Satyam scouting for women at senior levels

The good news on the gender front is that companies like Satyam Computer are actively seeking to recruit women at senior or leadership levels.

The company has 19 per cent of women in its workforce of around 28,000; "but at the leadership level this percentage comes down to 7 per cent", Mr A.S. Murty, Director and Senior Vice-President, Human Resources, Satyam Computer Services, told Business Line.

Lack of qualified women

"We're desperate to get more women at senior levels and are prepared to be flexible, but can't find qualified women."

He says some customers ask for women leaders, and often during meetings with customers "it is a little awkward if you don't have a single woman leader, particularly when the customer might have 4-5 women in their group. We've identified this as a problem and want to improve the percentage of women in senior positions."