Commencing June 2022, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, launched the Tourism Awareness Programme (TAP) program under the CBSP Scheme for the taxi, cab, and coach drivers offering them behavioural & soft skill training with a component of foreign language. The training was imparted by ITDC’s Ashok Institute of Hospitality &Tourism Management covering a total of around 300 drivers upto November 30, 2022. More batches are on the anvil. Sh. G. Kishan Reddy, Hon’ble Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and DoNER, Govt. of India gave away the certificates and badges to the successful candidates at…
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FirstMeridian Business Services Limited, India’s third largest staffing company, in terms of revenue for the year ended March 31, 2021 (as per a Frost & Sullivan report- Assessment of Staffing Solutions Market in India” dated May 2022) announced the launch of a specialised division ‘Cranston Miller’ offering Managed Service Provider (“MSP”) solutions to companies in India. According to the Staffing Industry Analysts (“SIA”) report, the global MSP industry reached USD 150 billion in terms of spend under management in 2020 and is continuously growing. For many organizations today, contingent workers are an integral part of the workforce. These could be freelancers,…
Avaali Solution, provider of digital solutions to enterprises, announced their Health and Wellness initiative – ‘Kosha’, a Sanskrit word that refers to the sheath or layer of the soul, in collaboration with the doctors of Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals exclusively for the employees of Avaali. The objective of this initiative is to provide free medical guidance to all employees and promote a healthy and happy workplace for them. Led by clinical experts, these weekly hour-long virtual sessions will be around health and physical and mental wellness. Avaali employees will have the opportunity to interact with veteran doctors at Apollo Hospital to…
O.C. Tanner, the global leader in employee recognition and workplace culture, today announced the release of its 2023 Global Culture Report. Now in its fifth year, the report details the latest trends and strategies to win and retain people, including: reconnecting workplace community, creating fulfilling employee experiences, fortifying weary leaders, and integrating recognition and symbolism early and often. Based on data gathered from over 36,000 employees, leaders, HR practitioners, and executives from 20 countries worldwide, the report was announced at O.C. Tanner’s sold-out annual culture conference, Influence Greatness. “The future of work depends on embracing change and rebuilding community within…
India’s first tech-led monthly subscription-based employee health benefits platform, Onsurity has won the “Innovator in Mass Market- Emerging & Mature Award” at the 4th edition of PICUP Fintech conference and Awards on 20th July 2022 organized by Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Kulin Shah, Co-Founder, Onsurity and Rohan Srivastava, Head of expansion received the award from Mr Sunil Mehta, Chief Executive Officer, Indian Banks’ Association & Ms Jyoti Vij, Deputy Secretary General, FICCI. PICUP fintech is a marquee event organized by FICCI and Indian Banks Association (IBA) where BCG was the…
Socxo, the cloud-based brand advocacy platform, has announced a strategic partnership by integrating its brand advocacy platform with Xoxoday Plum. This partnership enables seamless rewards and redemption experience for Socxo’s global customers through Xoxoday’s pioneering technology infrastructure and helps Socxo drive value for its users. Xoxoday is a fintech SaaS with rewards, incentives, and loyalty products. Xoxoday Plum helps automate rewards, incentives and payouts programs at a global scale with multi-lingual, multi-currency, and multi-region capabilities. Socxo’s Brand Advocacy Platform is a cutting-edge platform helping corporates to design and implement their brand/employee advocacy programs and power up organic reach to their…
Ather Energy, India’s leading electric scooter manufacturer, today announced the appointment of two key leaders on the manufacturing and supply chain side as the company embarks on its next phase of growth. The company has appointed Sanjeev Kumar Singh as the Senior Vice President (SVP) – Manufacturing and Harendra Saksena as the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO). The strategic appointments come as Ather Energy looks to transform its fast growing manufacturing and supply chain as part of its industrial strategy. Sanjeev Singh, who joins Ather with 18 years of extensive expertise, will lead the manufacturing vertical and oversee all current and…
PrepInsta, a Leading player in the Ed-Tech and upskilling domain has made some key changes to its management and has elevated Manish Agarwal to Chief Marketing Officer of the brand and also given him Co-Founder status. Manish was earlier heading the business development at the brand and will now also be managing marketing activities for the brand. The development follows the recent announcement of the brand to go aggressive with its expansion in terms of associations with universities and widen its user base. In his new role Manish plans to go aggressive not just with the mainstream but also in…
Exterro Inc., the preferred provider of Legal GRC software specifically designed for in-house legal, privacy, and IT teams at Global 2000 and AmLaw 200 organisations, today announced the appointment of two new executives to its leadership team: Debora Jones as Chief Operating Officer and Dr. Kavitha Thangasami as Chief R&D Officer. The two appointments come at a time of rapid growth and momentum for Exterro, as the company has driven record revenue and customer growth over the past fiscal year. As COO, Jones will be a key member of the management team responsible for overseeing the company’s client operations. A…
Mr. Gaurav Sachdeva has been appointed as the CEO of JSW One Platforms, an e-commerce venture by JSW Group. This e-commerce business aims to bring transparency, timely delivery, trust, and ease-of-doing-business digitally for MSMEs. Gaurav transitioned from his role at JSW Ventures where he led venture capital investments for the fund. In his role as the CEO of JSW One Platforms, he aims to create a nimble organization backed by the credibility and scale of JSW Group to create a robust transparent platform that will ease buying and selling of steel and other products for manufacturing and construction MSMEs in…
With a strong focus on organizational agility and resilient work cultures, the 49th IFTDO World Conference & Exhibition is set to take place in the physical format after two years, from May 19-21, 2022. Themed ‘Strategies for an Agile Work Culture: Pathways to the New Age’, the three-day international conference will witness insights and deliberations from eminent Indian and international professionals, industry experts and exhibitors on what organizations can do to support an agile work culture in the post-pandemic era. This will be the 5th time this international conference will be held in India after 2013. IFTDO 2022 will be…
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta), ranked as the #3 best B-School in India (NIRF, 2021) and #1 as per Business Today ranking (2021), has announced the launch of the thirteenth batch of the Executive Programme in Human Resource Management with Emeritus. This 1-year high-impact programme enables evolving and mid-career professionals, including line managers interested in HRM, with a minimum of two years of work experience to advance their people management capabilities through live online and a four-day in-campus immersion at the IIM Calcutta campus. According to a recent Deloitte Insights report (2021), 75% of human resource (HR)…
Piramal Enterprises Limited (‘PEL’) today announced the appointment of Yesh Nadkarni as CEO of Wholesale lending, in Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited (PCHFL), a wholly owned subsidiary of PEL, with a primary focus on real estate lending business. In his role, Yesh will be responsible for further expanding PCHFL’s wholesale lending business, building a high-quality granular book across different real estate segments, establishing, and strengthening key client relationships and using data analytics/AI to enable superior underwriting. Yesh joins PCHFL from global investment firm KKR, where he was Managing Director & CEO of the India Real Estate lending business. Yesh…
Onsurity, India’s first tech-led monthly subscription-based employee health benefits platform has further strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Sarvendu Singh as Head of Technology. He will lead the technology team to make Onsurity, a world-class trusted platform in the B2B segment. Singh will drive the organisation’s technological vision to support its growth journey in the coming years. As the head of Technology, he will be working closely with business, product, and operations to align technology with the organisation’s objective. He will build upon the existing technology foundation, strengthening it further through the right processes, tools, and structures. Mr.…
Centum Learning Limited (CLL), one of the most admired new-age learning solutions companies, and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)®, a top-ranked leadership development organization, announced an exclusive strategic partnership that will give Centum and CCL clients access to state-of-the-art leadership education with performance as a driving factor. The Centum-Center for Creative Leadership Academy India takes a hybrid learning approach powered by best-in-class technology to meet the needs of individuals and organizations with a goal of producing transformational and sustainable impact for every leader level – across industries, communities, and societal sectors. Assessing impact and achieving client ROI will be…
Licious, India’s first D2C unicorn, announced the appointment of Kiran Karthik Pandian as Vice President – Category. With the new appointment, the country’s largest tech-first fresh meats and seafood brand will focus on amplifying growth and profitability as it enters the next phase of evolution. A seasoned leader in e-commerce category management, Kiran brings more than 12 years of rich experience, having managed a wide range of categories including home & kitchen, large appliances, automotive and more, across both B2C and B2B marketplaces. Prior to joining Licious, Kiran led a portfolio of durable product categories at Udaan, where he drove…
MeritTrac Services (backed by UNext Learning, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manipal Education and Medical Group today), announced the launch of TalentNext, a revolutionary next-gen assessment management system with content expertise across domains to help deliver secure and seamless assessments. This unified modular platform ensures centralized visibility for efficient data-driven hiring and recruitment decisions. TalentNext will provide absolute flexibility for the recruiter to define custom workflows that can vary across different use cases. In addition, it gives users plug-and-play solutions and actionable insights to make quick hiring decisions. This solution can be extended to educational institutions for campus placements, test preparation,…
Hero Vired, India’s premium EdTech company for higher education aspirants and professionals, today announced the appointment of Geetika Goel as Head of Technology and Dr. Ankur Sodhi as Associate Vice President for Career Services and Corporate Relations. Both leaders will spearhead their respective teams to prepare for the company’s next phase of growth and expansion. Geetika will report directly to the CEO and serve as a technological and business specialist, making decisions that will affect the company’s present and future operations. She will integrate business objectives and strategy into technology vision and requirements, manage a world-class team of engineers, encourage…
Tekno Point, an award-winning digital experience partner, has announced the appointment of Mr. Saurabh Shah as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Saurabh joins Tekno Point with progressive experience in the sales, go-to-market and management domains. His role as the CRO at Tekno Point will be to spearhead the transformation from a delivery-led to a sales-led organization. He will be responsible for scaling the revenue function and building a high-performing go-to-market engine across sales, marketing, client coverage and revenue operations, as well as driving top line growth and scaling the company’s team on a global level. On his appointment, Mr. Saurabh…
FarEye, a global SaaS platform provider transforming last-mile logistics, today announced the appointment of Judd Marcello as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), based in the United States. In this newly created role, Marcello will lead all facets of marketing to drive brand awareness and growth in key global regions, including the Americas. The news comes soon after the announcement of Chicago as FarEye’s North America Headquarters and movement of its CEO Kushal Nahata to North America. “Judd brings a winning combination of B2B and B2C experience that will help us deliver greater value to the supplier, carrier and consumer communities we…
Avanse Financial Services Ltd, India’s new age, technologically advanced, education-focused non-banking financial company (NBFC), announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Amit Gainda has been elevated to the role of the Managing Director (MD) and CEO of the organization effective 02 March 2022. Amit Gainda joined Avanse in 2017 and transformed the organization into a customer-centric, digitally agile, sustainable profit-driven NBFC. In his new role, Amit will continue to steer the company’s focus and efforts to deliver best in class, enhanced and student-centric financing solutions, positively impacting the overall education ecosystem. Under his strategic guidance and vision, Avanse has strengthened…
Rupeek, India’s leading asset-backed digital lending platform has announced the launch of ‘Rupeek Academy’ in collaboration with the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), an initiative by NSDC. The partnership is aimed at attracting young talent looking to seek career opportunities within India’s gold loan industry. With a vision to create a centre for excellence in developing and managing talent for gold appraisers, Rupeek has set up first of its kind skilling programme as part of Rupeek Academy. On successful completion of the apprenticeship training programme, trainees are absorbed in Rupeek as Loan Managers and awarded an apprenticeship certificate by the…
Home services startup, Myla.in, has launched a special soft skills training programme for digital empowerment of its employees, blue-collared workers, and gig staff. They conduct these training programmes every weekend. With a mission to empower grass-root service providers digitally and transform the way services are delivered to the customers, the Dehradun-based startup actively tries to turn the dream of Digital India true. Till date, Myla.in has trained over 1,000 service providers by imparting them a soft-skills training programme over Zoom and Google Meet. Myla.in also provides self-help videos that explain some common in-person meeting etiquette such as greetings, general introduction,…
Anheuser Busch InBev Global Capability Center (AB InBevGCC) today announced the elevation of Sanjeev Ravindranathan to the position of Global Director –GCC Operations. In his new role, Sanjeev will lead the Global Capability Center at AB InBevin India. Sanjeev will be a successor to Serge De Vos,a seasoned business leader, who has been with AB InBev for over 15 years. He will now be taking on a bigger role as Managing Director, Digital Business Solutionsand take on the responsibility of establishing a new venture within AB InBev in-line with their strategic prioritiesto monetize their ecosystem and build stronger B2B relationships.…
Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading module manufacturers and comprehensive EPC solar solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Mr. Rajendra Kumar Parakh as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) division. Vikram Solar is among the *top five EPC players as per installed EPC base in India, with experience of executing more than 300 projects of cumulative capacity of 1.44 GW. Mr. Parakh has been associated with Vikram solar since 2017 as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He has been at the helm of driving several strategic and financial planning initiatives at Vikram Solar. Mr.…
Simpl, the market leader in 1-tap checkout, today announced the appointment of Vivek Pandey as Vice President – Engineering. In his previous role, Vivek served as Staff Software Engineer at Google India. Vivek has more than 15 years of robust experience in computer science engineering. He also Co-founded QGraph – a marketing automation platform offering android, iOS and web push in 2014, which was eventually sold to Taipei-based Appier. He has completed B. Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur, followed by Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and later an MBA from IIM…