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Indian IT industry employee rights policy - a time to review?

The Indian IT industry had tremendous growth during past few decades, especially in the areas  software and services sector. The IT and BPO sector employs around 5 million employees concentrated mainly in major cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Cochin etc.. IT Companies have totally neglected employee rights in each and every manner, which was partly a government policy to keep the industry growth in steady path. Now after all these years of success and an unsurpassed growth the companies nor the government have shown any interest in improving the employee rights. The trade unions usually go mum on employee issues and most companies have banned trade unions in their respective campuses. Having achieved all the growth at the expense of employee rights companies are not willing to improve. As they always have higher targets to achieve which would not be possible without current IT employee policies. At this time of parliament el...

How to become an innovator -innovation design - a common mans guide -introduction

This Series of post aims at introducing the art of innovation, how great minds became innovators and  inventors.  Here mainly I put forward few thoughts on my approaches to everyday problem solving through innovation to invention. I have used the name innovation design because problem solving, innovation invention have something in common that can be repeatedly used to bring up results using the same methodology, which I call a design. This was how great minds were successful in doing multiple discoveries and inventions. That is they were using some methodology to perfect something they had in their mind through paper to discovery/invention. Not only inventors but all successful people have an approach  which help them repeatedly succeed in their respective profession/business. So why am I interested in innovation design. If you check the history of progress of the world you can see all revolved around certain discoveries and inventions. S...

Alternative fair representational model for democratic process in india

 I am proposing an alternative representation model for all constituencies including parliament - loksabha, state legislative assemblies and panchayati raj institutions. I am putting forward a paired leadership model were each constituency will be represented by a male and a female representative at all levels. Main Advantages 1) fair representation of both sex. 2) process continuity guaranteed in case of sudden demise of an individual in pair or in next election. 3) more time can be spend on constituency and at the same time the voice of constituency can be raised equally well at the representational house.   Main disadvantages 1) cost 2) minor election process change. Complexities identified 1) Election All political parties and independents have to be to file nomination in male female pairs. 1.1) Nomination rejection of one of the members What will happen if nomination for one member is rejected owing to some reason. nomination should be resubmitted with a...