Tag: Startups
Millennials and startups: A match made in heaven
Celebrated evolutionary biologist, Dr Richard Dawkins often says, “The Why questions are just silly!” He was referring to how people ask, ‘Why does life...
Budget -2019 spurts employment opportunities and encourages entrepreneurship
Budget-2019 is iconic in more ways than one. The presenter, Nirmala Sitharaman, has joined a field that has been dominated by men for decades....
Infosys’ new design and innovation studio in London can accommodate 250...
Infosys, the Indian multinational IT services company, has opened a new Experience Design & Innovation Studio in Shoreditch, London, recently, which can accommodate about...
Boeing’s BUILD to help students soar high with their innovations
With the objective of encouraging innovation and skill development in India, Boeing, the American multinational company that manufactures aeroplanes, satellites and missiles, recently launched...
IIT Madras students bag 1,146 job offers, from 298 companies
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) witnessed a 15 per cent hike in campus placements this year, with students being made a total...
Facebook to mentor and support promising startups
At a recent summit hosted by Facebook, the social-media giant announced the India Innovation Accelerator programme. Within this programme, it will lend support to...
How these startups cultivate unique practices to retain talent
Casual fun and innovativeness combined with the required level of seriousness towards business can keep employees motivated, disciplined and loyal.
Hari TN: The unconventional HR thinker
Hari TN, the head of HR at Big Basket is now known as the start-up HR guy. This IITian and IIM graduate, spent long years at Tata Steel, first as an engineer and then in HR. He has also been through two mergers and acquisitions. He believes, in start-ups, jargons don’t count because one has to execute, perform and make things happen in real time.
LEARN- ENGAGE- TRANSFORM
Time to up your game: Use digital learning to upskill your...
Today’s ‘new skills economy’ is placing a whole new set of demands on organisations, as far as talent management is concerned. With jobs increasingly...
Employee Benefits & Engagement
How to keep the creative workforce engaged
As an employer, you deal with all kinds of employees— some slow, others energetic, some smart, and yet others dim witted. However, you will...
Compassionate leadership and employee engagement
We all know that leaders have the ability to make or break an organisation. We also know that leaders need to possess certain qualities...
Pedal your way to health
‘A desk connected to a digital exercise bike can help burn calories’, said the headline. Before long, another headline caught my eye, ‘Get work...
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A new squad structure brings in renewed agility at Aegon
While agility and performance are hot topics for organisations these days, companies dealing in life insurance have mostly stuck to the traditional way of...
HDFC’s HackitUp challenge to hire people in AI and machine learning
Hackathons are becoming rather popular today, with several companies in the IT and tech industry using these hackathon challenges to hire the best of...
How to keep the creative workforce engaged
As an employer, you deal with all kinds of employees— some slow, others energetic, some smart, and yet others dim witted. However, you will...
Uber determined not to treat drivers as employees
Uber Technologies has been caught up in a legal argument wherein the Company has been trying to prove that its drivers are simply independent...
DIALOGUE
“Archaic HR processes force millennials to switch jobs often,” Niti Khosla, lead people analytics...
Friendly and jolly Niti Khosla, lead-people analytics and business impact, Novartis International, is a true HR leader with the ability to understand people and...
“Traditional organisations use ‘startups’ as proxy to build an agile organisation,” Rahul Garg, founder,...
Moglix offers a variety of products from safety and electronics to office tools. The Company aims to make an impact worth $100 billion dollars...
“A true leader is not dependent on title or designation,” Dwarakanath
It was a Friday afternoon, when the HRKatha team got the opportunity to meet a man who is not just a recognised leader but...
