Joining Terms and Conditions

Joining Terms and Conditions

These Joining Terms and Conditions apply to every candidate who submits an application through the Company’s portal for any engagement position. By accessing this portal, checking the acceptance box, and submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these terms. If selected, these terms shall form a binding part of your onboarding process and shall be read together with any document or email issued by the Company. You hereby provide explicit electronic consent and enter into a legally binding digital contract pursuant to the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and any other applicable civil or contract law. If you do not agree to these terms, do not proceed or submit your application.

1. Applicability and Relationship with Engagement Agreement

These Joining Terms and Conditions constitute the minimum conditions applicable to all candidates applying through the Company’s website. Candidates who are selected shall be required to execute the applicable Agreement or any other onboarding documents issued by the Company. Such executed documents shall supplement these Joining Terms and Conditions. In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms and the executed agreement, the provisions of the executed agreement applicable to the candidate’s engagement shall prevail.

2. Nature of Engagement

The Applicant agrees that upon engagement, they shall act strictly as an exclusive Professional / Consultant on a commercial basis for Services. Nothing in these terms or website disclosures creates an employer-employee relationship, partnership, or joint venture. The Consultant shall not be entitled to statutory employee benefits, including but not limited to Provident Fund (PF), ESI, gratuity, paid leave encashment, or statutory severance, unless explicitly provided otherwise in a separate, formal written employment agreement executed by the Company. The Company may call the selected candidates as Interns, Trainees, Consultants, Contractors or any other position as a work title based on project deliverables, requirements, and business models howerver it doesn’t change the relationship type of consultant.

3. Minimum Service Commitment

The Applicant agrees to a mandatory minimum service commitment of eighteen (18) months from the date of engagement commencement, as well as a mandatory notice period of two (2) months before any separation, exit, resignation/discontinuation.

The Applicant expressly acknowledges that sudden exit, unapproved resignation, or unauthorized abandonment causes severe operational disruption, client deliverable failures, and quantifiable financial losses to the Company.

For candidates joining through an internship or trainee program, the internship/training period shall not be counted towards the minimum service commitment unless specifically stated otherwise in writing by the Company.

4. Educational Documents Verification & Submission of Original Documents

Selected candidates may be required to submit educational, identity, address and other supporting documents for verification and onboarding purposes. As a condition of joining, selected candidates shall be required to produce their original educational certificates for verification and submit thereof. The candidate shall also deposit their 2 (two) original educational certificates with the Company as part of the agreed joining commitment and service obligations.

The candidate acknowledges and voluntarily agrees to this requirement while applying for the required position before accepting any offer given by the Company

5. Return of Original Educational Certificates

The Company shall return all deposited original educational certificates whenever the candidate separates from the Company after the candidate has:

  • Successfully completed the applicable minimum service commitment;
  • Served the required notice period
  • Returned all Company assets, documents and credentials;
  • Completed project handover and all departmental exit formalities; and
  • Cleared any outstanding financial or contractual obligations, if applicable.

The deposited educational certificates shall remain the sole property of the candidate, and the Company shall return them upon successful completion of the above requirements.

6. Early Separation

6.1 Voluntary Early Separation

If a candidate voluntarily discontinues the engagement before completion of the applicable minimum commitment period and/or fails to serve the required notice period, the Company may recover applicable costs, compensation, training and onboarding expenses, and other amounts arising from such breach.

Where the applicable agreement document or issued document specifies a recovery amount, such amount shall apply. The applicable recovery amount may range from ₹50,000 (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) to ₹2,00,000 (Rupees Two Lakhs only), depending upon the nature of the engagement, role, training, resources invested and other relevant circumstances.

Where the signed agreement or issued document does not specify a fixed amount, the parties expressly acknowledge and agree that ₹50,000 (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) shall be the minimum contractual amount stipulated towards the Company’s training, onboarding, operational and other costs associated with the engagement. The parties agree that these stipulated amounts constitute a genuine, reasonable pre-estimate of liquidated operational damages under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, and not a penalty, subject to the Company’s right to claim additional actual damages where applicable.

6.2 Separation Due to Breach, Misconduct or Non-Performance

If the Company terminates or discontinues the engagement before completion of the applicable minimum commitment period due to the candidate’s material breach of the applicable terms, serious misconduct, disciplinary violation, unprofessional conduct, breach of confidentiality, misuse of Company or client resources, violation of Company policies, unlawful activity connected with the engagement, material or persistent non-performance of assigned responsibilities, or any other material failure to comply with the obligations of the engagement, such termination may be treated as an Early Separation for the purposes of the applicable contractual recovery provisions.

In cases of non-performance, the Company may consider the candidate’s failure to perform assigned duties, consistently failing to meet reasonable performance expectations, failure to demonstrate required progress or improvement, or failure to comply with reasonable work-related directions and responsibilities applicable to the role.

Where such separation results from a material breach or failure attributable to the candidate, the Company may seek recovery of applicable costs, training and onboarding expenses, or other reasonable amounts as provided under the applicable engagement terms and subject to applicable law.

7.Notice Period

Upon confirmation or completion of the applicable commitment period, resignation or termination initiated by you must comply the notice period specified in the applicable engagement agreement.

Failure to comply with the notice requirements may result in settlement adjustments or recovery of applicable dues as per the early separation clause of these terms & conditions or as mentioned under the governing agreement and applicable law.

8. Confidentiality and Company Property

All candidates engaged by the Company shall maintain strict confidentiality regarding Company information, client information, source code, intellectual property, business processes, company infrastructure, company operational aspects and other confidential materials during and after their engagement.

All Company assets, documents, credentials and equipment must be returned upon completion or termination of the engagement.

9. Code of Conduct

Employees and Consultants are expected to maintain professional conduct, comply with Company policies, safeguard Company and client interests, and perform assigned responsibilities honestly and ethically.

Material misconduct, fraud, breach of confidentiality, conflict of interest or violation of Company policies may result in disciplinary action, termination of engagement and legal remedies where applicable.

10. Acceptance of Terms

Submission of an application through this website constitutes your acknowledgement that:

  • The information provided by you is true and accurate;
  • You have read and accepted these General Engagement Terms;
  • You understand that selection does not guarantee work order;
  • If selected, you agree to execute the applicable agreement and other onboarding documents before or during the joining and onboarding process.

Where any provision of these Terms differs from the executed issued letter applicable to your engagement, the executed document shall prevail to the extent of such inconsistency.

11. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by the laws of India.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or any contract engagement with the Company shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent civil courts at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.