By Rajan Dutta (Guest Writer)
Not long back, come the placement season, campuses used to be flush with companies raring to hire the best talent. Very often, more than 10-20 companies used to visit the same campus targeting the same set of 100 students. This often led to intense competition amongst companies as who could attract the most & the best. Many of us HR Heads discussed the futility of such competition, and the need for an efficient & effective method.
Today, companies that form part of large groups have learnt to consolidate their efforts to target campuses as a group rather than as individual companies. Many companies have found it more productive, efficient and cost effective to consolidate their requirements and conduct 'pooled campus recruitment' with similar minded companies.
By Pavitra Menon / Trivandrum
Keni, the miraculous mini well of adivasis of Wayanad in Kerala, is well on its way to becoming a part of history - a victim of rapid environmental decline of this once bountiful state.
The name Wayanad comes from two words, Vayal (paddy field) and Naad (land), meaning ‘The Land of Paddy Fields'. It is set high on the Western Ghats with altitudes ranging from 700 to 2100 metres from sea-level. The district has a considerable population of tribals. Keni, an amazing water body developed using traditional wisdom and which doesn’t seem to have parallels anywhere in the whole country, is found only in this district.
By Seema Dhar / Jaipur
Displaying extraordinary grit, courage and openness to change, women from some of the most feudal communities in Rajasthan's villages are changing the rules forever and leading development and local governance at the grassroots.
As a child she used to keenly observe the government officials and leaders who came to her village Bassi, near Jaipur, Rajasthan, for official functions on occasions like Independence Day or Republic Day. Sitting in the audience, she used to watch in fascination as they addressed large crowds. She even had the urge to join them at the dais but knew she needed to become "someone important" in order to be able to do that.
Born into a family of daily wagers, it never really seemed likely that Murli Meena would achieve this desire. Although she was a natural leader, there simply were no opportunities for her to distinguish herself. Her fortunes, however, changed when she got married to someone who lived in the neighbouring village of Dehlala and decided to discard the 'ghunghat' (veil traditionally required for all married women).
By M H Ahssan / Hyderabad
Based on data collected from 92 coal power plants in India, a 2012 study that went largely unreported estimated the mortality impact of electricity generated from coal at 650 deaths per plant per year! INN analyses the key findings of the report and the remediation measures suggested.
The Supreme Court of India recently dismissed a petition by anti-nuclear activists to stop commissioning of the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam. The petitioners argued that the plant did not meet safety standards recommended by nuclear experts, a viewpoint that the apex judicial body in the country obviously did not concur with.
By M H Ahssan / Raipur
The killing of 27 Congressmen, including its senior leaders, in the Maoist attack has suddenly created a leadership vacuum in the party in Chhattisgarh. As the gravity of the situation sinks in the poll-bound state, the average Congressmen in the state as well as the central leadership are a worried lot. The party had taken long to create a new batch of leaders; things are back to the square one now. The party will have a pick a leader fast from the available ones.
By Sarah Williams / New York
Looking for a fun activity that will get the kids interested in gardening, then consider growing your own eggs. While eggs really do not come from plants, the Solanum melongena var. is a type of eggplant that produces egg-shaped fruit and is also known as the Easter Egg Plant.
This plant is easy to grow and can produce fruit for two years if taken care of properly.
By Richa Rai / Kolkata
The Indian corporate sector is busy welcoming its campus recruits and the importance of inducting right is the HR flavour of the month. But in a “Circle of Life”-esque sense, with the closure, in this case of a successful hiring season, begins the first step of the next cycle. It is the start of yet another campus calendar and smart companies are already sitting down to chalk out their game plan for the coming year.
By M H Ahssan / Hyderabad
The predictions made by various pre- election surveys, including the latest one conducted by INN - CVoter, that the Congress is going to face a complete rout in Andhra Pradesh, particularly in the Telangana region, seems to have had little effect on the party high command.
The INN - CVoter survey predicted that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS) would win 12 out of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in the Telangana region, while the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) and the Majlise- Ittehadul Muslimeen ( MIM) would win one seat each. Though it is not suggested as to which party would win the remaining three seats, going by field reports, they could be shared by YSR Congress Party, the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party ( TDP).
