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NDTV 24*7 co-sponsors Dr Lester Thurow strategy summit
MUMBAI: English news channel NDTV 24*7 is the television partner for the indiatimes strategy summit that will showcase leading management guru Dr Lester Thurow.
Dr Thurow, the world’s leading authority on international markets and global competitiveness, will address registered invitees in New Delhi (Maurya Sheraton) on 20 August; and Mumbai (Hyatt Regency) on 22 August 2003.
Dr Thurow will talk about globalisation in transition: the power shift to knowledge based individuals, companies and nations. He will discuss ways to take advantage of global opportunities; and to create a sustainable competitive advantage in the emerging economic scenario.
A renowned economist and global scenario plotter, Dr Thurow is the Dean-Emeritus at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He has been a professor of management and economics at MIT for more than 30 years. He has been an economics columnist for many national and international publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Newsweek and Nikkei Business Japan. Professor Thurow is also a renowned CNN journalist.
Professor Thurow has been rated among the top three economists in the Accenture Ratings of Top 50 management gurus and business intellectuals of the world (the most widely acclaimed guide on business gurus), published in January 2003. He is the author of best-sellers such as The Zero Sum Society, Head to Head and Building wealth. He is on the board of leading global corporations.
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Beep App launches Gen-Z career platform, clocks 30,000 plus placements
Pune startup turns scrolling into career action with learn-explore-earn model
PUNE: Beep App has rolled out its newly positioned career-focused app aimed at Gen-Z users, as it looks to bridge what it calls a growing gap between exposure and employability among young Indians.
Formerly known as EventBeep, the platform is built around a simple but timely idea: turning everyday scrolling into meaningful career action. The app targets students and early professionals, offering a unified space to explore career options, learn relevant skills and access internships and job opportunities.
At a time when short-form content dominates screen time, Beep is attempting to flip the script by embedding structured, career-oriented insights within a familiar scroll-based interface. The idea is not to disrupt user behaviour, but to redirect it.
The platform spans a wide range of fields, including artificial intelligence, product management, design and data analytics. It provides users with insights into role expectations, required skills and step-by-step career pathways, supported by inputs from industry practitioners.
At the heart of the offering is a “learn, explore, earn” model that integrates discovery, skill-building and hiring into one ecosystem. The company says this closed-loop approach is already gaining traction, with over 30,000 placements facilitated so far.
“Gen-Z does not lack ambition; what they often lack is structured direction,” said Beep App founder and CEO Saurabh Mangrulkar. “The Beep App is designed to organise that exposure into actionable pathways so users can move from intent to execution with greater confidence.”
The launch comes amid a broader shift in India’s job market towards skills-first hiring, where practical experience and demonstrable capabilities are increasingly valued alongside academic qualifications.
Founded in 2021, Beep App has grown steadily within the student ecosystem, connecting over 6.5 million users with opportunities across more than 1,500 colleges and 7,800 hiring companies.
Looking ahead, the company plans to deepen its content across emerging sectors, expand its hiring network and build more personalised career pathways tailored to user behaviour.
As Gen-Z continues to navigate a complex and fast-evolving job market, platforms that can turn curiosity into clarity may well shape the next wave of career discovery.
