Why India Has So Few Female Managers
Almost All Indian Boardrooms Are Men-Only
- Women make up only 2 per cent of the total managerial strength in the Indian corporate sector.
- The few exceptions in that 2 per cent include such successful entities as ICICI Bank, HSBC and Biocon, whose boards feature women.
- Only four out of 10 CEOs in India say they consider the advancement of women critical for their companies.
- Many Indian business leaders say the problem for women is not a glass ceiling or the men’s club nature of domestic companies. Often they blame women themselves for lack of advancement.
- Some observers support quotas, though past proposals have been criticised by female managers as well as companies.
“An overwhelming majority of Indian boardrooms are still no-go areas for women. Women today comprise only 2 per cent of the total managerial strength in the Indian corporate sector.”
“The increasing feeling is that a majority of Indian companies still have a kind of institutional sexism that assumes women are less able than men.”
Shyamal Majumdar writing in Rediff News
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