Locked out of leadership
Updated On: 01 September, 2024 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Sumedha Raikar Mhatre
A new book exposes how gender bias and stereotypes stall women’s careers in Mumbai’s corporate universe
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Dr Samapti Guha (left) and Dr Sanskruti Kadam, photographed at the TISS campus in Chembur, perceive Mumbai as an interesting test case because of “the high speed of sociological changes”. Pic/Shadab Khan
Does metallurgical engineering pose a specific security hazard for women? The question sounds out of place in 2024 when women in STEM fields are being increasingly encouraged by mentoring networks to give their fullest potential to the chosen streams. But the question is surprisingly central to a real-life incident in a female engineer’s life; she was informed by senior management that the production zone was off-limits for women engineers in the interest of their safety and security. She was assigned to a role in HR, far removed from her expertise and aspirations.
The metallurgical engineer who was positioned in the office—while her male colleagues visited mines and smelters—is one of the many voices that populate An Inquiry into Women Representation in Management: A Case Study of Indian Industries (Springer publication) by Dr Samapti Guha and Dr Sanskruti Kadam. The engineer met the authors around 2018; she is currently happy in a workplace where her on-site decision-making is valued.
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