While women represent about 40 per cent of undergraduate students in India, the numbers keep dropping in higher levels of employment. “While women in STEM education are 39 per cent, many drop out of work in middle to higher levels. At the highest executive levels, this number is just 10 per cent,” said Vasantha, director, Technology Path Finding, India. The number of unemployed female engineers in India was as high as 40 per cent, as per data obtained from girlsintech.org. Breaking stereotypesIn her address, Karen Bartleson, IEEE President-elect 2016, spoke about the many misperceptions women in engineering face.

Source: The Hindu August 24, 2016 13:52 UTC