Girls have the edge in landing IT sector jobs: academician

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P. Deiva Sundari, Principal, Easwari Engineering College (SRM), Chennai, speaking astatine  The Hindu Education Plus, Career Counselling Fair '26 held astatine  Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam connected  Sunday.

P. Deiva Sundari, Principal, Easwari Engineering College (SRM), Chennai, speaking astatine The Hindu Education Plus, Career Counselling Fair '26 held astatine Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B

Deiva Sundari P., principal, Easwari Engineering College (SRM Group), connected Sunday, said that companies actually conduct recruitment drives to instrumentality young women connected their rolls. “This is to retain the diverseness mix in industries. But, astatine the aforesaid time, these graduates are apical of their people and are industry-ready erstwhile they walk out,” she said portion speaking connected the topic of women in core engineering astatine The Hindu Education Fair organised at the Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam.  

Though the request of women successful engineering was 30% of the workforce, connected the crushed it was lone 12%, she explained adding that isolated from the circumstantial girls-only recruitment drive, companies conducted regular campus recruitment drives too.  

Published - April 13, 2026 12:37 americium IST

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