The first group of companies in the UL Cyber Park is all set to start functioning by the end of February. The Cyber Park will ink agreements with three companies in the coming week to allot space in the incubation centre Quick Space, which was inaugu ..

Managements of Engineering, Pharmacy, MBA, MCA, M.Tech and B.Ed colleges announced on Sunday that they would close their institutions indefinitely from February 7 across the state as fee reimbursement arrears amounting to Rs 3,600 crore had not been  ..

Wipro Technologies has moved its IT hiring to newly created 'business operations unit', headed by senior vice-president Bhanumurthy BM.The IT recruitment division is responsible for a large part of the hiring at Wipro Technologies, except for ..

Global ratings agency Fitch has affirmed a stable outlook for the India  information technology (IT) services sector in 2012 on account of its strong liquidity position, even though it warned that revenue growth of the segment may moderate this  ..

Two hundred engineering, MBA and MCA colleges in the State could close down from the coming academic year 2012-13 due to shrinking demand for these degrees. About 95 college managements have put these institutions up for sale and are on the lookout f ..

At least 1,000 candidates on Wednesday signed up for the Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test  (Tancet) on the first day of registration. Candidates aspiring to pursue MBA, MCA, ME, MTech, MArch and MPlan courses in institutions across the state are  ..

Visiting Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Mr Mallikarjun Kharge, has been presented with ‘Pride of India’ award by the Indian-American community here for his over four decades of public service.The award was presented jointly by  ..

It appears that non-technical graduate students are enjoying a good time with many IT companies turning to them and giving them jobs through campus drives. Students with science/commerce degrees landing jobs with various IT companies is particularly  ..

An interesting trend is witnessed in campus recruitment drives at colleges and universities for the last couple of years, with IT companies showing more interest in recruiting talented undergraduates, irrespective of their discipline, rather than lim ..

Self-financed technical colleges affiliated with the Gujarat Technological University have a staff scarcity of over 40 per cent, revealed a recent report of the survey conducted by the Local Inquiry Committee (LIC) of GTU.The LIC teams visited 453 co ..

Expanding its presence in the US, India’s IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has opened a new facility here which was welcomed by the US lawmakers and the Californian government.Just a few blocks away from the Yahoo’s corporate head ..

Among US technology companies with a market value of more than $100 million, almost 50 increased employment by more than half in the most recently reported two-year period, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Some small and mid-size businesses bo ..

Fewer employees left the top four Indian software companies in the quarter ended December 31, 2011.In other words the top four companies, including Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys, saw a drop in employee attrition during the quarter.Attrition i ..

 In a bid to make the larger society a part of the digital revolution  and technology more feasible and accessible to those who are not well-versed in English, Gauhati University, in collaboration with Linguistic Data Consortium  for I ..

The admissions to the pharmacy, engineering, master of computer application ( MCA), master of business administration (MBA) are likely to be delayed. The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has recently extended the last date for receivi ..

The top four Indian software companies continue to be on a hiring spree with the total number of employees likely to cross 6 lakh by the end of current financial year.As of quarter ended December 2011, the total employees with the top four companies  ..

With banking services riding on the information and communication technology backbone, banks and the Indian Banks' Association are planning to prepare and maintain a roster of dedicated pool of trained information technology professionals.Creatio ..

Legendary singer-composer late Bhupen Hazarika, cartoonist Mario De Miranda were among those chosen for the second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan while actor Dharmendar and Shabana Azmi have been named for Padma Bhushan. The awards are announ ..

India's long hunt for a nuclear submarine  is finally over. But it will take the country another 10-12 months to get an operational nuclear weapon triad - the capability to fire nukes from land, air and sea.India on Monday became the world&# ..

West Bengal's IT turf is hotting up like never before. Two of the country's software big guns -- Infosys and Wipro  Technologies -- are betting big on the state. While Infosys is setting up its maiden sofware campus in Kolkata, Wipro is  ..