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Pratyush Kumar to head Boeing India

Pratyush Kumar to head Boeing India

Rediff.com13 Dec 2012

Kumar will succeed Dinesh Keskar, who returned to Boeing Commercial Airplanes earlier this year.

'India needs to retrain 285 million working individuals'

'India needs to retrain 285 million working individuals'

Rediff.com15 Jun 2012

Of these, 150 million have not even completed primary education. Providing job-relevant vocational skills to these workers is a unique challenge that India faces, said the report.Vocational education from the secondary school level should be pursued, and efforts should be made to retrain 285 million adult workers with just primary schooling or less, according to Anu Madgavkar, senior fellow, McKinsey Global Institute.

Jobs: What ails India's fresh grads

Jobs: What ails India's fresh grads

Rediff.com21 Feb 2013

It is not the lack of skills and poor education institutes, but the lack of passion to learn and poor choices that is holding India's young grads back.

Rajat Gupta trial: Prosecutors want email about Mukesh

Rajat Gupta trial: Prosecutors want email about Mukesh

Rediff.com30 May 2012

According to the email, Kumar said, "When with Mukesh on portfolio question. . . 2 things to explore: A) Raj wants to know if they will get into the solar biz aggressively and when (there are implications for supplier companies etc)."

Rajat Gupta's sentencing advanced by a day to Oct 17

Rajat Gupta's sentencing advanced by a day to Oct 17

Rediff.com28 Aug 2012

US District Judge Jed Rakoff had set as October 18 the date for sentencing Gupta after the ex-McKinsey head was found guilty by a jury here of passing confidential company information to Rajaratnam.

CFOs see growth below 6% in FY14: Survey

CFOs see growth below 6% in FY14: Survey

Rediff.com12 Nov 2012

While being "cautiously optimistic" about the country's economic growth, they said corruption and bureaucracy are among the 'big concerns' of the industry.

Why Rajat Gupta's sentencing is balanced

Why Rajat Gupta's sentencing is balanced

Rediff.com9 Nov 2012

The 15-page judgment is amazingly lucid, elegant and balanced.

Rahul Bajaj hails lenient sentence to Rajat Gupta

Rahul Bajaj hails lenient sentence to Rajat Gupta

Rediff.com26 Oct 2012

Bajaj added that doing something like insider trading was height of stupidity.

Is Rajat Gupta innocent? Trial to start on May 21

Is Rajat Gupta innocent? Trial to start on May 21

Rediff.com30 Mar 2012

Defense strategy seems to relying on three basic arguments.

What stops Indian women from moving up the corporate ladder

What stops Indian women from moving up the corporate ladder

Rediff.com2 Jul 2012

In India, Korea and Japan, almost fifty per cent of those surveyed believed that family commitments were the primary reason for women leaving the jobs.

Berkshire's Ajit Jain to give testimony in Gupta trial

Berkshire's Ajit Jain to give testimony in Gupta trial

Rediff.com8 Jun 2012

Berkshire Hathaway's India-born head of reinsurance business Ajit Jain, seen as a possible successor to billionaire investor Warren Buffett, will testify through a video deposition for his "close friend", former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta in his insider trading trial.

Indian-origin law student courts trouble at Rajat Gupta trial

Indian-origin law student courts trouble at Rajat Gupta trial

Rediff.com7 Jun 2012

The brief courtroom drama began on Monday when the jury was listening to the testimony of star government witness Goldman Sachs chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein.

Modi's push to help local PEs raise largest fund in 7 years

Modi's push to help local PEs raise largest fund in 7 years

Rediff.com1 Oct 2015

India-located funds have already raised $3.9 billion so far this year.

CampusAlert: Slowdown hits new IIMs

CampusAlert: Slowdown hits new IIMs

Rediff.com10 Feb 2017

IIM-Trichy has seen a dip in the number of offers per recruiter. IIM-Udaipur is yet to place 20 of its 144 students.

Boom time for luxury market in China

Boom time for luxury market in China

Rediff.com30 Jul 2012

Major international luxury goods manufacturers are riding high in China with the luxury goods market booming, despite a slowdown in economic growth.

'Rajat Gupta hasn't really lost the trust'

'Rajat Gupta hasn't really lost the trust'

Rediff.com25 Oct 2012

The Silicon Valley people, who knew former McKinsey chief Rajat Gupta, reacting to the two-year jail term imposed on him for insider trading, said what happened is a tragedy, horrible and sad, but also feels Gupta will be back.

ALERT: Mumbai, Delhi to go very dry by 2025!

ALERT: Mumbai, Delhi to go very dry by 2025!

Rediff.com28 Jun 2012

According to the report, nearly 80 billion cubic meter increase in municipal water demand is expected in the world cities by 2025, and Mumbai and Delhi tops the list of the 20 countries that are expected to experience the maximum demand.

115 plastic cups, 25 bags and more found inside dead whale in Indonesia

115 plastic cups, 25 bags and more found inside dead whale in Indonesia

Rediff.com22 Nov 2018

Researchers from wildlife conservation group World Wildlife Fund and the park's conservation academy found about 5.9 kg of plastic waste in the animal's stomach.

PHOTOS: Indian School of Business celebrates 10 years

PHOTOS: Indian School of Business celebrates 10 years

Rediff.com19 Dec 2011

The Indian School of Business-Hyderabad recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. We trace the school's successful journey over the years and find out why it's so special.

Can Ola disrupt India's e-scooter market?

Can Ola disrupt India's e-scooter market?

Rediff.com28 Mar 2021

As a tech services company, Ola has never been in hardcore manufacturing. And unlike in ride hailing, which is a two-player market (Uber is the only other competitor), in two-wheelers it faces many entrenched players. But most of all, rivals say Ola's targets are out of sync with most, even ambitious, projections.

Jaydeep Barman is changing India's restaurant business

Jaydeep Barman is changing India's restaurant business

Rediff.com24 Jan 2020

'As long as people are eating we will be there,' Rebel Foods CEO Jaydeep Barman tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.

'Gupta's $10 mn loss deliberate hanky panky by Rajaratnam'

'Gupta's $10 mn loss deliberate hanky panky by Rajaratnam'

Rediff.com13 Jun 2012

Berkshire Hathaway's India-born top executive Ajit Jain was "shocked" to hear that his friend ex-McKinsey head Rajat Gupta had lost USD 10 million in an investment fund with Raj Rajaratnam, which he described as a "deliberate hanky panky" by the convicted hedge fund founder.

Top 10 best places to work

Top 10 best places to work

Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

The list is based on what the employees of these companies experienced over the past twelve months.

'Don't forget Rajat Gupta's philanthropic work in India'

'Don't forget Rajat Gupta's philanthropic work in India'

Rediff.com4 Jun 2012

Sixty-three-year-old Gupta's trial, which began in Manhattan federal court on May 21, will resume today after a weekend break with his protege and former McKinsey executive Anil Kumar returning to the witness stand to testify against him.

Employees spend a quarter of their day checking emails

Employees spend a quarter of their day checking emails

Rediff.com2 Aug 2012

Working individuals spend two-and-a-half hours on an average writing emails every day, a new study has found, suggesting changes in the way people use computers that could make them 25 per cent more productive.

Investing provident fund money in PE funds would be a disaster

Investing provident fund money in PE funds would be a disaster

Rediff.com27 Jul 2015

Private-equity funds made an average annual return of just 7 per cent between January 2007 and December 2013 while the Sensex was up 11 per cent.

Anil Kumar gets away with two-year probation

Anil Kumar gets away with two-year probation

Rediff.com20 Jul 2012

Anil Kumar came out from a courtroom in Southern New York, all smiles.

Rajat Gupta's friends seek letters of support

Rajat Gupta's friends seek letters of support

Rediff.com19 Jul 2012

A support group for Gupta, known as 'Friends of Rajat', has urged his 'friends and well-wishers' to submit letters of support, in which they should write about Gupta's life and work.

Executives pessimistic about India's growth

Executives pessimistic about India's growth

Rediff.com16 Jun 2011

According to McKinsey & Company's June Economic Conditions Snapshot, executives' expectations for their national economies have declined since March and some respondents expect worsening conditions over the rest of 2011.

Global firms' captive IT units in India gain importance

Global firms' captive IT units in India gain importance

Rediff.com9 Apr 2012

At a time when the Indian information technology services industry is the focus of anti-outsourcing rhetoric, the global in-house centres (GICs) or captive units of multinational companies are increasing their offshore penetration.

20 cities with households of annual income over $20,000

20 cities with households of annual income over $20,000

Rediff.com3 Jul 2012

The developing-region cities of the City 600 will be home to an estimated 235 million middle-class households earning more than $20,000 a year at purchasing power parity (PPP) by 2025, points out a McKinsey study which maps the economic power of cities.

India to have 36 of 440 rising cities in 2025

India to have 36 of 440 rising cities in 2025

Rediff.com28 Jun 2012

McKinsey Global says these cities would generate about 47 per cent of expected global GDP by 2025.

Income of Indians will double faster than...

Income of Indians will double faster than...

Rediff.com12 Dec 2011

Until recently, average incomes in advanced countries were increasing at much faster rates than in the rest of the world.

New age technologies will shape the future of young India

New age technologies will shape the future of young India

Rediff.com23 Dec 2014

New age technology will reshape India's future.

May 21 fateful day for Rajat Gupta, Dharun Ravi

May 21 fateful day for Rajat Gupta, Dharun Ravi

Rediff.com13 May 2012

May 21 promises to be a crucial day for the Indian-American community as one of corporate America's most prominent India-born executives is scheduled to go on trial here while miles away a New Jersey court is to decide the fate of a Chennai native convicted of a hate crime.

Complacency big danger for businesses: Ratan Tata

Complacency big danger for businesses: Ratan Tata

Rediff.com19 Oct 2014

One hundred years from now, of course, I expect Tata to be much bigger and more global than it is now.

Rajat Gupta: Man who had everything but blew it away

Rajat Gupta: Man who had everything but blew it away

Rediff.com30 Dec 2011

Rajat Gupta was the former head of bluechip consulting firm McKinsey.

Rajat Gupta seeks to depose Goldman executives

Rajat Gupta seeks to depose Goldman executives

Rediff.com23 Nov 2011

Gupta's lawyer Gary Naftalis submitted in a Manhattan court on Tuesday his list of 10 witnesses he would 'most want to depose on behalf of Gupta.'

SHOCKING: How BPOs exploit young Indians!

SHOCKING: How BPOs exploit young Indians!

Rediff.com13 Apr 2011

With constant surveillance and monitored bathroom use, the BPO worker is not just partying says Shehzaad Nadeem.

The rise and fall of Rajat Gupta

The rise and fall of Rajat Gupta

Rediff.com31 Oct 2011

From a man used to rubbing shoulders with the most powerful businessmen in the world, Rajat Gupta is now staring at a lengthy prison sentence.