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Avtar Products
Avtar, India’s pioneering leader in DEI, offers end-to-end solutions from hiring and training to advancing diverse talent in the workplace. Take a look at the bouquet of products tailored to meet the varying needs of a changing workforce
The ABCD Model of Inclusive Leadership
Inclusive leadership is linked to increased productivity, customer satisfaction, and innovation. In her latest piece published by Times Ascent, Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Founder-President, Avtar, explains the ABCD model for being an inclusive leader.
India’s Manufacturing Output Could Rise 9% if More Women Enter Workforce: World Bank
India’s manufacturing sector could grow by 9% with increased female workforce participation, according to the World Bank’s latest South Asia Development Update. News reports quoted the report highlighting that closing gender gaps in labor force participation would yield the highest output gains in manufacturing across South Asia, followed by the services sector. The World Bank
IIM Bodh Gaya Launches Leadership Program to Empower Women in Higher Education
IIM Bodh Gaya is launching a five-day residential Nurturing Future Leadership Programme (NFLP) for Women Academic Leaders, scheduled from November 11 to 15, 2024. The initiative, part of the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme and funded by the Ministry of Education, aims to address the significant underrepresentation of women in higher education leadership roles in
Reports
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
Viewport 2022: Top Cities for Women in India
A first-of-its-kind report, with ‘Top Cities for Women in India’, we have identified very critical indices to measure a city in terms of their ability to empower women’s careers. The framework is holistic and rests on pillars that cover safety, governmental policies for empowerment, density of women friendly organisations and industries to name a few.
Viewport 2021: Chore Division & Dynamics at Indian Homes: An exploratory research during COVID times
When Avtar tried to find out why Indian women chose to quit work, work-life conflict, and lack of employer understanding of the same topped the list of reasons. This research was aimed at understanding if the COVID-19 phase has led to some course correction to it all, and if the near-universal remote work model has
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
Episode 23: ‘Encourage Women to Seek Leadership Opportunities’
Meenakshi Chhillar, Head of India HR Gainsight, shares strategic moves that enable organizations to create a diversity in leadership, as she emphasizes the importance of …
Episode 22: The Eternal Wisdom Guiding DEI
We know diversity, equity, and inclusion as Western concepts. However, Rajesh Kamath, co-founder and director, Chanakya Consulting Insights, and Co-founder Chiranjeev Gurukul, traces DEI to …
