Implementing the best practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)–be it building a robust talent pool, conducting career enablement workshops, or attending expert-led training sessions on building inclusive workspaces—is one part of the game. Organizations should also know the impact of their DEI initiatives periodically.

Here are some ways to understand your DEI work:

• Determine the ratio of hiring across various diversity strands. How many second-career women talents do you encourage at your workplace?
• How have you supported flexibility at work for your women folk?
• What are the unique diversity actions carried out to identify and rectify non-conscious biases and other biases amongst teams and across the organization?
• Have you run detailed and exclusive training sessions to devise practices for your employees at work? 
• What is the audience reach for all your DEI initiatives to build conviction and trust around championing inclusion?
• Do you have feedback mechanisms to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of your DEI benchmarking system?

Avtar, India’s pioneer in championing DEI measures across organizations, has come a long way in bringing measures and actions to boost inclusivity within and for other organizations in society.

One of its esteemed initiative, India’s largest gender analytics study, the Best Companies For Women in India (BCWI), partnering with Seramount, a gender parity champion in the US, aims to create diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces.

This study has been celebrating the Top 10 and 100 Best Companies for Women in India since 2016 to award the best practices undertaken by the various participating organizations in India.

Here are the Top 10 Companies for Women in the year 2021;

-Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd.

-Citi India

-Deloitte in India

-Deutsche Bank Group

-EY

-Genpact India Pvt. Ltd.

-IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

-Infosys Limited

-Mastercard Incorporated

-ZS Associates India Pvt. Ltd.

If you are an organization operating in India, looking to outperform in this competitive world of diversity, and if you are a team of 500 and more employees, you might want to hit the spotlight in 2022 in championing your endeavors in DEI.