Author name: Team Avtar

The first of its kind D&I white paper study by Avtar and Aditya Birla Capital aims to provide the financial services sector with key insights and information on the opportunities and challenges of hiring and retention of diverse talent available in this space and also enable a deep dive into the presence of stereotypical notions

Women constitute nearly half the country’s population but in the Indian socio-cultural milieu, a large majority of them are not formally employed and hence are not financially independent. The ongoing pandemic – COVID-19 has further worsened the situation with women reported being 11 times more likely to lose jobs as against men. With the advent

This report is based on a research commissioned by GE and conducted by Avtar, titled ‘An exploratory study on Women’s employment in Operations, Manufacturing and Engineering Services in India’. This was carried out during September and October 2021 among 450 professionals (women and men), women engineering students, business and HR leaders in Operations, Manufacturing and

To sustain and accelerate the growth of the socio-economic machinery of our country, this growth needs to be inclusive – specifically of women/girls who constitute 48.5% of our population, 70% of who live outside urban India. The lives of these women are interspersed with challenges which are dire consequences of the poverty stricken families they

‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus,’ goes the popular adage. Research studies the world over have only reinforced the truth behind this statement, and we now live in a society wherein the differences in attitudes, aspirations, and intentions of both the genders have been widely acknowledged. Against this backdrop, egalitarian views that have

The ‘career woman’ avatars of Indian Women is a welcome phenomenon of the recent past, the last 20 years being witness to a greater economic participation of the country’s women as a result. However the career drivers of men and women worldwide are diametrically different, more so in India in a context of existence of

Flexible working refers to those working arrangements that are significantly different from regular work patterns. It allows employees to choose his/her place or time of work by exploiting the technological advancements that makes it possible to connect to work virtually without having to commute to office and/or do so during hours of the day that