Zacharias joined the Internet company in January 2006.
Leading media portal Yahoo India on Thursday announced the appointment of Deepak Karambelkar as its head of production and content.
Yahoo India, a subsidiary of Yahoo! Inc., will concentrate on wireless data services as it expects a large growth in the sector due to rise in mobile phone users in the country.
Internet communications and media firm Yahoo! has promoted Neville Taraporewalla as country manager of its subsidiary Yahoo! India with immediate effect.
Now, with her departure, the company's future is once again being questioned. "Yahoo! was earlier directionless. Now it's headless," says Mahesh Murthy, founder and chief executive, Pinstorm.
The California-based company is also planning to hire 130 professionals in India in areas like product engineering. A company spokesperson, however, declined to comment.
Yahoo, which had earlier made an equity investment of $8.65 million in Bharatmatrimony.com, would look similar investments in the country.
Initially, the lure of a big paycheck may feel rewarding. But, over time, professionals find themselves drifting away from family, friends and personal joys, observes Pradeep Pramanik.
Yahoo has shut down its news websites in India due the new foreign direct investment (FDI) rules that limit foreign ownership of media companies that operate and publish digital content in India.
Yahoo Software Development India Pvt Ltd on Friday announced the appointment of Venkat Panchapakesan as its CEO and Bharat Vijay as COO at its R&D centre in Bangalore.\n\n\n\n
Taking a cue from the telecom and PC industry, Yahoo!India, is aggressively targeting the new Internet and mobile users in rural India.
Office space owners are looking at good times ahead as rentals are expected to rise due to demand for Grade A office spaces outpacing supply that has been sluggish due to construction delays, long gestation periods and developers' interests shifting to residential.
Yahoo! India and Naukri.com on Wednesday entered into a strategic alliance to re-launch Yahoo!India Careers.
Injured Australia captain Pat Cummins believes India have a "huge advantage" to be based in Dubai for the ongoing Champions Trophy while other sides criss-cross Pakistan for their group games in the tournament, being held under a 'hybrid model'.
'They are in one place, they are in one hotel, there is no travel, they are in one dressing room. They know the pitch. When they selected they probably knew what Dubai was going to be like.'
Refusing to stay the criminal proceedings against the website, Justice Suresh Kait today declined to pass any order 'at this stage' and fixed the matter for March 1, saying he will hear the case before the trial court hears it on March 13.
What does an innovative and creative Internet company like Yahoo! look out for in potential employees? Aparna Ballakur, Vice President -- Human Resources, Yahoo! India, shares the five key qualities she always looks for in a potential recruit.
Though a spokesperson of Yahoo! India refused to comment on the development, highly-placed sources within the company claimed that it was a routine "trimming process" and more "poor performers" would be sacked.
The Indian arm of the global search engine and web provider, Yahoo, on Tuesday said that it had not put a freeze on hiring and that campus recruitment plans were still on.
The Internet giant sought removing its name as a party from the lawsuit contending that it was not an affected party and the 'present suit is not only motivated but also a complete abuse of the process of law.'
US-based Web portal Yahoo! Said its personalised Web service for mobile devices called "Yahoo! Mobile", present only in eight countries globally, has been made available to users in India.
The growing decline of MTech applicants in Indian colleges is due to multiple factors, including outdated curricula, poor return on investment and lucrative non-engineering alternatives, say experts.
Yahoo! has about 2,000-strong workforce in India and it is likely that about 60 people would be impacted by the decision, the sources said, and added that 'a significant number of employees were affected due to poor performance and only a few of them due to the slowdown'.
Global Internet firm Yahoo! on Thursday said it plans to ride on India's mobile explosion to drive growth for its products and services in the country.
If Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! goes through, the combination will mean stiff competition for Google and AOL in the Rs 230 crore online advertising market in India that is growing rapidly.
Indian start-ups are waiting to spread red carpet for engineers to be laid off.
Interestingly, the companies are cutting jobs in India too, even as they have hiring plans in the country. For instance, software giant Microsoft recently said it would create employment opportunities in tune with the growth of the Indian economy.
While AOL Chief Operating Officer Ron Grant is himself coming down to Bangalore to officially kick off the Indian face on Thursday, Yahoo!'s soft-spoken co-founder David Filo is set to announce a series of India-specific products tomorrow.
200 engineers may join its Bengaluru R&D centre.
"The UID project involves huge database. We at Yahoo have expertise in handling such huge amount of data. We met the PM today morning and discussed, among other things, how Yahoo can help the government in the project."
US-based Internet search engine, Yahoo!, is in talks to acquire a minority stake in Indiatimes, the online business of Bennett & Coleman, publisher of English dailiesTimes of India and Economic Times.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
The campaign will kick off in the US on September 28, move to the UK and India on October 5. The big budget brand building exercise will begin in other markets like Brazil, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, and Taiwan in 2010.
World's most popular free email providers Gmail and Yahoo have made telephone number mandatory for creation of new email addresses in a bid to check spam.
Internet search firm Yahoo! has acquired around 30 per cent stake in Chennai-based tele-information service provider Info Network Management Company (INMAC) for an undisclosed amount.
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