New Delhi, March 7 (PTI): Canon India plans to increase the number of women employees to 20% of its headcount by 2018. Currently, women account for about 12% of Canon India’s headcount of about 1,000 people. “Canon in India is making dedicated efforts to boost women employees, nurture them and help them grow within the system,” the Japanese tech giant has said in a statement.
Canon has offices and warehouses in 14 cities across the country and has over 1,000 employees. “At present, we have 12% women employees contributing to the vision of Canon India. But we surely want to take this number to at least 20% over the next two years,” Canon India President and CEO Kazutada Kobayashi has said.
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