Early 2009, Infosys HR boss Mr. Mohandas Pai (whom many call ‘Quick Sack Murugan’) publicly labeled 2100 juniors that it sacked as ‘non performers’. Senior managers whose variable pay was cut were not labeled ‘non-performers’. Techgoss had then questioned why, like the laws of the jungle, only those who could not fight back were labeled ‘non-performers’. More...

NASSCOM, which is the voice of the booming Indian IT-ITES sectors, announced its Gender Inclusivity Awards in Dec, 2009.  NOIDA-based HyTech Professionals India Ltd was honoured with the NASSCOM Award for Excellence in Gender Inclusivity for the Best Emerging Company which has been in existence for less then 5 years. More...

Violet Blue describes herself as a ‘foremost expert in the field of sex and technology’ and a ‘sex-positive pundit’ in mainstream media.  She has been written about in Forbes and Wired and interviewed by CNN and even the Oprah show. She has even been invited to speak at Google Tech Talks.Violet Blue has just released her list of ‘Top ten sexy geeks 2010’. More...

UK based EquaTerra specializes in IT and business processes and claims credit for more than 2,000 transformation and outsourcing projects across more than 60 countries. While such reports are always subjective, EquaTerra has published UK rating of the different IT-ITES outsourcing companies. In 2009, of the top five, 4 are of European origin and only 1 is Indian. More...

Nandan Nilekani co-founded Infosys, and like his mentor Mr. Narayana Murthy, became an icon of the Indian tech industry.  The Govt of India, impressed with his impeccable credentials, hired Nandan in June, 2009 and gave him a cabinet rank to head the UID Project. Most feel Nandan is the best man for the job. More...

Some Wipro employees in India and overseas will have a good or bad Christmas based on what a Judge in Bangalore rules on Dec 24, the day when the Court is expected to deliver a critical judgment on a harassment case. This case was filed by former Wipro employee Ram Mohan against nine managers at Wipro. More...

Dr Abdul Kalam, AR Rahman and Bollywood star SRK are in, and so is Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani nuclear scientist. I tried hard but couldn’t see the name of Bin Laden anywhere. If you are still wondering, this is a list of the leading 500 movers and shakers of the Muslim World. The respected Wipro boss is not in. More...

On Dec 5, 2009, Techgoss has published an exclusive article listing all the highly qualified and capable women who worked at Infosys but never got an opportunity to make it to the top layers of management. Most quit and went on to pursue senior positions in other companies. Many were head hunted by blue chip companies. More...

The USA had set up the H-1B visa program to hire on a short term basis highly skilled workers not available in America.  While many blue chip Indian tech firms follow the letter and spirit of the American law, the ground reality is that some have used every loophole in the H-1B system to bring in low cost workers. More...

It’s interesting to see how any rumour/myth if repeated regularly and with confidence soon dons the aura of being based on fact. There are still tens of thousands in India who actually believe the Infosys co-founder and tech icon Mr. Murthy sent an email to all Infosys employees saying “Leave on time. Never put in extra time unless really needed.” More...