Women’s role central in shaping supply chain expertise: Abhyuday JindalWomen are significantly advancing in the supply chain sector, particularly in leadership roles, thanks to gender diversity programs and tec...
07 Mar, 2025, 08.52 PM IST
Automation paves way for women in traditionally male-dominated manufacturing sectorThe drive towards automation in India's manufacturing sector is anticipated to increase the hiring of women, leading to more inclusive work...
12 Aug, 2024, 01.43 PM IST
How apprenticeships can serve as a vital vehicle to address low women labor participation in IndiaIndia's apprenticeships signal shifting gender attitudes, with progress in compensation parity and inclusivity efforts. Addressing systemic...
27 Mar, 2024, 11.49 AM IST
Companies are taking steps to boost gender diversityCompanies are taking various measures to increase the gender diversity numbers. These include hiring more women from campuses, offering fle...
11 Jan, 2024, 01.34 PM IST
Companies race to campuses to have more women at finish lineCompanies are targeting female graduates at leading engineering and management schools (IITs, IIMs, NITs, etc) and undergraduate colleges s...
25 Nov, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
More women learning on the job as manpower crunch hits shop floors“Factories are becoming increasingly gender agnostic as they are facing a big talent shortage,” said Sumit Kumar, chief business officer of...
12 Nov, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
In top manufacturing companies, women employees are a minorityTop Indian manufacturing companies employ fewer than seven women per 100 employees on average despite initiatives that promote workplace ge...
07 Aug, 2023, 01.26 PM IST
India Inc is opening up to trans rights, one hiring at a timeIn addition to conducting targeted recruitment drives, companies are identifying and creating more positions for trans persons, including a...
09 Apr, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
More women enter auto manufacturing as Tata Motors, Hero, MG accelerate gender diversity driveTata Motors, which currently has over 3,000 women operating on its shop floors across its six plants in India in different roles for produc...
24 Jul, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Mahindra & Mahindra vows gender diversity, names more women in leadership rolesThese leaders include Sheebu David, executive vice president (corporate HR); Asha Kharga, chief customer and brand officer; Nidhi Seksaria,...
15 Aug, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
Gender diversity blooms in India's hybrid work climateAll 79 companies covered in a recent survey by professional services firm Aon said they are looking at improving gender diversity ratio. Th...
30 Jun, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
From mining to manufacturing, companies boost gender diversityIndia Inc has quietly progressed on the gender diversity front in spite of the pandemic. Engineering firm ABB, Hindustan Zinc (HZL), Sun Li...
30 Nov, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
Women in India Inc: 19% in 2016, 26% nowThe report is based on data from across 353 companies that employ more than 10 lakh women.
08 Mar, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
Tata Steel on a gender-diversity drive, aims to have 20% female staff in 5 yearsThe diversity thrust includes focused hiring of women, offering female staff facilities like flexible working hours, options to work from h...
27 Aug, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
May her tribe increase: Auto companies hire more women for shop floor rolesNot just car manufacturing, women are making their presence felt on shop floors in making tractors and trucks.
19 Aug, 2018, 05.13 PM IST
Women face bias at workplaces in India, gender parity a problem at senior levels: SurveyAccording to the survey, 42% working women said they face managerial bias.
12 Apr, 2018, 07.50 PM IST
- Gender diversity scores high for firms like Microsoft, Accenture et al
A growing tribe of India Inc leaders and CXOs is now being evaluated and rewarded on how well they attract, nurture and groom women manager...
13 Mar, 2012, 04.31 AM IST