Women In Engineering Roles

A single online portal on Indian women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Medicine (STEMM) was launched on Sunday which could help in policy-making to address the challenges of gender gap in sciences. The "Science for Women- A Technology & Innovation (SWATI)" Portal is a complete interactive database and the first-of-its-kind in India which is developed, hosted and maintained by the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), an official statement said here. This is a dynamically growing portal and the endeavour is to have data of all women scientists of the country available at a click of a button, NIPGR Director Subhra Chakraborty said. The portal was launched by Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government Prof Ajay Kumar Sood at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) here. "Even in the 21st century, we still have a way to go to address gender parity in all sectors of life. Education is a great equalizer and access to it must be made available

Gone are the days when only men covered in soot would clamber out of the inhospitable and exacting confines of a coal mine

After quitting engineering, these women mostly move to marketing, product management or consulting