The latest report by IRENA predicts that India, the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases but 127th in terms of per capita emissions, might generate a million jobs in the coming years.
What is more effective — rewards or recognition? Each has its own advantages. HR Katha finds the right strategy to keep the workforce motivated.
State-run monopoly, Coal India, plans to restructure its workforce by bringing down its number by almost 1 lakh. It will also reduce the average age of its executives from 47 to 30 years in the coming five years.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the two parties to reach out to the underprivileged youth of India and equip them with industry-relevant skills.
This is an internal war for talent. Both teams want him, because he is a low-cost, but highly productive resource.
A diamond export firm in Mumbai has allegedly rejected an applicant on the basis of his faith.
The premier law firm with offices in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi, boasts of 98 partners, over 400 lawyers and a total staff of more than 650 professionals. It has hired over 70 students from various leading law schools for 2015–2016.
A significant number of Indian companies are prepared to manage culture and engagement-related issues.
Hero Mindmine, India’s premier Learning and Development Company, and a part of the Hero Group, is in an expansion mode…
Talview Candidate App enables candidates to spruce up their abilities for interviews through video interviews and solving aptitude tests for practice.
The real pleasure for a corporate mother-in-law leader is to stress out others by the virtue of their authority. Negotiating employee happiness with unrealistic and impatient demands is at the core of their leadership. They convert an organisation into a dungeon.
Veuon, a Chennai-based company, has launched the first-of-its-kind mobile application to connect job providers and jobseekers through global positioning system.
Organisations today are trying new methods to attract as well as retain talent. For instance, recently one of the large traditional Indian business conglomerates decided to go for a five-days-a-week because employees voted for it.
A collaborative skill development programme by NSDC and Essar Foundation, named ‘Ajeevika’, is expected to kick off by June 2015 in Delhi NCR and Ahmedabad.
Despite the fact that Indian CXOs fail to gauge their employees’ needs, the Indian workforce is among the happiest lot in the world. SucessFactors, a SAP company, identifies these gaps.
After years of meditation to understand work-life balance, the realization that’s dawned on our boss is, ‘Work is Worship’.
Adil Malia, group president, HR at Essar group, has worked across industries, cultures, regions and functions. From FMCG to hardcore engineering and infrastructure; from a Global MNCs such as GE, Coca-Cola to promoter led companies such as Essar and Godrej; from India to West Asia from employee relations, training, HRM, organisational development to marketing in tactical and strategic roles.
He shares with HR Katha his candid views on the state of human resources function in India.
IIT Nagpur will be started on a public-private partnership (PPP) model and will come up on 39.96 hectare land behind Sutgirni, off Wardha Road, about 20km from city.
Kyran joined TI India as a human resources manager in 2004. Since then he has moved up the ladder and has held several important positions including global roles.
The company is eyeing the IITs, IIMs and NITs for its recruitment drive.
The company hopes to continue its growth by improvising HR practices and talent management.
With more than 25 years of experience in the field of human resources, Lall is fully equipped to understand the needs of the industry.
Training programmes have been launched by Tata Power to provide employment opportunities to underprivileged students.
A strategy is different from a problem. Change your ways and tackle each separately.
This tool not only allows people to evaluate work patterns and the time spent on multiple activities during the day, but also suggests effective alterations for improving productivity.
Our organisation is enforcing the no-smoking culture by pushing smokers to the edge!!