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SECTOR
INTRODUCTION
disciplined and should not abuse the unique fiduciary position the
appreciate the role of women in Banking and to enable us asses the extent
can have a central role in our success. (Bank of Canada, 234 Wellington
teams who challenge and support each other in the delivery of economic
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WORKPLACE STRESS AMONG WOMEN EXECUTIVES
IN BANKS
workforce in greater numbers than ever before. They are holding higher
percentage of managerial and executive jobs than in the past. But these
personal and professional lives has been a challenging issue for women
However, one who is able to balance the two is the winner. More and
more women are joining banking sector and making their mark. Banking
at the clerical level; very few women employees are at managerial level.
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face some common problems. These include the burden of dual role,
need was felt by the researcher to study about stress among corporate
Mumbai.
the banks.
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banks.
banks.
sector in the city of Mumbai. An attempt has been made in this research
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professional front. Due to these problems, women executives in the banks
experience a lot of stress. Some experts argue that stress is required for a
workplace stress will affect the motivation and health of the women
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Research Methodology:
the banking sector in the city of Mumbai, the researcher had used primary
data collection method. The data relating to the women executives were
collected from public sector banks, private sector banks and foreign
banks. The researcher randomly selected 100 women executives from the
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Types of banks No. of respondents (%)
The above table states that 39 percent women executives were selected
selected from foreign banks. The researcher also collected data from
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and/ or physiological demands on a person. The main causes of stress
facilities, excessive noise and dust. Long working hours also bring strain
2. Rotating Shifts:
Stress may occur to those women executives who may have to work in
employees may be expected to work in day shift for some days/ weeks
and then in night shifts. This creates problem in adjusting shift timings
for the women employees with their family lives. Especially married
women executives face a lot of stress in adjusting their work life with the
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3. Work Overload:
Quite often, women executives are asked to do many tasks in very little
two types:
quantitative.
qualitative.
4. Role Ambiguity:
Sometimes, the women executives do not know what they are supposed
to do; their tasks and responsibilities are not clear. This creates confusion
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meetings, consultation, invitation for membership for important
their jobs and careers. Thus, the women executives develop a feeling of
leadership style, where he does not consult the subordinates and believes
not like the leadership style of their superiors, which may create a feeling
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members of a cohesive group. By sharing their joys and problems with
8. Transfers:
Sometimes their postings may be in rural areas which also results in the
the banks. They may have extremely formal relations with their superiors
and/ or negative vibes may be exchanged with their peers. Especially the
men executives may not have a positive attitude towards their women
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work in the banking organization. Hence, such conflict creates stress in
banking sector brings constant stress to the women executives for the fear
1. Physical Health:
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physical health. For instance, there is a direct link between stress and
heart disease. Stress also gives rise to negative effects like high blood
2. Psychological Health:
3. Behavioural Effects:
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busy. Some of them opt for early retirement or due to their inefficiency,
the management may ask the executive to leave. Some people resort to
• They also derive very little satisfaction from their work. They perceive
• They do not have very good relations with their peers, subordinates and
superiors.
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• They are also low with respect to growth on the job and are less
competent with respect to utilization of their time. They are less flexible
organizational relations.
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in decision-making, inappropriate leadership style, lack of social support,
organization.
migraine headache, fever, etc. High level of stress may affect self-
satisfaction.
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Women Participation in Indian Banking Sector:
1. Introduction
In Vedic times women occupied the highest place in society. They were
significant part of this human resource pool, play a vital role in the
the Indian Banking Sector in 1969 served as the first major step to reduce
Indian banks are hiring highly qualified young Indian women to their
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administrative levels and they are showing remarkable growth over the
years.
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3. Methodology
The present study is based on secondary data and the data were collected
from journals, books, news papers, RBI annual reports and other
websites.
2010, at that time women accounted for only 17 per cent of employees in
state-run banks, of which only 2.7 per cent of women were in executive
positions.
“Women started joining banks only in the late 70s and mostly at clerical
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levels. With career progression reaching an apex, the industry is likely to
have more women at the top in the years to come. And when they do
come, they are not just considered women, but as leaders and role
(CMD) of Allahabad Bank, who took over the reins in 2012. Not only in
the higher levels that we can see had the involvement of women but also
in the clerical levels also women are more attracted. Secured family life,
are some of the reasons that make this sector more preferable to women.
woman on their board and two of these banks have a female CEO. In fact,
through the recent recession, Reserve Bank of India had two women
and 17.9 percent of the board of directors in the finance and insurance
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sector. In 2012, women represented 23.1 percent of all senior officers in
Financial Post 500 companies, and in 2013 11.4 percent of chief financial
The banking Sector in India which was male dominated till 1980’s, in last
executives like Chanda Kochhar (CEO, ICICI Bank), and Naina Lal
below table we can observe that the number of female employees in the
since 2005-2014, it is clear from the table that every year the number of
women entering into the banking sector has been increasing significantly,
that is from 1, 30, 489 in 2005, to 2, 77,792 in the year 2014, out of
which 1,29, 345 are in the officers position. That means 1,47,303 and
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optimal women entered into the banking sector, within a period of 9
The banking and insurance sectors today offer more prospects for jobs for
These include the burden of the dual role, sexual harassment in the
and the lack of solidarity among women. A lot of women play both
primary breadwinner and primary care taker role which create a tension
responsibilities.
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complained that extra work is always shunted to women. They also
customers. Women also felt dissatisfied that they were not sent out for
they have difficulties in working late; or because women shy away from
has been established by men. They argue that women could find their
own strategies which would achieve the same result (Mankidy, 1988).
for training programs are made and they tend to be excluded (Goverman,
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The biggest challenge lies in changing the stereotypes, assumptions and
biases about what is required for leadership and success that permeate the
have always been almost exclusively men and they remain the strongly
dominant group. This means that what is in fact a gender-based bias may
promotions.
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6. Strategies to Overcome from the Problems
get people recognize and understand these in their own thoughts and
The second, and perhaps the most important step in eliminating biases is
criteria and set targets for attracting and developing a diverse set of
leaders.
Employers who want to help women advance to the top must do more to
make allowances for life outside of work. They must make sure that even
ambitious and talented employees do not feel that they will have to work
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flexible working conditions need to feel emotionally empowered to take
The Women's Wing of the AICOBOO has been taking up these issues
centres.
Provision for a woman with a child less than three years old
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Provision for flexi-hours and part-time employment in
suitable cases.
paternity leave for at least ten days, and further leave for those who
whereby employers are liable to pay full wages for the period of
leave.
union work.
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Similarly the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) initiated a
The Reserve Bank of India has a Women's Forum for the same purpose.
The unions in the LIC have begun to organize women-only meetings and
employees was increasing day by day, with over 75 per cent of the new
special leave and better working conditions for women, and the removal
of hidden discrimination.
Each PSB has to come out with a HRD plans for development of women
focus on staff working in rural areas and women employees and priority
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Department of Financial Services has issued guidelines to all Public
work, for example with flexible working hours, part time job
mentors who are responsible for helping the new recruit to fit into the
priority for the most senior management in the firm and not merely for
HR.
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Problems Faced by Working Women in Banking
Sector
INTRODUCTION
to females and males, though is some contexts and research the terms
may also refer to those who fall into non-binary categories of gender.
the bank without tallying the account, the family members of female
stress than the male counterparts which have an adverse effect on the
executives have to bear the verbal abuse of angry and irate customers.
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when male chauvinist happens to be a performance appraiser in the
the work. In the same vein, women executives do not get any cooperation
from the peers in other departments of the bank thanks to male chauvinist
attitude.
OBJECTIVES
LITERATURE REVIEW
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faced by women executives for their professional duties like heavy
DATA ANALYSIS
A. Confirmation Process Confirmation of Hypothesis is prepared
after the data analysis using chi square test as an analysis tool on
recommendations.
B. Relationship between Banking Sector and Problems
Problems
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% within sector 9.4% 62.5% 28.1% 100%
Private % within problems 60% 48.8% 36% 45.1%
% of total 4.2% 28.2% 12.7% 45.1%
count 2 21 16 39
Today in the modern era banking sector played a vital role. This
are some problems which associated with job and vary with the
schedule control, work hours and their fit with preferences and
RECOMMENDATION
This research revolves around the topic “Problem faced by
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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP:BANKING INDUSTRY
ABSTRACT
Earlier leadership theories focused on The Great Man theory and women
were at all excluded from being seen as a leader due to fact that earlier
skills and attitudes. However with changing time, status of women gained
important part of the corporate sector. This paper studies the increasing
with women executives at the top levels have increased the performance
women leaders at senior positions. The banking Sector in India was male
dominating till 1980‟s but in last three decades the gender equality
growth. This paper studies the factors which make women so successful
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in the Indian Banking Industry and what are the main challenges among
them. This paper also suggests some remedial measures that the
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INTRODUCTION
The liberalization process of the Indian economy has penetrated deep into
as the weaker sex, as a result, for the past centuries, women are deprived
of most of the rights of the opposite sex, particularly the issue about
The early leadership theories focused on the Great Man theory, thus, all
result, women are all excluded from being seen as a leader, due to the fact
that during that time, literatures and researchers considered men and
the said differences between the two sexes are considered as hinder for
1990).women are the nucleus of our civilization. She has different roles
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thus, is directly related with nation‟s development. With the dawn of
direction. Still there are localities where women still listen to code of
in some localities women‟s are fighting back these problems and are
trying to come out there four walls which are holding them back to show
there skills, abilities and interests. However, with changing times, the
health activities, etc., but the results were not fruitful. Historically many
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subjugation to men it means there is no discrimination between men and
women in the eye of our constitution. Then where does this difference
lies? This difference lies no where but in minds of our society and some
where in our culture which never wanted women‟s to step out of there
abode. Previously it was always the male member to step out to earn
living for his family then came a time where women started coming out
to earn but only under the condition where male member was absent or
was unable to work, and it was considered as a condition of pity for that
women and his family as well. But it took so many ages for women to
come out and earn there interest and feel proud about themselves. It was
always a son who used to take over his father‟s business but with the
changing role of women now this scenario has also changed now there
are many examples where a girl is contributing his best with her parental
educating the girl child and gave due importance for higher studies.
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important part of the global quest for sustained economic development
of women is essential as their thoughts and their value systems lead to the
nation."
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WOMEN’S CAREER DEVELOPMENT HINDRANCE IN
For instance, in the USA, 37% of the management positions are handled
high compare with only 20% in the entire European Union (European
Research in Economics 2007. There are different studies which show the
well as other industries in the world. The main or general barriers towards
industry are
Stereotypes
recruiting practices
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the lack of access towards the powerful networks and
connections
the issue about family
process of balancing the time and effort exerted in work and
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order to protect and give special treatment towards the women,
This includes financial benefits, maternity protection and rights for the
includes protection from any harmful and risky tasks and influences in
the programs and benefits stated above will all be solely handled by the
are laws and regulations which give them the rights to excuse from their
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SCENARIO IN INDIAN BANKING INDUSTRY
Women would moderate risk and would be more balanced. "If UK banks
had more women on their boards, the scenario post- recession would have
been a lot different." Indian banks, with better gender equality on board
domination till the 1980s, but in the last three decades the gender
Chanda Kochhar ICICI Bank, India's second largest bank after State
the
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chairman and managing director of ICICI, Suresh S. Nadkarni exhorted
Lalita Gupte, trainee (at that time), to prove her potential in the
Kalpana Morparia
will be the new MD and CEO of ICICI Holdings, the new arm for
Naina Lal Kidwai There are many firsts to Naina Lal Kidwai's credit.
Naina Lal, CEO of HSBC, is the first Indian woman to graduate from the
Harvard Business School. Also, she has the distinction of being the first
Puri Buch and Kalpana Morparia head various portfolios of the company
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growth. The company played a significant role and has acted as a catalyst
the financial sector performs best in terms of gender diversity, nine of the
eleven banks listed on BSE-100 have a woman on their board and two of
these banks have a female CEO. In fact, through the recent recession,
Reserve Bank of India had two women deputy governors on board, Usha
Thorat and Shyamala Gopinath. Many people agree that many banks that
recession. In this sense, the banking and financial services sector has been
particularly lucky. For, while only 11% of the companies across sectors
in India had women CEOs, 54% of these CEOs come from the financial
Fortune 500 list though, financial services just accounted for 7% of the
women CEOs.
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WHAT MAKES WOMEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN THE
others.
Retail banking is more of a relationship thing and women
the B-schools just when the Indian banking sector was starting to
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were hiring during the mid-80s and the early 90s.
Women have done well in banking because it is a business
needs.
Most women bankers agree that one of main advantages they
had was the support system from their family. There may be
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oriented than process-driven. Moreover, organizations with more
a desire to win.
Women tend to be better than men at empowering staff.
Women encourage openness and are more accessible.
Women leaders respond more quickly to calls for assistance.
Women identify problems more quickly and more
accurately.
When feeling the sting of rejection, women leaders learn
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CHALLENGES OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR’S
„man‟s industry‟.
Women leaders are more assertive and persuasive, have a
stronger need to get things done and are more willing to take
lacks.
Tokenism prevails in the corporate world that endangers the
the
entitlement effect.
Women faces more challenges before becoming leaders
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REMEDIAL MEASURES
“common at the top” for both men and women executives –and
empathy.
Women can deliver best in an “environment of respect.” --
the workforce.
HR leaders and CEOs will need to redefine “Best-
dashboard.
There is a clear need to focus on mentoring the Indian
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corporate mind-set to get past the “subtle glass ceiling” and
of their career.
Women need to market themselves better in the organization
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Women need to unambiguously celebrate their success – and
experience-sharing.
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SWOT ANALYSIS
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HR INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• Post maternity leaves without pay for 6months to 1yr – IBM, Infosys)
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Top Women at India Banks Prove ICICI CEO
Kochhar says it doesn't seem so long ago that she was worrying that she
nongovernment lender while managing her household and caring for her
infant son.
"I'd taken my maternity leave and come back," says Kochhar, 49,
"Many women who rose to top positions inside ICICI and its affiliate
Kochhar thanks former CEO Kundapur Vaman Kamath for making what
turned into a career-changing decision for her. He let her take a half-year
hiatus from her job as head of infrastructure financing after she was
overwhelmed by work and family life. The change from India's typical
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three-month maternity leave made the difference. Thirteen years later, in
Kamath, 63, who became the bank's chairman, was building on a tradition
who believed women could perform as well as men and those who
"It was never a question of gender," says Vaghul, who remained ICICI
Bank chairman until early 2009. "We were really looking for talent."
policies.
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'Fairness and Transparency'
"If your board or chairman wants to implement equality, you don't have
That kind of thinking has pushed ICICI Bank into the vanguard of
companies where women can succeed at the top, says Deepak Gupta,
managing director and country head for India at search firm Korn/Ferry
India's foreign banks, such as Citigroup Inc., also have done well in
India.
"ICICI being an Indian bank, the women that get to senior levels tend to
Kochhar Tested
Kochhar put her skills to the test after she returned from her break. From
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2001 to 2006, when she headed retail banking, ICICI Bank expanded
Then, as India's economy grew at the slowest annual pace in six years
beginning in April 2008, ICICI Bank became the nation's only lender to
teller machines because ICICI's U.K. unit held 57 million euros ($82
filed for bankruptcy that September. Kochhar and Kamath helped defuse
the situation by appearing on TV and saying the bank had enough capital.
percent for the 12 months through March 2009. Profit plunged 35 percent
"With the benefit of hindsight, yes, we could have adjusted our growth
She took over as CEO in May 2009 and has slashed loans to retail
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borrowers by 21 percent over two years. ICICI Bank's profit has almost
quarter ended on March 31 from 7.43 billion rupees in the March 31,
2009, quarter.
ICICI Bank shares, which are listed in India and the U.S., soared 108
percent rise in the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index during that
period.
ambitious, and they've pretty much accomplished all of them," says Brian
1975 and left in 2008 to become CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s India
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'We Flourished'
Morparia, 62, who has a law degree from Bombay University, says
Kamath pushed women out of their comfort zones, in her case making
her leave the legal department for the bank's treasury. Kamath is
behind all countries but the United Arab Emirates and Japan, accounting
report.
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Indian Trade Unions, which represents industrial and service workers.
The CITU said in an August 2009 letter, which it sent to Indian Finance
It was a different story at ICICI Bank that year: Kochhar attended the
Some Indian women who pursued banking elsewhere say they were
pigeonholed before they even got started. Manisha Girotra says that when
Barclays Bank Plc, in 1994, her bosses debated whether to spend equal
money on training female and male analysts. The assumption was that
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'Extra Bit'
When she moved to London from Mumbai with the firm, she says
managers doubted whether she could handle the 18-hour days that
She says she slept in the office many times during a four- month period to
her.
"I would just not go home," says Girotra, 42, now CEO of UBS AG's
India operations. "I used to go under the table, sleep and then come back
up."
Kaku Nakhate, CEO of Bank of America Corp.'s Indian unit, says women
can still struggle to meld work and personal lives, making mentoring and
"Women put in that extra bit," Nakhate, 45, says. "Because women are
taking precious time away from their family, they are a lot more focused
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'Work Speaks for You'
Factories that she appraised in her early years didn't have bathrooms for
"It was not a natural thing for factory owners at the time to see some girl
in her 20s," Kochhar says, dressed in a black- and-silver sari that sets off
what if a girl came to inspect the factory, as long she was knowledgeable
and asked the right questions and behaved in the right manner?"
Inside ICICI Bank, two top women executives quit the month before
Kochhar was scheduled to take over. Shikha Sharma, who ran the life
insurance arm for eight years, and Renuka Ramnath, head of the venture
fund, resigned within days of each other in April 2009. Sharma is now
CEO at Axis Bank Ltd., India's fourth- largest lender by market value.
Ramnath has her own private- equity firm, Multiples Alternate Asset
Unusual Name
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The company with the unusual moniker got its start in 1955 as Industrial
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Credit and Investment Corp. of India, later shortened to ICICI. It worked
and the World Bank to fund development. In the 1990s, ICICI branched
into financial services, creating ICICI Bank in 1994. ICICI Ltd. merged
Early female recruits say the company has treated women as equals for as
long as they can remember. When Lalita Gupte, 62, now chairwoman of
asked whether she'd move with her husband, who was in the Indian navy
ICICI never raised the subject. Instead, Nadkarni pushed her to succeed.
"You had to be excellent," she says. "I'd just had a kid; I was back after
three months, and he wanted to send me off for a week to a project site. I
said, 'That's hard; I can't do it.' He said, 'If you don't adjust now, you
testing times."
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after the birth of her second child. He went to her home and told her
husband -- using a dose of humor -- not to let her quit or she'd drive him
up the wall.
women, where women are secure," Vaghul says. "In relation to other
"They believed that you can take a young person and give him or her a lot
of responsibility and let them run with it," says Vedika Bhandarkar, 43,
"We would go meet CEOs and CFOs when we were all young."
As more women joined, they shared tips on travel and work hours, Gupte
says.
"I've had instances when women colleagues were questioned about why
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they were coming home so late," she says. "We've helped these
Young children often caused the strife, and the bank would sometimes
Greater Loyalty
bankers helped more women get noticed. Some of ICICI's men left
because the company waited until 1996 to raise salaries, Vaghul says.
Women were more likely to stay because they saw opportunities as men
moved on.
help. Maids today make as little as 7,000 rupees, or about $155, a month
in Mumbai.
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"From the time you're a management trainee you can afford to have a
full-time nanny and maid, so you don't need to have this constant tussle
joined ICICI in 1989 and until April headed investment banking arm
"I never needed to say, 'Now someone needs to go drop and pick up my
son from tennis and from tae kwon do and from math tutorials,'" says
Mahindra Capital Co., says she has never experienced a glass ceiling --
of Rajasthan. It has the nation's lowest female literacy rate at 52.7 percent
this year, 13 percentage points less than India's average for women and
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28 points below the state's average for men.
when she was 13. Her mother was a housewife. The family moved to
'Very Focused'
"If we got time between classes, we would head for the canteen,"
Shanbhag says. "She would instead go to the library. She was very
focused."
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In 1989, Reliance's polyester plant in the western state of Maharashtra
how badly the company was hit, Vaghul says. Though Kochhar was
relatively junior, Vaghul made her explain to ICICI's board why the bank
Calming Fears
Kochhar told directors that her job was to back promising projects and
the people behind them, even if they weren't creating new assets at the
time. Directors approved the funding, Vaghul says, and Reliance got the
mother once even calmed concerns about the bank's health. In 2008, just
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"Yes, of course," she responded. "If they weren't, I wouldn't be here."
'Sensible Plans'
With the overlending and Lehman scares behind the bank, Kochhar is
expanding. Last year, she wanted to buy Bank of Rajasthan Ltd., even
after India's central bank had fined the smaller lender 2.5 million rupees
Singapore, called the 30.3 billion rupee all- stock deal too expensive.
northern India. After the acquisition, ICICI Bank's profit beat estimates
and its loans climbed for the first time in two years in the quarter that
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fund manager at Aberdeen Asset Management in Singapore, which had a
Top 20
Lim says Kochhar raised ICICI Bank's capital adequacy ratio, a measure
he says.
Kochhar says she can boost ICICI Bank into the ranks of the world's 20
prepare for an exam. Ashwini Mistry, who will graduate this year with a
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Mistry is 24, an age by which 86 percent of women in India have married
at least once, according to the 2006 National Family Health Survey. She
has her heart set on a plum banking job, with marriage in the future.
"I never thought the banking industry was male dominated because I
could see Chanda Kochhar lead such a big bank," Mistry says in the
banking."
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CONCLUSION
Feminine traits no doubt help them perform better than male colleagues
nation in general and of the family in particular. Women today are more
men, and have proved that they are second to no one with respect to
must
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be molded properly with entrepreneurial traits and skills to meet the
as education, politics, media, art and culture, service sectors, science and
technology, etc. There are lots of problems which a women faces during
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