India, March 9 -- India is on a fast-track to digitisation, pushing the demand for professionals skilled in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to an all-time high. According to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) survey for 2021-22, about 27.6 lakh men opted to study engineering and technology, while only 11.3 lakh women did the same. This only gets more pronounced at the employment stage as just a fraction of the women seek out jobs in STEM domains. This gender gap underscores a critical need for focused interventions, so that the country does not miss out on a wealth of talent which could add to its skilled workforce and help put the nation on the fast path to success.

To be able to embrace digitisatio...