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Came to know that Dr.Udai Pareek, one of the luminaries of HR in India, is no more. Besides being on the board of several academic institues and a distinguished speaker, he was also quite a prolific author.

In a complete reversal of it’s earlier decision to terminate services of almost 1,900 employees, Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal announced a total reinstatement of the sacked employees, asking them all to report to work on Friday morning.

TCS has just inked a contract with the Ministry of External Affairs to manage issue of passports. It has also acquired Citigroup Global Services in an all cash deal for $505 million, adding to it’s headcount by around 12,500 Citi employees.

The financial meltdown that led to the collapse of institutions like Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs is now giving sleepless nights to placement coordinators in premier institutes like the IIMs.

Barely has all the outrage over the killing of Graziano’s Indian CEO died down, when news comes in about another CEO almost meeting the same fate.

Was quite surprised to see a news item about the Indian CEO of an Italian company being beaten to death in Noida.

The worlwide slowdown has put hiring plans of IT companies in the deep freeze.

The TOI had an article about the Centre rolling out some heavy duty sops for all mothers in government service.

The ET carried a story today about the Government allowing employees of call centres / BPOs and other service providers to work from home.