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Bringing the Missing Women Back: CS Education for Women in India’s Engineering Institutions.

Authors :
CHAUDHURI, BIDISHA
D’SOUZA, MEENAKSHI
SRINIVASAN, JANAKI
Source :
Communications of the ACM; Nov2022, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p65-67, 3p, 1 Color Photograph
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

The article discusses the gender inequality between men and women students at engineering institutions in India, including at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). An overview of the gender inequality that women engineering students face in employability at information technology (IT) firms is provided. IIT's use of the supernumerary system, as an affirmative action mechanism, to enroll a certain number of female engineering students is discussed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00010782
Volume :
65
Issue :
11
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Communications of the ACM
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
159802821
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1145/3550490