Why settle for $400-500 million when you can make a billion or even more? That, in a nutshell, is why Krishna Kumar, 43, and Kashyap Dalal, 40, co-founders of Bengaluru-based edtech firm Simplilearn, one of the big players in the segment, sold a 51 per cent stake to Blackstone instead of selling 100 per cent as close competitor and rival Great Learning chose to do.
At present, MSI has a staff strength of 7,500 employees. Enrollment in the next fiscal will be higher than the 800 people recruited this fiscal by the company.
National Thermal Power Corporation has bagged the ISTD-FICCI Award for excellence in HR practices.
In a letter to states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has suggested setting up of a state steering committee chaired by the chief secretary, a state task force led by additional Chief Secretary or principal secretary (health), and a district task force to be headed by the district magistrate.
On July 29, he called her for a birthday party, tried to disrobe her and even offered to get her the gifts she wanted, she alleged.
While it was technically not possible to block the deal, the tax department could resort to arm-twisting.
The country's largest software services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday reported a 14.9 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 9,246 crore for the March 2021 quarter.
A growing number of firms are putting in formal policy frameworks to tap into company alumni and facilitate the return of former employees, discovers Sangeeta Tanwar.
Mahindra will serve as a mentor and sounding board for the managing director on issues to be presented to the board, especially in the areas of strategic planning, risk mitigation and external interface. In addition, he will be available to provide feedback and counsel to the managing director on key issues facing the enterprise.
This goes a long way in creating an ethical organisation culture that in turn helps attract talent.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
A rise in the number of daily COVID-19 cases and mortality has been observed in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand, indicating the pandemic is moving eastwards, the Union health ministry said.
Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, who will head the IAF from October 1, will keep our fighting capabilities sharpened and operationally ready for conflict at all times, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd).
Govt reconstitutes body, says will not interfere in senior PSB appointments
Hay Group, a global management consultancy, in its annual General Industry Compensation Report covering all levels of management, expects a pay increases of an average 11.2 per cent across job roles in 2013.
While you cannot avoid the delay in payments from your customers, you must come up with new ideas on building your internal cashflow system to ensure that the cash crunch within the organisation is minimal, suggests Naval Goel.
"The next three to five months will be a more tough period for companies in terms of recruitment", managing director of leading HR service provider Ma Foi Group and Randstad India, K Pandiarajan said, expressing fears that the number of stimulus packages announced by the Centre may 'vanish' post the coming Lok Sabha polls.
A high level Pakistani delegation consisting of management gurus and representatives of major companies will take part in the first ever Indo-Pak HR Partnership Summit to be held in New Delhi from Thursday.
'From a teenager who struggled with low self-esteem to representing India at Miss Teen Universe, I've really worked hard to become someone I'm proud of.'
Companies, coming to the institute for placement are offering them roles in operations, marketing project/programme management, IT, strategic planning, supply chain management, HR and facilities management, with excellent compensation.
There will be a huge market for healthcare professionals, data and security experts and digital marketers, says Navneet Singh, founder, Avsar HR Services.
Line up tasks that require physical presence, like meetings or team sessions, for the days you will be working from the office. Tasks that can be performed in isolation should be left for home.
Adapting to the new hybrid normal of remote and office work, cautiously optimistic corporate are looking to hire more people and provide better appraisals in the new year as they step out of the pandemic-ravaged 2020. The coronavirus pandemic emerged as the biggest inflection point for the Indian job landscape. For the corporates, work-from-home and remote workers became the new normal and for the professionals, online learning and digital skills took centrestage.
'This is not just Make in India; this is much more than that. Right from design to delivery, everything was done in India.'
HR head Gaurav Sharma blamed Sebi-imposed restrictions on operating bank accounts for the delay.
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Most offers are coming from regular recruiting firms and sectors led by consulting, analytics, IT and finance.
Executive search firm MANCER Consulting CEO Satya D Sinha said that "the concept of expat hiring at top level management has always been prevalent across glob
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A workshop to guide women to build a second career after a break.
NITI Aayog recommendations cite the need for greater industry-academia collaboration to meet skill demand
Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research opens admissions to its Master's Level postgraduate diploma in Business Administration through distance learning.
The annual earnings of a non-executive chairman of a PSB is capped at Rs 10 lakh, inclusive of fees for attending board meetings. This is way below the compensation of the chairman of any private bank, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Backed by China's Tencent and Prosus NV, Swiggy has around 8,000 employees.
Anxiety is possibly the single largest inhibitor of growth both for an individual and for a corporation, says Thomas J DeLong, Philip J Stomberg Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School.
'We were scared about what would happen if these terrorists managed to enter the building.'
Welingkar Institute of Management opens admission for the Master's Level Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration through Distance Learning
A candidate with good communication skills, critical thinking and problem solving abilities will have a higher chance of being hired.
Indian firms selling SAAS products have got a bonanza as companies meet, manage and sell remotely. The top five firms - Zoho, Freshworks HighRadius, Druva, and Icertis - account for 33 per cent of the market share. Chennai, India's SAAS centre, alone generates $1 billion in annual revenue. Yuvraj Malik explains how these companies are planning their next phase of growth.
