India, March 8 -- A candid post by Vikram Chopra, founder and CEO of Cars24, on International Women's Day has sparked discussion online about gender representation in corporate leadership.

Taking to X, Chopra shared internal numbers, saying that the company has 6,803 employees in India but only 951 are women, accounting for about 14% of the workforce. He added that the gap becomes even more stark at senior levels. "At Director level (B6): zero women. Not low. Zero," he wrote, adding that he had been reflecting on the numbers for several days.

Chopra said that while the company does hire women and entry-level representation is "meaningfully better", the organisation appears to lose women somewhere between mid-management and senior leader...