Will Haryana’s Local Hiring Mandate Drive Out Talent-Hungry Startups?
On March 2, 2021, the Haryana government notified an act in the state gazette that mandates 75% reservation for local people in private jobs with a monthly salary ceiling of…
How this remote management system is offering a way out of the great work dilemma
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced people to stay home and work remotely, employers across the world found themselves struggling to deal with the teething troubles that accompanied a hybrid working…
For Vishpala Reddy of Philips, having strong role models empowers women in the IT workforce
According to the Indian Staffing Federation, the Indian tech industry will add three million new jobs in the next five years. With these additions, the size of India’s tech army…
Flipkart to leverage new-age tech to onboard more Indians on the ecommerce platform
India has around 500-600 million monthly active internet users, of which close to 100-120 million access digital commerce or ecommerce, revealing significant headroom for growth.Wanting to leverage this opportunity, Walmart-owned…
Agility and responsiveness to customers’ need drives innovation, says Myntra chief product off
Fashion and apparel are the second biggest driver of sales for the ecommerce industry, and one needs to be constantly on their toes to be in sync with the requirements…
Leverage data, meet short-term goals to create a scalable product, says Capital Float’s Jatin
Fulfilling short-term goals and leveraging data to meet customer expectations and solve problems hindering growth are key to building a strong and scalable product, Jatin Bhasin, Vice President of Product…
AutoVRse CEO Ashwin Jaishanker on how AR/VR is changing the way companies function
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) will revolutionise the way humans interact and communicate with each other, said Ashwin Jaishanker, CEO of Bengaluru-based AR/VR startup AutoVRse, while delivering a…
A cheat code for playing a long-term tech game in India by the evangelist of Fortnite-maker Ep
“You need to know that gaming is a business, and you have got to treat it as one,” said Arvind Neelakantan, Evangelist- India/ASEAN, Epic Games, the makers behind the famous…
The future of supply chains depends on frictionless logistics with collaboration
Coming together at YS's Future of Work 2021, a panel of logistics experts discussing the future of supply chains concurred that data-driven technology adoption and seamless integration among myriad logistics…
MakeMyTrip CPO Kapil Verma on product designing for the new normal
The COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted several sectors, but travel has been one of the worst impacted sectors, said Kapil Verma, Chief Product Officer, MakeMyTrip. He explained that the last…