Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14 : A study conducted by Avtar and Seramount has revealed that UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has been recognized for the third consecutive time as one of the ‘100 Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) 2021’ for its exemplary efforts on gender diversity, inclusion and equality.
The company also won the prestigious title of ‘Exemplar of Inclusion’ for its continuous efforts on gender inclusion in the workplace, a release said here Today.
Avtar, India’s premier Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion solutions firm along with Seramount (formerly Working Mother Media), a strategic professional services firm dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace in the United States, conducted the sixth successive edition of the BCWI study in 2021.
Over 330 companies, spanning every major industry, geographical location and line of business, participated in the sixth consecutive edition of the BCWI.
The key segments that MICI covered were diversity, including gender, generation, people with disabilities, LGBTQ, practices for fostering diversity and inclusion in recruitment, retention, advancement of people from diverse groups, and company culture.
UST is always committed to maintaining a balanced work-life environment to support employees through important life-changing events, not limited to maternity, elderly care, and child adoption; therefore, reasonable flexibility is provided in terms of working hours, remote working, leave extensions, and holidays.
Through its hiring, promotion, recognition, leadership development, and retention, UST has always ensured diversity in the process.
Programs like Network of Women USsociates (NOWU), mentoring, UST Career Architecture framework, D3 – a global developers conference celebrating talent in the technology world, and ‘Women Unlimited’ have been highly impactful towards furthering inclusivity and community building.
From being one of India’s first digital technology transformation companies to hire transgenders, to designing internal communities like ‘Curved Colors,’ a group for the LGBTQAI+ community, UST proved its active involvement in supporting and sustaining an inclusive culture.
UST also conducts programs like ‘Impact India,’ which identifies talent within the differently abled community and has an ongoing partnership with institutes such as ‘Braille without borders’ for the visually impaired and ‘National Institute of Speech & Hearing’ for the hearing impaired.
It has designed ‘Step IT Up’, an accelerated training program, in several countries they operate in, designed to train and employ women, minorities, and veterans in STEM fields.
UST encourages and actively recruits women who had to take a break in career due to family or personal reasons.
The Company recently announced its aggressive hiring plans of over 10,000 employees across the globe to support its global business demand, accelerate the digital transformation of companies, and the rise of the digital economy.(UNI)