In order to improve gender diversity, many Indian IT companies are planning to add more female employees to their workforce mix.
At the time when the participation of women in the Indian workforce has gone down to almost 16%, big IT firms such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro and HCL Technologies are apparently planning to hire over 60,000 women techies from the campuses this year.
Recently, the Noida-headquartered IT firm, HCL Technologies announced that as much as 60% of new employees hired from campuses this year would be women. As per reports, HCL is gearing up to hire 22,000 candidates for entry-level roles this fiscal.
Meanwhile, the largest software exporter in India, TCS, which currently employs 1.85 lakh female employees, is planning to hire 15,000-18,000 more women employees for entry-level roles.
On the other side, IT majors Wipro and Infosys are planning to hire about 50% of women candidates in entry-level recruitments this fiscal.
IT giant Wipro is likely to hire 30,000 female candidates via campus placement this year while Infosys has plans to have a 45% female workforce in its total workforce by 2030.
According to the industry body Nasscom, currently, the gender ratio of the Indian IT sector stands at 33%.
Speaking on the same, Senior Vice President of Nasscom said that as the demand for digital talent explodes, the corporate sector is further looking at enhancing women's participation in the workforce.