Transforming the Backdrop: Women's Ascension in Indian STEM

Abstract

In India, women are going through a prominent ascension in the STEM fields, breaking the barricades and are contributing considerably to the nation's technical progression. Their growing existence reflects a transformative change which is apparently authorizing women to prosper in male-dominated domains. The recent times have witnessed a significant progress towards attaining gender equality in the STEM fields. Yet, a there are various challenges that force a women to leave STEM careers at different points during their professional journey. In this study we present an overview of the policies and initiatives for the empowerment of women in STEM in India. We have used the NLP-based content analysis to identify the barriers and challenges rooted in the literature review on women’s empowerment in STEM in India. The research findings help us toformulate the recommendations that determine the explicit research areas and guide our imminent research actions that demand further investigation. The NLP techniques help us to systematically analyze and summarize our literature content to get a better understanding of the women empowerment and thus provide valued insights for the academic and policy-oriented contexts.