Indian IT companies, which participated in the CeBIT 2009 in Hannover, expressed confidence that innovative skills of the software engineers and IT professionals along with their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing situation in the markets around the world will help cushion the impact of the global economic meltdown on the industry in India.
Hamid Nihal Ansari, a software engineer from Mumbai, returned to India in December 2018 after spending six years in a Pakistani jail for illegally entering the neighbouring country from Afghanistan, reportedly to meet a girl he had befriended online. He was arrested in 2012 and lodged at Peshawar jail after Pakistan had slapped espionage charges against him. The decision to release him was on account of relentless pressure from New Delhi and Sushma Swaraj, who was the external affairs minister and was personally monitoring the case. Speaking to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, Ansari recalls the time he spent with her and says that if it wasn't for her efforts, he would still be rotting away in a Pakistani cell.
As the world celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) on December 3, corporate India has kept up with efforts to make workplaces more inclusive and accessible. Organisations across sectors are taking initiatives such as equipping offices with practical work tools like Braille-friendly and voice-enabled lifts and screen readers. While inclusion has gained pace, only 11.3 per cent (or 3.4 million out of 30 million) Indians with disabilities have jobs.
'The top five IT giants are not hiring, but most of the freshers want to start their careers with the top five IT firms.' 'In today's scenario this is a challenge.'
Meaningful work doesn't just belong to old-world craftsmen, though. Meaningful work happens even in big corporations. And when it does, it makes them even bigger.
India's hiring rate has recovered moderately from 10 per cent in April to 35 per cent in May 2021, but the aftermath of the second COVID-19 wave has left professionals in India increasingly vulnerable to the economic uncertainty, as per LinkedIn data. India's hiring rate on LinkedIn dropped from 50 per cent in March 2021 to 10 per cent in April 2021. The hiring rate witnessed a modest revival to 35 per cent in May 2021, as localised curfews gradually lifted and economic activity partially resumed.
If you are interested in working with OpenAI, feel free to email Sam Altman. In a free-wheeling fireside chat with university students on Thursday in Delhi, the CEO of OpenAI and his team seemed eager to welcome bright young IT practitioners of India into the OpenAI work space. Asked about the steep degree requirements for applying to tech giants such as Microsoft and Google, Altman said that his company was open to hiring undergraduates and even college drop-outs.
Ankit Rastogi, co-founder, IndianHotelReview, speaks about his start-up journey, career lessons, start-up dos and don'ts and his success mantras.
Software engineers are one of the most highly paid employees.
McLaren apologised to Formula One rivals Red Bull on Tuesday after a standard engine control unit that they supply to all teams contributed to Mark Webber's poor start at his home Australian Grand Prix.
Policy lays out a 5-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 mn jobs and promoting 10,000 start-ups.
STMicroelectronics India's corporate software fab has been assessed at level 5 of capability maturity model by the Software Engineering Institute.
Software products and services company Compulink Systems Pvt Ltd is to set up a Rs 25 crore software development centre for marketing and IT support services at Pune's Hinjewadi Infotech Park.
In a tragic incident, 45 passengers were burnt alive early Wednesday morning after the luxury bus they were travelling in met with an accident near Palem village in Kothakota Mandla of Mehbubnagar district.
Start-up entrepreneur Aashish Gupta who founded YellowLeg.com that sells only travel books to "discerning traveller" talks about life as a start-up and challenges he faced.
Readers tell us what inspired them to quit Facebook and how they are coping with the addiction.
Singapore-based Arun Shenoy has been nominated for his debut solo album titled Rumbadoodle.
An Indian American Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a unique initiative designed to get techies to volunteer their time to develop software and applications that will benefit people in India and other developing countries.
Search engine giant Google has said it will buy travel technology group ITA Software Inc for $700 million in an all cash deal a move that will improve the online flight information it offers to customers.
Director Praveen Engineer's weak handling of the subject and ordinary performances makes this Kannada film an average fare. Music is good, though.
Students would be provided with industry certification.
It will serve as a major technological development and software support facility for the company's ASEAN, US and Middle Eastern customers.
Reader Madhava K spotted Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal at Copenhagen airport.
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Singh has questioned the reliability of the EVMs on more than one occasion following the Congress' defeat in the recent assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
A day after horrifying fire accident aboard the Chennai bound Tamil Nadu Express killed 32 people, railway officials were trying hard to identify the charred remains of the passengers and hand them over to their families.
HCL Technologies on Friday entered into a joint venture with Japan-based NEC Corporation to provide offshore software engineering solutions for the latter.
Chaitanya was working in Cognizant Technologies on a Southeast Airlines project.
Nivin Pauly talks about the success of his film Thattathin Marayathu.
Huawei Technologies to invest $170 million in India.
Global software behemoth Microsoft on Wednesday said it aims to capture a respectable marketshare in the popular online search engine space currently dominated by Google and Yahoo.
The Mumbai police arrested three persons, two of them engineers, in connection with sending the threatening e-mails for Indian Mujahideen, and claimed to have busted the media cell of the terror group suspected to be behind a string of bomb blasts since 2005.
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