“To demonstrate the care, we do a lot as an organization. For us caring is doing and not talking about it. Caring is simply walking the talk. It is putting our money where our mouth is; it is recruiting more women”, said Philippe Pelletier, HR VP Transformation & Asia, India HR Head and Global Business

“ESG is the next peak after DEI”, stated Keshav Prasad, Chief Strategist – ESG Consulting, Avtar Group. He was speaking as a panelist at the 2023 Best of the Best Conference by Avtar and Seramount themed, #GlidetoInclusion. “For those companies who have excelled and implemented systems, processes, culture, and behaviors, the glide or journey from

P Sriram has around 39 years of corporate experience comprising Senior Leadership Roles across large MNCs and reputed Indian organizations like Pernod Ricard, UB Group, and Shaw Wallace.  During his stint at Pernod Ricard India, he was instrumental in enabling women’s employment at the Nashik factory. From organizing boot camp training for the recruited women

Maersk, a prominent shipping and logistics company, embodies the ethos of All Hands on Deck. Kirti Gupta, Customer Experience Head of Maersk, provided insights on how her organization is fostering a path of gender diversity in an industry traditionally perceived to be male-oriented, at the 2023 Best of the Best Conference by Avtar and Seramount

Recently, Avtar Insights began a series on Avtar’s in-house second-career women. The women have taken a break from careers only to return with a lot of grit and determination to make a mark in their second innings. In this part, meet yet another second career rockstar, Lakshmi Vijaykumar, Assistant Vice President, Events & Conferences, to

The seventh edition of Avtar and Seramount’s Best of the Best Conference held recently featured a string of informative dialogues about best practices that companies must adopt to make a smooth glide to inclusion and one such session presented two experienced DEI leaders from IBM and ZS India, who spoke about topics linked to DEI

The 2023 Best of the Best Conference by Avtar and Seramount themed #GlidetoInclusion witnessed a series of conversations exploring multiple aspects of DEI. One of the BOB exclusives spotlighted Verizon’s initiatives, Women of the World (WOW) Program – Developing Next-Gen Women Leaders and the Women Tech Leadership Program (WTLP) – Bolstering Women in Tech Leadership.

The 2023 Avtar and Seramount’s Best of the Best Conference–the 7th edition of the largest experiential DEI conference– brought together organizations from across India. The conference that served as a melting pot of thoughts and ideas witnessed a galaxy of leaders from the 2023 Avtar & Seramount Best Companies for Women in India and Most

IBM, one of the 2023 Avtar & Seramount’s Top 10 Best Companies for Women in India, has a glorious history of more than 100 years of experience with DEI in the workplace. Journeying back in time, Viswanath Ramaswamy, Vice President – Technology Sales, IBM India/South Asia, spoke to Subha Barry, President, Seramount (part of EAB),

We know that a lot can happen over a cup of coffee, thanks to a coffee outlet that popularized the line. However, organizations across are seeing very little happen over coffee. HR professionals are raising alarm bells over what they call coffee badging, a worrisome workplace trend. Coffee badging is being adopted as a superficial