From 'lower middle class' Tamil family, he missed IIT Madras CSE by just 0.01, was rejected by MIT. Today, he is the CEO of a $20 billion AI startupPerplexity cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas turned academic setbacks into a remarkable AI career. After missing IIT Madras Computer Scien...
06 Oct, 2026, 10.21 AM IST
Canada updates and personalise work permit processing time, what does it mean for Indians?The Canadian government has launched a new feature that provides exact estimates for processing times related to work permit extensions and...
05 Oct, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
An offer is not a job! Cover the risks between your old payslip and the new - 8 things you must understand in detailCover the risks between your old payslip and the new one, says Devashish Chakravarty. Read the print on your offer before you re sign. Rout...
05 Oct, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Degree in one hand, AI course in the other: College students aren’t waiting for classrooms to catch up with jobsAmid rapid technological advancements, college students are embracing online learning platforms like Coursera and Simplilearn to equip them...
04 Oct, 2026, 08.21 AM IST
Books, coffee and banking: Anup Bagchi the ICICI lifer set to lead HDFC BankAnup Bagchi, who has spent 34 years at ICICI Group, will join HDFC Bank as managing director. He has held various leadership roles, oversee...
01 Oct, 2026, 09.30 PM IST
IIT, IIM paychecks hit pause as median campus salaries stay flat for Class of 2027IIT graduates from the Class of 2027 are expected to see median compensation remain flat at Rs 16.46 lakh per annum, while top IIM packages...
30 Sep, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
AI is pushing India campus hiring towards skills and job readinessIndia’s campus hiring market remains resilient, but employers are becoming more selective, with demand concentrated in specialised skills, ...
30 Sep, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
IIT Madras study finds highly educated professionals among financial cybercrime victimsA study by IIT Madras indicates that educated professionals are frequent victims of financial cybercrime. The research highlights that high...
29 Sep, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
Farmer’s son from a remote Madhya Pradesh village cracked IIT Bombay, earned a dual degree, now has Rs 10,000 crore net worth and runs Bengaluru-based GrowwLalit Keshre, co-founder and CEO of Bengaluru-based Groww, was raised in a farming family in Lepa, Madhya Pradesh and studied in the only E...
29 Sep, 2026, 07.26 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2026: Armatrix targets 10-12 pilots, commercial deployment of snake-like robotic arms in 2028Armatrix won the Best on Campus category at The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026 for its 3-5 metre long snake-like robotic arms designed ...
28 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Dev Prabhakar Singh Tomar, grandson of Chambal 'baaghi', gets UPSC success: How after leaving his high-paying Netherlands job, he went on to secure Rank 629Dev Prabhakar Singh Tomar secured All India Rank 629 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025 after several setbacks. An IIT Ropar Elect...
27 Sep, 2026, 11.43 PM IST
Manipur selects 25 graduates for semiconductor SMT training at IIT MadrasManipur has selected 25 graduates from Minority, OBC and SC communities for a 15-day residential Semiconductor Surface Mount Technology (SM...
25 Sep, 2026, 10.09 AM IST
As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job marketThe elevated jobless rate in the field - at around 7.1% for recent computer science and computer engineering graduates, according to an Ass...
25 Sep, 2026, 09.10 AM IST
IITs to restrict 22 companies from campus hiring over unhonoured job offersThe Indian Institutes of Technology will not cooperate with 22 companies for recruitment over the next two years. This decision follows rep...
24 Sep, 2026, 11.28 PM IST
India’s senior techies with 12 years of experience are going back to class, and AI is the reasonA recent collaboration between IIT Kharagpur and upGrad reveals a dramatic increase in demand for AI executive programmes aimed at experien...
23 Sep, 2026, 02.24 PM IST
Techie claims he met delivery partner laid off from IT sector on the day he joined new job, says conversation ‘broke him’A software professional shared an emotional account of meeting a delivery partner who was once employed in the IT sector. The man, a 2024 c...
22 Sep, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
IIM graduate reveals he has applied to over 250 jobs and been singlehandedly rejected: ‘Not one callback’The job market is pretty brutal for tech and MBA graduates right now. A Redditor revealed how he has not been able to land a callback from ...
19 Sep, 2026, 10.54 PM IST