The number of women employees in IT and BPO sector is increasing as they have been found to be more devoted to their job.
In the past two years, the number of women employees has gone up by nine per cent. According to the Association of Software Services Companies (NASCOM) during 2007-08, women formed 47 per cent part of the total recruitment. This number has reportedly gone up by 9 per cent during the last two years.
According to women professionals in IT–BPO sector, higher salaries, better security and better work place have attracted them to this sector. In Noida IT companies, 11 per cent women are occupying the leadership slots. As per NASCOM, out of two million employees in IT-BPO sector in 2007-08, women occupied about 28 per cent jobs.
A management survey conducted on a sample of 50 companies, women were found to be discharging leadership role in 11 per cent senior management slots.
NASCOM conducts seminars from time to time to create better awareness and cultivate favourable aptitude towards this sector. While women are not found lagging in sewing and stitching in garments industry, they are equally at ease in highly skilled engineering sector demanding intelligence and management skills. This is why women employees have a sizeable presence in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) all over the country.
Over 71,000 women are among an estimated 2 lakh employees working in various SEZs in the country. Even in Noida SEZ, over 6,000 women are employed at various levels.
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