Indian Women in Leadership (Current Perspectives on Asian Women in Leadership)

This book provides intriguing insights into the development of highly qualified women leaders in diverse Indian contexts and their role at national and organizational levels. While India has made enormous economic strides in the past few decades, gender inequality and underutilization of female talent remain deeply rooted and widely spread in many parts of Indian society. This book addresses an urgent need to stop treating Indian women as under-developed human capital and begin realizing their potential as leaders of quality work. This book will fill the gap of research on international leadership for students, academics, and multinational organizations.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv Indian Women in Leadership: An Introduction (Rajashi Ghosh, Aindrila Chatterjee)....Pages 1-9 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Family Roles Posing Challenges for Women Leaders in India (Sanghamitra Chaudhuri, Ashutosh Muduli, Ridhi Arora)....Pages 13-29 Indian Women in Leadership: Engaging with the Terrain of Constraints Rooted in Religion and Traditions (Venkatesh Murthy, Sangeeta Roy)....Pages 31-46 Career Development Challenges for Women Pursuing Leadership in India (Judy B. Smetana, Misha Chakraborty, Rimjhim Banerjee-Batist)....Pages 47-65 Front Matter ....Pages 67-67 Policies and Legislation for Indian Women Leaders (Soumi Rai, Shalini Gopalkrishnan)....Pages 69-89 Role of Education in Developing Women Leaders in India (Malar Hirudayaraj, Priyanka Doshy)....Pages 91-108 It Takes a Village: Collaborations and Partnerships Empowering Women in India for Leadership (Nisha Manikoth, Krishna Gajjar, Valerie Mendonca)....Pages 109-130 Front Matter ....Pages 131-131 Women Leaders in Corporate India (Meera Alagaraja, Denise M. Cumberland, Mrudula Anne, Vishal Arghode)....Pages 133-154 Women Entrepreneurs in India (Rajeshwari Narendran, Anjana Vivek)....Pages 155-170 Indian Women’s Leadership in the Government Sector (Pradeep Kumar Misra, Garima Singh)....Pages 171-189 Women in Leadership in the Education Sector in India (Madhulika Sagaram, Prabhjot Kaur Mahal)....Pages 191-210 Indian Women Leaders in the NGO Sector (Yogita Abichandani, Vimal Babu)....Pages 211-234 Women Leaders in Indian Agriculture: Grassroots Perspective (Madhavi Mehta)....Pages 235-255 Front Matter ....Pages 257-257 Indian Women in Leadership in an Asian Context (Sanghamitra Chaudhuri, Sunyoung Park, Gertrude I. Hewapathirana)....Pages 259-279 Front Matter ....Pages 281-281 From Darkness into Light: Hope for the Future of Women in Leadership in India (Gary N. McLean)....Pages 283-295 Back Matter ....Pages 297-299