#348: Ritushree Panigrahi on the growing importance of DE&I in organisations

“DE&I is not a policy or HR guideline, and when we say diversity, equity and inclusion, it should be the culture of the company, it should be embedded in the culture of the company.”

Today’s episode of The Shape of Work podcast features Ritushree Panigrahi, DE&I Lead at Outcast Collective. Ritushree has an overall work experience of 13 years. She did her Master of Laws from The ICFAI University Tripura and her HR Certification in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. She is India’s first transgender women stand-up comedian. She worked as an Independent Consultant for most of her working year and later joined UNGENDER as DE&I lead.

In this episode, Ritushree puts light on why DE&I is becoming more important within workspaces and organisations.

Episode Highlights

• What all diversity and inclusion policies should the organisation adopt
• Why is DE&I also important in the legal sector?
• The relation between DE&I and HR
•  How inclusive workspaces are changing

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Archit Sethi 

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.