Bengaluru IT sector loses Rs 24,000 crore a year because of workers’ poor health, lifestyle habits

A study found physical inactivity, poor diet, poor physical and mental health, substance abuse common among employees.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Dec 21, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Faced with tightening H-1B norms, Indian IT firms in US are hiring from Mexico on TN visas

Companies are increasingly recruiting from the neighbourhood.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Nov 23, 2018 · 01:30 pm

After layoffs and up-skilling, India’s ailing IT sector is finally seeing an uptick

The past few quarters have seen the country’s three largest IT companies, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, and Wipro, steadily win large contracts.

Durba Ghosh, qz.com

· Oct 23, 2018 · 01:30 pm

India’s IT engineers need to reskill to survive – and this is the tech they’re clamouring to learn

The internet of things has more takers than any other, according to data from online-learning platform Edureka.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Jun 01, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Finally, some good news from India Inc: Layoffs are likely to pause (but hiring will be lower too)

None of the 4,612 employers surveyed across sectors by US-headquartered workforce solutions company ManpowerGroup said they planned to downsize in April-June.

Sushma UN, qz.com

· Mar 14, 2018 · 01:30 pm

As Trump seeks to tighten visa rules, Indian IT firms are spending freely to lobby US policymakers

Indian IT companies are the biggest beneficiaries of H-1B visas granted by the United States.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Mar 11, 2018 · 01:30 pm

2017 was a terrible year for India’s techies – but things may only get worse

India’s $160 billion IT industry laid off more than 56,000 employees this year.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Dec 28, 2017 · 08:30 pm

India’s $150 billion IT industry is banking on startups for a fresh start

The sector that is fast becoming obsolete is making acquisitions and investments in areas like automation, artificial intelligence and big data.

Sushma UN, qz.com

· Nov 01, 2017 · 07:30 pm

School dropouts and non-engineers are being wooed to bridge the skill gap in Indian IT

Software companies and a host of training institutes are moulding a generation of non-collegian workforce.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

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Sushma UN, qz.com

· Oct 10, 2017 · 08:30 pm

It’s time Indian IT institutions let go of outdated coding languages like Java

Today, every company in every industry sector is turning into a tech company in one way or the other.

Harishankar Karunanidhi, qz.com

· Sep 27, 2017 · 07:30 pm

In charts: The deep, dark hole that India’s IT industry is struggling to climb out of

A crisis is gripping India’s $150 billion-a-year software industry.

Devjyot Ghoshal, qz.com

· Jul 20, 2017 · 07:30 pm

‘Anybody can code’: Landing an IT job in India will require new skills

The $150-billion Indian IT industry’s appetite for workers skilled in areas like data science and artificial intelligence is growing.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

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Sushma UN, Qz.com

· Jun 25, 2017 · 08:30 pm