IIT-Madras Launches new programme to boost women leadership
New Delhi, March 08: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has launched a new
programme to boost its women leadership with an endowment fund raised from its alumni
and CSR grants.
Named ‘Women Leading IITM’ (WLI), the programme will make grants every year to
accelerate the careers of women technologists and provide a supportive environment for
women to thrive at IIT Madras. The aim is to help accelerate efforts to improve the number of
women students, faculty, staff and creating opportunities for success.
The Institute is planning to raise an endowment of US dollars two million by the end of 2021.
In the first year itself, it will be aimed to grant Rs. 70 lakhs for various initiatives.
The goals of the ‘Women Leading IITM’ program will include increasing the percentage of
women f...
