Scaler earmarks INR 1 crore to empower and upskill women in tech ANI | Updated: Mar 05, 2021 13:21 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): Edtech startupScaler, known for producing the finest software engineers with its meticulous courses, has announced the launch of Scaler Include, a program aimed at enhancing female participation in India s tech workforce.
The program offers merit-based scholarships to women to enroll in Scaler programs, coding contests in collaboration with top tech employers in India and talks by leading female business leaders.
This comes on the back of what has been a significant cultural shift for the Indian IT sector, but a continuing trend of lower participation from women. According to Zinnov-Intel India, women form only 26 per cent of India s tech workforce, a number that the program wishes to raise to 50 per cent over the next 10 years.
Edtech start-up Scaler earmarks ₹ 1 crore to upskill 1,000 women in tech
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Launches Scaler Include, a diversity programme, ahead of International Women’s day, to improve skewed gender ratio in country’s tech workforce Edtech startup Scaler, known for producing quality software engineers with its courses, has announced the launch of Scaler Include, a programme aimed at enhancing female participation in India’s tech workforce. The programme offers merit-based scholarships to women to enrol in Scaler programmes, coding contests in collaboration with top tech employers in India and talks by leading female business leaders.
This programme comes in the wake of a continuing trend of lower participation from women in technology. According to Zinnov-Intel India, women form only 26 per cent of India s tech workforce, a number that the programme wishes to raise to 50 per cent over the next 10 years.