Isha Ambani calls out gender divide in tech workforce, seeks more female STEM graduates

Isha Ambani, director on board of Reliance Industries Ltd and only daughter of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, on Wednesday called out the gender divide in India’s tech workforce, saying age-old dogmas and societal stereotypes like women being best-suited as teachers and jobs involving soft skills are to be blamed for the low percentage of female in the tech workforce.

While only 36 per cent of India’s tech workforce are women, females make up just 43 per cent of the total science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates and account for only 14 per cent of all scientists, engineers and technologists.