KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (Bernama) -- upGrad, Asia’s largest higher edtech company, has climbed up the gender diversity index to record a 40 per cent women participation in its total workforce.
As the brand continues to grow multifold, it plans to deploy a global diversity and inclusion strategy and also introduce women-friendly policies that accommodate cultural nuances to enhance the work environment across its 31 offices in India, North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
“We started small but with each passing quarter, we continue to expand our teams across locations and add more women employees to our ecosystem.
“We are committed to achieving a 50:50 GD index by 2023. While we continue to encourage our women employees to take up more non-conventional roles within the organisation for sharper career growth, we feel a centralised strategy will help propel inclusivity amongst our employee pool and help us build wider opportunities for career returners,” said upGrad co-founder and managing director, Mayank Kumar in a statement.
Meanwhile, chief human resource officer, Saurabh Deep Singla said women’s participation in the workforce continues to remain a matter of discussion.
“As we continue to hire more women employees across all levels, it is important that we also upgrade our Talent Management framework to empower them with requisite learning and career development sessions to create women leaders and business owners for continued growth,” he said.
Established in 2015, upGrad is a pioneer in the online education revolution, focused on powering career success for a global workforce of over 1.3 billion.
It has offices in the United Kingdom, the United States, the Middle East, India, Singapore and Vietnam, and a presence in many more countries.
-- BERNAMA
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