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Rajeshwari Chatterjee was born on 24 January 1922 in Karnataka. She had her primary education in a "special English school" founded by her grandmother, Kamalamma Dasappa, one of the first women graduates from Mysore and who was very active in the field of education, especially for widows and deserted wives. [3]
During his visit, he spoke about the need for industry and subsequently, the need for male and female engineers following Britain's 200 year rule in India. [2] Gupta enrolled in engineering college and became the first female admitted for engineering at that school. [2] As the first female engineering student, she faced many challenges.
In 1964, Nicole Laroche became the first female Gadzarts (engineering student) at the French École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers (ENSAM). [109] Civil engineer P.K. Thressia was appointed India's first female chief engineer (for the state of Kerala) in 1971, having graduated from the College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) in 1944. [78 ...
According to the World Economic Forum, only 4.9% of engineering jobs are held by women in Pakistan. The numbers are particularly low in the energy sector with only 3% female engineers in the power transmission sector. The field of artificial intelligence has also seen few numbers of women engineers, with only 22% part of the workforce. [6]
The university was ranked as the top engineering institute of Pakistan by the HEC in the "engineering and technology" category, as of 2013. [3] QS World University Rankings ranked the institute top in Pakistan and 106th in Asia in 2014. [12] QS World University Rankings ranked the institute fifth in Pakistan and 146th in Asia in 2016.
GSSS Institute of Engineering & Technology for Women; K. Karnataka State Women's University; M. Maharani's Arts and Commerce College for Women, Mysore;
National University of Sciences and Technology (Pakistan), Pakistan Navy Engineering College, Karachi [98] Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology (PAF-KIET), Karachi [ 99 ] Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology , Nawabshah [ 100 ]
It was the fifth engineering college to be started in India and the first one in the Mysore State. In 1965, the name of the college was changed to University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), after the founder. For the first time in India, a department of Electrical Engineering was established in UVCE in 1921.