Kalpana Pathak

Stories by Kalpana Pathak

Tables turn as potential employees ask tough questions to start-ups

Tables turn as potential employees ask tough questions to start-ups

Rediff.com   21 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

One more Housing.com co-founder quits

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2016

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

Start-ups slow down hiring at IIMs

Start-ups slow down hiring at IIMs

Rediff.com   9 Feb 2016

Start-ups, especially the e-commerce players, are either staying away from these campuses or recruiting in much smaller numbers than last year

Panel proposes to unleash watchdog on private coaching

Panel proposes to unleash watchdog on private coaching

Rediff.com   15 Dec 2015

Needless to say, coaching institutes are unhappy with suggestion.

SoftBank to give Housing.com an early Christmas gift

SoftBank to give Housing.com an early Christmas gift

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2015

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

Trust deficit among oil companies costs India dear

Trust deficit among oil companies costs India dear

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2015

Indian oil and gas exploration companies work in silos.

The man who uses instincts over numbers

The man who uses instincts over numbers

Rediff.com   26 Nov 2015

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

The more the merrier, say VCs to entrepreneurs

The more the merrier, say VCs to entrepreneurs

Rediff.com   19 Nov 2015

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

Analysts upbeat on RIL outlook

Analysts upbeat on RIL outlook

Rediff.com   17 Nov 2015

Refining major optimistic on planned investment of $16 bn for expansion and new technology to post healthy margins

Coffers empty, staff fired: TinyOwl's story goes bust

Coffers empty, staff fired: TinyOwl's story goes bust

Rediff.com   5 Nov 2015

Questions were asked about the recent round of funding in which it raised Rs 50 crore but there was no answer.

Keeping KG-D6 alive took Rs 4.5k cr for RIL and its partners

Keeping KG-D6 alive took Rs 4.5k cr for RIL and its partners

Rediff.com   4 Nov 2015

RIL and BP completed the initial exploratory work on the 21 blocks, but decided to retain only four of them.

Sasha Mirchandani: A successful angel investor

Sasha Mirchandani: A successful angel investor

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2015

Sasha Mirchandani's tryst with investing began when his own venture failed to seek funding in early 2000s.

Setback for Reliance from KG-D6 block

Setback for Reliance from KG-D6 block

Rediff.com   21 Oct 2015

The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) might take a write-down on the KG-D6 block.

Housing.com ramps up management

Housing.com ramps up management

Rediff.com   14 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

ONGC, RIL stare at long-drawn legal battle over gas row

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2015

The stage for negotiations to settle the Krishna-Godavari basin dispute is long over, says a government official

Bikes, LCD televisions on offer as 3,000 fuel pumps reopen

Bikes, LCD televisions on offer as 3,000 fuel pumps reopen

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2015

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

Crude oil price is down 50% but retail prices remain high

Crude oil price is down 50% but retail prices remain high

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2015

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

It won't be easy for start-ups to hire from IITs

It won't be easy for start-ups to hire from IITs

Rediff.com   13 Aug 2015

Being a start-up backed by marquee funds will no longer be enough to seek a placement slot at the Indian Institutes of Technology.

Skilling India 2.0: Challenges aplenty

Skilling India 2.0: Challenges aplenty

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2015

Only 2.3% of the Indian workforce has undergone formal skill training, as compared to 68% in UK and 52% in the US

Unravelling the enigma of a unique entrepreneur - Rahul Yadav

Unravelling the enigma of a unique entrepreneur - Rahul Yadav

Rediff.com   3 Jul 2015

Rahul Yadav, the recently-ousted CEO of Housing.com, says he is too logical to be sentimental about the venture he co-founded three years ago.