India Inc treads diverse path with more women on topIndian companies are boosting women in leadership. They are using mentorship, training, and inclusive hiring. Mphasis, RPG Group, KPMG, Tar...
22 Dec, 2024, 08.27 AM IST
Gender diversity still a long way away among CFOs, reveals surveyNumbers have improved in 2024 so far, but data from 2,257 NSE cos show only 45 women in director-finance roles. Experts said a push is comi...
10 Feb, 2024, 10.30 AM IST
India Inc looks to build pipeline of women leadersCompanies such as Infosys, Lowe's India, Amazon, Cisco, ABB India, BT Group, Cummins India, and WeWork India are implementing initiatives t...
08 Sep, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
As India eyes semiconductor glory, companies chipping away at gender gapA host of companies including AMD, Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, and Synaptics are making concerted efforts to build a pipeline of fem...
19 Aug, 2023, 09.32 AM IST
Women in leadership pipeline adversely impacted by Covid-19 pandemic: studyAccording to the study, globally, the pipeline for top leadership positions still hasn't recovered to pre-pandemic levels – 14% representat...
06 Mar, 2023, 05.58 PM IST
Startups accelerate hiring of women in product, technology rolesAccording to Nasscom data, women constitute 35% of India's technology industry, a figure that companies like Wakefit, Urban Company, Mpower...
16 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Corner office still distant for women in India IncDespite the efforts of several progressive companies, boards and even investors to enhance the presence of women in key leadership roles, t...
08 Mar, 2022, 08.10 AM IST
Student-focused VC gradCapital launches $500,000 fund for women foundersThe team comprises female founders across diverse sectors, including Zouk, Snap, ShareChat, CIIE, and Unitus Capital guiding new female ent...
29 Sep, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
Women in corporate space need quality mentoring: Heide Abelli, Skillsoft"There are several factors behind this lack of gender diversity," says Heide Abelli, general manager, leadership and business at Skillsoft,...
25 Sep, 2019, 12.01 PM IST
Learn & lead: Companies offer for womenMore than 59% of over 300 companies said they run women-specific L&D programmes.
17 Jul, 2019, 11.21 AM IST
- Aviva Life Insurance launches Wings to empower women at the workplace
The new initiative has been aimed to empower the women in Aviva to fulfil their professional and personal goals.
13 Mar, 2019, 12.54 PM IST
Vedanta to raise women headcount to 30% in 2 yearsCurrently, 11% of the company’s 25,000 employees are women, which it aims to increase to 30% in two years. This can be compared with the av...
25 Sep, 2018, 08.39 AM IST
ET Women Ahead: Workplace diversity possible only with high-visibility, female role modelsOrganisations must pay heed to 3 points if they want more representation in the workforce.
06 Feb, 2018, 10.09 AM IST
Gender parity still a long haul for business, will take 10-25 years to achieve: SurveyIt will take 10-25 years for businesses globally to achieve gender parity on their boards, almost a third of 350 CXOs surveyed by EY have s...
20 May, 2016, 01.44 AM IST
Royal Bank of Scotland rolls out female leaders talent programme in IndiaThe new framework has been designed to meet the customised needs of women using a combination of learning opportunities, mentoring.
06 May, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
Deloitte declares 26 weeks of maternity leave for women employees; PWC, EY, KPMG to follow suitOnly a handful of other companies have announced a six month maternity leave for women. Microsoft India is one of the recent ones to do so.
19 Feb, 2016, 06.07 AM IST
‘Women hold only 5% of top 100 posts in 27 companies’While women continue to make up a small percentage of the senior leadership in organizations globally, Indian companies are doing much wors...
05 Feb, 2013, 06.08 AM IST