Valli Arunachalam’s struggle to break the glass ceiling in a patriarchal family run business tells us how difficult it is for women, even today, to find a seat on a table full of men, let alone run a company.
I wrote my first post on LinkedIn on Women’s Day in 2015. As I sat down to write this one, I realised my posts on ‘women and money’ have followed a similar arc as that of feminism itself. In my posts, I have wondered if women are from a different money planet, cajoled them not to be […]
With changing times, the boardrooms across India have seen several transformations. Especially so in family owned businesses. Usually, the seat of power is passed on from one male heir to another. The prominent business families of India are no longer barring their daughters from offices and taking up responsibilities. This pleasant gust of change is […]
Businesswomen in India have moved a step closer to greater representation in the boardroom after the company law in 2014 made it mandatory for one woman to be present in every boardroom in the country. Champions of greater diversity contend that women representation bring in diverse perspectives and collaborative style of leadership in organizational performance. […]
