Prachi Verma

1 week ago | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Anumeha Chaturvedi |Prachi Verma

New Delhi: It is business , but mixed with leisure. It is bleisure. And it is booming.Marketing professional Surabhi Tiwari likes combining her love for travel with her work trips, be it a domestic conference that she recently attended in Hyderabad or an international summit in Japan. She takes about two to three days off exploring nearby places around the destination post her work assignments.

1 week ago | timesascent.com | Prachi Verma |Ratna Bhushan

As freak weather events become the new normal—from heavy rains lashing Bengaluru and Pune to Delhi-NCR’s “feels like” 50°C heat—corporate India is moving swiftly to safeguard its workforce and minimise manufacturing and operational disruptions. Companies like Godrej Consumer Products, ITC, Dabur, CEAT, Raychem RPG, Vedanta and KPMG are rolling out multiple initiatives to adapt to unforeseen climate shifts—from redesigning infrastructure to revising work schedules.

3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Brinda Sarkar |Prachi Verma |Sreeradha BasuSreeradha Basu

Many of these jobs don’t exist now, some will be radically new avatars of existing jobs, but all will require higher skill levels than those required for today’s most sought-after jobs. What experts across sectors say about the coming jobs revolutionWhere do you see yourself in five years?” Once a common interview question, it is, increasingly, a meaningless one — such is the speed of technological change.

3 weeks ago | timesascent.com | Brinda Sarkar |Prachi Verma |Sreeradha D Basu

"Where do you see yourself in five years?" Once a common interview question, it is, increasingly, a meaningless one — such is the speed of technological change. Most staffing specialists and headhunters say it’s almost impossible to predict what the job market would look like in five years. TOI spoke to experts across sectors to get a fix on what this churn might throw up, in terms of the most valuable entry-level white-collar skillsets in the near future. All answers were deeply caveated.

3 weeks ago | timesascent.com | Prachi Verma

Call it the need of the hour, a growing number of companies are extending AI training to all employees, rather than a select few, as they seek to stay relevant in the ongoing AI-driven transformation. These include top corporates such as Vedanta Group, Schneider Electric, Accenture India, Sap Labs India, Indian Energy Exchange, Sterlite Electric, Resonia, and Serentica Renewables. Some are working in phases to cover their entire workforces.