Women Participation in Boards of Top 200 Nifty Companies

The subject WOB has been receiving much attention from academia over the last few decades. According to the World Gender Gap Report- 2017 of World Economic Forum, India was ranked at 108 out of 144 countries listed. It is likely for the country to take another 60 years to bridge the great dent formed in gender equality points the report. The present situation makes it imperative to scrutinise the women participation in India Inc at the board level. The study was conducted with reference to the 17 industrial sectors constituting the industrial leaders listed in Nation Stock Exchange of India. The study observed that the women participation in majority of the companies were a mere means to adhere to the legal requirement in the country and Women are yet to make their presence strongly felt at the board level in the Indian companies.