An Inquiry into Women Representation in Management: A Case Study of Indian Industries

Samapti Guha is Professor at the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India. She is a Development Economist and has done her PhD in Economics from Jadavpur University, India, in 2004. She worked as a researcher in the area of microfinance and development economics in reputed institutions such as Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi, and Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat, India. In 2006, she was selected as Sir Ratan Tata Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, for her post-doctoral study. In 2007, she joined TISS and launched a new MA programme in Social Entrepreneurship; she also managed the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship till 2010. Her areas of research are microfinance, women workforce including managers, social entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship and financial inclusion. She has published more than 30 articles in national, international journals and chapters in books. She has published two edited volumes on 'Technology and Innovation for Social Change' (2015) and 'In Search of Business models in Social Entrepreneurship' (2021) with Springer. She has attended several national and international conferences and delivered key notes, expert talk and research articles.

Sanskruti Kadam is Dean/Head of Department, Sasmira's Business School, Mumbai, India. She has nearly two decades of experience in teaching, education and research, capacity building, advocacy and field action in broad areas of HRM, social science and development, gender studies and inclusive education. She obtained her PhD from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India, and has double Masters -- Master of Commerce (M.Com), Master of Human Resource Development and Management (MHRDM) both from the University of Mumbai, India. With her wide experience in community-based research using qualitative and mixed methodology research approaches, she has contributed to a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the social and gender dimensions of a range of issues concerning women career development and wellbeing of women, youth and vulnerable populations. She has published several research papers in peer reviewed journals on topics covering HRM, re-branding HR, women empowerment, gender diversity et.al. She has also worked for fully sponsored research projects in the area of gender studies supported by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). She is Head of Research Committee and also the PhD Centre affiliated with University of Mumbai and SNDT Women's University at SASMIRA. She has been awarded with Best Paper Award for her research paper presented at National Research Conference organized by Mumbai University. Her research interest areas are – human resource management and development, general management, gender studies and diversity & inclusion.