NEW DELHI: Ashoka University, a private liberal arts institution in Haryana, will introduce a science programme for undergraduates in the academic year 2017-18. The university will have new departments dedicated to physics, biology and environmental sciences, in addition to existing departments of humanities and social sciences, mathematics, computer science and psychology, said Malabika Sarkar, principal […]
MUMBAI: The top five Indian IT firms will report their worst second-quarter results in a decade, as analysts fear a slew of factors will mute the sector’s growth for the rest of the year, and prompt the industry to cut full year forecast. Slowing growth in the banking and financial services sector, Britain’s decision to […]
TECH CHECK Coding contests, puzzles & hackathons emerge as popular ways to assess whether the student has the skills Last month, when IDeaS Revenue Solutions went to the College of Engineering, Pune to make its annual recruitment pitch, MD KS Prashant stayed silent for most parts of it. Instead, he let Sid and Kiara do […]
Around 48 per cent of employers in India report difficulty in filling jobs due to talent shortage. Despite a million people entering the workforce every month in India, a higher proportion of employers in the country face talent shortage as compared to their global counterparts, says a survey. According to global staffing solutions provider ManpowerGroup, […]
Placement officers and students at other IITs including those in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kharagpur and Guwahat… Read More NEW DELHI | MUMBAI: Pre-placement offersto students at theIndian Institutes of Technologyhave scaled a record high this year, indicating a bumper recruitment season ahead amid growing inclination among leading employers to hire through the tried-and-tested internship route. […]
KOLKATA: IIT-Kharagpur’s stellar run at the annual placements continues this year with the highest salary offered sailing past Rs 1.5 crore, according to insiders, even though the institute officially did not reveal the amount in keeping with its privacy policy. Altogether, eight candidates had bagged attractive international offers -including the blockbuster one by an MNC […]
MUMBAI: One leg of an IITian is in India, the other in Air India, went a popular wisecrack in the late 1980s and early ’90s. Every year hundreds of freshly minted engineers from these highly rated institutes would fly westward. This time, the template followed by several graduating classes was disrupted as many turned down […]
Less than 20 per cent of graduate engineers in Gujarat get jobs. In certain branches like civil engineering, the campus placement figure is abysmally low at 5%. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) data for 2015-16 reveals that out of 11,190 students who passed computer science only 3,407 got placed. For the same year, […]
The study noted that while more than 60% candidates cannot even write code that compiles, only 1.4% can wri… Read More NEW DELHI: Talent shortage is acute in the IT and data science ecosystem in India with a survey claiming that 95% of engineers in the country are not fit to take up software development […]
Murthy feels business leaders should ask themselves a few questions before making major decisions For Narayana Murthy, capitalism must be compassionate. The Infosys co-founder recently questioned the decision of the IT company’s board to pay hefty salaries to its C-suite members. He also raised concerns about the governance practices of the company. This is expected […]
