Tag: gender diversity
On the gender scale, business schools still don’t measure up
New Delhi/Mumbai: India’s leading management institutes continue to grapple with gender diversity. Over the past five years, the gender ratio at premier institutes such as Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) has hovered around 30–70 female students for every 100 male students, a Mint analysis of past five years’ data showed. Female enrolment at three most-sought-after, older IIMs—Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta—has remained modest, with about 30–50 female students for every 100 male students. Other top B-schools, too, did not show significant improvement in the past five years. It’s not for want of trying. B-schools are implementing scholarship programmes, allotting additional marks ... Read more