This is why there would be more women CEOs in next few years

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India’s daughters are conquering all walks of life. Just in case you needed more proofs, the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) has registered a two-fold rise over last year in the number of women admitted for the 2017-19 batch.
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With women accounting for 31% of the new students, this batch boasts of the highest female representation at IIM-C to date. Officials say this is also the strongest girl squad among the top three IIMs - Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta - in recent memor, according to a Times of India report.

"The girls performed incredibly well in the interview and got through on their own steam," IIM-C admission chairperson Pritam Basu told TOI. The only push that they got, Basu added, was at the pre-interview stage, where women were marked up "a little" after the CAT scores. Previous years saw women getting three extra points (out of 100) at the pre-interview stage. "This year girls were given two extra marks out of a total 50 marks (or 4%). This mark-up was part of a deliberate policy change to bring more gender diversity on the campus," Basu told TOI.




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