Woman’s involvement and growth in the corporate world has always been a buzz-creating topic. Every year, the corporate world changes and the hold of women in this world keeps increasing. Women have graciously emerged as excellent leaders, entrepreneurs, and employees during the past 5 years in India. A lot of people still think that women have not yet reached the significant benchmark in the corporate world, but now there is a lot of data to support women’s development.

Here are some facts and figures which will uncover the success and rise of women in corporate world

1. Women as entrepreneurs in 2017

Women are becoming successful founders of startups. There are a number of women-owned businesses not only in India but around the world. The growth rate of women entrepreneurs has been increasing every year throughout the world. Women are excellent at multitasking and leading teams while they already have proven their expertise in budget management which makes them the best entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs are positively affecting the global economy and proving very successful due to trustworthiness, leadership, tolerance, patience and, commitment!

According to surveys, women are more hardworking and ambitious. There is also an increase in the number of women billionaires in the past decade. Also, venture capitals are more inclined towards women-owned firms this year compared to past few years.

Here are some of the highly admirable women entrepreneurs of 2017:

• Aditi Gupta – Menstrupedia.com
• Chitra Gurnan – Thrillophilia
• Neeru Sharma – Infibeam.com
• Neha Behani – Moojic

2. Women in Technology

Women are highly creative and can bring more innovation which has led to an increase in the number of women in technology. When we move back, names like Kalpana Chawla, Kiran Majumdar, etc come to our minds. These are the names which have promoted engagement of women in technology. From research and development to IT field, women have carved their names in history with a golden pen. More Indian women are now scientists and work on massive projects. Women also form an important part of the IT field with exceptional creativity.

Here are some well-known women in technology:

• Padmashree Warrior
• Vanitha Narayanan
• Rashmi Sinha
• Kumud Srinivasan
• Virginia Sharma
• Raji Arasu

3. Women at higher designations

Designations like CEO, MD, and Founder etc are earned with hard work and passion. Women are no longer deprived of these designations. Compared to past few years, there is an intense increase this year in women with higher designations. There are a lot of reputed companies like HP, Facebook, and Intel which are having women as their CEO’s, MD’s and at other posts.

Here are some women with higher designations:

• Krithiga Reddy, Head and Director online operations – Facebook India
• Aruna Jayanthi, CEO – Capgemini India
• Neelam Dhawa, MD – HP India
• Kumud Srinivasan, President – Intel India

4. Women as employees

As employees, women have faced a lot of gender discrimination. But along with time, Indian women have started entering into different fields and have become more independent. Though India ranks 120^th among 131 nations in women employees, every year, the ratio of women in employment is increasing.

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