BPO firm driver held for dropping woman employee at lonely spot in Delhi

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 21:57

The driver of a Gurgaon-based global business process outsourcing firm has been arrested for allegedly violating Delhi Police`s order of dropping a woman employee, returning home at odd hours from work, at her doorsteps.

Demand for engineering talent declining in IT industry: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 17:54

The report said business mix of Indian IT is changing with incremental growth accruing from analytics, consulting, BPO etc., which requires employees with different skill profiles.

'Addl IT personnel requirement could be down by 50K in FY14'

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 19:11

Meanwhile, as a next step to its recently launched '10,000 startups' programme, the NASSCOM, on Wednesday signed a MoU with Hyderabad Angels, TiE Incubator and IIIT Hyderabad Incubator to collaborate and support the creation of a vibrant ecosystem to foster technology entrepreneurship in India.

BPO sector exports expected to have reached $17.8 bn: Deora

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 22:03

"Exports from BPO sector in India have grown from USD 12.4 billion in FY 2010 to USD 17.8 billion (expected) in FY 2013 despite the global economic crisis," Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

Now a govt call centre to answer queries of corporates

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 12:16

The Corporate Affairs Ministry is targetting to set up this call centre, to be called 'Corporate Seva Kendra', by as early as September 2013.

Economic Survey 2013: India lost 10% share in global BPO market to China, Brazil in 5 years

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 14:08

India has lost about 10 percent share of the global BPO market in the last five years to destinations like China, the Philippines and Brazil, raising concerns for the USD 20-billion Indian BPO industry.

Firstsource Q3 Net soars six-fold to Rs 41.4 crore

Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 19:27

Business process outsourcing firm Firstsource Solutions on Thursday reported an over six-fold jump in net profit at Rs 41.46 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2012.

Budget 2013-14: Nasscom seeks tax rationalisation

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 20:11

Software and allied services' industry body Nasscom on Tuesday said Finance Minister P Chidambaram should rationalise taxes in Budget.

Genpact Q4 net declines 12.6% to $53.4 mn

Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 17:42

BPO major Genpact Friday posted 12.6 percent decline in net profit to USD 53.4 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012.

Technosoft Corporation to hire 800 people in India

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 16:01

US-based Technosoft Corporation, a software services and business process outsourcing (BPO), plans to hire 800 people in India, a company official said Tuesday.