Promoting Women in Leadership: Diversity on Boards in Australia and India

Prof. Divyangana Dhankar (JGLS), Prof. Simran Bhinder (JGLS) and Prof. Shaun Star (JGLS)

Prof. Divyangana Dhankar, Prof. Simran Bhinder and Prof. Shaun Star of the Jindal Global Law School received a grant from the Government of Australia through the Australian Consulate General, Chennai for their project titled “Promoting Women in Leadership: Diversity on Boards in Australia and India”.

The Project aimed to create awareness about the new challenges to ‘diversity and inclusion’. It sought to build people-to-people and institutional ties through a network of women leaders focused on priority sectors (sports and infrastructure). It hosted webinars, roundtable conferences, and developed a white paper through research to identify steps for corporations in both countries to improve gender representation in corporate governance. The project also intended to develop a course in “Diversity and Corporate Governance” for Indian institutions harnessing Australia’s state-of-the art technical and educational expertise. About 20 partners across both countries were involved in the implementation of this project.