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Employment
IEF Editorial Team
- Hiring
- October 6, 2025
The Festive Season Hiring Surge in India
Every year, August signals more than just the start of festivals—it marks the beginning of India’s busiest hiring season. From Raksha Bandhan through Diwali and into the New Year sales, businesses acr...
IEF Editorial Team
- World of Work
- October 31, 2025
Navigating Silent Layoffs: Understanding the 2025 Tech...
India's technology industry is experiencing a new trend of silent layoffs in 2025, driven by economic pressures, technological changes, and reputational considerations. Unlike traditional layoffs, which are publicly announced and...
IEF Editorial Team
- Human Capital
- October 17, 2025
The Evolving Priorities of Gen Z at Work: What this mea...
India’s economy is being reshaped by Generation Z, driven by its innovation, adaptability, and unique approach to problem-solving. To fully harness their potential, employers must understand Gen Z’s evolving priorities...
IEF Editorial Team
- Samvaad
- October 29, 2025
Transforming People Strategies in Established Sectors
Sunil Ranjhan, CHRO, Dixon Technologies India, speaks to the India Employer Forum about traditional hiring practices to today’s dynamic talent landscape, leadership development programs, AI and automation, reskilling and upskilling,...
Employability
IEF Editorial Team
- Apprenticeship
- September 25, 2025
Apprenticeship Amendment Rules 2025: Everything You Nee...
India’s apprenticeship framework has entered a new era with the notification of the Apprenticeship (Amendment) Rules, 2025, on 11th September 2025. These reforms update the original Apprentices Act of 1961...
IEF Editorial Team
- Degree Apprenticeship
- November 15, 2024
Degree Apprenticeship Program: The Key to Solving Unemp...
India is currently facing a unique challenge: despite its vast youth population, a significant skills gap persists, affecting workforce readiness and job market alignment. As of the latest data from...
IEF Editorial Team
- Skill Development
- August 12, 2025
Stackable Credentials and the Modern Vocational Educati...
The vocational education landscape in India is undergoing a significant transformation, marked by the emergence of short-term, credential-based learning pathways that lead to meaningful employment opportunities. The traditional model of...
IEF Editorial Team
- Samvaad
- November 29, 2023
‘HR is your Strategic Partner for Business Goals and Em...
Y Thiyagarajan, DM HR, Ashok Leyland speaks to India Employer Forum about unlocking business growth with HR, Automation, employee development programs and more... Tell us a little about your journey...
Ease of doing business (EODB)
IEF Editorial Team
- Compliance
- September 11, 2025
Beyond Cosmetic: Transformation of the Regulatory Frame...
The cosmetics industry in India is growing remarkably due to various factors, including increased consumer awareness, expanding disposable incomes, exposure to global trends through digital platforms, and others. In 2025,...
IEF Editorial Team
- Technology
- October 10, 2025
From Firewalls to Frameworks: The Rise of BMIS in Corpo...
Written by Nilesh Gupta As the digital landscape evolves under the strain of increasingly sophisticated and relentless cyber threats, corporations are awakening to a stark reality: traditional, perimeter-based security is...
IEF Editorial Team
- Compliance Roundup
- October 7, 2025
Monthly Compliance Roundup September 2025
The regulatory compliance landscape in India is highly dynamic, with an average of ~42 updates per day. In 2024 alone, there were as many as 9,331 updates w.r.t compliance requirements....
IEF Editorial Team
- Samvaad
- October 13, 2025
The Evolving Compliance Landscape in India
Diwanshu Arora, speaks to the India Employer Forum about the compliance challenges in the consumer electronics industry, technology influence in compliance processes and career tips for upcoming compliance professionals... 1.What...
Initiatives
IEF Editorial Team
- Samvaad
- October 29, 2025
Transforming People Strategies in Established Sectors
Sunil Ranjhan, CHRO, Dixon Technologies India, speaks to the India Employer Forum about traditional hiring practices to today’s dynamic talent landscape, leadership development programs, AI and automation, reskilling and upskilling,...
IEF Editorial Team
- Manthan
- July 7, 2025
AI-Ready Data Centers: Powering Future-Ready Businesses
India’s data infrastructure is radically transforming, driven by the rise of AI, GenAI, and automation. As data creation has exploded more in the last three years than in the previous...
IEF Editorial Team
- Nibandh
- October 24, 2025
Resilience in the Rearview Mirror: How Vivid Memories S...
By Sanjay Dhar, Executive Director, (HR-L&D), SAIL The power of learning from experience "We are the sum total of our experiences. Those experiences—good and bad—make us who we are." —...