Influences of Talent Management Practices on Career Progression of Women in theIndian IT Industry

Talent management is a key function of the Human Resources department of any organisation. It carries out the utmost important activities of attracting, developing and retention of good talent. The paper aims to analyse the influence of these talent management practices on the career development of female employees in the IT sector. It sets to explore how is talent management and career prospects of female employees correlated. It seeks to identify the barriers and challenges women endure in order to climb up the corporate ladder. The paper sets to determine the importance of having a well planned, designed and implemented talent management strategies. Key words: talent and talent management, barriers to career progression, women in IT sector relation of TM and career progressions