Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Vivo to double India manufacturing capacity by next year. #MakeInIndia

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo India is planning to set up 100 per cent manufacturing facility in India. This is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.

The cellphone maker has already set up a full-fledged manufacturing unit with the 30,000 square-metre facility at Greater Noida. Vivo Mobile India has so far invested over Rs 100 crore in its first phase of investment.
The company is currently manufacturing and assembling one million units a month at this plant which went operational last year, aiming to triple the production to three million a month in the near future.
With the launch of new smartphone hand set V5, the company is planning yet another niche product V5 Plus soon. 
Camera  centric V5 smartphone packs a massive 20MP front camera and comes with 'moonlight glow' feature which facilitates the users to take selfies in diverse lighting conditions.
The company has set its price at Rs 17,980 and it will be available in the market from November 26 in all retail stores. 


‪‪Indian Institute of Foreign Trade‬‬ IIFT Admit Card 2016

Documents needed with downloaded Admit Card
IIFT aspirants who have downloaded their Admit Card from IIFT Website need to take print of the same. Besides, as advised by IIFT the downloaded admit card is to be accompanied by required documents on the test day at the test centre. If they do not carry necessary documents with them, they will not be allowed inside the test venue.
According to IIFT “With a print out of the Admit card, the candidates should reach the venue of the Exam Centre on 27th November 2016 latest by 9.00 a.m. with one of the following documents: (a) Passport (b) Election I-Card (c) College I-Card (d) Driving License or (e) PAN Card for appearing in the Exam.”
Accordingly, you need to carry one of the following documents alongwith the print out of the admit card-
1. Passport,             or 
2. Election I-Card,   or 
3. College I-Card,    or 
4. Driving License,   or 
5. PAN Card
IIFT entrance test for its MBA(IB) 2017-19 programme will held on November 27, 2016 at 20 test centres across India namely, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bhubeneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Hydrabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur and Visakhapatnam.
IIFT MBA(IB) admission 2016 entrance test is  a paper pencil mode multiple choice objective type written test (in English). It will consist of about 130 questions covering English Comprehension, General Knowledge & Awareness, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Analysis.

IIFT doesn’t accept any other score than the score of its own entrance test for domestic candidates.

How are you different?

One of the common objections we train our new Sales Reps on is, "So tell me, How are you different from Global Assessment Players or other Indian Companies or HR Consulting firms?"
Given how fast Sales Reps forget, I made some simple charts for them to remember. I am sharing them with you as you may find the framework useful as you evaluate Assessment tools and companies :) I have removed the actual names of companies to be respectful to our competition.

  1. How are you different from other Indian Assessment providers?
  1. Why should we pick Jombay against the established global Assessment players?
  1. We currently work with Consulting companies to run Assessment Centers. Why Jombay?
We broadly have 5 product categories are all of them are growing fast with 250 odd companies using them-
  1. Psychometrics - for hiring, promotions, development
  2. Mini-HiVE (Psychometric + Cognitive) - for promotions, HiPo, managerial development programs
  3. B-HiVE (Attitude & Aptitude) - for Campus, front-line, junior level hiring
  4. HiVE-ACDC - for Assessment & Development Centers
  5. 360 degree platform

Mansi Mehta| Head- Assessment Business
Jombay | Behavior to Bottomline
Psychometrics | HiPo Identification | Frontline Assessments
 

Piaggio launches its most expensive scooter worth Rs 12 lakh in India

Vespa in India unveils two exclusive products in the country - the Vespa 946 Emporio Armani and Vespa 70th anniversary special edition.

946 Emporio Armani priced at Rs 12,04,970 (ex-showroom Pune) is the most expensive scooter in India. The Vespa 70th anniversary edition priced at Rs 96,500. 

The 4 - stroke electronic injection engine, with enhanced fuel economy and minimal emissions makes this two wheeler an ideal choice for city riding.  The bikes come with 220 mm double disc brake, two-channel ABS braking system and 12-inch wheels.