August 2012

Price: ` 100/- (Excluding Postage)

ISBN: 9789382207085  

In today’s world, Diversity in Boardrooms is much debated topic in Corporate Governance arena. Empowering women to take leadership positions is important for economic growth. There is a clear business case for greater gender diversity in corporate boards both from the micro economic perspective – i.e. in terms of individual companies’ performance– as well as from a macroeconomic perspective – i.e. in terms of higher, sustainable rates of economic growth.  

The Institute has brought out this study to highlight the status of gender diversity on corporate boards globally; the initiatives taken by different countries to improve gender diversity on their corporate boards such as Quotas; the financial significance of gender diversity; barriers and issues in gender diversity etc. and the Indian scenario thereto.