Reacting to the red brigade's call for unionisation in the outsourcing industry, IT association Nasscom on Monday said working conditions in the business process outsourcing sector do not warrant formation of unions.
Once implemented, Rishad Premji will be one of the youngest business leaders to don the role of non-executive chairman at a large cap Indian company.
India doesn't have a data protection law or a dedicated law on cybersecurity. Also, there is no specialised law on privacy. Experts say this complicates the scenario for businesses as they continue to be liable for breach in client data even when employees work out of the home.
Infosys' commentary suggests its growth pangs are not yet over.
They are asking TRAI to reject the plan in the interest of protecting the citizens' right to use Internet
Predicting that the Indian IT industry was likely to add two lakh employees this year, Nasscom president Kiran Karnik on Tuesday said the association was working on the image of BPO industry and would create a data base of people in the industry.
The Indian IT and IT enabled services exports from India are seeing a good traction and the rate of growth is expected to be between 30-35 per cent in 2005-06.
India is emerging as one of the most preferred destinations and the leader for outsourced product development, says Gowri Shankar Subramanian, CEO, Aspire systems.
Indian IT companies like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCL Technologies and others have taken the buyback route to return some wealth to their shareholders, while potentially boosting their stock prices.
Software industry body Nasscom expects the country's information technology (IT) services sector to grow 13-14 per cent in the current financial year and to touch $225 billion (Rs 13.22 lakh crore) by 2020.
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The IT bellwether currently has about 28,000 employees in West Bengal in different facilities and it expects to recruit around 4,000 more in the current year.
There will be a huge market for healthcare professionals, data and security experts and digital marketers, says Navneet Singh, founder, Avsar HR Services.
If you are an expert in programming languages, statistics and algebra, then a career in AI and ML is worth a shot in 2021.
IT sector has lots of hope from the Union Budget 2014-15.
Ratan Tata said he continued to feel the need to support young entrepreneurs who were keen to unleash the Indian tiger.
Norms for e-commerce likely, arm's-length pricing set for change.
'During the pandemic, thousands of IT employees have lost their jobs.' 'Many of those who still have their jobs fear that they will lost it any moment.'
The NASSCOM report said Indian tech industry contributed more than $375 million to the US Treasury between fiscal year 2011-2015
Notwithstanding the current Malaysian imbroglio involving Indian IT workers, India's software and services exports to that country stood at just Rs 70 crore in 2001-02.
The World Bank would outsource over $10 million IT work to India in the next 12 months through its existing Indian partners, Nasscom
According to sources, Nadella will be visiting New Delhi on September 30 to take part in two events to be organised by Nasscom.
Any changes in the visa regime may result in higher operational costs and shortage of skilled workers for the $110 billion Indian outsourcing industry.
Schmidt had a closed-door meeting with four start-ups in Bangalore.
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Over the past week, several unusual partnerships among start-ups, traditional businesses and hospitals have been announced, and several more are likely to materialise soon. The trend could see increased importance of gig workers, who are taking considerable risk to deliver goods to people in the time of a pandemic.
In order to make it hassle-free, various start-up support groups such as TiE (The Indus Entrepreneur) and India Angel Network (IAN) are partnering with the digital NBFCs to extend debt finance to their member companies.
The bill introduced in the state of New Jersey proposes a ban on government outsourcing contracts to foreign countries.
The $100-billion export-driven sector has been vocal on the need to move up the value chain with increased automation, offering services bundled with software products and platforms.
The aviation ministry is not in the business of regulating tariffs, says its president Aditya Ghosh.
To increase local talent mix in the US like their major peer Infosys
