Ola FutureFactory to be run by women : Bhavish Agarwal

• BySheetal Sidhu     |    September 14, 2021

Ola CEO and founder Bhavish Agarwal said that Ola Futurefactory will be run entirely by women, 10,000+ at full scale!  Ola Futurefactory welcomed its first batch this week. At full capacity, Futurefactory will employ over 10,000 women, making it the world’s largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally, the company said in its blog. This is the first in a series of initiatives Ola is undertaking at Ola to create a more inclusive workforce and provide economic opportunities for women across the board, Agarwal said. 

“We have invested significantly to train and upskill them in core manufacturing skills and they will be responsible for the entire production of every vehicle manufactured at Ola Futurefactory. Enabling women with economic opportunities improves not just their lives but that of their families and indeed the whole community,” he said. According to studies, providing women parity in the labor workforce can grow India’s GDP by 27 percent. But this requires active and conscious efforts from all of us, especially in manufacturing where participation remains the lowest at just 12 percent. For India to be the world’s manufacturing hub, upskilling should be prioritized and generate employment for the women workforce, he said.

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