Indian corporate houses remain positive for hiring persons with disabilitiesIndian companies are increasingly hiring people with disabilities (PwDs), driven by social responsibility and strategic advantages. A notab...
16 Mar, 2025, 03.32 PM IST
New year, renewed push: India Inc unites for more diversityCorporate India is boosting DEI efforts in 2024. Companies like Axis Bank, Deutsche Bank, RPG Group, SAP India, Mphasis, and UpGrad are foc...
04 Jan, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
LGBTQIA+ inclusion picks up speed in India IncFlipkart has opened a delivery hub in Delhi-NCR run entirely by LGBTQIA+ employees, marking a first in India. Companies like Wells Fargo, A...
13 Sep, 2024, 11.32 PM IST
From IITs to IIMs, leading educational institutions in India dial up efforts to attract students with disabilitiesIITs and IIMs, including IIT Madras and IIM Calcutta, prioritize inclusivity by supporting students with disabilities like Sachin Kumar. Th...
05 May, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Outer Manipur LS seat: A total of 529 Internally Displaced Voters will exercise their franchise in 9 special polling stationsThe outer Manipur parliamentary seat will go to polls on Friday, with 529 Internally Displaced Voters exercising their franchise in nine sp...
26 Apr, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
At least one booth in every Delhi constituency to be manned by differently-abled: CEODelhi promotes inclusivity by having at least one polling booth in each parliamentary constituency manned by persons with disabilities. Mos...
22 Apr, 2024, 09.39 PM IST
Diageo India signs MoU with SCPwD to train students under ‘Learning for Life’ programmeAlcobev maker Diageo India (United Spirits) partners with the Skill Council for People with Disabilities (SCPwD) to train 300 Persons with ...
01 Apr, 2024, 07.01 PM IST
Budget 2024: Why these schemes need special awareness drivesThe National Trust of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, has various schemes for the inclusion of “Divyan...
31 Jan, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
Expert panel set up by UGC to ensure non-discriminatory environment for SC, ST students in universitiesA two-member bench of justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh raised concern about SC and ST student suicides while adjudicating a public inter...
06 Aug, 2023, 11.14 AM IST
Karnataka to go to polls on May 10, results on May 13Karnataka currently has 119 MLAs of the ruling BJP, while Congress has 75 and its ally JD(S) has 28 seats. The current term of the assembly...
29 Mar, 2023, 12.34 PM IST
Enabling ‘Businesses for the Future’ to serve the ‘Consumers of the Future’: The Mahindra storyIts latest campaign #TogetherWeRise lends a modern-day voice to its 77-year-old legacy of values and Mahindra’s unwavering belief that what...
23 Jan, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
TANCET Rank List for MBA and MCA to be released today; counseling to start in SeptThe TANCET Rank List 2022 which will be released today is to facilitate and streamline the counselling process for the MBA and MCA admissio...
25 Aug, 2022, 11.37 AM IST
India Inc is not creating inclusive workplace for LGBT employeesColleagues with disabilities and LGBTQ communities usually find little space in companies' HR strategies.
24 Nov, 2018, 06.50 AM IST
Election Commission's bid to hold disabled-friendly polls crippled by lack of dataThe state’s chief electoral officer has directed the formation of state, district, taluk and village level committees to implement and moni...
06 Mar, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
How politics is putting a dampener on the government's social sector initiativesAs Modi government completes two years in Delhi, ET takes a look at how the big-ticket social sector initiatives are progressing.
18 May, 2016, 11.56 AM IST
What tech companies do to make the road smoother for persons with disabilitiesAccenture also recently completed the first New Joiner Orientation for a group of hearing and speech impaired employees over Tele Presence,...
03 Dec, 2014, 07.10 AM IST
Differently-abled: Some companies make sure their special-needs staff is as efficient as anyone elseIn welcoming differently-abled people into their ranks, some companies are making sure their special-needs staff is as comfortable and effi...
26 Oct, 2013, 12.44 PM IST