S.S. Rana & Co. has been named First Runner-Up for Best Employer for Women in the Small Category at the ASSOCHAM Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Awards in 2024. It is the second time ASSOCHAM has recognised the firm as a best employer for women, after its award in 2019-20.
About the ASSOCHAM Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Awards
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is one of India’s oldest and largest industry associations. Its Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Awards and Conclave bring together employers, policymakers and advocates to recognise workplaces that put inclusion into practice.
The categories: Awards are given in categories including Best Employer for Women, Best Employer for Persons with Disabilities, Best Employer for Policies on Diversity & Inclusion, and D&I Champion.
By size: Employers are recognised separately in small, medium and large categories, so each organisation is compared with others of a similar size.
Winners and runners-up: In each category, ASSOCHAM names a winner and runners-up from the nominations it receives across sectors.
What the award recognises
The award reflects practices that S.S. Rana & Co.’s own people describe:
Equality from the start: The firm adopted gender equality and fair work practices early, and women hold senior leadership roles, including Managing Partner Lucy Rana.
Safety beyond the office: Women leaving after dark are escorted by colleagues, and a buddy system supports their safety on the way home.
Time for life outside work: Birthday leave and family celebration leave sit alongside earned, medical and casual leave.
A safe workplace: The firm advises clients on POSH compliance, and applies the same standards to its own workplace.
Equal pay and safe working hours: the legal baseline
Equal pay: The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 requires employers to pay men and women equally for the same work or work of a similar nature, and prohibits discrimination against women in recruitment, promotions and conditions of service.
Night work: Factory and shops and establishments laws traditionally restricted women working at night. Most states now allow it, usually with the woman’s consent and safeguards such as safe transport, adequate security and protection against harassment.
Beyond compliance: Escort and buddy systems, flexible leave and visible women leaders go further than the law requires, and are what recognitions like ASSOCHAM’s are designed to reward. The firm’s labour law team advises employers on building these policies.
About S.S. Rana & Co.
S.S. Rana & Co. is a full-service IP and corporate law firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in New Delhi, with branch offices in Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. Through its IP4Kids initiative, led by Lucy Rana, it also works to spread IP awareness among young people.
Workplace recognition
| Recognition | Awarded by | Edition |
| Best Employer for Women, First Runner-Up (Small Category) | ASSOCHAM | 2024 |
| India’s Best Workplaces for Women; Professional Services; Mid-size | Great Place To Work | 2024 |
| Great Place To Work-Certified | Great Place To Work | July 2024 to July 2025 |
| India’s Best Workplaces for Women | Great Place To Work | 2023 |
| Best Employer for Women | ASSOCHAM | 2019-20 |
Read about the firm’s Great Place To Work certification, Lucy Rana’s IBLJ A-List 2024-25 recognition, its Annual Newsletter 2024 and its Women’s Day celebrations. Each recognition is recorded on our Awards page.
This recognition belongs to every member of the S.S. Rana & Co. family. We thank ASSOCHAM, and our colleagues, whose everyday conduct makes the firm a place where women thrive.
Frequently Asked Questions
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S.S. Rana & Co. was named First Runner-Up for Best Employer for Women in the Small Category at ASSOCHAM’s Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Awards.
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is one of India’s oldest and largest industry associations. Its Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Awards recognise employers across categories such as Best Employer for Women, Best Employer for Persons with Disabilities and Best Employer for Policies on Diversity & Inclusion.
Employers are recognised separately in small, medium and large categories, so that organisations are compared with others of a similar size, with winners and runners-up named in each.
Yes. S.S. Rana & Co. was also recognised by ASSOCHAM as a Best Employer for Women in 2019-20.
Yes. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 requires employers to pay men and women equally for the same work or work of a similar nature, and prohibits discrimination against women in recruitment and conditions of service.
Yes, subject to safeguards. Factory and shops and establishments laws traditionally restricted night work for women, but most states now allow it with the woman’s consent and conditions such as safe transport, adequate security and protection against harassment.
Write to info@ssrana.com, and the firm will direct you to the right team.
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