Changing Patterns of Work–Life Balance of Women Scientists and Engineers in India

India has witnessed a steady rise in the number of women scientists and engineers in the last two decades. At the same time, the country has experienced the transition from the joint family to a nuclear family system. This has brought with it unique challenges for the women professionals as they negotiate their roles in families with successful careers. While documenting and analysing the changing patterns of the work–life balance of women scientists and engineers, the article highlights the critical role that the scientific institutions can play as enablers in this process

Women in STEM Disciplines (Meeting Report on NIAS’ collaboration with Women in STEM in India)

A consultation meeting held recently about women in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines under the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) project scrutinized issues around the themes of organizational factors, policy initiatives, institutional hierarchies and differences, and mentoring, networking and leadership

Status of Rural Women in Karnataka (NIAS Books and Special Publications No. SP4-2006)

Since the beginning of the UN decade for Women, women activists and scholars have systematically brought to light the oppression, exploitation and marginalization of Indian women in all walks of life. The benchmark in this respect was the Status of Women in India report of 1974. The role played by economic, social, cultural and political institutions in reinforcing this subordination was highlighted in this report and is now better understood. The growing women's movement in the country increasingly brought pressure on the government and political parties to acknowledge the low status of women, and, more important, respond to women's concerns through a series of preventive and promotive programs and supportive legislation