia to offer 'Nano' fares and still make money.
A provision of Rs 15,000 crore has been made in the budgetary estimate of 2016-17 towards interest subvention.
Transcript of Nikhil Pahwa's chat with Rediff readers.
Irrfan Khan's fascinating interview with Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com.
In a marathon address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday underlined India's unity and diversity and the progress of his 15-month-old government's policies.
Meet Rahul Yadav -- the young, brash and confident CEO of the company.
Cashi Crisis: Day 9: Aaj ki Taaza Khabar!
Hepzi Anthony takes a look at the procedures the government has put in place to streamline the process of handling runaway children
'The armed forces have been given clear indication that they have to give priority to Make in India and indigenisation and dependence on foreign source should be reduced.' 'Almost Rs 90,000 crores contracts have been signed during my tenure. Another almost Rs 70,000 crores are in the pipeline.'
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
Consumer durables and electronics companies are putting the final touches to their festive period plans.
For some, he is a visionary who grew his one-channel firm into a media giant by the sheer dint of his courage; for others, he is a compulsive risk-taker.
In an online chat with readers on August 10, Vidya Bala, Vidya Bala, head of mutual fund research at FundsIndia, answered their queries. For hose who missed the chat, here is the transcript.
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin will attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Delhi with an agenda to develop a plan to bring together AAPI, NGOs and the government to provide access to affordable and quality health care. Aziz Haniffa reports
E-commerce is awash in money, raising concerns about whether this is just another unsustainable internet trend headed for a bust.
Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the US.
'We need to take steps towards ease of doing business.'
The public-private partnership model is a compulsion, says the minister.
For Arnab Goswami, the television studio is a stage and he plays his part to the hilt, with a finger on the pulse of the English-speaking audience, says Veenu Sandhu
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