Creating a gender-balanced workforce

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Satyakam Arya – Managing Director and CEO of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles shares his thoughts on gender balanced workforce.

“Diversity is a core principle at DICV; our immediate goal is to increase the ratio of female factory workers to 20% by 2022. To cultivate a gender-balanced workforce in the manufacturing industry, organizations must provide a supportive, professional environment that ensures the welfare and well-being of all employees. This means infrastructure improvements such as crèche facilities, but also extends to intangible measures such as company-wide sensitivity training.”

- Satyakam Arya – Managing Director and CEO of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) earlier in January 2021 had shared that it aims to have 20 per cent women workforce at its plant by 2022 and had already hired 46 women for shop floor operations at the company's Oragadam manufacturing facility near Chennai, as part of its 'DiveIN' (diversity and inclusive) initiative.

To ensure welfare and well-being of the new employees, DICV has implemented a comprehensive set of changes at the factory. The company first installed suitable infrastructure and services such as specific restrooms and changing rooms, DICV, which is the wholly-owned subsidiary Daimler AG of Germany, said in a release.

'One goal of DiveIN is creating a gender-balanced staff base by increasing the ratio of female factory employees to 20 per cent of the whole by 2022,' the company said.

With the hiring of 46 woman employees, it has completed the first stage of the 'DiveIN' initiative to increase diversity for a more inclusive workforce, the company said.

The new employees have been deployed across key function areas on the shop floor, including engine and transmission, cab trim and quality management.

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