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Updated on: Mar 2026
From Policy to Progress HRs Role in Empowering Women Leaders in India Inc
Diversity & Inclusion

From Policy to Progress HRs Role in Empowering Women Leaders in India Inc

Mar 19, 2026

From Maternity to Leadership Rethinking Career Continuity

Is maternity a pause button for a career? Or is it an exciting phase to progress and go to the next ...

Diversity & Inclusion
Mar 13, 2026
From Maternity to Leadership Rethinking Career Continuity

Finland Leader in Gender Equality, Empowering Women through Work-Life Balance

Despite progress in workplace equality, women worldwide still face roadblocks to leadership, especia...

Diversity & Inclusion
Apr 3, 2025
Finland Leader in Gender Equality, Empowering Women through Work-Life Balance

Shattering Ceilings Advancing Women Leadership in Boardrooms

In the corporate world, the term Glass Ceiling has long represented obstacles that hin...

Diversity & Inclusion
Mar 20, 2025
Shattering Ceilings Advancing Women Leadership in Boardrooms
Women face invisible barriers in their leadership roles
Leadership

Women face invisible barriers in their leadership roles

Organizations aspire to improve women’s representation at a leadership level. However, there is a continuous debate on whether it adheres to compliance, tokenism, or sustainability in the name of adhering to compliance, tokenism, or sustainability. The Companies Act, 2013 (Act) first introduced a provision mandating a woman director and laid the groundwork for the beginning […]

Mar 20, 2024
Cognizant to empower women in tech leadership with ‘Shakti’
Industry

Cognizant to empower women in tech leadership with ‘Shakti’

An American multinational information technology services and consulting company, Cognizant has partnered with nasscom to establish and prioritize best practices with a shared goal of making diversity and inclusion (D&I) a key differentiator of India’s tech sector. The company has introduced a unified framework of women-centric programs and policies Shakti to accelerate careers and boost women […]

Dec 15, 2023
Women in the C-suite has increased from 17 to 28 percent
Survey & Report

Women in the C-suite has increased from 17 to 28 percent

Since 2015, the number of women in the C-suite has increased from 17 to 28 percent, and the representation of women at the vice president and senior vice president levels has also improved significantly. Women are more ambitious than ever, and workplace flexibility is fueling them. Yet despite some hard-fought gains, women’s representation is not […]

Oct 11, 2023
Bridgestone India is empowering women to lead industrial growth
Industry

Bridgestone India is empowering women to lead industrial growth

A fully owned subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation Japan, Bridgestone India is empowering women in manufacturing to lead India’s industrial growth. The company has hired women apprentices at the Pune manufacturing operations. This is breaking barriers in manufacturing as these 93 women apprentices are honing their skills on the shop floor including operating heavy machinery and […]

Sep 2, 2023
Tata Motors starts first-ever all-women car assembly line
Work Model

Tata Motors starts first-ever all-women car assembly line

Tata Motors is putting women in the frontline of Indian automobile manufacturing with the first ever all-women car assembly line at its Pune plant. This all-women assembly line, where the company’s two flagship SUVs – Harrier and Safari – are assembled by women from scratch. For the past three years, over 1,700 women hailing from […]

Mar 14, 2023
Job openings for women seek a 35% surge in white-collar
Survey & Report

Job openings for women seek a 35% surge in white-collar

According to reports, White-Collar Job openings for women seek an increase by 35 percent in February 2023. The number has been presented by the talent management platform Foundit (formerly Monster APAC & ME). The report has also suggested that Job openings increase in the following sectors, geography. Sekhar Garisa, CEO, Foundit said, “Female workers have […]

Mar 6, 2023
Women in Leadership Pipeline has Hollowed Out in the Middle- IBM & Chief
Survey & Report

Women in Leadership Pipeline has Hollowed Out in the Middle- IBM & Chief

The leadership pipeline for women has hollowed out in the middle, according to a new global study “Women in leadership: Why perception outpaces the pipeline—and what to do about it” from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) and Chief. The study has found a small increase in the number of women at the C-suite and Board […]

Mar 4, 2023
Corporates focus on gender diversity, to hire more women in 2023
Industry

Corporates focus on gender diversity, to hire more women in 2023

Corporate India has been hiring women professionals focusing on gender diversity. It is expected that companies will hire more women in 2023. According to a survey conducted by Burgundy Private, a private banking business of Axis Bank and Hurun India, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has more female employees than any company in India. This is the second edition […]

Jan 4, 2023
Women’s representation on Indian Boards has tripled in 10 years
Diversity & Inclusion

Women’s representation on Indian Boards has tripled in 10 years

EY released its report on ‘Diversity in the Boardroom: progress and the way forward‘ highlighting its findings on the representation of women on Indian boards and emphasizing the actions organizations must take to increase gender diversity. During 2013- 2022, India made significant and rapid progress in increasing women’s representation on boards from 6% in 2013 to 18% […]

Oct 18, 2022