Most of the top Indian Institutes of Management have admitted a record number of female students in the 2019-21 batch of their flagship course, Economic Times reports. The overall percentage of women at the top six IIMs – Indore (42%), Bangalore and Lucknow (37%), Calcutta (31%), Kozhikode (30%) and Ahmedabad (24%) – has gone up to 33.5% from 26% last year. The colleges have been allotting extra marks to the female students while shortlisting candidates for interview. Recruiters believe improving gender mix at this stage will help narrow the gender gap in C-suite and boardrooms.





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