Vodafone to have 33% women workforce by 2018: Sunil Sood, CEO

NEW DELHI: As it looks to increase women participation at the workplace, Vodafone India is aiming to have a 33 women staff by 2018.


"We have around 21-22% women workforce currently which we plan to increase to 33 in two years," Vodafone India MD and CEO Sunil Sood told PTI.

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He said two years back, around 14 of its staff were women which have now increased to 22. Sood also mentioned that currently 33 of its customer base is women and the company would like to have the same number of its staff.


Talking about empowering women, Sood said Vodafone had sponsored education of 1.20 lakh girls in Rajasthan. Sood also mentioned that in order to provide digital education, the company had opened 20 digital literacy centres in nine states and has already educated 9,000 people.

Earlier this week, Vodafone launched its 3G services in 50 towns of Assam. Vodafone, as part of its 50 towns expansion plan on its own 3G network roll-out, has now covered key areas in Assam like Guwahati, Tezpur, Jorhat, Silchar, Bongaigaon, Dibrugarh, Nagaon, Tinsukia, Barpeta.