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MEIL completes 5-km tunnelling work as part of Zojila project

Infrastructure major Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) on Sunday said it has completed 5-km-long tunnelling work as part of the 18-km-long all-weather Zojila Tunnel in a record time of 14 months. The company in a statement said the project of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), being executed by the MEIL, is envisaged to ensure connectivity between Srinagar and Ladakh throughout the year without any interruptions. The Zojilla Tunnel -- Nilgrar 1, 2 & Zojila main tunnel - is being expeditiously executed, despite unfavourable weather conditions like snowfall, and blizzard at a high altitude of 3,528 metres above mean sea level, MEIL said. The statement noted that Zojila project, Asia's longest bi-directional tunnel, is a challenging development project in India for strategic reasons too. It added that the current winter witnessed the highest-ever snowfall in the history of Jammu and Kashmir with temperatures dropping ..

India flags market access issues in Korea during trade ministers' meet

India flagged market access issues being faced by domestic players from several sectors such as steel, engineering, and agri products in Korea

Indian engineering exports to China doubles in November 2021

The US, however, remained the top importer of Indian engineering goods

Advent takes majority stake in digital engineering services company Encora

Warburg Pincus, the present majority shareholder of Encora, would retain a minority stake

PE firm Kedaara invests in product engineering services company GS Lab

Kedaara has acquired a significant minority stake in the company, but the financial details of the deals were not disclosed

Velotio to hire 200 engineers to strengthen its product engineering delivery capability

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How does a data protection officer build trust in Customers through Privacy engineering?

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Include nursing, engineering diploma holders under Minimum Wages Act: CEAI

Engineering professionals' body CEAI on Tuesday said it has urged the government to include paramedical, nursing and engineering diploma holders under the Minimum Wages Act.

Hiring activity witnesses marginal growth sequentially in August: Report

Hiring activity witnessed a marginal growth of 1 per cent in August sequentially due to decline in job postings in sectors including engineering, logistic, agro-based industries among others

Telstra India sets up 2 Innovation and Capability Centres, engineering lab

Australian telecom firm Telstra's Indian arm on Wednesday announced setting up of innovation and capability centres and an engineering lab in the country where it will test devices for 5G networks.

Industry body Nasscom seeks govt help for super innovation units

Of the 500-600 companies present in the Indian ER&D space, 45-50% are engineering service providers, and 55-60% are MNCs and global contact centres

NeST Group launches digital service, plans to create 1,000 jobs

The NeST group of companies on Friday announced the launch of NeST Digital, its formal re-entry into the digital engineering services sector, and said it will create 1000 jobs

IT services major Capgemini is driving more value from India unit

For Ashwin Yardi, CEO India, Capgemini, the focus is to make sure that the India unit is aligned with global plans of repositioning company as a hub of engineering R&D, operational technology, and IT

State-owned BHEL first quarter loss narrows to Rs 448 crore

The company had reported a net loss of Rs 893.14 crore for the year-ago period, a BSE statement said.

Vassundara Nattes' Many Avatars Make Her A Force To Reckon With

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14 engineering colleges to offer courses in 5 languages: PM Modi

Modi said in the last one year, teachers, principals and policymakers of the country have worked very hard in implementing the National Education Policy on the ground.

Bihar to add 3 new universities for engineering, medical, sports streams

Bihar government has decided to set up three separate universities to regulate the functioning and academic activities of engineering, medical and sports streams

QuEST Global acquires Synapse Design to boost semiconductor business

This acquisition will enable QuEST's vision to grow its semiconductor business, add at least 2,000 engineers in the next four years

India's eng, research & development market to reach $63 bn by 2025: Nasscom

India's share in the global engineering and research and development (ER&D) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12-13 per cent to reach USD 63 billion by 2025, according to industry body Nasscom. Speaking at the Nasscom Engineering R&D Showcase 2021 event, Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh noted that the pandemic has altered the way consumers behave, interact with companies, and how businesses interact. Contactless technologies, analytics, software-led systems are changing how products are designed, redesigned, engineered, and consumed, she added. "...this represents a very unique opportunity for the ER&D companies in India that are primarily focusing on product design and innovation to partner with global enterprises and engineer the future, global megatrends like sustainability, create even more opportunities for product redesign and innovation and that is going to be tremendously important for the future of this industry," Ghosh said. She

Google drops engineering residency after protests over 'inequities'

Google last year pledged to improve retention for underrepresented employee groups.