Genpact in Deal with OGQ to Back Women Athletes Training for Olympics

NEW DELHI: IT services firm Genpact has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Olympic Gold Quest, an organisation working to help Indian athletes win Olympic medals, to support women athletes preparing for this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Part of Genpact’s corporate social responsibility ( CSR) programme, the initiative is the second major one under the ‘diversity & inclusion’ pillar towards driving women in leadership, the company said in a release on Thursday.

It had earlier set up Genpact Center for Women’s Leadership, an industry-academia partnership in association with Ashoka University.

The OGQ deal also marks Genpact’s first partnership in sporting arena.

“Gender diversity and supporting women to achieve their full potential are something that we drive with everything we have here at Genpact. We’re excited to extend this to supporting women in sports — where values such as meritocracy, focus, leadership and grit reflect our own values so well,” said Sasha Sanyal, senior vice president – strategy and diversity & inclusion leader at Genpact.

Cofounded by sporting icons Geet Sethi and Prakash Padukone, OGQ has supported four out of the six medalists ( Vijay Kumar, Gagan Narang, Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom) at the 2012 Olympics.