'I can snap my fingers and get 1,000 people overnight, but I can't guarantee that they will develop because there has been zero change in education in the country in the last nine years.'
'It's really about telling women to invest in themselves, finding more space for themselves.' 'Find space for their own dreams, do something about their own potential.'
They needed a helping hand. And when they got it, these women worked wonders.
How about working for a company without pay just to learn various skills?
Happy with her latest move, Indrani departed from Courtroom 51 with a spring in her step. The woman who hopped up into the jail truck was a cheerful one.
Don't be tempted to take up what is on offer simply because it has come to you on a platter and looks promising on the surface.
In an online chat with readers, Prof Ujjwal Chowdhary from Edutainment offered tips on pursuing a career in media, design and communication.
Sikka said since more and more of the work is now becoming automated, the Indian IT companies need to focus much more on the innovative areas and on the new areas.
Two IIT-B grads cracked the cab aggregator code, tasted success & failure.
'I want to leave behind the bank stronger and better than when I took over.'
Srikanth Bolla, CEO of Bollant Industries, has set his sights on changing lives
It is all about a C and C model -- of choices and consequences -- for women. Women make choices about their lives and for each of them there will be consequences, Shell India Lubricants MD Mansi Madan Tripathy tells Jyoti Mukul.
'ISRO provides a very positive atmosphere. What matters here is your talent, not your gender,' says Ritu Karidhal, Deputy Operations Director, India's Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan. A fascinating excerpt from Minnie Vaid's Those Magnificent Women And Their Flying Machines, Isro's Mission To Mars.
'SAP has been an enterprise software leader for 43 years, and we don't have a competitor also in this space.'
The Met department forecast heavy to very heavy showers in north coastal Tamil Nadu till Saturday.
Has Owaisi's MIM become an albatross for Imtiaz Jaleel, former journalist and the party's candidate in Aurangabad?
'Can anyone honestly say with hand on heart that our streets and office buildings, railways and other public spaces are any cleaner?'
People living near the police station in Dina Nagar largely remained indoors.
Find out how Lavanya Ashok, vice president and executive director private equity at Goldman Sachs is inspiring other women to follow their dreams too.
Mumbai-based CA Prince Tiwari is educating and empowering the underprivileged since 2011. This is his heart-warming story.
In three cities across MP, his NGO is working towards ensuring educational, emotional and financial support to the children living in shelters and orphanages.
It's unfair, isn't it? That good borrowers are not rewarded for their discipline and are forced to subsidise indisciplined borrowers who may pose higher credit risk...
Months after take off, Durgapur airport in West Bengal struggles to stay afloat
'A heavy tanker takes time to move, but when it starts rolling, it's difficult to stop it,' Indian Hotels CEO Puneet Chhatwal tells Shyamal Majumdar.
akistani-American David Coleman Headley outline how the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the Inter-Services Intelligence wanted to spread terror in India.
With the Apollo Hospitals chairman saying that she has recovered, the party can go back to business as usual.
'This generation wants to try different things, are ready to take risks and experiment with their careers.'
It all started the day when Anurag Asati was asked to get a kabadiwala home to collect some newspapers.
Banks play 'mind games' to woo customers. Big data and 'games' are now the tools of the trade.
We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top photos of 2019. Together these images tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak, triumph and tragedy.
Young, city-bred, successful, enthusiastic Indians are ditching their cars and cycling to work.
Don't divulge too much; stay away from office politics.
A flood-like situation prevailed in Bihar capital Patna on Thursday after it was lashed by very heavy rains over the last 24 hours.
Two hostages who have been killed in the 17-hour-long hostage drama at a cafeteria in Sydney were identified as the manager of the Lindt Chocolate cafe and a lawyer. The 38-year-old lawyer, Katrina Dawson, was a mother of three young children who became the victim of the siege. She was a barrister at Selbourne Chambers and was married to Paul Smith, a partner at Mallesons.
Mahendra Raj is a towering figure of 20th century Indian architecture.
When Santosh Muruganantham quit his job in the United States to return to India, he knew he wanted to become an entrepreneur.
'#MeToo is not to be dismissed as a 'shoot and scoot' but seen as the uncovering of dark truths about seemingly sophisticated and powerful personalities, or at least as one providing catharsis to a survivor,' notes Utkarsh Mishra.
A degree may help you start your career, but it is only skills that will build your career.
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