Building Leadership Pipeline
Currently the percentage of women in leadership role is low and through structured training & development, mentorship, focus group sessions the initiative aims to build more women leaders.
Diversity & Inclusion
The Indian IT-BPM industry has always been favourable for women, even more so now. Women represent 51 per cent of entry level hiring, and have a 50 per cent higher chance of getting job offers. Most encouragingly, women are seen to be moving away from support specific roles to higher positions in operations including leadership. The headroom for further improvement requires a sustained focus on training and development.
Gender Diversity is of course the big piece, beyond which there are also generational and cultural diversities, including the entire paradigm of recruiting and enabling a career path for differently abled people and LGBTs.
Enabling IT-BPM organizations to build a work environment that embraces diversity and where employees, customers and other stakeholders thrive and succeed.
Currently the percentage of women in leadership role is low and through structured training & development, mentorship, focus group sessions the initiative aims to build more women leaders.
The workplace has to be safe for women. Only then, will other parameters have any meaningful impact. Prevention of Sexual Harassment is a key focus area, and programmes on this are opportunities for companies to create awareness and learn from each other.
Through customised training, policy enablers and infrastructure support, differently abled people can now look for assistance from corporate. It serves a dual purpose, also one of building awareness in organisations on how to manage careers of this very different kind of talent.
Companies are in various stages of maturity wrt Diversity and Inclusion policies. This platform, provides an opportunity to learn from one another about global best practices, including those which are significant from an Indian standpoint.
The flagship event of D&I is always thematic and is held annually. Presently, having completed 10 editions, the summit has come to be recognized as a popular and trusted platform for knowledge dissemination, networking and sharing of global best practices.
Various categories for which due recognition is given: Excellence in gender inclusivity – Best IT services & product company, Best BPM company, Best emerging company; Excellence in inclusivity for persons with disabilities; Most innovative program for diversity and inclusion.
