Abstract:
This first Standard Chartered Bank: Women on Corporate Boards in India 2010
report looks at the representation of women on the boards of India's leading
companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE-100) . It ranks the companies in
terms of the gender diversity of their boards, with those with the highest
percentage of women on their boards appearing at the top. The report also
examines the general topic of gender diversity on the boards of the BSE-100 by
presenting the findings of interviews with 18 female directors of BSE-100
companies.