{"id":17267,"date":"2022-05-27T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T01:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=17267"},"modified":"2022-05-26T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:22:13","slug":"indian-girls-in-the-world-of-stem","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/global-indian\/indian-girls-in-the-world-of-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Filling the gap: These young Indian girls are breaking stereotypes in the world of STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

(May 27, 2022)<\/strong> Many girls and women are held back by biases, social norms and expectations influencing the quality of the education they receive, leading to an under-representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, and consequently in STEM careers. According to the recent UNESCO report Cracking the Code: Girls\u2019 and women\u2019s education in STEM, only 35 percent of STEM students in higher education globally are women, and differences are observed within STEM disciplines.<\/p>\n

Although, slowly but surely, things are changing. Many young girls are at the helm in STEM as deft decision makers and as harbingers of change.\u00a0Global Indian<\/i><\/a>\u00a0takes a look at these young marvels, who are working tirelessly to solve several global issues.<\/p>\n

Priyanka Srivastava, NASA scientist<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Indian-American Priyanka Srivastava is among the nine Indians who successfully made NASA\u2019s Perseverance Rover land on Mars. Although born in the US, Priyanka grew up in the lanes of Lucknow, completing her pre-university education at Mount Carmel School and BTech in electronics and communication from Punjab University. Later, she enrolled at the University of Michigan in the United States for higher education.<\/p>\n

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