Kalpana Pathak

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Tables turn as potential employees ask tough questions to start-ups
Rediff.com21 Mar 2016

One of the reasons behind the changing trend is that the applicants are spoiled for choice

One more Housing.com co-founder quits
Rediff.com10 Mar 2016

Advitiya Sharma is fifth co-founder to leave the start-up now left with three more...

Start-ups slow down hiring at IIMs
Rediff.com9 Feb 2016

Start-ups, especially the e-commerce players, are either staying away from these...

Panel proposes to unleash watchdog on private coaching
Rediff.com15 Dec 2015

Needless to say, coaching institutes are unhappy with suggestion.

SoftBank to give Housing.com an early Christmas gift
Rediff.com9 Dec 2015

Japanese telecom major would invest $50 mn in the start-up in 'December or latest by...

Trust deficit among oil companies costs India dear
Rediff.com4 Dec 2015

Indian oil and gas exploration companies work in silos.

The man who uses instincts over numbers
Rediff.com26 Nov 2015

Naveen Tewari loves cycling but over the past few years, he has been keeping his first...

The more the merrier, say VCs to entrepreneurs
Rediff.com19 Nov 2015

VCs say soft skills is one aspect they look at before investing.

Analysts upbeat on RIL outlook
Rediff.com17 Nov 2015

Refining major optimistic on planned investment of $16 bn for expansion and new...

Coffers empty, staff fired: TinyOwl's story goes bust
Rediff.com5 Nov 2015

Questions were asked about the recent round of funding in which it raised Rs 50 crore...

Keeping KG-D6 alive took Rs 4.5k cr for RIL and its partners
Rediff.com4 Nov 2015

RIL and BP completed the initial exploratory work on the 21 blocks, but decided to...

Sasha Mirchandani: A successful angel investor
Rediff.com29 Oct 2015

Sasha Mirchandani's tryst with investing began when his own venture failed to seek...

Setback for Reliance from KG-D6 block
Rediff.com21 Oct 2015

The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) might take a write-down on the...

Housing.com ramps up management
Rediff.com14 Oct 2015

Informally things are already functioning where the team reports to Jason Kothari.

ONGC, RIL stare at long-drawn legal battle over gas row
Rediff.com10 Oct 2015

The stage for negotiations to settle the Krishna-Godavari basin dispute is long over,...

Bikes, LCD televisions on offer as 3,000 fuel pumps reopen
Rediff.com22 Sep 2015

Companies and retailers have launched schemes one has never heard of.

Crude oil price is down 50% but retail prices remain high
Rediff.com4 Sep 2015

One of the reasons is that the retail prices are not bench-marked to crude but their...

It won't be easy for start-ups to hire from IITs
Rediff.com13 Aug 2015

Being a start-up backed by marquee funds will no longer be enough to seek a placement...

Skilling India 2.0: Challenges aplenty
Rediff.com15 Jul 2015

Only 2.3% of the Indian workforce has undergone formal skill training, as compared to...

Unravelling the enigma of a unique entrepreneur - Rahul Yadav
Rediff.com3 Jul 2015

Rahul Yadav, the recently-ousted CEO of Housing.com, says he is too logical to be...