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Balancing work with parenting duties can be a serious struggle. For new mums, making the transition back to work after maternity leave can be a difficult process. To understand more about the struggles working mothers face during this time, and how businesses can best support them, I found a 2019 survey of 1,000 mothers from across the world with children under 16 about their experiences on returning to work.

The agricultural sector in India employs around 58% of the nation’s working population. Accounting for 18 percent of the country’s GDP, the sector is one of the most important sectors in the country.

One of the biggest enlightening take away from the pandemic times has been the emergence of empathy at the forefront of all considerations. There are innumerable number of stories of how healthcare practitioners have been selfless and caring in serving affected people.

Doing Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) work can be one of the most rewarding things you ever do in your career. But it can also be one of the most challenging, emotionally charged experiences you’ll ever have in your career

The world has changed with COVID. Organisations were forced to transform their workplace overnight. Employee experience shot into the limelight, with focus on employee health and safety, and adoption of digital tools made a virtual office possible.

There is a saying that “People may forget what you did to them but they will never forget how you made them feel”. This is apt in the current pandemic that is characterized by anxiety, uncertainty and stress.

Each one of us was excited about the dawn of 2020. It meant – a new year, a new decade, and the rush for innumerable beginnings. But alas, COVID-19 struck the planet and as I write this piece, we are continuing to reel under its effects.

“Change is the end result of all true learning,” says a famous quote from Leo Buscaglia. And when we look back at what the pandemic drove us to, it is change that emerges as the most underlying aspect.

Capability building is pivotal to enhance an employee’s skills, knowledge and competency from better to best performance through an effective and systematic process.

Human resource function is very important and a key function to the organizations for achieving excellence in business activities, ranging from strategic planning to company image. HR practitioners in a any business who have well-rounded expertise provide a number of services to employees.

As per All India Survey for Higher Education (AISHE) for the year 2018-2019, there are 993 Universities, 39931 Colleges and 9190 stand-alone institutions. The total number of enrolment in higher education is merely 26.3% for the age group of 18 – 23 years.

On a global landscape in the last decade, Artificial Intelligence [AI] has made  radical inroads to influence major aspects of human life. The highest point of the spectrum will clearly be the external environment of our interactions, ranging from experiences pertaining to entertainment, shopping, vacation, social media, professional, finance, law enforcement, healthcare etc.