Shruti Jain, CSO, Arihant Capital

At Arihant Capital, we are working on creating a more progressive and inclusive workplace and increasing female representation in leadership positions has always been a given. The biggest challenge women face during their careers is during and after pregnancy. Globally, the attrition rates remain high for women leaving the workforce around this period in their lives because they don’t get enough support from their employers. From our experience, at Arihant Capital, we understand that every pregnancy, baby, and mom is different. To support our female employees during their maternity, we constantly adjust policies to account for individual scenarios.

Flexi-work, work-from-home options, casual dress codes, and customized leaves are a few examples of how we are trying to build a female-friendly organization.  Fostering an equitable culture for all our employees is very important at Arihant Capital. We understand we need to do more and improve our policies. Hence, we are constantly listening to the needs of our female employees, adjusting our policies, and trying our best to build a female-friendly firm. To retain talented women within our organization, we make sure we support them at every stage of their careers.