Boxing aficionados have over time popularized and brought into the speech of us common folk, the saying ‘down and out’. For the cognoscenti, the reference is to the moment when one boxer lands such a punch on the opponent, that…
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Festivals such as Divali are a time when most of us would like to be with our family. Unfortunately, this may be one of the rare times when this happens. Particularly in India, many companies demand that employees (specially at…
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On the 10th of August this year, there was news that the Cabinet introduced the Code on Wages Bill in Parliament. The Bill proposes inter alia that a minimum wage and also the timely payment of this minimum wage will become a…
SCMHRD RANKED BY BUSINESS TODAY
The BT-MDRA Best B-schools Survey, the No. 1 ranking of its kind in the country, has undergone a radical makeover this year. This year, they have ranked institutes based only on objective data – data that they have submitted to…
SCMHRD has 130 live projects
Students pursuing infrastructure management at the Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development have made significant contributions to civic planning in Pune. In fact, they helped Pune make it to the second rank in the list for 100 future…
This little snippet of ‘My View’ will talk briefly about the Amended Maternity Benefit Act 2017.
First of all: On the one hand the increase in leave to eligible women is to be welcomed. From 12 weeks in the old act to 26 in the amended one is indeed a quantum jump. However I have difficulty…
Going Digital with Analytics: The Need of the Hour
Dr. Manish Sinha* Is digital transformation making its presence felt? Surely, if one goes by the contribution that only apps have been making to our national income. Data suggests that in 2015-16, apps have contributed 1.4 lakh crore to our…
Reforms in the Industrial Disputes Act
There was recently a news item in the Economic Times of Thursday 4th May 2017. A precis would read somewhat as follows: The Maharashtra Govt seems to be going the whole hog on reforms with the state bringing back a…
MCCIA competition – Runners up
The students of SCMHRD secured second position at the prestigious MCCIA competition. The topic for the competition was Skill development and its connectivity with productivity. The participants Shruti Ravinder, Snehal Gaikwad, Shruti Agarwal, and Vileena Jayant took their research through…
How to improve business performance?
One of our MBA (Executive) students, Mr. Pawan Joshi feels that quoting low price to gain business is not worth. Operation becomes difficult, team gets demotivated and commitments fail. It is required to prepare operational plan and collect relevant data…