HIRING AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
This Delhi museum is designed for visitors with visual impairment
The Anubhav gallery in Delhi's National Museum contains tactile replicas of museum displays for visitors with visual impairment.
Corporate India's big push for diversity: Companies intensify efforts to recruit women from entry level
Corporate giants in India, such as RPG Group, Deloitte, Tata Steel, Amazon, and Zinnov, are doubling down on diversity by ramping up efforts to recruit more women from the ground up. Strategies include targeted campus hiring, incentivizing recruitment agencies to bring in high-potential female candidates, and creating networking platforms to link women with leadership. These initiatives aim to cultivate a diverse workforce from the start, fostering a culture of inclusion and innovation.
India Inc helping more wonder women get C-suite superpowers
At Accenture, 29% of the leaders in India are women. Diageo India has 30% women in senior leadership. In the last few years, Marico's efforts have pushed women into close to 30% of leadership roles. PepsiCo is looking at 40% women in the India leadership team by next year. Larsen & Toubro handpicked 495 women employees to undergo leadership development programmes in the last few years.
There are more women in leadership roles now, but challenges & biases still remain
Despite progress, gender diversity challenges persist in corporate India. Initiatives like gender-neutral job descriptions and mixed-gender interview panels aim to reduce bias in hiring processes, supporting women's career advancement and retention.
Indian companies keen to hire a new director in next 12-18 months, shows survey
The survey analysed responses from 150 managing directors, board chairs and chairs of subcommittees in India to understand their business priorities for 2024 and their perception around the board refresh.
Why gender diversity is important at CXO and board levels
Gender equality in leadership positions within organizations is crucial for fostering innovation, driving growth, and building a healthy work culture, according to experts. A diverse leadership brings a range of skills and perspectives, helping companies inculcate a culture of equality and inclusivity. Studies have shown that companies with more gender-diverse boards perform better financially, are more innovative, and have better corporate governance.
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Companies put their best foot forward to hire women in blue-collar jobs
Companies are accelerating efforts towards creating a more inclusive workplace, and these are starting to pay off. "ITC has been betting big on employing women as a majority workforce across factories, enthused by their regularity, dexterity and discipline leading to better efficiency in operations," said Amitav Mukherji, head of corporate human resources.
Texas A&M University president Katherine Banks resigns amid hiring controversy; Here’s what happened
Following a hiring controversy, Dean Mark Welsh has been appointed as the acting president of Texas A&M University.
About 80% of early-stage startups to increase workforce in 2023: FICCI-Randstad survey
Over half of the startups surveyed attribute the high attrition rate to factors such as better pay packages offered by larger corporations, as well as concerns over job security in a startup.
Changa Banga: How the most diverse administration in US history zeroed in on a champion of diversity
It is a rare exception to the default academic and career template most immigrant CEOs of Indian-origin have: They are born, raised, and have their early education in India, but higher education and early career is invariably in the United States. Indra Nooyi, Satya Nadella, and Sundar Pichai are among those in this category. Indeed, they may have graduated from IITs and IIMs, but the finishing school is typically Stanford, Wharton, Harvard, Yale etc.
BharatPe makes three new hires for security, audit and governance functions
The company announced the appointment of Ambuj Bhalla as its chief information security officer (CISO), Rahul Bhatia as head of internal audit, and Ravinder Oberoi as head of compliance.
Corporate India is increasingly vocal about Pride Month and gender diversity but less so about caste equity
Employees have no way of escalating incidents of caste discrimination as most private firms don’t have a redressal process in place. Their codes of conduct don’t mention caste, says Christina Dhanaraj, an advisor at Smashboard, a digital platform focusing on intersectional feminism.
Biden nominates Indian-origin woman attorney and certified public accountant to key admin positions
Indian-American Impact, nation's leading civic Indian American and South Asian organisation, welcomed the nomination of Kotagal to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
3 NIT Rourkela students get offers of Rs 45 lakh pay package in online placement drive
With 84 companies offering 253 students more than Rs 10 lakh per annum, the average CTC offered was about Rs 9.36 lakh per annum, an increase of over 4 per cent from the previous year, an official release issued by the institute said.
Avoiding Groupthink
How can groups of smart people do such stupid things? An illuminating metaphor from Scott Page, author of The Difference, a book about the power of diversity, is that of the cognitive toolbox.
Paytm's board games
Paytm, which plans to go public in a few months, has agreed to give its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma the right to appoint one member to its board.
Embassy Group forms committee dedicated to gender inclusivity
The group is taking measures by curating and creating internal committees to sensitise employees and create a friendly workplace environment.
Diversity and inclusion at workplaces: Myth versus reality
Most organizations in India continue to define diversity through the gender lens. However, we now see an increasing focus on other dimensions of workforce diversity including diversity of sexual orientation, PWDs and generational diversity.
Wanted: Spies from all walks of life. CIA's new recruitment website diversifies hiring
The CIA launched a new website to find top-tier candidates.
Vedanta Group driving initiatives to build pipeline of future women leaders
The group has recently launched an initiative to identify a group of women executives from middle and senior management level who will be groomed to be in decision making bodies in six months.
With changing landscape, leaders must be agile and empathetic: Ruchi Bhalla, vice-president, Pitney Bowes
"The post-Covid era will usher in a new beginning for the talent landscape. Workplaces will be hybrid with a mix of remote and on-site operations," Ruchi Bhalla said.
Cognizant to drive more gender and racial diversity initiatives in the coming year: CEO Brian Humphries
Women make up about 35% of New Jersey-headquartered Cognizant’s 283,100-strong global workforce. However, not many women are in senior leadership positions and this would be a focus area, said Humphries at an analyst web conference on Friday.
The push to appoint women directors has brought diversity to an all-boys’ club
Regulatory push has made it mandatory for companies to have at least one independent woman director on boards. While most of the top 1,000 listed companies have complied with the directive from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), boards still have a long way to go before they become more inclusive.
Meet a new generation of rising stars of the Indian diaspora making a mark in diverse fields around the world
Together, they are the single biggest remittance group — sending $80 billion home in 2018 alone.
Startups take a fair shot at workplace diversity
Of its last 150 hires, 48 are women, with the ratio of women at the payments company now near 25%, including in the technology team.
To get more women on board, companies turn to male staff
Companies like Deloitte, Genpact are all actively focusing on roping in male employees as allies, realising that they have a critical role to play in diversity.
Donald Trump will build greater relations with India: USINPAC
USINPAC Indiana Chair and Chair for Asians for Trump- Pence Campaign Raju Chinthala described Trump's election win as "historical" in American history.
Donald Trump will build greater relations with India: USINPAC
The US India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) congratulated President-elect Trump on winning the 2016 Presidential race.
'Many Indian-Americans could be part of Trump administration'
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has the distinction of appointing a record number of more than 75 Indian-Americans in his administration.
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