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Updated on: Feb 2021
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HCL to double headcount in smaller towns in next 2-3 years
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HCL to double headcount in smaller towns in next 2-3 years

According to Economic Times report, HCL Technologies is planning to double its headcount in smaller towns, including fresh hires and relocation of existing employees over a two-three year period. CEO C Vijayakumar said, “The smaller towns in focus include Lucknow, Madurai, Nagpur, and Vijayawada. In the light of COVID-19, we have been able to leverage some […]

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HCL announces launch of AI Lab, collaborates with Nvidia
Industry

HCL announces launch of AI Lab, collaborates with Nvidia

HCL Technologies joins Nvidia Partner Network, will pursue opportunities in AI space HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, announced it has joined NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN), the US-based technology company’s partner program, with plans to pursue expanded opportunities in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) space. According to the press release, HCL also announced the […]

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HCL Technologies opens new centre, to hire 3,000 people
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HCL Technologies opens new centre, to hire 3,000 people

HCL Technologies opens new centre in Colombo, to hire 3,000 people IT services major HCL Technologies on Tuesday said it has opened a global development centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and expects to hire over 3,000 people in the next few years for the facility. The new centre was inaugurated by Sri Lanka Prime Minister […]

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HCL Tech launches Hackathon to identify solutions for C-19
Coronavirus

HCL Tech launches Hackathon to identify solutions for C-19

HCL Technologies launches a Global Hackathon to identify long-term technology solutions to the Covid-19 Pandemic On 20 August, HCL Technologies, a leading global technology company, announced a multi-phase hackathon, “Better Health Hackathon: #CodeforCOVID19,” to crowdsource technology innovation to find solutions for the immediate and long-term societal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including pandemic containment and […]

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HCL Tech to hire 15000 freshers from campuses this fiscal
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HCL Tech to hire 15000 freshers from campuses this fiscal

HCL Technologies to hire 15000 freshers from campuses this fiscal year India’s 3rd Largest IT services firm, HCL Technologies plans to hire 15,000 from campuses this fiscal year, This is nearly double compared to 9,000 it hired last year. According to the TNN report, HCL HR- Head, Apparao VV, says ‘Hiring is based on two parameters, growth […]

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HCL Tech suspends wage hikes for FY21, hiring to continue
Coronavirus

HCL Tech suspends wage hikes for FY21, hiring to continue

HCL Technologies suspends wage hikes for FY21, hiring to continue in coming quarters based on need Speaking on the Q1 result announcement, Prateek Agarwal, CFO, HCl Technologies said “the company has decided to suspend wage hikes for the year due to the pandemic.” “We hired 2,000 laterals and on-boarded 1,000 freshers in Q1 and will […]

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Tamil Nadu relaxes norms, 10% IT staff can work from office
Coronavirus

Tamil Nadu relaxes norms, 10% IT staff can work from office

Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday relaxed a few norms for the intensified lockdown that is coming into force in Chennai from Friday. The Tamil Nadu Government has also acceded to the demand from the IT industry and allowed up to 10% of its employees to work from the office. This development will benefit large IT […]

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Infosys brings back over 200 employees from the US
Coronavirus

Infosys brings back over 200 employees from the US

Infosys brings back over 200 employees from the United States The Bengaluru-based, India’s second-largest IT services company Infosys brings back over 200 employees and their families in a chartered flight from the United States as a safety measure amid surging cases of COVID-19 and Lockdown. The company’s chartered flight took off from San Francisco bringing […]

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TCS, Infosys, HCL, and Microsoft on Productivity in WFH
Survey & Report

TCS, Infosys, HCL, and Microsoft on Productivity in WFH

Top IT Companies’ Observations on “Productivity in Work From Home Setting” Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most IT companies have given permission for professionals to work from home. IT and Tech majors are keen on making work from home seamless, engaging, and developing trust between their employees in a remote working environment. The expectation from […]

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HCL to pay bonuses, no pay cuts, honour existing offers
Coronavirus

HCL to pay bonuses, no pay cuts, honour existing offers

IT firm, HCL has emphatically declared that despite the slowdown, and the economic impact of coronavirus, they will pay all promised bonuses all 150,000 employees, will honour the nearly 15,000 job offers already made to freshers, and no salary cuts for any employee. Apparao VV, Chief Human Resources Officer, HCL said that HCL won’t roll […]

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How to Prepare the Workforce for the Future Jobs
Future of Work

How to Prepare the Workforce for the Future Jobs

Why is it important? We are living in an unprecedented time in which the technology is changing at an exponential phase. World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report predicts that 75 million jobs are expected to be displaced due to automation by 2022. At the same time, 133 million new roles (Fig. 1) will get created […]

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