A community for women technologists

NEW DELHI, INDIA: In an interesting turn of events, women technologists in the Delhi-NCR region are building a community with the objective to inspire women to pursue long-term careers in technical fields.

The initiative being led by the Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a non-profit organization, which will allow women technologists including professionals and students to build their network, discover opportunities and receive career guidance.

As a start, ABI has organized one-day networking reception on August 27, 2015, at ITC Maurya. The event is being sponsored by the American Express.

The session will have a keynote session by Debjani Ghosh, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group and Managing Director, South Asia, Intel, a CEO Panel discussion on managing unconscious bias in the workforce and other leadership and technical sessions on current topics such as net neutrality and big data analytics.

“We are delighted to partner with the Anita Borg Institute in its endeavor to promote technology innovation and diversity. The events planned over the next few days support the cause of diversity and inclusion-a theme very central to our strategy for attracting and retaining talent. At American Express, women play a key role in technology as they do in other domains and we are proud they are shaping technology and analytics in our organization,” said Sanjay Rishi, President, American Express, South Asia.

"We believe technology innovation powers the global economy and that women are crucial to building technology the world needs. New Delhi and NCR are home to several technology companies and start-ups, giving it one of the largest and most vibrant communities of women technologists in the country,” said Geetha Kannan, Managing Director, Anita Borg Institute India.