Author: Rahul Mehra
News Editor

Delhi: Shadowfax Technologies, India’s largest crowdsourced third-party logistics platform for last-mile delivery, announced the appointment of Mohan Sitaram as Chief Human Resources Officer. This is a strategic move to help the organization enhance talent and capabilities. Mohan has more than 25 years of HR experience in Banking, IT Services and product companies. He has been in leadership roles for organizations with different business models and led significant expansion, growth, restructuring and cultural transformation. He was part of the core team preparing the organization for listing at the stock exchange. His multi-geographical and leadership stints for other enabling functions make Mohan…

Bengaluru: Skit.ai, the leading Voice AI SaaS company, announced that it had been recognized in the 2022 Gartner Competitive Landscape Report for Conversational AI Platforms 2022. To us, being mentioned in this report is a validation for Skit.ai’s voice technology and solution in the Conversational AI space. Gartner surveyed over 50 prominent Conversational AI platform providers in this Competitive Landscape report. The report mentions 33 vendors in the competitive landscape of conversational AI platform providers based on Gartner’s estimates of providers’ revenue in the calendar year 2021. “We are delighted to be mentioned in Competitive Landscape: Conversational AI Platform Providers by Gartner…

New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd, an oil to chemical, retail and telecom conglomerate, has topped the Wizikey News Score 2022 ranking as the nation’s most visible corporate in the media. Reliance Industries has a NewsScore of 92.56 for 2022; it becomes the first-ever Indian company to cross the threshold of 90. However, Reliance which Mukesh Ambani leads, improved its news score from 84.9 in 2021.  Among all Indian corporates, Reliance Industries has topped Wizikey’s Newsmakers rankings third time in a row. Wizikey’s News Score is the world’s first standardised metric to measure news visibility for brands and individuals using big data,…

Automotive, Engineering & Internet Businesses will capitalize on the Job Market, helping India create a skilled and employable workforce. Huge demand for Internship Opportunities: 89% of Graduates seek Internship opportunities Gender Gap in Employability improves  New Delhi: The Wheebox India Skills Report 2023, in collaboration with CII, Taggd, AICTE, AIU, Sunstone, Pearson, AWS and Economic Times, examines the demand and supply for talent and hiring intent of jobs. The report’s findings suggest that in contrast with last year’s employability figures of 46.2%, 50.3% of young people were found to be highly employable overall, according to ISR 2023, which is a significant…

Gurugram: Shipsy, a leading SaaS-based smart logistics management provider, recently announced its first ESOP buyback. The buyback was open to all existing, full-time employees of Shipsy who have completed at least one year of full-time employment. Shipsy’s early-stage investors have already realized the significant value in the organization’s secondary and buyback transactions in the past one and a half years.  Shipsy is clocking a growth rate of 2.5x YoY. It recorded its recurring revenue growth of over 100% and grew its customer base by 75% last year. To scale its operations, the SaaS provider is rapidly expanding its employee pool…

New Delhi: We Founder Circle (WFC), an early-stage start-up investment platform led by a global community of successful founders and strategic angels, is pleased to be the proud lead sponsor of TGS 2022, a TiE Global Summit annual flagship conference taking place from the 12th to the 14th of December 2022 at the Novotel, HICC, Hyderabad. WFC will announce its ambitious investment strategies at the event, intending to invest in 8 startups in the Andhra-Telangana region in the upcoming calendar year 2023. WFC Co-founders Bhawna Bhatnagar, Deo Saurabh and Vikas Aggarwal, who will also serve on the jury, have announced their…

Karnataka: Ecobillz, a B2B digitization SaaS platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to provide digital operations and back office automation for a hospitality business, has joined hands with the tech giant Shiji Group. Shiji Group is a global technology aggregator that integrates hospitality, retail, entertainment, and F&B businesses through innovative solutions. Ecobillz offers to integrate its environment-friendly paperless digital solutions with Shiji Group’s application platform that serves around 91,000 hotels, 200,000 restaurants and 600,000 stores worldwide. Speaking about the market access understanding, Nitesh Singh Rathore, Founder & CMO of Ecobillz, said, “Technology-driven hospitality business that will make processes smooth and consumer-friendly…

 The book, published by Penguin Random House, was launched by Director IIM Ahmedabad and Chairperson Ashoka University at an impressive event at India International Centre, Lodhi Estate.  New Delhi: Delving on the contemporary ways of life with much enunciation on the entrepreneurial journey, Mukesh Sud and Priyank Narayan have co-authored a book, ‘Leapfrog – Six practices to thrive at work. The book was launched on 1st December at India International Centre, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi.    The book was launched amidst an impressive audience full of faculty, professors, students, and leading personalities from the education sector, such as Dr Pramath Raj Sinha,…

New Delhi: V-Guard Industries (V-Guard) will acquire 100% stake in the Sunflame Enterprise, a kitchen appliance company for a deal pegged at Rs 660 crores on a debt-free and cash-free basis. This definitive agreement was signed today that is on 9th of december 2022. The deal will be funded through a mix of internal accruals and debt. This acquisition is in line with V-Guard’s strategy to become a important player in the domestic kitchen appliances segment. SEPL has a pan-India presence operating under its Sunflame brand. By mid January 2023 the deal is expected to close. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India, Singhi…

Mumbai: Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance (SUD Life), a joint venture between two of the country’s leading public sector banks, Union bank of India and Bank of India, and Japan’s Dai-ichi Life Holdings has appointed H.S. Prannoy as a Brand Ambassador who is Arjuna award-nominated badminton champion. This association marks the first brand partnership signed with the badminton champion, post his historic win at the Thomas Cup. H.S. Prannoy has strongly personified SUD Life’s vision of Enriching Lives and Protecting Families. He has consistently set a high benchmark through his passion and dedication to his sport. Prannoy has continued to move…