BWI: Citi India Recognizes Future Woman Leaders

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Citi
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 01:22 PM IST (07:52 AM GMT)
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Citi India Recognizes Future Woman Leaders
Initiative attracted over 100 of the brightest and best students across leading business schools in India.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- Citi India today awarded nine first year management students from the leading business schools in the country with the Citi Woman Leader Award 2011-12 and named nine others as runners-up. This unique initiative, now in its second year, aims to identify young talent and promote future women leaders. Candidates are selected on the basis of demonstrating exemplary Leadership skills during their freshman year in college along with a strong academia and active participation in extracurricular activities. The winners are awarded congratulatory certificates, trophy and reimbursement of their second year tuition fees.

Pramit Jhaveri, CEO, Citi India said, "We have very clearly recognized diversity as an extremely important imperative and initiative for Citi India. I am absolutely committed to working with our Diversity Council and our HR team to introduce the necessary policies and to try and improve our work environment and work culture in order to make our organisation a much better place to work in".

Nominations for the Citi Woman Leader Award are invited for second year MBA students from the nine premier business schools in India including, Indian Institute of Management at Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Kozhikode, FMS (Delhi), XLRI (Jamshedpur), Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (Mumbai) and S P Jain Center of Management (Mumbai). The nominees go through a rigorous three-phased selection process, which involves nominations from the Deans of each school as a first step. These students are then interviewed by members of the senior management team at Citi India. The final shortlisted 18 students attend a specially created assessment center designed and conducted by leading consulting firm, Accenture which is followed by a final round of personal interviews at Mumbai.

Explaining the objective of the Awards, Citi Human Resources Officer, South Asia, Stephen Cronin said, The Citi Woman Leader Award, a first-of-its kind initiative in the Banking industry in India, is aimed to promote encourage young women leaders enter the Indian workforce. We believe promoting diversity at the entry level gives us the opportunity to nurture and grow talented young women professionals who will take on larger board room roles in the years ahead".

"At Citi India, 40% of our junior to middle level managers comprises of women professionals," concluded Mr. Cronin

Winners of the Citi Woman Leader Award 2011-2012

Runners-up of the Citi Woman Leader Award 2011-2012

About Citi

Committed to India for over 109 years, Citi takes pride in being a premier locally-embedded financial institution backed by an unmatched international network. Citi's presence in India spans 42 Citibank branches across 30 cities and over 700 ATMs. With capital invested of over US$4 billion, Citi is the single largest foreign direct investor in the financial services industry in India and offers consumers and institutions a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Citi is an employer of choice to approximately 7500 employees in India. Citi's franchise in India includes businesses such as equity brokerage, equities distribution, private banking (Citi Private Bank) and alternate investments and private equity (CVCI). In line with our commitment to make a positive difference in the communities where we work, Citi India's citizenship programme targets its strategic efforts in the priority focus areas of Financial Capability & Asset Building, Microfinance, Enterprise Development, and Youth, Education & Livelihoods.

Additional information may be found at http://www.online.citibank.co.in/press-room/citi-in-india.htm

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Bottom Row (l-R) - Aditi Sharma, SPJIMR, Mumbai; Bhavna Khar - XLRI, Jamshedpur; Reena Damani, JBIMS, Mumbai; Maanvi Ahuja, IIM Kozhikode; Ipsita Pal, IIM Lucknow; Reema Mukherjee, IIM Bangalore; Saumya Sen, IIM Ahmedabad; Neha Garg, Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi; Sruti Ravi, IIM Calcutta. Winners of Citi Woman Leaders Award 2011-12 along with panelists and Citi seniors.

Top Row (L-R) - Piyush Agarwal Head of Risk for Institutional business, Citi India; Anand Selva, Country Business Manager, Global Consumer Group, Citi India; Stephen Cronin, Human Resources Officer, Citi South Asia; Muge Yuzuak, Head of Cards Business, Citi India; Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi, Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Rural Planning and Credit Department, Reserve Bank of India; Stephen Bird, Chief Executive Officer of Citi Asia Pacific; Ashu Suyash, Managing Director and Country Head India, Fidelity International; Dr. Indu Shahani, Hon'ble Sheriff of Mumbai and Principal of H.R. College of Commerce and Economics; Pramit Jhaveri, CEO, Citi India; Ravi Kapoor, Head of Global Banking, Citi India.
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