"Engineering" and "Engineers", both the words are often considered to be a degree and a profession for men. Even most prestigious institutes , IITs providing education in this field for years, have had limited female participation. Only 8% of the seats were occupied by female students across all IITs in 2016.
However, special thanks to the IIT Council's initiative of enhancing gender diversity. There has been a commendable upliftment in the percentage of female engineering students in 2020 to 2021. It is a noticeable improvement, with women being 19.90 % and 19.81% of the student body in 2020 and 2021 respectively.
A number of 1,51,193 students including all three genders(male, female, transgenders) registered for JEE Advanced in 2021, of which only 34,520 were women and 6,452 of these women registrants qualified for the JEE Advanced examination.
Female Candidates Registered for Engineering Exams
The percentage of women registering for engineering exams has been increasing since 2017. This shows the growing interest and encouragement of girls in this technical field.
Female Candidates Percentage who Qualified for JEE Advanced—
The percentage of women qualifying for the competitive exam has not been consistent over five years. The number of qualified female candidates for the JEE Advanced exam in 2017 was the highest. The percentage of female candidates qualifying for JEE Advanced in 2021 was lesser compared to 2020. 6,707 female candidates qualified for the exam in 2020 which was 255 more than in 2021 .
Percentage of Female Candidates for Allotment —
There has been a stark increase in the actual allotment of seats in IITs for female students in 2021 in the respective of 2019. However, IITs saw peak allotment of seats to female candidates in 2020 but again a sudden fall of 0.09 percentage points in 2021. The IITs established an initial objective of 14 %and 17 % for allotting seats to female candidates in 2018 and 2019, respectively, which was exceeded each year.
Female Student Participation in IITs—
As per NIRF 2021 rankings, IIT Kanpur was noted to have the lowest female representation among all the batches in their BTech programme. Before this, IIT Guwahati was the one with the least women representation in its student body from 2018 to 2020.
Supernumerary Seats—
Supernumerary seats are seats beyond the sanctioned intake allowed by the relevant governing body and the government from time to time. Female supernumerary seats are established for women empowerment. Supernumerary seats for female students have been continuously increasing since 2016. The supernumerary seats for female candidates were increased to at least 20 % for the 2020 to 21 academic year by the IIT Council. The goal of this action is to increase the proportion of female students in the IIT undergraduate programmes.
Female are often under-represented in the academic and professional sections of engineering; however, many women have contributed to the diverse fields of engineering historically and currently. Number of organizations and particular programs have been created to understand and overcome this tradition of gender disparity. Some have decried this as a gender gap, denoting that it indicates the absence of potential talent in female, though the gender gap as a whole is narrowing, and India is receiving more talented "Betiya" who are not only showing talents in Engineering fields, but making India proud with their contribution.
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