• A MADAN MOHAN
• UMA SHANKARI S

Not decades, centuries of progress in all fields but still if we consider equal or upper part of the earnings, women remain underrepresented which is a phenomenon referred as “glass ceiling”. Not only in case of women, members of demographic minority are also gets suppressed for their advancement within the hierarchy in an organization. “Glass ceiling is a metaphor in which glass is described as invisible barriers through which women or demographic minority can see elite positions but cannot reach them which is known as “ceiling”. In this paper the issues and challenges faced by the women and ethnic minority for obtaining and securing the most powerful, prestigious, and highest-grossing jobs in the workforce is covered by giving some live findings and suggestions. This paper work is only an exploratory nature which is based on some data collected from different resources like journals, magazines and internet. Several cases can be discussed where women and ethnic minority became successful and gave mutual benefits for the organization because of their family support and proper encouragement by respective organization. If women learns to balance the resources they get like time, ideas, finance and relationships, they can excel in any sector which they wish for. This paper can play an important role and can inspire higher officials and organizations to bring certain changes towards ethnic minority and female working conditions so that they can utilize their capabilities for a better life and overall growth of the society.

Glass Ceiling, Minority, Discrimination, Organizational Barrier, Women Empowerment

"Glass Ceiling: A study on equal opportunities in workplace", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.2387-2391, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103298.pdf

"Glass Ceiling: A study on equal opportunities in workplace", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp2387-2391, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103298.pdf