Title: Corporate role in women's empowerment: second career internship programme from Tata

Authors: Jesiah Selvam; K. Umalakshmi

Addresses: Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli-627 003, Tamil Nadu, India ' Indian Academy School of Management Studies, Bangalore-560 043, India

Abstract: The case examines the corporate role in women empowerment in community development. The inclusion of women workforce has become increasingly important for fastest growing economies like India. Second career internship programme (SCIP) is one of the initiatives by Tata Group of companies in India. Indian women need financial support, therefore this study helps us illustrate how women's talent can provide economic opportunities. The case also shed lights on the initiative as a new channel of recruitment to tap the latent potential and identifies challenges involved in execution of such projects.

Keywords: corporate role; women empowerment; second careers; internship; economic opportunities; Tata Group; female empowerment; community development; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTCS.2014.063753

International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 2014 Vol.5 No.1, pp.31 - 53

Received: 24 Sep 2013
Accepted: 07 Feb 2014
Published online: 29 Jul 2014 *

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