HDFC opens its first all-women branch in north Kerala region in Kozhikode

To enhance gender diversity in banking sector, HDFC has opened its first all-women branch with four women bankers in north Kerala region in Kozhikode. The branch is located in Cherootty Road, the hub of traders in the district.

Branch Banking Head South (Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Kerala) Sanjeev Kumar said, the opening of the all-women branch is yet another example of their efforts to take forward gender and diversity initiatives of the bank.

This adds to all-women branches opened by the Bank in southern India and takes forward the bank's inherent values of diversity and inclusion, the statement said.


As on March 31, 2022, women constituted 21.7 per cent of the workforce and the target is to increase it to 25 per cent by 2025. Private sector bank major HDFC Bank is driving diversity and inclusion within the organization with a special focus on enhancing gender diversity, it said.

The branch was inaugurated by city Corporation Mayor Beena Philip on Wednesday.