Tata Motors to upskill 50 pc of employees with new-age auto tech in five yearsTata Motors plans to equip more than 50% of its workforce with new-age auto tech capabilities within five years. The company aims to develo...
05 Oct, 2023, 06.02 PM IST
M&M maternity leave to cover adoption, surrogacyThe new maternity benefits policy - amongst the first such initiatives in the manufacturing industry - also provides 6 months of flexi work...
02 Oct, 2023, 12.44 AM IST
E-commerce, logistics companies’ diversity push drives demand for female workforceCompanies in India are actively hiring more women for temporary and other roles this festive season. E-commerce, logistics, and last-mile d...
26 Aug, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
Auto companies hiring more women to boost diversityIndia's leading automobile companies are employing more women to improve gender diversity in their workforce. Most of these companies are h...
18 May, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
Women taking driver's seat in EV industryAs women employees have a knack for design and safety, the green sector is offering 35% higher compensation to women than those offered to ...
04 Oct, 2022, 01.24 PM IST
India Inc bringing more women to factory floor to bridge gender gapA lot of the impetus came from the pandemic as many highly strenuous roles - which were so far a male bastion - have been automated, making...
25 Apr, 2022, 04.49 PM IST
GE Healthcare to open all-women manufacturing plant in BengaluruWipro GE Healthcare on Monday said its upcoming greenfield manufacturing facility in Bengaluru will be managed entirely by women.
08 Mar, 2022, 11.40 AM IST
Manufacturing companies are hiring more women in non-traditional rolesIndustry executives said factory floors, which traditionally required workers to operate heavy machinery, are turning more mechanised with ...
13 Mar, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
50 pc employees at Vizag plant to be women: Yokohama Off-Highway TiresCurrently, 7 per cent of its total workforce are women, and there are 108 women on the shopfloor, he said adding that over the next two yea...
08 Mar, 2021, 10.09 PM IST
HUL launches safety initiative for 100,000 women in ‘outer core’Besides all its 2,800 women employees, the initiative will also cover around 100,000 women working across the company’s supply chain, third...
08 Mar, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
Winds of change: More women manning auto assembly linesThe inclusion of women has improved the culture and discipline on the shopfloor because female associates are keener on punctuality, proces...
06 Mar, 2021, 12.21 PM IST
B-school focus on engineering students hurts gender agenda in company managementNearly 90 per cent of admissions to business schools are from engineering colleges, which in turn have very adverse gender ratio, Kochhar s...
11 Apr, 2014, 10.42 PM IST
Women inch closer to top roles as MNCs hire more female CXOsGeneral Motors last week appointed Mary Barra as its chief executive, making her the first woman in the world to head a major automobile co...
17 Dec, 2013, 05.51 AM IST
- Number of women in field jobs growing even if it means working at remote locations
This is one among a growing trend of stories at companies which had traditionally not witnessed women coming into such mainstream jobs in l...
05 Jun, 2012, 11.23 AM IST
- Engineering companies like Kirloskar Brothers changing gender dynamics
Women are breaking into what has traditionally been a male stronghold - the shopfloor, and engineering companies are taking the lead in ope...
03 Jan, 2012, 06.31 AM IST
- 'We use India to scale up in Africa'
F OR Theodore (Tim) M Solso, chairman and chief executive of Cummins Inc, the $13-billion engine, generator and...
21 Jan, 2011, 08.53 PM IST
- Women overtaking male counterparts on the shopfloor
Meet the new crowd—women in senior marketing roles selling a boy’s favourite toys: cars, bikes, cigarettes, alcohol, watches and menswear.
11 Jul, 2010, 02.21 AM IST