Kale Consultants Ltd., the leading solutions provider to Airline and Travel industry, announced today that it has received the Corporate Award for Excellence in Gender Inclusivity by NASSCOM in India for the year 2010 as the Best Company with under 1000 employees. This accomplishment recognizes Kale’s gender inclusive employment and development practices that have enabled women employees to contribute to the success of the company at all levels in the organization.
An independent jury consisting of Ms Hema Ravichandar, HR Advisor, Strategic; Mr N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies; Dr Rekha Jain, Executive Chair of the Telecom Centre of Excellence and Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Mr Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM and Ms Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries selected the winner in each category of awards.
At the occasion of receiving this award, Mr. Vipul Jain, MD and CEO, Kale Consultants, said, "We are pleased to receive this recognition from NASSCOM. At Kale, we aim to contribute positively to women empowerment and our policies and practices, targeted at strengthening gender inclusivity at the workplace, continue to enable women employees to contribute to the success of Kale.”
Mr. Rahul Kulkarni, Head- HR, Kale Consultants, said, “At Kale, we have a strength-based culture, where we help our employees discover, apply and develop their strengths and talents. We enable our people to do what they do best every day. Our engaged and inclusive teams contribute to their growth by encouraging diverse insights, perspectives and opinions. We are committed to creating inclusive, diverse and growth oriented workplace, and one way we promote that is to offer our employees multiple career opportunities across geographies and functions.”
NASSCOM Awards for Excellence in Gender Inclusivity is the first award in India that encourages, recognises and honours IT and BPO organisations that have implemented policies and practices for Diversity and Inclusivity and enabled women to contribute to the success of the enterprise at all levels in the organization. The companies who demonstrated the ability to drive Excellence in Gender Inclusivity and find competitive advantage through their world renowned practices were recognized as the employer of choice in a glittering ceremony at Bangalore on 22nd November 2010.
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About Kale Consultants:
Kale Consultants Limited is a leading solutions provider to the global Airline and Travel industry. Committed to innovation and excellence, Kale delivers world-class software products, technology, managed process, hosting and consulting services and serves over 120 satisfied customers across 30 countries.
Kale’s Industry Solutions are driven by active partnerships with industry bodies and customers, and unparalleled domain knowledge. Kale’s Customised Approach in deploying these solutions supports clients with best fit solutions to match to their requirements.
