ApnaCircle.com - Local feel with a Global reach

It was the time when incoming calls on the mobile phone were also charged. If you were in the US, and you had friends calling you just to know where you were hanging out or what you planned to do over the weekend, for example; still it meant a considerably large bill. A victim of such friendly and harmless inquiries, Yogesh Bansal with his friends thought of creating a networking site of sorts, really a basic page saying – this is what we are doing, and allowing people to join. That was the first spark of ‘out of the box thinking’ and entrepreneurial approach while still in the US. Worth mention here is that the small page they created was later bought out, and the year was 1998.

After 9 years in the US, Yogesh Bansal returned to India with a vision, and realised that there had been a sea-change in the minds of young India that was more to be felt than to be seen. People were starting to go ‘e’ with a bit of ‘Hi5’ and other sites. Yogesh had a mind to give shape to his vision with a venture that would be a value-add and as well would have a positive impact by helping to give people what they required. Read more...

NTPC - Towards becoming an Employer of Choice

NTPC Towards becoming an Employer of Choice NTPC has sound people-policies as the base of its 25,000 strong workforce, whose toil and dedication makes it one of the market leaders in power generation (28.6 % of total electricity generated in 2009-10) in the country. Mr. Shrivastav, believes that the company has always put employees first, “In the Public Sector, NTPC’s policies have become a best-practice to be followed. Right from recruitment to training, retention and up gradation of employees, we make sure employee welfare is first - it is paramount for the organisation. It has become a model that is followed.”

The PMS (Performance Management System) of NTPC is like a benchmark that has been followed across the board. It begins with transparency brought in to the appraisal system from an erstwhile CR (Confidential Report) to a two-way method where the appraisee and appraiser discuss the process to ensure both are on the same page. Read more...