October 8, 2018 - Technology is changing the face of the Indian workplace

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Invite Friends   From the Editor's Desk How to Reverse-Engineer a Unicorn - Why A Personal Board of Advisors is the Key to Your Success There's only one CEO in a company, and it can be a lonely gig. When product-market fits seems like a pipe dream, it's on you to inspire your team to find a path forward. When you start to see traction at the exact moment that you're rapidly running out of cash, it's on you to figure out how to extend your runway. When your head of sales leaves just before the end of an important quarter, it's on you to pick up the pieces and pull off a miracle. If you're lucky, you have a passionate, productive, collaborative, healthy management team (too many companies don't). If you're really lucky, you also have an incredibly supportive board. But no matter how good you have it, there are complicated dynamics at play on any executive team, and there are just some things you aren't ready to share with your board. At the end of the day, you're the only person in the CEO seat -- that's an awful lot of weight to carry on your own. Your Board of Advisors is Your Life Raft Continued here Advertisers of the day Wharton Business Analytics Team: Business Analytics: From Data to Insights | Starts Sept EMERITUS on Behalf of Columbia Business School Exec Ed: Value Investing (Online) by Columbia Business School Exec Ed Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails.     HR Technology is changing the face of the Indian workplace Automation can relieve workers of jobs in factories that are often dirty, harmful to one's health, or dangerous HR Major HR movements from July to September 2018 In this article we highlight some of the major movements which took place from July 2018 to September 2018 HR India Inc salary hike projected at 10%: Is the math wrong? Large-scale surveys by HR firms seem to overlook the ground realities 3 More HR Stories Skills Ministry banks on India Inc to help in apprenticeship The idea is to encourage companies make use of the flexibilities and fiscal support being provided by the government under the NAPS to induct more youth for apprenticeship training, certification, and brand the initiative. Logistics Indian aviation sector is vibrant, country a strategic market: Lufthansa "We have many connections between various Indian cities and Europe and we are connecting India with the world via our hubs. Logistics Visakhapatnam Port Trust turns 86, draws up plans to become most preferred in South Asia VPT achieved an operating profit of Rs 250 crore in the last fiscal handling 63.5 million tonnes of cargo while the target for the current year has been set at 68 million tonnes. Logistics Why it is difficult to come up with a viable public transport model for all cities A strong public transportation system can decongest urban roads. But a viable and sustainable model that will work in all cities remains elusive. 11 More Logistics Stories 1.5 years after launch, UDAN remains a mixed bag as two airlines fail to perform According to the AAI data for the 17 months of UDAN, a total of 15,723 flights were operated by seven airlines on about 60 routes. Construction Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate plans land monetization programme Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate is also in the process of raising another $200 million equity under its mid-income housing platform, Joyville, from existing investors Construction Changing trends in real estate post policy reforms The real estate sector has become more structured and accountable, post the implementation of various policy reforms, like RERA and GST. Construction PNB Housing Finance raises $200 million via ECB Reserve Bank of India has allowed housing finance companies to borrow through ECB up to USD 750 million annually under the automatic route 7 More Construction Stories Alibaug to be Mumbai's Hampton? Huge infrastructure projects lined up that will change it a lot With better connectivity soon, real estate players have big plans for area Marketing Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan Becomes Datsun India Brand Ambassador Datsun India, a subsidiary of Nissan, has signed Bollywood actor, Aamir Khan as their brand ambassador. Datsun is one of the leading brands in the budget car segment in India and brings a good majority of sales for Nissan India. With Aamir Khan as the new brand ambassador, Datsun India aims to boost sales further. Marketing Facebook to launch political ads archive before 2019 polls Facebook's ads archive allows people to look at the ad content across Facebook and Instagram, the duration for which an ad ran, the estimated number of people who saw it, the locations where it was viewed, among other things. Marketing Evolution of women makes Indian market very interactive: NudeStix founder Jenny Frankel, President and Founder of Canada-based cosmetic brand NudeStix, has forayed into India under global retail partner Sephora 297 More Marketing Stories Indian advertising stalwart Srinivasan Swamy appointed as chairman and world president of IAA Politics UNICEF Praises PM Modi For Investing Time In Health, Sanitation Issues UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for investing the "political time and efforts" in issues like health and sanitation. Politics Jammu And Kashmir Polls Live Update: Voting Begins Amid Heavy Security Under a heavy security blanket, Jammu and Kashmir witnesses the first phase of civic polls today - an election made controversial after the two key parties in the Valley, National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party, pulled out. With the central government insistent on the election, voting is taking place in 422 of the state's 1,100 municipal wards. The list includes 149 seats in the Valley, 26 in Ladakh, Jammu and Pirpanjal region. Politics BJP Will Suffer "Historic" Defeat In Rajasthan Elections: Ghanshyam Tiwari Former BJP leader and Bharat Vahini Party (BVP) president Ghanshyam Tiwari said yesterday the saffron party is set to suffer a "historic" defeat in the Rajasthan assembly elections. 6 More Politics Stories Government Reconstitutes Top Court-Powered Pollution Control Panel The Centre has reconstituted Supreme Court-empowered Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority or the EPCA, which is tasked with taking various measures to tackle air pollution in the National Capital Region. The tenure of the last EPCA expired on October 3. Sports Neymar: My son loves Mbappe a lot Ligue 1: Neymar's son is a huge fan of Paris Saint-Germain sensation Kylian Mbappe, the Brazil superstar revealed. Sports Darren Bravo and Kieron Pollard back for West Indies Fabian Allen and Oshane Thomas feature among a handful of new faces selected for limited-overs series in India Sports Conor McGregor vs Khabib Nurmagomedov: How the genie got out of the bottle Conor McGregor made uncomfortable references to figures attached to Khabib Nurmagomedov, which resulted in the Russian fighter engaging in a brawl after defending his lightweight title at Saturday's UFC 229. 20 More Sports Stories India thump Sri Lanka by 144 runs to lift U-19 Asia Cup title It was a clinical performance by the boys in blue as they batted first and posted a challenging 304/3 in the 50 overs and then defended it with ease. Entertainment James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli says there will never be a female 007 James Bond franchise producer Barbara Broccoli said to switch the iconic Bond character is not possible, instead, more female characters should be created. Entertainment Will Smith learns the 'ropes of Bollywood' from Karan Johar and Ranveer Singh Hollywood star Will Smith recently spent some time with Bollywood celebrities Ranveer Singh and Karan Johar. He took to Instagram to share a few photos. Entertainment Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena shut down their company Phantom Films Filmmakers Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena of Phantom Films have decided to part ways after seven years. After years of friendship, agreement and disagreement over work, the four of them have decided to dissolve the production company. "Phantom was a dream, a glorious one and all dreams come to an end.Read More 7 More Entertainment Stories Meghan Markle's Sister Samantha Markle Turned Away by Palace Security: Reports Samantha, 53, has reportedly not spoken to Meghan in years and months ago started slamming her on social media over the duchess' more recent estrangement from their father, Thomas Markle. Work India's top bankers would want 2018 to end. Now Many top leaders in the banking sector were abruptly booted out this year Work A Harvard professor's suggestions for fixing the broken H-1B visa system From raising minimum wages to "staple green cards." Work How the personal computer became a million dollar idea Aaron Heslehurst explains how the personal computer became a million dollar idea. 8 More Work Stories Samsung forecasts record $15.5B profit thanks to chips not smartphones Samsung's last quarter of business saw its slowest growth of profits in a year thanks to weak sales of its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone. But the company is about much more than just phones, and that's why it is forecasting a record operating profit of nearly $15.5 billion for its upcom… Life After contaminated vaccine sparks polio fears in India, WHO calms nerves Pharma firm reintroduces type-2 virus in vials of oral vaccine. Life It may actually be harder for powerful people to understand sexual assault victims The way our brains function could lead the powerful to misguided notions of other's experiences. Life All the places plastic bags are banned around the world At least 32 countries around the world have plastic bag bans in place—and nearly half are in Africa 7 More Life Stories Indian politicians are now flocking to an unlikely "no English" social network Android-based ShareChat supports 14 Indian languages, but not English. Retail Amazon India creates over 50000 seasonal positions for festive sale Amazon India has, throughout the year, been investing heavily in ramping up its infrastructure and delivery network. Retail Opinion | How e-tailers are influencing shopper behaviour E-tailers are turning to advanced analytics and algorithms to understand a shopper's buying behaviour better, and use this information to influence shoppers by predicting their preferences Retail Why are luxury brands attracted to India? Top executive of Emporio, India's first luxe retail destination, explains Each mall develops its own persona and morphs over the years, but Emporio has been able to sustain its luxury, look, ambience, feel and brands the way we envisaged it. 15 More Retail Stories IKEA to go omnichannel, invest Rs 3000 Cr in 3 fulfilment centres Swedish furniture major IKEA is planning to invest over Rs 3000 crore for upcoming three fulfilment centres in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi. Telecom Banks, telecom companies could be allowed to use Aadhaar, says Jaitley India Business News: ​​​The Supreme Court had last month upheld the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar, the 12-digit biometric based unique identity number, but restricted Telecom Smartphone players focus on affordable (un)flagships for Indian users The mobile phone industry in India has come a long way in the past half-decade or so, from providing exciting devices at affordable prices to making t.. Telecom We are rapidly scaling up X Labs, says Bharti Airtel's Harmeen Mehta Airtel's X Labs is working overtime to develop solutions that will make customer interaction smoother and help the firm avoid cost and time overruns 10 More Telecom Stories Voda Idea, Bharti Airtel likely to post losses, Reliance Jio may grow profits India's new telecom market leader Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL), which will present consolidated earnings for the first time, is likely to report a sizeab.. Finance The policy hack: Time for Indian sovereign funds to wake up As per research data company, Preqin, venture capital funding in Asia touched about $20.7 Billion in 2017. Preqin, in a special report on Sovereign Wealth Funds also stated that 'India is a growing target of SWFs. Finance PNB merger? Nothing like that on cards; bank's focus on internal consolidation On a question that if some amalgamation proposal comes to the bank, he said, "it would depend upon different circumstances. Right now we are focussed on internal consolidation and we are not aspiring for any inorganic expansion". Finance FPIs pull out Rs 9,300 crore in just 4 sessions The latest withdrawal comes following a net outflow of over Rs 21,000 crore from the capital markets (both equity and debt) last month 20 More Finance Stories Fund raising via IPO slumps 53% to Rs 12,470 crore in April-September FY19 Companies raised Rs 12,470 crore through IPOs in April-September this fiscal, a plunge of 53 per cent from the year-ago period, mainly due to volatile equity markets and uncertainties in macro environment Food/FMCG ITC's investment in Uttarakhand crosses Rs 1,400 crore ITC has an expanding presence in the state across all three sectors of its economy – agriculture, manufacturing and service, he added. Food/FMCG Reliance hikes petrochemical prices to offset rising oil Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) increased prices of seven key petrochemicals by 10-21% in the second quarter of this fiscal year while the year-on-year increase is 17-61% Software Qualcomm to invest $400 mn for setting up campus in Hyderabad, largest outside the US ‬‪Qualcomm has outlined plans to invest $400 million (about Rs 3,000 crore) to set up their campus in Hyderabad. This will be one of the largest investments by a marquee company, after the formation o Software HCL Tech to invest Rs 750 cr in AP To create 7,500 IT jobs Software Software, Consumer Products FinTech account for about 63% of companies that receive venture funding: IIT Madras ... Chennai: Three sectors, viz., Software and Internet Services, Consumer Products and Services, and FinTech and Payments account for 63 percent of the companies nationally that received venture funding, according to a study by Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The Institute released its' Tenth Annual Report on Indian Venture Capital and Private Equity focusing on 'The … 5 More Software Stories Nasscom unveils 'Centre of Excellence' for IoT in Haryana In collaboration with the Haryana government, Indian IT industry's apex body Nasscom on Friday launched here its Centre of Excellence for Internet of .. Ecommerce GST policy on e-commerce may make life difficult for cab startups ... Sections of GST experts believe the GST policy requiring aggregators to pay GST on fares collected by cab drivers will hurt startups Ecommerce Flipkart forays into insurance space, teams up with Bajaj Allianz The insurance offering will be available from October 10, the start of Flipkart's The Big Billion Days (TBBD). Ecommerce Why big festive discounts do not really mean big savings Festive discounts can lure even seasoned shoppers. The only way to not give in to an impulse and regret later is to know what you really need to buy and to read the fine print of various offers 25 More Ecommerce Stories Draft FDI in inventory based model to boost e-commerce in India? The Ministry of Commerce & Industry recently came out with the Draft National Policy Framework, aimed to bring a revolution in the Indian e-commerce Industry Digital Digital Payments to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2023 The digital payment industry encompasses various modes of the transaction with payment instruments such as PPI, UPI, and cards were some of the favorite modes of transactions. Digital View: This one Indian innovation could transform Africa Chinas largesse has benefited Africa. But Indian Aadhaar could be what African countries really need Digital AI is perhaps the biggest revolution of the modern age: Sebastian Thrun With AI, a computer can find its own moves and people can become experts on day one, believes the innovator 7 More Digital Stories #MeToo finally hits Bollywood and Indian media — Quartz India Indian women are publicly outing male colleagues who sexually assaulted them. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. 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