Share of women in boardrooms up for eighth year in a row, shows data

However, women still account for less than a fifth of directorships among Nifty500 companies

Topics
women directors | women empowerment | Indian companies

BS Reporters  |  Mumbai/Chennai 

Investment banking star and Moelis India Chief Executive Officer Manisha Girotra remembers a colleague who wanted to resign because she needed to attend to her parents’ health issues in a different state. Rather than quit a promising career, she was given the flexibility of working from home on Fridays, which was unusual in the pre-pandemic days.

This allowed her to take care of her parents’ visits to the doctor and other health-related needs without quitting her job. She would be back in the city office on Mondays. Women account for 764 of the 4,505 directorships as of ...

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First Published: Mon, March 08 2021. 06:10 IST
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