Men and women employees have been equally contributing to the organizational success. Recently women employees are in a prime focus for the organisations to get retained. Some organisations take this initiative for managing diversity where as some has witnessed the benefits of retaining women employees leading to optimum performance at work. This research paper attempts to study the practice of retention of women employees in Indian context. The various areas covered in this research paper are defining retention; various reasons behind retaining women employees, various methods of retention of women employees followed by best practices in retaining women employees by Indian organisations. The primary method of data collection for this research paper is through various secondary sources such as research papers, websites, blogs, e-magazines etc.