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FICCI has set up a sectoral Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion for steering its agenda towards enabling Diversity and inclusion work policies across India Inc. Being the voice of the Indian Industry, FICCI has been instrumental in bringing about many policy changes through several active committees representing various sectors of the Indian economy.
The D&I Task Force endeavours to ensure that Indian corporates have inclusive organizational policies in their companies with enough gender diversity, inclusion of people with disabilities as well as representation from the LGBTQI+ community.
With representation of senior industry leaders and CHROs/ D&I experts from private sector, NGOs and other policy influencers, this group being mentored by Dr Jyotsna Suri, Past President, FICCI and Chairperson and Managing Director, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group and it is co-chaired by Ms Radhika Piramal, Executive Director & Vice Chairperson, VIP Industries and Mr Keshav Suri, Executive Director, Bharat Hotels Ltd. & Founder, Keshav Suri Foundation. For focused planning and action, this task force has sub-groups on the three priority areas i.e. Gender Parity, Empowering Persons with Disability and LGBTQ each led by a chair. Under the aegis of this Task Force, FICCI undertakes continuous engagement efforts with its industry members and other stakeholders including government, academia, opinion makers, experts etc.to build and showcase best D&I practices in the Indian private sector and bring about effective policy changes to ensure that the workplaces have an acceptable environment where people respect and recognize each other’s meritocracy over their sexual orientation, disability or gender.
Team Leader
Uma S Seth
Assistant Secretary General
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Jan
Event
Call For Applications: 1st FICCI DE&I Awards
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Jun
Press Release
Two-day ‘FICCI DE&I Conclave’ concludes with a focus on fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in the workspace, society
Event
2nd DE&I Conclave
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Jul
Event
Power of Allyship in Advancing Women Leadership
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Feb
Event
G20 EMPOWER Inception Meeting
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Jul
Press Release
Minister of State, Social Justice & Empowerment exhorts industry to scale-up initiatives in workplace inclusion
Event
1st D&I Conclave
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Dec
Event
Unlocking mobility for Persons with Disabilities
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Nov
Event
IWEI Launch
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Aug
Event
FICCI D&I Training Programme on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities at workplace
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Jun
Event
D&I Inclusion at Workplace in the New Normal
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Apr
Event
Equally Book Launch
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Mar
Press Release
FICCI collaborates with Microsoft to launch a whitepaper on inclusion of persons with disabilities
Feb
Event
Webinar on Gender Based Violence
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Dec
Study
India Workplace Equality Index Top Employers 2020 Report
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Sep
Event
LGBTQ Inclusion in the Indian Workplace
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Event
FICCI Certification Programme on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Press Release
An Inclusive workplace can lead to better individuals, businesses, and organisational outcomes: Keshav Suri
