XLRI School of Management wins Avtar’s “Diversathon” competition
XLRI School of Management wins Avtar’s “Diversathon” competition
“Diversathon” is a unique Hackathon to Drive Inclusion at Campuses
December 27th, Chennai: Avtar group, India’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Solutions firm, announced the winners of its first-of-its-kind initiative – Diversathon recently. XLRI School of Management, Jamshedpur emerged the Title Winner and the SIES School of Business Studies and SIES College of Management, Mumbai and KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai finished as runners-up.
Diversathon, a (virtual) Solutioning Hackathon on the theme Towards Big Impact – Creating Inclusive Campuses in India, was conducted as part of Diversity Mahotsav – a string of sessions hosted by Avtar, celebrating the ethos of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion spaced through the month of December. While the sessions have led to immense learning through candid sharing by thought leaders and role models, Diversathon saw teams from educational institutions presenting their unique ideas by way of solutions to inclusion challenges in the country.
Dr. Saundarya Rajesh, Founder and President, Avtar Group said, “The objective of Diversathon was to educate students who are potential change agents of tomorrow, on the realm of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. These students who came up with brilliant solutions to some very pertinent inclusion challenges, are all set to take strategic and tactical action when they become managers at India Inc.’s corridors. Students from across the country participated in Diversathon and presented their views with a lot of conviction. There was a lot of knowledge sharing which happened during the event and lend itself to some memorable discussion points.”
Teams from BIMTECH, Noida; Gitam Business School, Hyderabad; KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai; SIES School of Business Studies and SIES College of Management, Mumbai; TISS, Hyderabad and XLRI School of Management, Jamshedpur participated in the paper presentation. Some of the topics discussed in the papers included the key challenges faced by men and women in Indian society, inclusion related issues faced by male and female students on campuses, measures to be implemented both in campus and society, among others.
About Avtar Group
Avtar set up in 2000, is India’s first diversity advocate & workplace inclusion expert. Renowned for its extensive work in the space of Diversity & Inclusion and more specifically, women’s workforce participation, it is the country’s largest provider of second career opportunities for women and is also the earliest to begin working on diversity audits and measurement. Lead by the visionary Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Avtar has ventured into areas of gender inclusion and career creation, which are firsts to India, such as
· Creating a marketplace for second career women to meet potential employers,
· Developing a comprehensive set of career enablers which companies can implement in their workspaces,
· Spearheading original research that has provided cutting edge insights to organizations
· Creating India’s first Diversity job portal, myavtar.com
· Re-Skilling, Up-skilling and Counselling of women to pursue sustainable career paths and
· Building career intentionality amongst under privileged girl children.
Over its 21 years of existence, Avtar has helped charter Diversity & Inclusion plans for several organizations in the IT, FMCG, Manufacturing and Financial sectors in the country.
