From AI to digital marketing: How Indian women professionals are upskilling for successWomen professionals in India are increasingly enrolling in edtech platforms like Coursera, upGrad, and Simplilearn to upskill and stay comp...
02 Mar, 2025, 10.54 AM IST
Varsities have much to learn on diversityA survey of 1,352 higher education institutions in India, including IITs and IIMs, shows only 11.24% are headed by women. Institutions of n...
21 Feb, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
Small cos recorded 10% jobs growth in 2023-24India's small enterprises saw a 10% rise in employment, reaching 120.6 million in 2023-24. The number of establishments increased by 12.7% ...
29 Jan, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
Finance Ministry calls meeting with PSBs to review financial inclusion schemes ahead of budgetFinance ministry has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday with heads of state-owned banks and financial institutions. The purpose of the meeting ...
25 Jun, 2024, 10.58 AM IST
From organ transplantation to software testing, diverse set of women-led startups in Google for Startups Accelerator program: Paul Ravindranath GThe second cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator program focused on supporting women entrepreneurs and their startups become digitally ...
04 Jan, 2024, 10.48 AM IST
Over 60% of employers in India expect PLI scheme to boost hiring in next two years, shows TeamLease surveyThe sectors that will see significant job creation and have positive hiring sentiment include pharmaceutical (68%), white goods (67%) and t...
03 Mar, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
NASSCOM Foundation and Gen empowers 200 women agri-preneurs with digital skillsThe initiative was to digitally upskill over 200 women agri and agri-allied entrepreneurs to enable them to participate in the digital econ...
21 Nov, 2022, 06.45 PM IST
In a first, private sector specialist Mallika Srinivasan appointed chief of govt headhunter PESBThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Srinivasan as the chairperson of PESB for a period of three years...
01 Apr, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
Percentage of women candidates recommended by PESB to top posts in PSUs abysmally low: Parliamentary panelThe Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has been set up with the objective of evolving a sound managerial policy for Central Public S...
24 Mar, 2021, 02.14 PM IST
View: The pace at which the gender gap is being narrowed in boardrooms is dismalThe majority of the 750-plus women directors on Nifty 500 boards play serious roles with considerable professional expertise.
07 Mar, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
Women replace men as HR heads in 60% companiesInterestingly, only 15% among these women have risen vertically to become CHROs. The study reveals the remaining 85% of these movements wer...
25 Dec, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Oracle veteran Thomas Kurian to head Google CloudIn a blog post Friday, Diane Greene said Kurian will join Google Cloud on November 26 and transition into the leadership role in early 2019.
17 Nov, 2018, 03.10 PM IST
Unincorporated units contribute Rs 11.5 lakh crore to economyThe survey revealed that about 11.13 crore workers were engaged in unincorporated non-agricultural enterprises (excluding construction) dur...
29 Jun, 2017, 06.23 PM IST
Why it is difficult for women to break glass ceiling in family-run businessesIn the past two years, as many as 145 women joined the boards of companies run by their families, data compiled by Prime Database Group sho...
03 Jun, 2016, 10.56 AM IST
Women entrepreneurs get a raw deal in IndiaA report said there was a finance gap of Rs 6.37 lakh crore when it came to meeting requirements of women entrepreneurs in MSME sector.
25 Jun, 2015, 10.36 AM IST
HCG acquires land for cancer hospital in Vadodara; scouting in Bhavnagar and SuratIt would be a 100 bed cancer hospital at Vadodara to be build at a total cost of Rs 50 crore.
12 Sep, 2013, 02.38 PM IST
Women achievers like Nandita Luthra of Bharti-Walmart and Geetu Verma of Hindustan Unilever marking a change in India Inc hiring trendsCoke gives a compelling reason - women determine what comes into the home and in what quantity and frequency.
21 Sep, 2011, 11.35 AM IST