"Nearly 11 million privately held companies are now majority-owned by women, according to the Washington-based Centre for Women Business Research. This accounts for nearly half (47.7 percent) of all private companies in the US. A similar trend is now showing in India as well," Kataria said.

"With the various success stories, like Indra Nooyi, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (Biocon) and other women business leaders, the ratio of women managers in corporate world is bound to rise," said Kataria.

Punjab already has a Management Institute for Women - KHALSA Institute of Management and Technology (KIMT) for Women, Ludhiana had received approval from the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi for starting MBA classes from the session 2007-08.

 

Another Institute which offers programmes exclusively for Women : MBA (Executive 2 Years) & MBA (3 Years) is Mother Teresa Women's University in association with Mohamed Sathak College of Arts & Science, Chennai

- SuccessCDs Edunews