Three in every five companies in India want to hire STEM-qualified women

The rise in demand for STEM-qualified women is expected to rise the highest in the retail and e-commerce industry

Just over three in every five (62 per cent) companies in India want to hire women qualified in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects, a report released on Tuesday showed. The remaining 38 per cent want to raise the proportion of women in their workforce by 11 to 20 per cent.

According to the "Bridging the Skills Gap – Towards an Equal Workplace" report released by IT services provider NTT DATA and digital talent solutions firm NLB Services, as the demand rises, the proportion of women enrolled in online STEM courses has also gone up. It rose from 22