Women on Boards: A New Corporate Leadership Scene
Published: 2017
Author(s) Name: Kirti Khanna |
Author(s) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, DOMS, COER School of Management, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
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Abstract
The Indian Society has always been male dominated from its very beginning. Women were always seen as lower to men. But now the time has changed. Various laws are formed for providing security and special status to women in our Society. In the same line, The New Companies Act 2013 is a milestone in the history of Indian corporate. Women have also entered the board of rooms of many companies. This new company bill is a welcome move towards the women empowerment. This bill is providing a provision for employing women director with
mandatory disclosure. This article focuses on the issues of new scene in corporate board rooms, as a call for women in Directorship.
Keywords: Corporate boards, Gender equity, Women directors, SEBI
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