Work and family are the two most important domains in a person’s life and their interface has been the object of study for researchers world-wide. There is a felt need to balance and integrate family needs and career requirements (Sturges & Guest, 2004) and research in the field of work family interface has increased dramatically in the past two decades (Frone, Yardley, & Markel, 1997). The changing social
structures arising out of dual career couples, single parent families, an increasing number of parents with dependent care responsibilities for children, and ageing parents have all contributed to increasing research
in the area of worklife balance. In a transitioning society like India, where the traditional roles of women as homemakers and caretakers
are deeply entrenched, the work-family balance becomes a challenge for women and their employers. Over the last decade, Indian society has witnessed a surge in the participation of women in the workforce, especially in the software industry. The growing number of women in the Indian IT workforce has led to an increasing interest from academia and practitioners in the topic of worklife balance, specifically of
working women in the IT industry. In the light of the increasing number of women in the IT industry, there is a need to examine the phenomenon of the worklife balance of Indian women IT professionals in greater depth.