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“To awaken people, it is the woman who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the
family moves, the village moves and the nation moves”
-Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Corporate sector comprises of companies, i.e., private sector companies, public sector companies
and multinational companies, financial institutions, e.g., commercial banks, producer boards,
State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and local government organizations, for e.g. Barauni refinery in
Bihar etc.
Corporate Sector is expanding its horizons rapidly. Some sectors that were earlier not considered
as a part of corporate world, are now included in the corporate sector. In a few instances, for
example, a few years back, real estate was not considered as a part of corporate. With change in
trend and huge growth in this sector, it is imperative to consider it as a part of the corporate
world now.
Corporate sector has witnessed tremendous growth and changing trends in the last few decades.
Men and women are thriving hard to prove their excellence and reaching at the top of corporate
ladder. Industrialization has resulted in phenomenal growth and expansion of the corporate
sector. There is a significant growth in the number of women entering in the corporate world and
they are proving themselves to be capable leaders in every field. Today, it is not uncommon to
find women in most industries; in fact, they even occupy top positions in that. They are no longer
restricted to stereotyped professions. Deftly handling even the toughest of jobs, ranging from
bus-conductors to astronauts, women have shown that they indeed are not the typecast weaker
sex. Indeed, more and more women are emerging as CEOs and VPs of small to large
multinational corporations. Such women are successful primarily because of their strong
Some of the leading examples of women who have made it possible to the top of the ladder of
the Corporate world includes Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Chairman and CEO, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar
Shaw, CEO, Biocon who became the wealthiest Indian woman after the initial public offering of
her company, Vidya Mohan Chhabria, chairperson of the $2 billion Jumbo Group, and Naina Lal
Kidwai, vice chairperson and managing director of HSBC Securities and Capital markets. There
are several others like Sulaijja Firodia Motwani, Joint Managing Director, Kinectic Engineering
and MD Kinetic Finance and Mallika Srinivasan who figure prominently in the automotive
industry, Ms. Anuradha Desai, Chairperson, Venkateshwara Hatcheries which is Second largest
company producer of eggs in the world, Ms. Ritu Kumar, the diva of Indian Fashion while there
are many other women who are successfully managing family run businesses. There are few
more prominent figures that became an idol for generations to follow which include Sudha
The last few decades have witnessed a sea change in the corporate sector with, at first, women
taking the initiative to join the workforce and then the shift in the temperament of the working
women, i.e., not choosing to opt for full-time work outside home. Many women are moving
ahead and making their marks in the professional and public sphere.
Priyanka Sinha