Women power set to take IT industry
December 13, 2007, Indiatimes
There is a perception that the Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/IT-ES) sectors have apparently provided a more level playing field in terms of employment opportunities without any gender bias. This claim seems to be borne out by the prediction that the percentage of women in such industries is set to rise dramatically in the coming years. However, there are still some glaring anomalies as pointed out by the article viz., the representation of women in upper management is significantly disproportionate to the overall percentages. Also, this seeming high percentage of women is also due to the fact that women are being hired preferentially as part of a strategic business plan, due to some perceived innate strengths of this gender. A fresh survey is being conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and will help in the study and analysis of the true impact of women in the IT/IT-ES industries and vice-versa.