Month: October 2017

NXP Semiconductors helping the society for a real cause

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Sanjay Gupta is the Vice President and India Country Manager at NXP India Pvt. Ltd. Sanjay is responsible for leading NXP’s business in India and ensuring local compliance with government and corporate programs and policies. He also leads Methodology, Quality and Culture for the Automotive Microcontrollers & Processors (AMP) R&D in the organization. He is also the Chairperson for Innovation board (Methodology, flows and tools) for BU Automotive across organizational units. He is leading three diverse R&D locations (Noida, Bangalore and Hyderabad) consisting of nearly 1,800 employees representing all NXP…

For Indian IT organizations, CSR is a bigger gain

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Corporate Social Responsibility is not a new concept in India, however, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, has recently notified the Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 along with Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 “hereinafter CSR Rules” and other notifications related thereto which makes it mandatory (with effect from 1st April, 2014) for certain companies who fulfil the criteria as mentioned under Sub Section 1 of Section 135 to comply with the provisions relevant to Corporate Social Responsibility As mentioned by United Nations Industrial Development…

PM Modi’s initiative “Saubhagya” to electrify Indian households

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched a new scheme “Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – “Saubhagya” to ensure electrification of all households in the country in rural and urban India. The total outlay of the project is Rs.16,320 crore, while the Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) is Rs.12,320 crore. The outlay for the rural households is Rs.14,025 crore, while the GBS is Rs.10,587.50 crore. For the urban households, the outlay is Rs.2,295 crore, while GBS is Rs.1,732.50 crore. The Government of India will provide funds for the scheme…