IIT Ropar first to open up a Society of Women Engineers Chapter
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In an effort to help women engineers and scientists to achieve their full potential as leaders IIT Ropar has partnered with Society of Women Engineers (SWE) to establish an on-campus chapter. As a part of the SWE chapter inauguration, Dr. Seema Chopra, Global Technical Leader – Data Analytics at Boeing Research and Technology, India presented a session on Analytics in Aerospace. Paul Robichaud, Managing Director-SWE India appreciated IIT Ropar and Career Development and Corporate Relations Centre’s effort in encouraging women towards professional development opportunities and its commitment to have the first chapter at an IIT. The session was organized by Neha Gupta, Kalyani Agarwal, Radhika Wadhawan and Srinidhi Reddy and their effort to include the entire student community was appreciated.”
IIT Ropar is accelerating its development by promoting and making considerable progress to stimulate women to achieve their full potential in career as engineers and expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity.
Prof. S.K.Das, Director , IIT Ropar said, “IIT Ropar is centered around a passion to evolve with the challenges and opportunities reflected in today’s exciting engineering and technology specialties and we are excited to continue to inspire and encourage our future female engineers.”
Under this council, every year, IIT Ropar will host Women in Engineering (WIE) open house to meet the female engineers who take the helm in and out of the classrooms.
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