About MPW

Vision: 

To be a platform to help women realize and accomplish their leadership potential and collaborate with the industry in building a robust pipeline of women managers and leaders. 

Mission: 

To open access to and expand opportunities in the corporate sector for women. We will accomplish this by :

• Helping women reentering the workforce overcome any difference in success that may arise out of time away from the professional world. 
• Supporting corporations enable women professionals emerge as leaders at all levels.
• Collaborating with the public sector and government to champion and celebrate a plural, social definition of success and leadership which will acknowledge and reward the managerial roles played by women across multiple sectors of a society. 

In a workplace that is becoming increasingly complex with companies facing socio-cultural evolution, there is a pressing need for creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Worldwide, the inclusion of women in leadership roles has become a critical competitive advantage. India can potentially boost its GDP by 60% in the next 10 years if it were to use the full potential of women in its workforce. As India is emerging to be an economic and cultural superpower, focusing on gender diversity at work is not just the right thing, but also the smart thing to do.

Although there is increasing practitioners' interest in developing women leaders, the business world is grappling with the issues of gender diversity and shrinking women leadership pipeline. A 2017 BCG survey of Indian companies stated that women's representation in Indian firms, stands at around 27 percent of the country's total workforce, while globally, this figure is 38 percent. Moreover, women account for just 17 percent of senior management positions in India, compared to 26 percent in emerging Asia-Pacific countries. The survey further found that even the well-intended and designed gender diversity programmes failed to create an impact because they were poorly executed.

Of the participants who believed that their company is focused on promoting diversity, only 29% believed that they have benefited from the programme. Women comprise 48% of the population in India. However, less than 27% of women are a part of the workforce.

This number is further threatened, as the percentage of women in India dropping out of white collar jobs in mid-career is as high as 48 percent, as compared to the Asian average of 21 percent.

Women, who against all odds aspire to get back to work, often face many socio-cultural and structural barriers and realize that in this fast-moving world, skill-sets become obsolete in no time. This nuanced understanding led to a felt need to create a platform for women to relaunch their career after a break.

With this in mind, we at SPJIMR aim to facilitate the smooth reintegration of women returning to a professional career, through this niche, future focused, the only one of its kind 11-month full-time accelerated Post-Graduate Management Programme for Women (PGMPW)