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What We Do ?

We work with the ecosystem that includes education institutes, colleges, organizations, government to help aspiring STEM girls or STEM professionals to find their preferences in STEM careers. This is achieved through engagement and enablement programs. We work with educational institutes & organizations to build awareness among girls, provide mentoring to upcoming talent, training and employment opportunities to professionals.

Our Purpose

Women in Technology (WiT), India Forum focuses on increasing women's participation in STEM. It purports to fulfill a gap in gender diversity in STEM leadership roles by engaging, enabling and employing women across various life stages from a girl child to a seasoned professional.

Our Approach

ENGAGE
ENABLE
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WiT ACE provides a collaborative platform across companies and individuals Networking, connecting educational institutes and industry. It fosters peer network of women through tech-focused communities, Enhances networks through Bootcamps & Hackathons and seminars in partnership with organizations
WiT ACE in partnership with learning & assessment organizations supports assessments of skills , provides upskilling and learning solutions that help women grow and develop their potential. Ongoing mentoring is provided through WiT ACE Select.
WiT ACE has onboarded the top 100 STEM organizations for leadership and works with them closely for staffing right skilled women talent too. This has been enabled through a job board which has prescreening and training built in to aid accurate decision making. Further WiT ACE holds career fairs across cities to raise awareness and engagement on this agenda. These fairs are well attended by candidates and companies leading to effective staffing decisions on the spot.

Why WiT ACE ?

Bio-Technology, Medical sciences, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Analytics are emerging forces and advancing at a fast pace. With women making up only 34% of this workforce in India at an entry-level there are about 18% women in managerial positions and less than 1% are in the C-Suite in India. Our focus is to provide women resources to upskill, progress and be able to find the right opportunities in STEM.
WiT-ACE is the property of Northcap Services Private Limited.
Northcap Services Private Limited
Reg. Office: B-702, The Plam Springs, Golf Course Road, Opp. Hotel IBIS, Sector-54, Gurugram, Haryana, India, 122001
Corporate Office: 309, MGF METROPOLIS MALL, M.G. ROAD, GURGAON - 122002
Corporate Identity Number: U74999HR2020PTC089022

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Did You Know

Women make up 40% of the world’s workforce, according to the World Bank. Yet, the technology field is notoriously male-dominated at all levels – Considerably worse than in non-technology industries
– As reported by Payscale
Only 21% of executives in tech are women – This despite evidence that more women lead to greater innovation and enhanced profitability
The two biggest barriers women say they face in the technology workplace are lack of mentors (48%) and lack of female role models (42%) ,gender bias at workplace, unequal growth opportunities and unequal pay for same skills
93% girls surveyed in India between 12 to 14-years consider Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related careers early on. However, 38% Indian teenage girls believe that they are ‘less likely’ to take up STEM because the industry is ‘male-dominated’ and many others drop out before reaching leadership levels
In the 2016–17, colleges approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) enrolled 717,506 undergraduate students – 33.7% were female. Women represented 28.1% of participants in Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Technology degree (Research 2018; India Under Graduate Education, data as per MHRD 2016-2017)
Indian technology industry has 26% women in engineering roles
Nearly 50% women engineers quit technology
Only 7% women reach the C-Suite Source: Nasscom Report 2017
1.5 million IT engineers pass out each year in India through over 3400+ engineering colleges peppered across the country. Statistics place employable numbers from these graduates at a mere 7%.