IIT Roorkee Students Bag 7 International Offers Until Day 3 Of Placements

In this interview with Project Leaders Magazine (PLM), Aryaman Tandon, Managing Partner, and Co-Founder, Praxis Global Alliance, dives into the firm’s unique ‘game changing’ approach to business transformation. We will understand his vision and explore how Praxis Global Alliance combines deep industry knowledge with innovative technologies to create custom solutions that drive growth for businesses of all sizes, across all sectors.

As investments continue to flow in the diganostic segment with pharma companies penetrating the space, according to a report released by Praxis Global Alliance, a global management consulting and advisory services firm

India's plastic waste output also doubled between the said period, the report titled 'Plastics, The Potential and Possibilities' said.

Every year brings its share of blessings, challenges, opportunities, and learnings. 2020 has been a crucial year in bringing lifelong lessons in all respects. From the corner office to the shop floor, 2020 has been an exceptionally tough, black-swan-event year. With a turbulent first half and a recuperating rest of the year, we are looking forward to 2021 to inch us closer to realizing our dreams and aspirations.

India’s automobile sector is emerging out of the headwinds of COVID-19 and continuing on its path to becoming the third-largest automobile market.

Not just international but even domestic packages have seen a jump at the ongoing first phase of final placements process at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year.

Students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee have received 7 international offers. Till the third day of the final placement, the institute has received 484 job offers including pre-placement offers (PPOs). Some results are still awaited.

The third day of placements at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) saw the trend of 15-20 percent increase in job offers and salary packages continue.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has begun the placement drive on December 1. Till the third day of the placement sessions, the institute has received 484 job offers including pre-placement offers (PPOs). This year, despite the challenges faced due to COVID-19 pandemic, students at IIT Roorkee have received seven international offers.

Future of work is digital, shifting at an unprecedented rate, due to the COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19 offers a silver lining for eHealth platforms — to embrace change, join forces, and to innovate, creating real value in the healthcare ecosystem

A win-win for Indian and foreign brands - only pride and no prejudice in a self-reliant Indian market

It's the right time to invest in paid digital advertising and automation platforms as virtual on-demand events and content will grow significantly coupled by a sharp rise in screen time on smartphones.

We have come out with 3 design principles for re-accelerating the trade digitization journey, which has been lagging because of several factors in spite of inconveniences experienced by customers.

The impact from the pandemic to the global economy is estimated to be $2 Tn

Audio in India has finally made its long-awaited homecoming. As people, Indians have long trusted and cherished the power of the audible medium as an integral part of their culture.

Vipul has joined as the Advisor and Domain Leader in the HiTech IT and Tech practice with other eminent industry practitioners.

When more than 350 startup founders dialled into a Zoom video call, organised recently by TiE Mumbai and hosted by prolific startup investor Sanjey Mehta, a partner at an early-stage venture-capital fund (VC) shared a story.

This week on Startup Street, a bigger picture of the problems plaguing India’s startup ecosystem, what the community wants and what is being done, at a time Covid-19 stalled businesses temporarily.

India’s consumer goods giants and legacy retailers are forging unique alliances with online aggregators to tide over the logistical hurdles created by the Covid-19 pandemic.

India’s coronavirus lockdown is taking a toll on its startups. Over 25% of these companies have already announced across-the-board pay-cuts, according to a recent survey of CEOs. Another 37% are “actively considering” such a step.

As the country is facing a shortage of masks and ventilators in its fight against Covid-19, the auto industry, which has huge manufacturing facilities and expertise, has chipped in.

Four months ago when a Bengaluru-based start-up focused on niche adventure tourism for corporate executives made its pitch to investors, its prospects looked promising.

The lockdown triggered by the coronavirus outbreak may prove propitious for OTT platforms, which have seen a surge in new subscribers and increased consumption of late.

This market is projected to soar to $5.5-b by 2021. Male grooming has come of age and is creating quite a lather.

Stiff competition from entrenched rivals and lack of timley updates were the two main reasons behind the continuous fall in Duster's volumes.

At the dawn of the new decade, the 2020 Budget was expected to be one of the most influential ones for the Indian startup ecosystem, especially in view of the slowing economy and not-so-strong consumer sentiment globally and in India. New initiatives will go a long way in making the new-age Indian startup entrepreneur a lot more confident.

Rising wholesale and consumer inflation and a general slowdown in consumer demand have affected India’s GDP growth. This year’s Budget did not enthuse corporates and investors as much as the finance minister would have liked

While Aura will cater to individual customers, will be meant for fleet operators and cab aggregators

Indian startups received 25 per cent of the total $21 billion capital raised from private equity investors in India in 2018. As of 2019, India has more than 20,000 startups, about 9,000 of which are in the technology and Internet space.

Healthcare has become one of India's largest sectors both in terms of revenue and employment. For the medical supplies segment particularly, Asia is projected to be the fastest-growing region owing to factors such as the rising geriatric population, increasing incidence of various diseases, growing medical tourism industry, and improving healthcare infrastructure.

India’s slump-hit consumer goods sector is high on hope in the run-up to the union budget for financial year 2021.

Even though the Indian auto industry was struggling with historically low sales last year, Renault India clocked 15.24% growth during April-December

In a significant move, the Union Cabinet on January 8, 2020, cleared an ordinance that throws open coal mining to non-coal companies while removing restrictions on end-use of the fuel with an aim to boost investment and output.

India is still at a nascent stage of the EV (electric vehicle) revolution, unlike some of its western counterparts, and even China.

Sequoia Capital and Mahindra & Mahindra backed self-driving car rental Zoomcar is betting on the electric vehicle (EV) segment and plans to add 2,500-3,000 more EVs.

SPJIMR has completed placements for the PGDM Class of 2020, with the average annual salary pegged at Rs 26.36 lakh, a 15.1% growth over last year. The median annual salary is Rs 25 lakh

People visit Hyderabad to get a whiff of its former glory of Nawabs and their fascination with pearls that lingers on in shops in every nook and corner.

Tucked away in a nondescript lane on the outskirts of Bengaluru, is the sorting facility of e-commerce giant Flipkart. Walking into the hangar-like building, you can hear grinding metallic noises.

Gurugram-based online travel agency (OTA) platform HappyEasyGo has raised INR 350 Cr ($49.4 Mn) in its Series B+ funding round.

Bangalore has been featured on the global list of top 25 high-tech cities, and rightly so for most of the people residing there not only work for technology but are literally being the face of rapidly changing technology.

"Praxian Global announces the opening of a New Office in Gurugram"

With an aim to modernize the e-learning space in India and revamp its image, TikTok plans to launch an education initiative where it will offer small lessons from English slang to nutrition.

After a $400 million investment from SoftBank in early 2019, FirstCry is changing gears—gone is its slow and steady ethos, now it’s about growth at all costs

Healthcare will be a dominant theme in India over the next few decades. But with a largely self - financed healthcare system, robust top-line growth will be a challenge for several hospital chains for a while. Disease profiles are changing and becoming more chronic, and interesting models are emerging to service this demand. In addition, the thrust on insurance is also opening up a wider market.

In the past 5 years, Titan's reliance on the jewelry business for its top line and bottom-line growth has gone up.

Digital payments are driving the fintech (financial technology) revolution in India, with transactions stacking up to $64 billion in 2017-18

In 2018, by introducing Ayushman Bharat - PMJAY, which ensures universal coverage for 500M Indians, the Indian Government has been anticipating support from the private sector in uplifting the country's healthcare status.

Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics (MDAE), one of India’s top institutes for post-graduate Economics courses, recently completed its placement drive for the batch of 2018-19 successfully

Fintech startups that offer stocks and mutual fund investments are relying on specialised content to ensure investors do not drop off, at a time when stock market volatility is on the up.

Economic Times | Fintech startups that offer stocks and mutual fund investments are relying on specialised content to ensure investors do not drop off, at a time when stock market volatility is on the up.

Fintech lending startups are putting in place a mix of physical and online processes to ensure a healthy loan book, developing an omnichannel strategy at a time when asset-quality challenges have emerged and borrowing costs have shot up.

In a move to leverage India’s growing travel industry, Amazon is offering customers cash back on domestic flight bookings from August 12 to August 20.

Fashion week, big-designer collections, and a pivot to green fabrics- ITC  tried everything to make its lifestyle- retailing business work.

Affirma Capital, a newly formed, independent private equity firm to be managed by the team from Standard Chartered Private Equity, has agreed to invest in the Tirupati Group, a leading nutraceuticals-focussed contract research and manufacturing company in India.

The health insurance scheme, which some feel focuses on tertiary case, has got a big funding boost in the budget, while other healthcare programs took a backseat.

A fleet owner can also monitor, assess and compare the performance of all his drivers and take action accordingly.

CricBuzz, a mobile app for cricket news, was the second most downloaded application in the world during the April to June quarter, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

Ola Electric Mobility (Ola Electric), the ride-hailing firm’s electric vehicle arm, has raised $250 million from Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank, according to regulatory documents.

At a time when tech companies and startups in India have kick-started a revolution in the country for building top innovations, issues related to government policies are presenting a huge challenge to these firms.

A differential voting right to founders helps them to have a critical say in the various strategic direction of the company such as mergers and acquisitions, and fundraising, among others.

Tucked away in a lane in the Bengaluru suburb of Peenya, and surrounded by temples, garment shops and provision stores, lies the nondescript factory of Suparna Plastics.

Short-video apps such as ByteDance’s TikTok and Bigo Live are increasing the quantity of educational content for Indian users after facing censure for inappropriate content on its platforms.

In the early phase, job opportunities at e-commerce and food-tech companies attracted youth in smaller towns and semi-urban areas towards big cities

Live-commerce apps use videos to pitch products mainly to non-metro customers -  a space entrepreneurs believe traditional e-commerce hasn't fully captured.

Ixigo, which competes with Google's hotel and flight search, said that its FY19 net revenue has increased to Rs 113.5 crore from Rs 67.73 crore in FY18.

The world always had nomads. But increasing demands, altering lifestyle and living in a digitized world along with the restraints of time have made way for what nowadays is being called the “digital nomads.”

Amazon has started offering flight tickets booking on its platform loaded with cashback for both -- Prime and non-Prime customers.

When it was asked on a social media platform “What does wellness mean to you?”. Here is what the netizens had to say.

Gurugram and New York-headquartered online travel company MakeMyTrip has announced its performance for the quarter and the year ending March 31, 2019.

Sadar Bazaar, Delhi’s iconic wholesale market, finds a mention several times during a conversation with Grofers founder Saurabh Kumar. 

India's Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities were the most-traveled destinations in 2018, according to a trends report based on bookings done through Paytm Travel. The report said that the Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities accounted for about 60 percent of the growth in domestic travel last year. 

The deals are driven by a new regulation in December 2017, which allowed PE firms to come in as promoters in insurance firms and exit after a lock-in period of five years

Voice is becoming a key mode of communication for smart devices. Be it smart digital assistants or smart speakers, here’s how voice is the next big thing in tech, and where India stands in the change.

Most of the growth in the Indian travel market would come from the increasing penetration of international flight and hotel bookings offered by online portals.

Sports, fitness and wellness (SFW) market in India will grow from $35 billion in 2016 to $90 billion by 2022

Here’s How a Win in India Can Boost Amazon.com, Inc. Stock Even Higher

Flipkart's small-town push for Big Billion sale

The Indian e-commerce sector has become the biggest battleground of two influential tech billionaires. Life is too short to do anything small.” Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder of the Japanese technology giant SoftBank, lives by this credo.

As Flipkart settles down from the exuberance of its biggest capital-raise, it would have to hastily explore ways to regain momentum against its closest rival, Amazon India, reports Mugdha Variyar.

Online grocery startup Grofers said it has doubled its gross sales in the past four months, with current annualized sales of about $120 million or Rs 768 crore, as it revs up its sales in the online retail segment, which is expected to see consolidation