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Roots and Wings - Inspiring Stories of Indian Women in Engineering

Shantha Mohan

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Description:Traditionally, women’s place in the world has been the home, as the caretaker of the family, raising children and keeping house. However, we are multi-dimensional. Every one of us can play many roles in our lives, including contributing to the world economy. The world faces enormous challenges in today’s technology-driven era. To face these challenges, we need the mindset of women working alongside men, given that women are half of the world population. While medicine was considered a suitable field of education for women even as early as the late 1800s, engineering was not. The first group of three women to graduate with engineering degrees did so in 1944, from the College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG). CEG is one of the oldest engineering colleges in the world and the oldest in India. It is now under the umbrella of Anna University in Chennai. From 1944 through 1971, 35 women graduated from CEG with engineering degrees. A few of these women made their mark by being a first in their line of work – the first woman engineer in India or the first woman telecommunications engineer in India. A few of them took on the important role of teaching other girls. Many of them contributed technically to their chosen areas of specializations in India and abroad. Some of them were entrepreneurs and rose to positions of chief executive officer (CEO) and other executive ranks. A few were, and are, great community leaders. Many of them overcame several obstacles to their careers and managed to find a good balance between family and work. The stories of the women told in this book are diverse. Their lives are lessons in inspiration, courage, initiative, perseverance, innovation, entrepreneurship, resilience and flexibility. Young girls need role models and this book will open their eyes to possibilities in the technical and business arenas. The stories include inspiring and encouraging quotes for women, and men.Critical events in women's lives—such as marriage, babies and elder care—all interrupt women's work life. Coming back to work from that interruption in these fast-changing days is hard. These life stories show examples of women resourcefully navigating such interruptions to find their way back to successful careers. Women need support from their parents, their husbands, and the society to achieve their dreams and goals—the kind of support that men already get! This book serves as an informal historical account of the transitional period in a microcosm when Indian women successfully broke through cultural and institutional barriers to work as equals of men in technical domains that were exclusively male till then. It starts with the stories of the first set of women to graduate from CEG in 1944 and ends with the stories of those who graduated along with the author in 1971. Each of these stories stands on its own. This book will make a wonderful gift for the young girls in your life—a daughter, sister, cousin, niece, granddaughter, friend, or a reward for yourself.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Roots and Wings - Inspiring Stories of Indian Women in Engineering. To get started finding Roots and Wings - Inspiring Stories of Indian Women in Engineering, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 260

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Notion Press

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1644291320

Description: Traditionally, women’s place in the world has been the home, as the caretaker of the family, raising children and keeping house. However, we are multi-dimensional. Every one of us can play many roles in our lives, including contributing to the world economy. The world faces enormous challenges in today’s technology-driven era. To face these challenges, we need the mindset of women working alongside men, given that women are half of the world population. While medicine was considered a suitable field of education for women even as early as the late 1800s, engineering was not. The first group of three women to graduate with engineering degrees did so in 1944, from the College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG). CEG is one of the oldest engineering colleges in the world and the oldest in India. It is now under the umbrella of Anna University in Chennai. From 1944 through 1971, 35 women graduated from CEG with engineering degrees. A few of these women made their mark by being a first in their line of work – the first woman engineer in India or the first woman telecommunications engineer in India. A few of them took on the important role of teaching other girls. Many of them contributed technically to their chosen areas of specializations in India and abroad. Some of them were entrepreneurs and rose to positions of chief executive officer (CEO) and other executive ranks. A few were, and are, great community leaders. Many of them overcame several obstacles to their careers and managed to find a good balance between family and work. The stories of the women told in this book are diverse. Their lives are lessons in inspiration, courage, initiative, perseverance, innovation, entrepreneurship, resilience and flexibility. Young girls need role models and this book will open their eyes to possibilities in the technical and business arenas. The stories include inspiring and encouraging quotes for women, and men.Critical events in women's lives—such as marriage, babies and elder care—all interrupt women's work life. Coming back to work from that interruption in these fast-changing days is hard. These life stories show examples of women resourcefully navigating such interruptions to find their way back to successful careers. Women need support from their parents, their husbands, and the society to achieve their dreams and goals—the kind of support that men already get! This book serves as an informal historical account of the transitional period in a microcosm when Indian women successfully broke through cultural and institutional barriers to work as equals of men in technical domains that were exclusively male till then. It starts with the stories of the first set of women to graduate from CEG in 1944 and ends with the stories of those who graduated along with the author in 1971. Each of these stories stands on its own. This book will make a wonderful gift for the young girls in your life—a daughter, sister, cousin, niece, granddaughter, friend, or a reward for yourself.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Roots and Wings - Inspiring Stories of Indian Women in Engineering. To get started finding Roots and Wings - Inspiring Stories of Indian Women in Engineering, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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