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- Business Today-Money Today Financial Services Awards honour the best in mutual fund, insurance and pension sectors
The New-age Organisation
India Inc. has not just institutionalised working from anywhere, it is also revisiting hiring strategy, performance management and office space to become agile and nimble
HCC share hits upper circuit on winning Rs 1,259 crore order from NHAI
HCC share has gained 102.26% in one year but fallen 10.73% since the beginning of this year
Mastering Nuts and BOLTs
Bajaj Auto's AI-powered learning platform has been instrumental in upskilling of employees SBI helpline played a key role in boosting employee morale IBM India managed a 20% rise in time spent by employees on learning ACC Ltd ensured focus on equal opportunities for all A consistent emphasis on employee wellness and customised adoption of online tools made Citibank rise on productivity charts The company gives top preference to internal candidates while hiring leaders HCL Tech scaled up health benefit programmes, added to employee-first policies such as flexi timing and pandemic leaves From financial support for work from home to 'Covid leaves' that can be used for care-giving responsibilities to paid sick-time for oneself, Facebook has been offering it all The company came up with dashboards for tracking adherence to norms, customised knowledge-sessions and offered medical support to employees Transitioning to WFH much before the lockdown, Apple's medical benefits helped employees cope better, physically and mentally An inclusive hiring strategy across the employee ecosystem helped Flipkart meet the varied needs of employees Over 150 interventions that addressed specific employee needs were critical in keeping morale high Tata Motors physically delivered 1,518 desktops and 800 laptops from its various offices to employees An HR chatbot is among the several initiatives Abbott India has taken to give its hires a fast path to career growth Accenture decided to train every staffer in latest technology and deployed AI-based chatbot to guide employees Amazon used tech to shift to hybrid model of working and build a diverse, agile workforce during the lockdown Axis Bank has experimented, reskilled and upskilled employees to create a technological workforce, offering virtual roles or project-based contracts to people from diverse backgrounds and geographies Factors that make a company an ideal place to work As job description and roles across sectors transform based on digital goals of companies, diversity and inclusion have become more holistic From a relaxed leave allowance policy to numerous perks for working from home and a peer-to-peer mental health community, Google surely knows how to pamper Googlers An off-job learning series, including cookery and fitness classes; wellbeing sessions for employees; picking up additional expenses beyond medical insurance for the Covid-positive - it was employee-first for HDFC Bank Companies are going beyond physical health and taking care of employees' wellbeing Business Today-Taggd survey identifies workplaces that stand out from the rest due to their cool factor A mother app and digital townhalls are among the several steps ICICI Bank has taken to transform its work culture Microsoft has focused on communication and wellbeing to keep employee morale up Besides calling up employees personally to ensure they were safe, DTDC allowed them to take their own decisions Empathy, job security, flexibility, financial support and medical plans that catered to the needs of employees made companies coolRanking India's Coolest Workplaces
Companies were judged on the basis of four parameters - People Growth Initiative; Going Beyond Business; Wellbeing Initiative and Engagement & Connect Scaling up of the Secure Borderless Work Space platform helped TCS shift its entire workforce to the WFH mode, without even a single day of delivery failure during the pandemic Wipro has reinvented its culture and business, leading to changes in people processes, promotions and hiring
Vagadia, The Time Traveller
"When my children were growing up, I used to travel 21 days a month. Now, I travel with family," says Rajen Vagadia "Sparky had this habit of sitting in my office the whole day. She would come with me from home, and occupy one chair. Sparky also used to join our board meetings," says KeswaniThe Marathon Runners of Hyderabad
The 67-year-old Krishna Prasad Chigurupati, along with his wife, holds the record of being the only couple to have participated in marathons in both North Pole and South Pole, in the same year
Beating COVID-19 Blues
How Business Today-Money Today Financial Awards identified winners across mutual funds, insurance companies and pension funds
The Coolest Ones
The Coolest Workplaces have gone out of their way to protect and comfort workforce in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak
A Mars Shot for India's B-schools
Scoring higher on research will be critical to be among the worlds Top 10 B-Schools
