Manufacturing majors look to hire more women engineers

Several Indian manufacturing conglomerates including Larsen & Toubro, JSW group, Tata Power, and Vedanta have increased their intake of female engineering graduates at entry-level with a greater focus on diversity and innovation. In 2023, JSW group has almost tripled the number of female engineers hired through the graduate engineering trainee program. Similarly, L&T inducted over 3,000 trainees in FY23, out of which 30% were female engineers.