Diversity

Being a daughter to a father with a government job in India, in a family of six, Shanthi has moved cities and has had a taste of diversity at a very young age. An eclectic mix and equality were a cultural lifestyle for her long before she became the head of HR at Google Cloud India. “My childhood’s biggest lesson was – let girls be girls!” Shanthi’s family never fell prey to...

Imagine the jubilation in taking pride to be a part of a company that keeps diversity, equity, and inclusivity at its centre. Such is the everyday affair at ThoughtWorks. With Tina Vinod, let’s unfold the community effort that goes down at ThoughtWorks at building a gender and sexuality affirmative workspace. “Speaking of diversity and culture in the workspace amongst my peers, ThoughtWorks...

The celebration of Women’s Day 2021 at KelpHR was marked by a panel of influential individuals who came forward for a forthright discussion on the matter of global importance – women’s empowerment – a subject matter that is far from saturation. Gender discrimination, hostile workplace environment, quantitative solutions and more were a part of one of these dialogues and...

Inclusion – A word that is thrown around a lot these days. What does it mean for us in India? The work culture in India is more diverse as compared with other countries. The degrees of “woke”ness among employees from a mixed pot of cultural backgrounds is often staggeringly different within the same space. I started working at a corporate organization recently after working across...

As a supporting partner at the 13th Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, KelpHR CEO & Co-founder, Smita Shetty Kapoor will be moderating a panel discussion. Topic: Understanding PoSH and its implications Date: 5 June 2022 Time: 330 – 430 pm Venue: Liberty Cinema, Marine Lines, Mumbai Sexual harassment at the workplace is a topic that is often swept under the carpet....

A day observed on the 20th of November annually since 1999, the Transgender Day of Remembrance commemorates those transgender persons who lost their lives to violence due to transphobia. It seeks to draw attention to the continued violence that is endured by transgender people and was inspired by the 1988 murder of Rita Hester- a transgender African American woman who was murdered in Allston....

You must be wondering why people have started putting pronouns in a bracket next to their names? I’m referring to (She / Her / Hers / He/ Him/ His / They/ Them/ Theirs) Shouldn’t it be obvious? Let me start by busting this myth. No it is not obvious. You need to Ask! A young boy Sahu born to a single mother was growing up in suburbs of Mumbai. This was Bombay in 1970s. He used to be...

A workplace can be a stressful environment for people who are made to feel conscious of their identity, not given access to basic facilities where they feel comfortable, and finally reach a point where they end up feeling helpless with no recourse or ability to change the situation. According to a 2017 report published on the human rights of transgender persons in India by the National Human...

Diversity and Inclusion are two valuable pillars of successful management. It not only ensures equal rights to all the potential choices, but also brings a lot of creativity, different viewpoints, and shared knowledge to the table. These principles of Diversity and Inclusion are not just restricted to corporate organizations, but every form of management to ever exist in human history. To...

After much deliberation, the BU Head of the Healthcare division hired Merlyn – a Data Analyst to take over the non-core, transactional activities of the Delivery Managers (DMs). In doing so, he earned himself Diversity brownie points, for Merlyn was from an underrepresented group that MNCs like theirs encouraged hiring. The DMs were happy to offload non-value adding work to Merlyn and...