Indian Coffee House

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1958, founding; 2019: female staff

Sudhakaran P, For first time, Indian Coffee House set to hire women, March 7, 2019: The Times of India

The Indian Coffee House, established as a cooperative by communist leader A K Gopalan in 1958 after coffee outlets under the Coffee Board dismissed its workers, had never employed women at its outlets.

Now, after almost 61 years, the cooperative chain of hotels, which also runs outlets across the country, including the one in Kolkata’s College Street, has written a new chapter in its history by allowing six women to join the establishment as staffers at three outlets in Kannur and Kozhikode.

“When the world is changing and women are breaking into top roles in all professions, it is high time the Coffee House opened its doors to them,” said P V Balakrishnan, president of the Indian Coffee Workers’ Cooperative Society, Kannur, which took the initiative to appoint women at its coffeehouses for the first time in the country.

“Our society functions in the entire Malabar region, including Palakkad, and I feel happy that we have set a model for the entire establishment,” he said on Wednesday. If the move proves successful, the society has plans to appoint more women. In fact, they have already prepared a rank list.

Balakrishnan said though the society has been considering appointing women staff, it was industries minister E P Jayarajan’s suggestion that spurred them to action. The first batch of six women was appointed on March 5 and two each have been posted at Kannur and Kozhikode outlets.

“Initially, they have been appointed as kitchen assistants and have been put on day duty. We will deploy them in service after they acquire the required skills,” Balakrishnan said. In future,it may even consider opening all-women outlets, he said, adding that food prepared by women may drive demand.