Apex body NASSCOM has recently launched the NASSCOM Women Product Champions (NWPC) to nurture and promote women in product management, and to help them thrive in product careers at all levels. This means women can easily navigate, grow, and succeed in product-management roles from entering the field, through mid-career, and into senior and executive roles. Overall, the intent is to create diverse workspaces. “There’s a felt need in the industry to nurture diverse talent. Digital talent is the future of the world. A skilled digital talent pool is growing, yet there’s a demand-supply gap. Women constitute about 36 per cent of the tech industry and they may not occupy all posts; representation of women across all cadres may be missing,” said Shalini Sankarshana, EVP at Broadridge Financials, speaking at the NWPC launch.
When we look at women as product managers for instance, there may not be too many of them. There are several reasons for this, including...