The caste is alive and kicking in corporate India

Abstract

An IIM-Bangalore study found that a large number of mergers and acquisitions occur between the directors of the same caste group. The importance of caste as a centerpiece of Indian social life comes alive during elections, when we witness the dramatic spectacle of political parties jostling for the support of different caste groups. Nevertheless, many urban Indians assume that the obsession of caste is a domain of the rural and semi-urban areas. As individuals who grew up in a big cosmopolitan city, when we observed in our research that caste and its influence is alive and kicking even in elite corporate India, we too were surprised. Read more at: https://www.forbesindia.com/article/iim-bangalore/the-caste-is-alive-and-kicking-in-corpo-rate-india/53059/1