Government Jobs

Budget 2026: Anticipating a shift from attracting foreign investors to retaining them

India's foreign investment landscape has seen net outflows recently, despite strong market returns. To counter this, Budget 2026 is urged to offer competitive tax rates on long-term investments for both FPIs and FDIs. Lowering taxes on capital gains and dividends, along with making debt markets more attractive, could stabilize inflows and boost reserves.

Startup Funding

Indian AI-powered CLM platform SpotDraft raises $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures

SpotDraft, an AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, has raised $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures in an extended Series B funding round. The investment follows SpotDraft’s $56 million Series B raise in February 2025. Founded by Shashank Bijapur and Madhav Bhagat, SpotDraft combines intuitive workflows, business-friendly design, and AI-powered contract intelligence to help legal teams reduce turnaround times, scale operations, and demonstrate measurable business impact. The startup will use the raised capital to to deepen its product and AI capabilities and expand its enterprise presence across the Americas, EMEA, and India, and the relationship extends beyond capital. “This investment validates the architectural direction we've taken with SpotDraft,” said Shashank Bijapur, Co-founder and CEO, SpotDraft. “Legal teams handle some of the most sensitive business information, yet most AI tools still require sending that data to external cloud models. We've developed the...

Hiring News

Kwality Wall’s India gets Sonali Rajpurohit as HR head

After almost two years of association with Unilever, Sonali Rajpurohit has joined Kwality Wall’s India as HR head. This alumna of XLRI Jamshedpur holds an MBA in Human Resource Management. She was a summer intern with Akzo Nobel for a short while in 2015, where she designed an automated dashboard with key HR metrics for [...] The post Kwality Wall’s India gets Sonali Rajpurohit as HR head appeared first on HR Katha .

Layoffs / Restructuring

Bank strike today: Are public sector banks open for customers?

Public sector bank operations face nationwide disruption Tuesday as unions strike for a five-day work week. Conciliation talks failed, leading to the strike after banks were already closed for the weekend and Republic Day. This is expected to impact branch services for three consecutive days.

Hiring News

Navneet Gupta is global HR head, Milestone Inc

Navneet Gupta has joined Milestone Inc as global HR head. He moves from fabric where he was head of people for over three years. Equipped with a BTech in Computer Science and Engineering, Navneet Gupta went on to obtain an MBA in Human Resources from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, in 2012. He worked with Tata [...] The post Navneet Gupta is global HR head, Milestone Inc appeared first on HR Katha .

Industry Trends

How Siemens Technology and Services turned psychological safety into strategy

Technology organisations have long measured HR success by hiring speed, training completion rates, and retention percentages. These metrics show how efficiently people move through systems. They don’t reveal whether those people can navigate ambiguity, challenge assumptions, or create something that didn’t exist yesterday. At Siemens Technology and Services, a Global Capability Centre employing thousands across [...] The post How Siemens Technology and Services turned psychological safety into strategy appeared first on HR Katha .