State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has devised a strategy to boost gender diversity, aiming to increase its women workforce to 30 per cent within five years.
“If we talk about frontline staff, women are almost 33 per cent, but as a total if you see, they account for 27 per cent of the total workforce. So, we will be working towards improving this percentage so that the diversity gets further improved,” SBI Deputy Managing Director (HR) & Chief Development Officer (CDO) Kishore Kumar Poludasu told PTI in an interview.
The bank is taking measures to bridge the gap and achieve its medium-term goal of 30 per cent women in its workforce, he said.
SBI has a total staff strength of more than 2.4 lakh, one of the highest in any organisation in the country and the highest in the banking industry.
He further said that the bank is committed to creating a workplace where women thrive at all levels and through targeted programmes, SBI fosters leadership, work-life balance
