Gender equity is one of the sustainable goals of United Nations. Throughout the world women represent nearly half of the population and they do most of the unpaid work. It is found that unless they are included in the paid work, the development of the economy will not be possible. Reservation of women director in the board of the company is a step to include them in decision making at higher level. In India as compare to the world this decision came very late in the Companies Act 2013 where it is made mandatory to include one female board member in a class of company. Even after making this reservation many companies are not in a position to have a women director in their board. The paper examines the progress in this regard, problems faced by the companies and the suggestions to come out of this problem.

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Keywords: Board of Directors, Companies Act 2013, Women Director.