Microsoft to help SC-ST students get jobs
12 January, 2013
 KOLKATA: Microsoft and Bournville College of London have been roped in to train Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students for job interviews. The three-month course on 'Personal Development', comprising developing the overall personality of students, improving written and spoken English and providing the basic computer knowledge, is slated to start from December. Ten blocks, including six, in Nadia and four in Bongaon, have been selected where the course will be offered in the b... Mahindra Satyam to hire 1,500 engineering freshers
10 January, 2013
 HYDERABAD : Mahindra Satyam seems to have tightened their recruitment drive ahead of the proposed merger. It said it would go for only need-based hiring next year, besides the 1,500 college graduates it planned to pick for the next financial year. The merger is now facing a couple of petitions in the Andhra Pradesh High Court including the one by the company for statutory permission for the nod. While Tech Mahindra has not indicated any number, Mahindra Satyam has said it would pick 1,500 ca... IT services sector may drive hiring in 2013: Survey
02 January, 2013
  MUMBAI: Information Technology services and pharmaceuticals are likely to drive hiring growth in 2013, to fill mid and senior positions, said HeadHonchos.com, a leading job search and career management portal.  "The data in 'Management Hiring: Perspective report 2012', indicate that IT or software services and pharmaceuticals or life sciences could potentially drive the hiring growth in 2013," HeadHonchos said in a release.  Pharma has emerged as a powerful employer, replacing industries l... TCS to create 16,500 jobs in West Bengal
31 December, 2012
 NEW DELHI: Tata Consultancy Services said its Rs 1,350 crore software development campus in West Bengal will be functional by the end of 2014-15 and will employ 16,500 IT and BPO professionals.  The campus is spread over 40 acres of land near in Rajarhat, near Kolkata.  "Our growing presence in Kolkata continues to be of strategic importance for our overall business growth.  "We remain committed to working in close collaboration with all stakeholders in the state to help development of loca... 10 lakh new jobs expected to come up in 2013: Survey
27 December, 2012
 Job seekers can look forward to a prosperous new year with more than 10 lakh new jobs expected across various sectors including FMCG and retail, says a survey. Coming against the backdrop of uncertain economic conditions, the projected number of new jobs in 2013 is way higher than the estimated 7 lakh employment opportunities created this year, according to the MyHiringClub.com survey, conducted on over 4,450 firms across 12 industry sectors. All these employment opportunities have been proj... Placement: IIT Kharagpur graduates offered Rs 80 lakh per annum salary package
18 December, 2012
 KOLKATA: Placements at IIT Kharagpur have started with a bang. Three students have bagged salaries of Rs 80 lakh per annum while eight others have got annual offers of Rs 75 lakh each from Google and Microsoft.  "All the students are from the computer science department. The three Google recruits will be based in Mountain View, US, while the other eight will be in Redmont," said Rinhul Chandra, vice-president of the student's council in IIT-Kgp. The placements started on December 1 and the fi... Panasonic to hire 3500 people for its Haryana plant by 2018
12 December, 2012
  JHAJJAR: Japanese electronic products giant Panasonic today said it will hire over 3500 people by 2018 at its newly inaugurated plant set up with an investment of USD 200 million (nearly Rs 900 crore) here.  The company's Indian operations also aims to increase its revenue by over two-fold to Rs 25,000 crore by 2015, it said.  While inaugurating the 76-acre plant here, Panasonic India said it will "provide employment to 1,500 people in the first phase and over 2,000 in the second by 2018."... IT company Mindlogicx to hire 1,000 in 2013
07 December, 2012
BANGALORE: Mindlogicx, a tech product development company in the higher education space, announced it will be hiring 1,000 people over the next 6-12 months as part of its expansion plans that will see the company establish a national presence. The company, which has 10 Indian Universities as its customers and a student base of one million, is targeting to double to two million students over the next 12 months, it said in a statement. The city-headquartered company currently has employee streng... The Best Innovation in Telecom, Internet, Media and Edutainment recognized in 3rd Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2012 in New Delhi.
05 December, 2012
  New Delhi - November 1, 2012 – Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2012- India’s largest and the only award in field of TIME (Telecom, Internet, Media and Edutainment) was held on 1st November at Convention center at New Delhi. The awards honored the best innovations in the field of TIME. This award was initiated by Aegis School of Business and Telecom & 21st Convergence India 2013and supported by COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India); PwC as Knowledge Partner for validating the awa... Microsoft India’s Startup Accelerator Accepting Applications For Its Second Batch
26 November, 2012
 Microsoft India has just announced that they will be accepting applications for the second batch of their startup accelerator. The accelerator is for online and technology companies who want to concentrate on the cloud. The accelerator is aptly named Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure. The applications are open till January 15, 2013 post which the scrutiny will begin. There will be a rigorous screening after which 15 deserving startups will be incubated in the offices of the accelerator ...