Women who changed the tech world

Opportunities in Tech world

Women in FOSS contribution

Women in Science & Technology

In 1818, when the Calcutta School Society was established in Kolkata, the first question posed was whether the same education provided to boys should also be extended to girls, asked by an Englishman named David Hare.

In 1821 a group of British and Foreign School Associations came to India. It was Ms. Mary Ann Cook who promoted women's education in India. Due to his efforts 277 girl students were sent to school.

In 1849, John Eliot Drinkwater Bethune, an Englishman, wanted to establish a secular girls' school in Kolkata. That is, Women's Education Institute. Later it was renamed as 'Bethoon College'.

• ​Kathambini Ganguly was the first female graduate of the British Indian Empire.
• She was the first woman doctor in South Asia to receive Western medical training.

• Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan): India's first mission to Mars was launched by ISRO in 2013. India became the 4th country to successfully place a satellite in the orbit of the red planet.
• Ritu Karital, Nandini Harinath, Anuradha DK, Moumita Dutta and Minal Rohit are some of the leading female characters.
• Chandrayaan 2: For the first time in India's history, Chandrayaan-2, India's second mission to the Moon, was piloted by two women scientists from ISRO.
• Vanitha Muthiah headed the project as Project Director and Ritu Karital (Rocket Girl of India) was the Project Director.
• Chandrayaan 3: India's rocket lady Ritu Krithal Srivastava and Deputy Program Director Kalpana Kalahasti led the mission.

Participation of women in space programs

Women who changed the tech world

1. Ada Lovelace: The World's First Computer Programmer

2. Grace Hopper: The Esteemed Computer Scientist

Women in FOSS contribution

Mozilla Firefox - Laura Chambers, Laura played a pivotal role as a member of the Mozilla Corporation Board for three years.

Wikipedia - Since 2010, for example, the percentage of Wikipedia editors who identify as women has grown from 10 to 20 percent today. Over the same period, the percentage of women’s biographies on Wikipedia grew from about 10 to 19 percent

Debian developers

Wikipedia needs more women. Let’s close the gender gaps and change the stats. https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/open-the-knowledge/wikipedia-needs-more-women/

Linux Administrator 

16.9% of unix/linux administrators are women and 83.1% of unix/linux administrators are men.

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According to the 2018 National Task Force on Women in Science report, only 15% of India's R&D workforce is women, against the global average of 30%.
Root Cause: Gender Mindset

The most important cause of gender inequality is the prevailing gender mentality.
Gender bias starts from childhood, reinforced by textbooks and social norms.
Parents, teachers and educational institutions often discourage girls from pursuing science.
Institutional constraints.

Participation in scientific conferences such as the Indian Science Congress is generally limited for women, especially in key roles.
In 2021 and 2022, 23 winners were men, and CSIR(Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) did not recognize any women scientists for their contributions.

Challenges of gender diversity

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