Tata Steel s initiative to hire women firefighters for diversity echoes a broader trend in heavy engineering firms in India. Companies like Hindustan Zinc are increasing women representation in mining operations, aiming for gender diversity.
Lady candidates need not apply.
So read the postscript in a job notice from Telco (now Tata Motors) on a notice board in the corridors of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (now Bengaluru), in 1974.
Irked, Sudha Murty, who was then pursuing her masters in computer science at the institute, wrote a postcard to JRD Tata, expressing her surprise at this gender discrimination, especially since the Tata Group were pioneers on many fronts.
Shortly, Murty became the first woman on the firm s shop floor.
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