Recovery trends in IT spending are discernible and there’s a buzz that the Centre is weighing a fresh policy push
The fundraise for the startup founded in 2009 comes nearly six years after it raised $8 million in Series B funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners.
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The price they are coming for is at a 50-65 percent discount when compared with the flared up current market price. Companies have started experimenting with the talent from these locations to deal with the tech talent war in India.
While thousands of startup employees have lost jobs, the number is small if one looks at the larger employment market canvas, experts said. While IT and ITes sector will continue its run, e-commerce and logistics as well as export oriented sectors including textiles, leather goods are doing well. Consumer goods sector will increasingly hire more as well as the retail and hospitality sectors.
Telangana has also increased employment in the IT and ITeS sectors by 23.78 percent in FY22
"The then IT Minister K T Rama Rao had set an ambitious target before the department that we have to double our IT exports in the next five years. I am delighted that we have been able to make that challenge a reality," Telangana Principal Secretary IT and Industries Jayesh Ranjan told PTI.
In order to ensure that US immigration rules do not blunt the growth of this industry, it has already begun seeking new markets in Continental Europe, Japan, China and Africa.
The positive outlook in hiring was attributed to stronger employment opportunities in software and hardware, automotive and travel and hospitality sectors.
Aegis had earlier said that the transaction would give Aegis renewed access to the United States and Philippines markets.
A slowdown in hiring in the face of topline expansion is indicative of a change in the trajectory of IT companies, as they chase greater margins with a slimmer workforce.
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Software and services exports from Telangana were up by nearly 14 percent to Rs 85,470 crore in FY17 from Rs 75,070 crore in FY 16, Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao today said.
About 50 leading Chinese IT firms today brainstormed with top Indian software companies at a symposium on how China can make use of India's IT prowess in its big push to transform the world's second largest economy heavily dependent on manufacturing sector to services.
The residential market continues to witness a slowdown but commercial real estate has turned around, thanks to the improvement in business sentiment since last year. Traditional sectors like IT-ITeS, banking and financial services, continue R
The government has deferred software services firm Wipro's proposal for setting up an IT special economic zone (SEZ) in Kolkata.
Hiring activity registered a 14 percent growth in April, led by sectors such as IT-software, ITES, insurance and pharma, says a report by Naukri.com.
The article captures the impact of Union Budget 2016 on IT and ITES sector.
"With this Budget, we expect announcements which may foster a better business environment and increase the ease of doing business in India. IT industry in the country has been facing several challenges due to lack of clarity in transfer pricing norms.
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In terms of functional area, the demand for marketing and advertising in particular continued to show double-digit year-on-year growth in demand to the tunes of 27 percent in the September 2015 Index.
About 48,300 seats have been planned with distribution across states and union territories based on population percentage as per Census 2011, Minister of Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
Inbound deals have grown 54 percent and contributed almost half of the Merger and Acquisition (M&A) values this first half, said Prashant Mehra, partner at Grant Thornton India.
During the Prime Minister's visit, India would also discuss ways to increase presence of domestic products, including automobiles and pharmaceuticals, in the Chinese market.
The IT sector's contribution towards India's GDP and employment generation has been so exponential that it comes as no surprise that finance minister Arun Jaitley took special notice of the sector. The IT and ITeS sector employs almost 10 million Indians.