Mars fraternity needs to move back at B-schools

Mars fraternity needs to move back at B-schools

It remains a great puzzle. Approximately half of medical students and more than one-third of law students are women, whereas less than 15% of MBA students are women in India. The fast change in Indian economic structure from manufacturing to service demands greater participation of women in the workforce.

There is a strong need for business schools and industry to collaborate and take proactive actions to attract more women to management careers.

According to a BusinessWeek survey, women make up only 28% of incoming MBA classes for BusinessWeeks Top 30 B-Schools in the US, about the same as four years ago. Further, more Chinese women take GMAT exam than Chinese men. According to a profile of GMAT candidates for 2004-05, 56% of GMAT test takers in China are women, while in India the ratio is only 23%.

More : economictimes.indiatimes.com

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