Hyderabad, Sept. 24 -- By Manisha Dhulipala

Gender Equality is the 5th goal among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations. The Constitution of India also recognises the principle of gender equality in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, and under the Directive Principles of State Policy. Despite the recognition, the concept needs to be established in everyday life.

Gender equality in the realm of technology is a matter of rights, going beyond questions of justice. Technology in today's times is meant to foster sustainability and inclusion, not breakdown and division. Tracing the history of technological education in India, it has been observed that roughly 1% female students enrol in the engineering stream. ...