Innovation is his middle name, and it’s what he does for a living. It’s no wonder that Hyderabad based Ashwin Palaparthi composes great music along with software testing techniques. This articulate 31 year old, a VP at AppLabs, is a man of many talents and had even launched a software venture ValueMinds which is credited with a number of award winning software testing tools. More...

So, Customer is King; and the “loyal” King gets rewards. But how many of us really carry all the paper / plastic around or remember to redeem these?  Klisma is your new intelligent shopping tool, initiated through your ubiquitous mobile. KLISMA is a mobile based membership card and when you register, you get a mobile based ID across all participating retailers in the program. More...

Nikesh Rathi, author of Somewhere @ Nowhere, worked with IT industry for some time before going on to pursue his passion for Education and Writing.  Though he had only a short stint in IT at Wipro, it helped him form the central characters of his book. Post his MBA from IIM in 2008, he now works in the educational sector.  Techgoss speaks to Nikesh about his well received book. More...

The US had set up the H-1B visa program to hire on a short term basis highly skilled workers not available in America. While most Indian tech firms win contracts based on their quality computing skills and competitive costs and treat their H1B techies well, there are others which exploit Indians at every opportunity.  The US Govt has announced huge fines for some such firms. More...

Karan Parikh and Sam Liu from Urbana Champaign, Illinois entered the YahooHackU, an international programming competition, simply to apply what they’d learnt at school, learn something new and meet many more interesting people! But they ended up with much more – a place at the finals of the prestigious contest and an iPad were just some of the things they walked away with. More...

NASSCOM ranks WNS as the No. 2 BPO company in India.  WNS was set up in 1996 and employs 21,000 people in 21 delivery centres in Americas, Europe and Asia looking after 200 global clients. Last year, WNS had net revenue of $386 Million. Techgoss had exclusively reported on how Keshav Murugesh had left Syntel to join WNS. Now a rogue AVP is on the radar for his rude behaviour. More...

Pradeep Chakravathy is an HR Guru handling Leadership Development in one of India’s largest and most successful IT giants. But that’s just the beginning, he wears other hats too – Freelance writer, Conductor of heritage walks in Chennai (with a view to introducing people to some very interesting, non-religious aspects of temples) and author of ‘Thanjavur a Cultural History’. More...

CISCO, which dominates the global network equipment market, sponsors the Cisco I-Prize worth $250K.  The I-Prize is an open, global competition where anyone can submit ideas for Cisco’s next business success. In 2010, Techgoss had interviewed Sanjith Yeruva who has made it to the finals of the CISCO contest. Sanjith has now won podium placement in another prestigious contest. More...

Not many are aware that California based website Tagged is the third most popular social networking site in the world.  Facebook is the leader with 600 million members; Twitter takes second place with 200 million members.  But ahead of LinkedIn is Tagged with about 100 million registered members. Tagged, which has been profitable for 3 years, is quite popular in India as well. More...

Teleperformance (TP) is one of the biggest BPO’s in the world.  It has about 100,000 employees and revenue of 1,800 mill pounds last year. Established in 1978, its core business spans the full spectrum of CRM/BPO contact center solutions. Teleperformance has a large global footprint in the industry with 276 contact centers, presence in 51 countries, servicing over 75 markets. More...