Gender Equity in the Boardroom av Payal (BML Munjal University India) Kumar, Dr Ganesh (All India Management Association India) Singh

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Since 2013, company boards in India have been legally required to have at least one female director. However, gender diversity in boardrooms across India remains below the global average, and a number of the women who do serve on boards were appointed largely because they are related to a founder or owner of a company. Since India is recognised as one of theworld¿s fastest growing emerging economies, it is important to study in detail why gender diversity at board level remains so low. Is this a result of workplace bias, a pipeline issue, or due to other reasons?<br><br><i>Gender Equity in the Boardroom: The Case of India</i> offers just this sorely needed study. Drawing upon interviews with board members and executives of both public and private companies, as well as with aspiring female leaders who are currently at mid-management level, and supplementing this with the authors¿ own survey of the make-up of 305 Fortune India 500 companies, this book offers incisive insights into questi