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Railway calls for speedy disposal of transfer requests on spouse ground

The Railway Board has directed the zonal railways to expeditiously dispose of pending requests of employees for transfer to the station or place of posting of their respective spouses. The communication to the principal chief personnel officers of 15 zones on August 17 came after the board received a number of representations from railway employees and their associations about delays or denial on their spouse ground transfer requests despite having a laid down policy. "It is requested that all such pending requests may be examined and disposed of in terms of laid down policy, the letter stated, adding that the respective zones should apprise the board a summary of all pending and cleared requests along with reasons for the delay. The board is of the view that after the digitisation process of Human Resource Management System (HRMS), such requests should not be pending for long. On August 20 last year, the board issued a similar direction asking for "information pertaining to dispos

Over half of tech HR employees using ChatGPT for all kinds of work: Report

More than half of the tech HR employees surveyed reported using AI chatbot ChatGPT for tasks such as training, surveys, performance reviews, recruiting, and more, a new report has shown

India raises global human resources by harnessing young population

Remarkably, over 1 billion individuals in India belong to the working-age population, showcasing the country's immense potential and human capital

HPCL, BPCL get new directors for their human resource department: Report

State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Monday got new directors for human resources, the two companies said. While K S Shetty took over as Director (Human Resources) of HPCL, Raj Kumar Dubey took over as Director (HR) at BPCL. "Prior to joining as Director (Human Resources) of HPCL, Shetty was Executive Director (Human Resources) with additional charge of Executive Director (Employee Relations) in HPCL," the company said in a statement. Shetty is a Gold Medalist in Human Resource Management from Andhra University and also a distinguished alumnus of the Swedish Institute, Stockholm from where he completed his Diploma in Sustainable Development in 2012. He has also completed his Advanced Management Program from MDI, Gurgaon / ESCP Europe Business School, Paris (2016). "Shetty has over 25 years of experience in HR in various capacities at HPCL," the statement said. "In his current role at HPCL, he is responsible for the .

Budget 2023: HR industry expects labour codes, focus on formal job creation

The Human Resource industry anticipates various measures from the upcoming Budget 2023, that will be beneficial for employees, the employment process, for job development and will address the skill-gap challenge in the country. The Indian economy is on the road to recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic significantly affected the country's economic growth. Industry players are hoping that the ensuing budget will provide a much-needed boost to the HR sector that will help the industry to get back on track. According to leading HR services provider Randstad India, the broad industry asks for the HR sector is the roll out of labour codes, focus on formal job creation, industry Status for Staffing Industry and enhancing skilling initiatives for the youth. It would help if the central and state governments set up help desks in the initial phases of rolling out the labour codes to ease the implementation by the industry, it said. "The union budget 2023 should aim at further enhancing the ..

DoPT fast emerging as key human resources nucleus for govt: Jitendra Singh

Singh said, in the last 8 years of the Modi Govt, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has become a "facilitatory ministry" dedicated to service of both the personnel, common man

HCLTech restructures the top management with a new COO and CHRO

VV Apparao, who has worked as the company's Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) since 2017, will now take over as the chief delivery officer for nearshore.

Institutions need to produce more students to meet development goals: FM

Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India needs to understand what the industry requires and educational institutions need to produce students capable of getting into industry to serve the country's development goals. Sitharaman at an event here said India's higher education was no less when compared to global universities and people who have studied in Indian universities were the second largest contingent when it comes to managing the best of companies around the world. Referring to the representation of Saint-Gobain India in the board of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, she said if industries have come to be on the board of research institutes, they know the industry particularly those futuristic ones, especially those sun-rise areas so that India becomes the land for manufacturing some of those critical things for which today we are completely dependent on other countries and when

Bangalore most competitive city for senior HR, cyber security professionals

The study looks to understand which cities are best placed to compete for the remote jobs of today and tomorrow and benefit from the increase in taxable income that will be generated

Senior HR specialist Bhuvnesh Pant joins online news portal, to take charge soon

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Fashion retailer Myntra names veteran Nupur Nagpal as chief HR officer

Raghu Krishnananda, earlier chief technology officer, is now chief technology and product officer (CTPO)

IIM Indore's PGPHRM bags highest package of over Rs 36 lakh plus perks

Institute has registered a record average cost-to-company of Rs 20.46 lakh per annum , up 12.2% over last year

The idea is to bring consumer tech to HR applications: Darwinbox co-founder

CHAITANYA PEDDI, co-founder, spoke to Shivani Shinde about the company's growth so far, and the road ahead

Suresh Bose takes charge as chief HR officer at Jindal Stainless

Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) on Monday said Suresh Bose has been appointed its chief human resources officer (CHRO), with immediate effect. Bose, who joined on Monday, will be responsible for driving people strategy, workplace culture, talent management and future growth, JSL said in a statement. JSL Managing Director Abhyuday Jindal said, "We want to attract, hire, retain, and grow the best talent in the industry. Given his (Bose's) vast experience in all facets of human resources, I am confident that Suresh is a good fit to lead our future transformation through example and leadership." With close to three decades of experience in wide-ranging HR functions, Suresh has worked with the Vedanta Group, Mahindra and Mahindra, Ford Motors and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), JSL said. Bose has dual Masters in personnel management as well as industrial relations from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and Masters in Employment and Labour Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, ...

HR tech to help firms and employees with back-to-office transition

The HR of today is savvy and utilises several technology tools to ensure employees are well taken care of

Is WFH leading to social loafing?

Social loafing describes the tendency of individuals to put forth less effort when they are part of a group, or working together as a co-located team

Cognizant learns an HR lesson as people shortage impacts business momentum

A challenging strategy to accelerate growth has ironically dragged the former IT racehorse into bigger troubles over people management

Office reimagined: In team leaders, soft skills take centre stage

"While leaders are responsible for a better tomorrow, managers are responsible for a better today," says Ashish Ambasta, founder and CEO of HappyPlus Consulting, a tech-enabled HR firm

Ban cigarette breaks, encourage cycling: Govt's Covid-19 advisory to firms

Document calls for structural modification in workplaces, installation of physical barriers such as clear glass.

IISc, IIM-Ahmedabad top human resource development ministry's NIRF ranking

Over 3,300 institutes participated in the second edition of the India Rankings