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`Get more women for better balance-sheet'
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They must grab the opportunity to make an impact, says Britannia MD
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Vital growth engine: (From left) Ms Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries Ltd; Mr Bobby Mitra, MD, Texas Instruments India; Mr Kiran Karnik, President, Nasscom; Ms Teresa Copping, CEO, Aviva Global Services; and Mr Jerry Rao, Chairman, MphasiS, at the Nasscom IT Women Leadership Summit 2007 in Bangalore on Wednesday. - G.R.N. Somashekar
Our Bureau
Bangalore, Dec. 12
Companies need to leverage the strength of its women workforce, not to display impressive diversity numbers, but to improve their balance sheet.
Industry leaders at the
Nasscom IT Women Leadership
Summit 2007 concurred
that it made business sense to
have at least 40 per cent of
women as part of a company's
employee pool. In fact, companies
could lose out heavily
when they do not use this vital
resource, they said.
Speaking at the inaugural
session on what it takes to run
corporates in today's globalised
economy, Ms Vinita Bali,
Managing Director, Britannia
Industries Ltd, said that Indian
industry is at the cusp of a
great opportunity and women
need to seize the chance to
make an impact.
CHANGE AGENT
Mr Jerry Rao, Chairman,
MphasiS, said that the CEO
has to be the change agent for
women's empowerment.
"Sometimes, HR is not a
great supporter of women,
even if it is led by a woman,"
he noted.
He urged women to use social
networking sites to discuss
issues such as travel,
promotion and career moves.
"What derails women is the
lack of communication. Sometimes
they don't state
enough while men do," he observed.
NASSCOM STUDY
Incidentally, Nasscom in association
with the Indian Institute
of Management,
Ahmedabad, has initiated a
study on the best practices
and attitudes related to women
workforce in the IT sector
in the country.
Mr Kiran Karnik, President,
Nasscom, announced
this at the Leadership Summit
today in Bangalore.
Apart from lessons that the
industry could learn from the
BPO sector, the study would
also learn from the retail industry
which employs a large
population of women, he said.
"We are also studying what
companies lose out on when
they don't use this resource
pool," Mr Karnik said. The
study is likely to be completed
in five to six weeks.
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