Initiative Aims
to Nurture 600 Women Software Engineers from India
Implemented by
TalentSprint in Collaboration with Google
Full
Scholarships, Stipends, and Mentoring for Participants
Successful
Graduates to Access Exciting Opportunities in the Google Ecosystem
Chennai,April 15, 2019: TalentSprint today announced its Women Engineers
Program (WE), supported by Google, to nurture 600 women software engineers from
India over the coming three years. As a part of this initiative, young and
talented college students from varied socioeconomic backgrounds will be
identified via a detailed selection process and groomed through a rigorous
multi-step training program, supported by 100% scholarships and annual stipends
of Rs. 1 lakh each.
TalentSprint WE, supported by Google, is aimed at
addressing the gender imbalance in technology by grooming promising talent
among women engineering students to advance and contribute to the field.
Prioritising inclusion, the program is designed to support talented women
engineers from under-privileged and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Despite the fact that women famously played a
pioneering role in the early decades of programming and technology, the
participation of women engineers in the technology sector globally still only
stands at 26%, as per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Offered as a one-year
experiential program for women college students entering their third and fourth
years, TalentSprint WE is comprised of summer coding bootcamps, live online
classes, ongoing mentorship, certification and team-based projects to enhance
problem solving and computational thinking. The initiative builds upon
TalentSprint’s past experience with Women in Software Engineering (WISE), an
innovative diversity program that produced many promising women engineers,
selected from m second-tier colleges, who are now sought after by global
technology firms.
Commenting on the program, Anand Rangarajan,
Engineering Director at Google India, said: “The
inclusion of women at every stage of the process to create universally relevant
technology products is critical and we are committed to facilitating gender and
socioeconomic diversity among software engineers worldwide. We look forward to
this program creating a large pool of promising women engineers who can bring
their exceptional engineering skills to the ecosystem, and to Google. We are
excited to support TalentSprint in this initiative, who have done exceptional
work in the area”.
Dr. Santanu Paul, Co-founder and CEO at TalentSprint,
said: “We are delighted to have Google
supporting our Women Engineers Program. The history of computing is replete
with evidence that women bring a unique sensibility and refinement to the craft
of software programming. Our goal will be to unleash that capability for the
benefit of both Google and the industry. Beyond gender and socioeconomic
diversity, we hope to create a whole new breed of talented software engineers
who will influence the next wave of global technology development”.
Participants for the TalentSprint WE program will be
chosen through a nationwide assessment. For information on how to apply, please
visit: https://talentsprintwe.com
About TalentSprint
TalentSprint brings high-end and deep-tech education to
aspiring and experienced professionals. It partners with world class academic
institutions and global corporations to develop and offer disruptive programs.
TalentSprint`s hybrid platform delivers unique onsite and online experiences
that help build cutting-edge expertise, for today and tomorrow. For more
information please visit www.talentsprint.com