The PM's Plea: A Reflection on Women in STEM Education Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent remarks at the IIT Delhi convocation ceremony have sparked a necessary conversation about the underrepresentation of women in academic and professional achievements, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
His words are a welcome acknowledgment of the issue but also highlight lingering disparities that persist in Indian education. The statistics on women's participation in STEM fields in India are sobering.
Girls make up only about 24% of engineering graduates and around 14% of computer science graduates.