Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 20:02 IST
Microsoft India currently has 15,000 employees, 90% of whom work from home. However, Maheshwari said the future of the workplace will be hybrid as building social capital is critical. Anand Maheshwari, Image courtesy: @Microsoft
Bengaluru: Software giant Microsoft will step up investments in building data centres in India as cloud adoption is rapidly going up across industries. Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari also said while 90% of its employees are currently working from home, he expects the future of the workplace to be hybrid, as social capital is critical. We were amongst the first, if not the first sort of people to invest in India in 2015, when we opened the three data centres in the country. And even during the pandemic, we kept adding in a lot of investments and capacity to meet the growing demand of customers. And one thing that we are very focused on to have very strong trust and security at the
Updated Dec 16, 2020 | 16:26 IST
The India Revival Mission eForum that was conducted on December 9, 2020 put the spotlight on the topic, ‘What Next? Bolstering MSMEs For Growth Revival’. Read for more insights IRM eForum puts the spotlight on bolstering India s MSME sector
The MSME sector is the backbone of the Indian economy. Over 6 crore MSMEs provide employment to more than 11 crore individuals and contribute 6 percent to the manufacturing GDP, besides contributing over 24 percent to the service GDP of the country. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by the lockdown hit the MSMEs hard with manufacturing and sales coming to a standstill.
Updated Dec 16, 2020 | 15:58 IST
DK Hota states that at the beginning of the year, BEML s top line did suffer a bit, but the company is back to normal functioning now BEML eyeing JVs in defence space, says CMD DK Hota
New Delhi: On India Revival Mission, to understand Bharat Earth Movers Limited and their recovery rate, ET Now s Ayesha Faridi speaks to CMD DK Hota on what has been the lockdown impact on BEML company in terms of the pace of project execution and delays? Are we now going to see a smoother supply chain and execution of orders?
Hota also speaks about how is BEML reading into the strong push from the government through the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan , the policy formulations and reforms on self-reliance and local production - how will this favourably impact the operations of the company and the defence sector? What is the outlook on the mining division & are we going to see an incremental pick-up as BEML sees an improved revenue mix
Updated Dec 12, 2020 | 20:55 IST
Deep Kalra of MakeMyTrip, Deepika Rao of Ginger Hotels, Rohit Kapoor of OYO India & South Asia, and Vinayak Koul of Snowlion Expeditions discuss how tourism industry will beat the pandemic blues Representational Image
The global tourism industry was battered Covid-19 pandemic like no other sector. The sector is staring at potential losses of a whopping $25 billion internationally and Rs 90,000 crore in India alone.
Industry captains discuss the sectoral challenges and outlined the roadmap to reboot, relaunch and revive India’s economy which had slid down due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The impact of Coronavirus and lockdown on the hospitality sector is huge. The hotel Industry expects revenue losses to the tune of Rs 90,000 crores and it is expected to see only 30% occupancy till the next year. This is because people have extensively reduced travelling amid pandemic. But, what will it take to woo travellers back? Wha