What's Buzzing This Week? - Feb 10, 2022

Here’s your dose of weekly news updates from us!

1. IIM-A’s study shows that only 5% women advance to top management while only 7% are senior executives.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/women-comprise-only-5-of-top-management-in-indian-cos-study/articleshow/89464045.cms

2. For turning rural women into entrepreneurs in Karnataka, Amazon India signed a MoU with Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (KSRLPS).

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/retail/amazon-india-signs-mou-to-turn-rural-women-into-entrepreneurs-in-karnataka/articleshow/89370459.cms

3. The seventh edition of Deloitte Global’s Women Report says that 17.1% board seats are held by women in India.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/women-hold-17-1-of-board-seats-in-india-report/articleshow/89452464.cms

4. India’s women’s cricket team lost to New Zealand by 18 runs in the women’s T-20 international.

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/1st-t20-india-women-lose-the-plot-against-kiwis/article38403896.ece

5. Sheth Jeebun, a successful businessman from the UK has lent support to a project that would support 30,000 underprivileged but skilled women artisans in India.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/uks-sheth-jeebun-to-support-30000-women-artisans-from-indian-villages/articleshow/89446291.cms

6. The CSR Arm of Vedanta Ltd., Anil Agarwal Foundation signed a MoU with Rajasthan government that aims to develop 25,000 Anganwadis.

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/anil-agarwal-foundation-inks-pact-with-rajasthan-govt-to-develop-25000-modernised-anganwadis/2429387/

7. The first woman director in the IndianOil Board is Shukla Mistry.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/sukla-mistry-is-first-woman-director-on-ioc-board/articleshow/89411970.cms

8. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit is appointed as the first woman Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

https://www.thehindu.com/education/colleges/santishree-pandit-appointed-jawaharlal-nehru-university-vice-chancellor/article38391089.ece

9. German Skater Claudia Pechstein becomes the oldest female olympian at the age of 49 at Beijing Games.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/german-pechstein-becomes-oldest-female-winter-olympian-at-49/articleshow/89369071.cms