Share of women in boardrooms up for eighth year in a row, shows data

However, women still account for less than a fifth of directorships among Nifty500 companies

Investment banking star and Moelis India Chief Executive Officer Manisha Girotra remembers a colleague who wanted to resign because she needed to attend to her parents’ health issues in a different state. Rather than quit a promising career, she was given the flexibility of working from home on Fridays, which was unusual in the pre-pandemic days. This allowed her to take care of her parents’ visits to the doctor and other health-related needs without quitting her job. She would be back in the city office on Mondays.

Women account for 764 of the 4,505 directorships as of March 4, 2021, shows