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- The Abbott group is rated one of the country's best places to work because of its people-focused policies - it helps staffers every step of the way so they can attain their personal goals and, in turn, help the organisation achieve its overall goals.
- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is fast emerging as a respected brand in the job market. A professional work culture has helped the company leapfrog into the top 25 of Business Today's list of best companies to work for.
- With its youthful workforce, Axis Bank's biggest draw is the manner in which it combines the best of the public and private sectors public and private sectors. Its drive to promote women is also one of the reasons. FULL COVERAGE
- Lower growth rates and continued uncertainty in the IT industry's export markets have started reflecting in the industry leading to lower hiring, niggardly promotions and timid salary increments.
- The annual BT-PeopleStrong Survey, carried out in association with Naukri.com lists out companies that make for the best workplaces. The survey tries to capture how employees of companies in India perceive workplaces, what they aspire to, and to understand their key concerns and drivers at work.
- Accenture India now has more than 90,000 employees. Globally, it invested $850 million in 2012 on training and professional development - an average of 52 hours per person. The company has climbed six spots in the pecking order in the 'Best Companies to Work For' listing. Full Coverage of Best Employers Survey
- Google India's cool work culture and policy of pushing people to pursue their passion makes it the most attractive company for employees in India today.
- The survey aims to provide feedback to companies on what the employee marketplace thinks of them, which qualities in a company are considered important by employees, which factors attract people, which demoralise them, etc.
- Rankings by sector, region, reasons for employees changing jobs; breakup of the survey's respondent profile, and other insights.
News that you may have missed last fortnight
Infosys CEO S.D. Shibulal and CFO Rajiv Bansal have reasons to cheer as India's third-largest IT exporter, which had lost its way over the last two years and was growing somewhat slower than its rivals, reported net profits of Rs 2,374 crore for the quarter ended June 2013. The company held on to its guidance of 6 to 10 per cent growth for 2013/14.
Ishrat Jahan encounter: How things work
The recent chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation maintaining that Ishrat Jahan and three others had been killed in cold blood by the Gujarat police, has once again drawn attention to the persisting problem of fake encounters in India.Ensuring rural access to bank credit is one of the keys to poverty alleviation
Rural India is home to some 83 crore people, about 70 per cent of the population. Ensuring rural access to bank credit is one of the keys to poverty alleviation. But financial inclusion is still a distant dream. Rural India gets only a small fraction of the total credit disbursed by banks.Review: Sony CyberShot DSC-HX300 and LG 55LA8600
A mobile app for office work, the camera with the steadiest zoom, and an awesome TV.Rupee fall has made the need for energy reform all the more urgent
India's current economic crisis - the current account deficit is at a historic 5 per cent of GDP - has catalysed the steps to reform the sector. A widening CAD has weakened the rupee, making fuel imports costlier.Implementing the Food Security Ordinance will be a big challenge
The success and failure of the scheme will depend on the states as they need to implement and monitor it. Over the next six months, they will have to identify beneficiaries and frame guidelines for the implementation.
Opportunities growing for those seeking a career in research
Opportunities are growing in the corporate world for those seeking a career in research with start-ups mushrooming across sectors from information technology to consumer goods. Many companies say they are spending more on R&D and hiring for R&D is also up.
Mumbai-based music instrument dealer is betting that India needs more piano tuners and repairers
A Mumbai-based music instrument dealer is betting that India needs more piano tuners and repairers, and has set up a school totrain them.Cracking the rural market a tough task for organised retail chains
Despite rural incomes and consumption rising steadily in the past few years, rural retail chains have not been able to match the success of their urban counterparts.Air India's recent performance offers hope of a comeback
The carrier posted earnings before tax, interest, depreciation and amortisation of Rs 19 crore in 2012/13. The achievement is significant, considering that the airline has been making losses for the past seven years.Why the govt cannot afford to scrap the Jet Airways-Etihad deal
The UAE is New Delhi's largest trading partner: trade between the two countries stood at $74.4 billion in 2012/13.Uninor, which lost some 10 million subscribers from January to March, is close to breaking even
Despite losing some 10 mn subscribers from Jan to March, Uninor expects to break even in terms of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. In other words, it expects revenues to equal the cost of operation. It has also advanced its target to break even on cash flow by two years.Banking licence: How banks will manage the shift from their existing business models
The biggest challenge for financial services companies in the race to set up new banks will be to manage the shift away from their existing business models. They will also have to gain public trust and establish a strong brand identity amid stiff competition from established private as well as state-run lenders.Events are connecting start-up entrepreneurs in their lonely journey
Big-ticket events such as NASSCOM's Product Enclave and The Indus Entrepreneur's TiECon, as well as a growing number of small gatherings, are helping the start-up entrepreneurs multiply their opportunities to build product prototypes, present ideas, and meet peers and investors.Indian rupee's slump has shattered business sentiment
The Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey for the April-to-June period of 2013 found that sentiment among corporate leaders turned for the worse for the first time in four quarters, due mainly to a steep drop in the value of the rupee.HDFC is putting the building blocks in place to grow its education venture Credila
The mortgage lender is putting the building blocks in place to grow its education venture Credila. The demand for education loan is growing at a fast clip because of the rising cost of higher studies and the inability of parents to meet these expenses with their savings.
Innovative uses the tablet is being put to are mind boggling.
The innovative uses the tablet is being put to are mind boggling.
Best companies to work for: Indian Railways is an employer like none other
The statistics are mindboggling! With staff strength of 1.4 million, the Railways - which completed 160 years in April this year - is the biggest employer in the country. In 2012/13 alone, it recruited 156,000 more employees.
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'Our annual Best Companies to Work For survey is a voyage of discovery'
Our annual Best Companies to Work For survey is a voyage of discovery, and every year the navigational charts are changing as more and more young Indians insert the magic letters "in" before "dependent" and sally forth from pocket money to real money in their pockets.
Luminous Power Technologies Rakesh Malhotra admires his father
Rakesh Malhotra, Founder & Chairman, Luminous Power Technologies admires his father M.L. Malhotra, an IAS officer, who taught him patience and hard work.
Three new ways to look at employee engagement
The past three years' studies were focused purely on the perception and aspirations of employees, but this year's result clearly shows that the employee is looking at hard-core reality with meaningful returns for her career as well as a well carved-out path to meet her aspirations.
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