The original sin in labour market data and strategy comes from the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (Arjun Sengupta report) that not only created confusion...
Indian IT companies have gracefully transitioned three S-curves—mainframe, client-server, and internet—but their ability to reinvent themselves over the next 10 years depends on a massive re-imagining of their...
The first step is policy makers accepting that the future of jobs is unknowable. The 50+ reports by various countries predicting where jobs will be in the future...
Public cautioned “We came to know that some agents are collecting bio-data promising jobs in Enayam port,” said a port trust official. Nor is this an isolated case:...
An article in Hindu Business Line talks about employment scenario in the country; along with inputs from Rituparna Chakraborty. Low private investments, rigid labour markets feed rising unemployment The...
The wilful defaulter definition needs review; it’s a flawed application of the legal concept of mens rea (meaning intention or state-of-mind and implies differentiating between murder and death...
Social Media Policy : Invite employees to cocreate a social media policy which meets the organisational goals yet doesn’t deny employees a platform of expression. Through extensive brainstorming...
Investment competition between states is increasing even as opportunities for offering investment tax incentives are diminishing. States are left with three levers for differentiation — ease of doing...
Cities are complicated organizations all over the world but Indian cities suffer the friendly fire of being policy orphans for three reasons. Firstly, State Chief Ministers are unwilling...
A radical reboot of India’s employment, education, and employability ecosystem is making good progress Solving India’s problems of poverty are complicated by the 10 lac kids joining the...
Devil wears Prada Female bosses are accused of being extremely tough on their sub-ordinates. The theory says that women are not natural leaders, and fear their effectiveness. The...
This new ambition does not imply that India’s shameful poverty is behind us; only that the “bhooka-nanga-pyaasa” condition of 1947 is no longer as acute, chronic or malignant...
