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Extensive media spotlight on Top Cities for Women in India 2025 Report
The release of Avtar’s 2025 Top Cities for Women in India (TCWI) study garnered extensive media coverage across leading publications in multiple languages. Top Cities for Women in India or TCWI study is a call for organizations and policymakers to come together in creating inclusive and safe urban spaces. This initiative is a spotlight on
AI, Data and the Future of ESG Measurement
For years, ESG measurement had been a challenge with inconsistent data, manual work, and reporting what is available. ESG has now entered a new phase where AI and data infrastructure make the reporting a forward looking intelligent capability that informs strategy, risk and growth. AI as we all will agree does not replace human judgement
Avtar Celebrates 25 Years of Building Inclusive Workplaces
Avtar Silver Jubilee Celebrations 2025 have made headlines across leading media outlets. Avtar’s legacy spanning over 2 decades boasts of a beautiful journey of navigating recruitment cycles to shaping workplace culture across the nation. This journey has always been about turning intent into meaningful progress. This event reflected a deep appreciation for Avtar’s enduring contribution
Accelerating Inclusion. Inspiring Action: The Welcome Address by Dr Saundarya Rajesh
The 2025 Best of Best Conference & Awards began with an inspiring address by Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Managing Director, Avtar Group. Addressing the audience on the first day of the conference, Dr. Saundarya set the tone for the conference themed ‘Unbox Inclusion: Because the Future is Human,’ she also shared insights from Avtar’s benchmarking study
Reports
Engendering the Indian Construction Industry
Engendering the Indian Construction Industry This report, developed by EFI, CII, and ILO, in partnership with Avtar, examines gender inequality in India’s construction sector, which contributes 9% to GDP but employs only 7 million women out of 57 million workers. Women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership and technical roles, holding only 1.4% of managerial or
Viewport 2024: Inclusion Through Allyship
Viewport 2024: Inclusion Through Allyship Viewport 2024: ‘Inclusion Through Allyship The Role of Employees in Disability Inclusive and Affirmative Workspaces’, explores the role of employees in promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the workplace. It seeks to identify key actions, attitudes, beliefs, and systemic factors that create equitable and inclusive environments where
Viewport 2023: DEI, ESG and Climate Action in India
An Avtar Report, Viewport 2023: DEI, ESG and Climate Change aims to establish the interdependencies of climate change action on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. It seeks to establish that affirmative and sustained climate action cannot be possible without the participation of all strands of diversity and intersectionality. The report proposes that affirmative action
Case Study
Case Study on enhancing awareness about biases through Non-conscious Bias Training
B-DivIne: Non-conscious Bias training The Scenario An Indian Multinational conglomerate with business interests across a wide range of industrial sectors like infrastructure,
Case Study on nurturing inclusive behaviors through Inclusion by design training
Inclusion by Design training The Scenario A multinational technology company in the space of business consulting and outsourcing, decided to move into
Case Study: How ‘Benchmarking’ helped improve maternity retention for a Manufacturing giant
Benchmarking The Scenario Knowledge of its market standing is critical for any business. The same goes for an organization’s DEI practices, to
Whitepapers
Microlearning is the Magic Formula for Embedding a Culture of DEI
Microlearning (ML) is an educational strategy comprising byte-sized content that is easy to comprehend and
From Insularity to Inclusion
The first of its kind D&I white paper study by Avtar and Aditya Birla Capital
Podcasts
From Execution to Influence: The Evolving Role of Women Leaders
Women leaders are often recognised for flawless execution—but true leadership growth begins when execution evolves into influence. In this episode, From Execution to Influence: The …
Hiring, nurturing and advancing women talent
Swati Kamat, Head of Managed Services Operate at Ericsson, sheds light on the end-to-end approach needed to not only attract the right talent among women …
