Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Belagavi and Hubballi are the best cities in Karnataka for women’s employment, According to a report by Avtar, a firm specialising in workplace inclusion.
In the entire country, Chennai is the best city for women’s employment and it is followed by Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai. In Karnataka, Bengaluru is the best city followed by Mangaluru, Belagavi and Hubballi.
| Catagory | City | Rank | Score |
| Population >1 Million | Bengaluru | 03 | 64.48 |
| Population <1 Million | Mangaluru | 08 | 58.02 |
| Population <1 Million | Belagavi | 10 | 55.51 |
| Population >1 Million | Hubballi | 11 | 47.07 |
The report ranks 111 cities on parameters nurturing a conducive ecosystem for women’s employment. Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Coimbatore and Madurai form the rest of the Top 10 cities—each has a population of more than one million—in terms of women’s employment.
| City | Rank | SIS | IIS | SIS-Rank | IIS-Rank | CIS |
| Bengaluru | 03 | 60.22 | 81.54 | 3 | 3 | 64.48 |
| Hubballi-Dharwad | 11 | 44.24 | 58.39 | 11 | 8 | 47.07 |
| City | Rank | SIS | IIS | SIS-Rank | IIS-Rank | CIS |
| Mangaluru | 8 | 53.63 | 75.62 | 9 | 5 | 58.02 |
| Belagavi | 10 | 50.95 | 73.77 | 11 | 7 | 55.51 |
Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Erode, Salem, Tirupur, Puducherry, Shimla, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Belagavi are the top 10 cities in another category of cities with a population of less than one million.
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Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka got top five state averages in the country.
The study, apart from indexed scores, considered steps taken by states and cities in empowering women in the last one year. It considered key inclusion measures required for increasing women’s workforce participation.
About AVTAR :
Avtar set up in 2000, is India’s premier Diversity, Equity & Inclusion solutions firm. Lead by the visionary Dr. Saundarya Rajesh, Avtar has helped charter Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion plans for several organizations in the IT/ITES, BFSI, FMCG, Pharma, Retail and Engineering Industries in the country. As the earliest firm in India to provide end to end DEI solutions, Avtar’s services span a broad spectrum, including Diversity Recruitment (including gender, People with Disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community), Audits & Advisory support towards strategic DEI planning, Conferences & Events that host very pertinent DEI discussions and Training interventions towards building DEI capability.
Avtar was Stanford Seed certified in 2021 – Seed is a Stanford GSB-led initiative that partners with entrepreneurs in emerging markets to build thriving enterprises that transform lives. Avtar was also named in the Steward Leadership 25 (SL25) listing for 2022. The SL25 is an annual listing of 25 companies that have shown Steward Leadership excellence within the Asia-Pacific region. The recognition by Stewardship Asia Centre (SAC), INSEAD Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society, WTW (Willis Towers Watson) and The Straits Times is for Avtar’s work towards “Transforming workplaces for gender inclusion”.
Avtar is renowned for spearheading several first time DEI interventions including 1) Spearheading original DEI research that has provided cutting edge insights to organizations 2) Conducting India’s largest diversity analytics studies in partnership with Seramount (formerly Working Mother Media) called Best Companies for Women in India and Most Inclusive Companies Index 3) Creating India’s first ever exclusive diversity job portal call myavtar.com 4) Creating a marketplace for women on career breaks to meet potential employers 5) Re-Skilling. Up-skilling and Counselling of women to pursue sustainable career paths and 6) Building career intentionality amongst under privileged girl children.
