Indian companies plan more hiring in 2026 compared with 2025Indian companies are likely to hire 10–12 million employees in 2026, nearly 2 million more than last year. Several companies said they will...
01 Jan, 2026, 06.51 AM IST
Finding Gen XX among GenAI leadersCan generative artificial intelligence help women break the proverbial glass ceiling? There are some positive signs though a lot more needs...
03 Jun, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Just 7% of all women tech leaders in executive roles across India's 121 unicorns: ReportIndian startups show a gender disparity, with women holding only 7% of top executive roles across 121 unicorn startups. Most women are in m...
30 Apr, 2025, 09.36 PM IST
Women’s participation in tech contractual roles nearly triples, but pay gap persistsWomen’s participation in India’s tech contractual workforce has nearly tripled from 9.51% in 2020 to 27.98% in 2024, according to a TeamLea...
26 Mar, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
44% gamers in India are women, but male employees continue to dominate the industryWomen’s representation in tech roles in India is even lower, at 6-9%, according to the Women in Games report by All India Games Developers ...
25 Feb, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
Global capability centres seek to increase female representation in tech rolesData from Quess Corp indicates that the presence of women in global capability centres (GCCs) has slightly increased to 30% in FY24 from 26...
27 May, 2024, 12.38 PM IST
Ukrainian women's startups drive tech sector resilience, offer economic recovery hopeMartial law prohibits most men of military age from leaving the country, creating a need and space for female tech entrepreneurs at home an...
22 Mar, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
Tech companies are bridging gender gap in a more sustainable fashionClosing the gender gap in India's tech sector requires collaboration across sectors. Efforts from employers, educational institutions, and ...
16 Feb, 2024, 10.45 AM IST
Women's reservation bill: A history of female participation in India's workforceAccording to the International Labour Organization (ILO), doubling the percentage of women in the workforce could boost India's growth rate...
20 Sep, 2023, 04.05 PM 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
TCS, Infosys, Wipro, others are steering the drive to bridge IT's gender gapThe share of women employees across the top five IT companies stood at 34.1% at the end of the first quarter of 2023-24, up from 31.7% as o...
04 Aug, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
Hiring of women pips IT headcount growthThe number of female employees increased 6.5% at these IT companies in FY23, outpacing growth in their total headcount, which was 5.9%, acc...
10 May, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
Google to nurture 20 startups by Indian women foundersThe tech giant will place special emphasis on access to networks, access to capital, hiring challenges, mentorship and many others which, f...
03 Oct, 2022, 06.21 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
Gender gap is closing fast across India’s top IT companiesProfessional services firm Aon's recent survey tracking 20 top IT services companies, shared exclusively with ET, also confirms the trend o...
12 Feb, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
IT companies like Google, Capgemini, Tech Mahindra hire more women in technical roles to bridge the gender gap across levelsCompanies bridge the gender gap across levels through hiring as well as initiatives such as leadership development programmes.
16 Jun, 2015, 06.24 AM IST
Intel's $125 million fund to fight gender and racial imbalance in Silicon ValleyThe fund, called Intel Diversity Fund, will invest in startups run by women and underrepresented minorities.
10 Jun, 2015, 02.52 PM IST