New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) celebrated the completion of the founding cohort of its Women on Boards (WOB) program by organising the closing ceremony at its campus in Noida on June 18, 2022. The event was attended by the participants of the program, their families, social sector leaders and practitioners. The participants were felicitated with certificates presented by chief guest Poonam Muttreja, a pioneering boardroom leader and the Executive Director of Population Foundation of India, a Delhi-based NGO that works on empowering women and adolescents to take decisions regarding their health, sexuality and well-being.

New Delhi [India] June 10 (ANI/PR Newswire): Continuing the momentum built over the past years PayU, a digital payments solution provider, is celebrating Pride Month with a range of activities and initiatives throughout June.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): BarRaiser, a groundbreaking AI-powered smart interviewing platform, today announced that it has raised USD 4.2 M in seed financing. The seed funding round was led by 021 Capital and Global Founders Capital, with participation from other angel investors. The capital will be used to expand the company's geographic presence and enable BarRaiser to scale its engineering and data science teams to meet growing demand for its SaaS and Interview community product (BarRaiser+).

Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], March 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Community led skilling and mentoring platform for women We-Ace recently announced the launch of a new program called SHINE in collaboration with the multinational technology company, IBM. The program is exclusively designed and curated to enhance IBM executives' leadership capabilities and amplify Diversity & Inclusion allyship. The purpose of this unique program is to showcase the organization's online presence in order to connect with women professionals in the talent market and embed their leadership brand into communities.

New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI/ATK): Imagine you are gearing up for your first interview out of college. You can't walk. But that has never stopped you. You managed to score a 9.05 GPA against all odds in college. You punched above your weight. But the interviewer takes one look at you and throws you into the reject pile. He insists, "You don't belong here."

New Delhi Dec 22 PTI Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said there is a need to inculcate legislative temper in politicians as the purpose of a legislator is to legislate discuss debate and decide and not disrupt His remarks at an event came after the Winter session of Parliament concluded a day ahead of schedule and witnessed repeated disruptions by opposition parties over various issues Speaking at the inauguration of celebrations of birth centenaries of inspirational scientists by Vigyan Prasar Naidu said on one side we are making progress and on the other some of our selected representatives are making mockery of the institutions We should not only develop a scientific temper but I feel now we must inculcate legislative temper in our politicians this is the need of the hour As I am presiding over the upper house I see what is happening VijayRaghavan Principal Scientific Advisor should come up with some scientific invention to help our politicians with legislative temper he said Naidu said the purpose of legislators is to legislate and discuss debate and decide not disrupt This should be a guide principle On one side we are making progress and on the other some of our selected representatives are making mockery of the institutions This has to be corrected at the earliest and this has to be done by the political leaders and also the opinion creators People who perform better should be appreciated reported and supported People who damn the system need to be damned Naidu said The Winter session was a stormy one as it witnessed several disruptions by members of opposition parties including they trooping into the Well of the House carrying placards over the suspension of 12 MPs for their unruly conduct in the previous session in AugustOpposition members also protested on the Special Investigation Teams report regarding the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri violence in Uttar Pradesh and farmers issues among others Before Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die Naidu said he was not happy to share with members that the House functioned much below its potential Naidu at the event said a key concern that needs to be addressed in the STEM ecosystem is the lack of diversity While India has a significant share of female graduates in STEM more than 42 per cent better than some of the developed nations only 166 per cent women researchers are directly engaged in R D activities Diversity in STEM is absolutely necessary and the need of the hour is to bridge the gender divide in employment he said Naidu said from hardly a handful of women in science the country has come a long way today We pay homage to pioneering women like Janaki Ammal Rajeshwari Chatterjee Anna Mani and Sunanda Bai for their path-breaking contribution and breaking the glass ceiling But we must not stop here and create an enabling environment so that more girls can take up careers in mathematics and science he said He also stressed on the need for more programmes that explain basic scientific concepts to people in peoples mother tongues This would also contribute towards inculcating a scientific temper among people Steps must also be taken to popularize science through books periodicals television shows documentary programmes and radio broadcasts in regional languages We must bring in publications in as many languages as possible and focus should be Indian languages national languages he said Principal Scientific Adviser K VijayRaghavan said We must celebrate analyze and implement the governments National Education Policy that has not only opened up ideas for us to implement at the primary school level at the high school level in terms of the colleges professional courses and so but also highlights the importance of independent interdisciplinary opportunities and thinking for everyone and access to research for that context PTI UZM SMN SMN

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): As part of the recently signed MoU, National HRD Network (NHRDN), the country's apex Body of HR Professionals committed to promoting people development movement and India's leading Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Solutions firm, Avtar Group invite nominations for Diversity Champion Awards.

Mumbai Nov 29 PTI Small commercial vehicle maker Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd PVPL in an industry-first initiative has introduced an all-women workforce on its assembly line at its Baramati facility to assemble its Ap Electrik range of products The female workforce at Piaggios Baramati plant in Maharashtra assembles all its electric models -- Ap E-City and Ap E-Xtra which come in both fixed and swappable battery solutions Piaggio has inducted these female workforce from various technical institutes located in and around Baramati the company said in a statement These women were trained on the safety procedures usage of tools electric vehicles and the latest technology related to motor and e-box before being introduced to the assembly line The company said it has redesigned the workplace to make it more ergonomically suited for women Piaggio believes that understanding the technology and acquiring the right skillsets are the criteria to bring employees on board and not their gender it added This initiative has created employment for women in Baramati which clearly fights the stereotype of women working in manufacturing plants according to the release Women working at the facility are responsible for quality control checks fitting assembly electrical and overall material management PVPL Chairman and Managing Director Diego Graffi said In line with our group philosophy we have created the EV assembly line that is fully operated by a female workforce This is only the starting point and we have a long way to go Piaggio will have inclusion of more women at the assembly line plant premises and offices going forward he said adding this is not just to empower women but also to bring workforce equality in the auto sector which was long due Diversity at the workplace is very important as it fosters innovation and growth said Pooja Bansal Head of Human Resources at PVPL The strategy at Piaggio is to provide all women employees economic independence parity of opportunities which includes career development and most important- escalating them to managerial and leadership positions she added PTI IAS ABM ABM

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI/Mediawire): In March this year, PhonePe announced its Diversity & Inclusion initiative with the first phase focusing on gender, sexual orientation and people with disability (PWD).

New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Centre urged Indian companies to join "Leadership Group for Industry Transition" -a global initiative spearheaded by India and Sweden, informed Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Tuesday.