Battle royales and grudge matches are at play in the intense contest for power in Maharashtra, India’s most industrialised state. As the nominee of the undivided Shiv Sena, Thackeray got a cakewalk of sorts when Sachin Ahir, an ex-MLA from the seat and a former minister from the Nationalist Congress Party, joined the Shiv Sena. While the BJP was eager …
NEW DELHI: NIIT on Monday announced the appointment of Pankaj Jathar as its new Chief Executive Officer with immediate effective. Jathar takes the chair from Sapnesh Lalla, who will continue as a non-executive director at NIIT Ltd while remaining CEO of NIIT Learning Systems, a company statement said. NIIT chairman and co-founder Rajendra S Pawar said Jathar's experience and knowledge …
In 2006, Dhruv Agarwala quit a secure corporate job to go the entrepreneurial way. In an interview with Lounge, Agarwala talks about the role of a mentor, the advantage of following a hybrid working model, and the space for reflection that his leisurely morning coffee provides. It is critical for a mentor to be vested in their mentee’s personal and …
Pankaj Jathar was working at Amazon India when the Etsy role came calling. Jathar is a firm believer in taking notes and joins our video meeting from New York with a note pad next to the screen and a pen in hand just in case I mention something noteworthy. For anyone in a management or leadership role, or aspiring to …
