This is my little attempt to let everybody know about the technical status of Indian women.

1. STATUS OF INDIAN
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT
PROSPECTS FOR RURAL
WOMEN IN INDIA

2. Current position in India
• Profession only for men
• Enrolment:- 1%(1970)-15%(2009)
• Outrun- 10,000(approx.)

3. Status of women engineers
• Restrict higher education
• Job opportunities
• Male-dominated profession
• discrimination against women
• Sexual Molestation

4. A quick glance
Women enrolment as Engineers 16.2%
Graduates 15.43%
Electronics Engineering 37.1%
Employed 54.9%
Technical educational institutions 29.8%
Teaching 31.8%

5. A quick Glance
• Mostly in teaching jobs
• Very low presence in other capacities
• Lacking
Upper Level Managerial positions
Prestigious awards.
Head of professional bodies

6. Prospects For Rural
Women?

7. Literacy and education in rural
India
• The general enrolment rate(2001)
Rural area - 8.99%
Urban area-24.52%
• completion of High Secondary

8. Enrolment and retention
• Low enrolment
• Low retention
• Higher drop out rate
• High Gender gap at higher levels.

9. problems
• Long Distance
• Lack of hostel facilities
• Safety and security concerns
• Socio cultural factors
• Restricted benefits

10. Consequences of Gender disparity
in engineering education
• HUMAN RESOURSE DEVELOPMENT
• TECHNOLOGOCAL DIVIDE
• INFORMATION DIVIDE

11. The status Concludes…....
Urgent need to address and
redress this problem

12. THANK YOU
Himani Bali
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