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importance to sustainability. Our to go to the micro level. Another
Engineers work with renewed required competency in our field is
energy every day to match the to convince and communicate new
technical and commercial targets technologies to the existing expert
set by the organisation week after community of industry who prefers
week and I am proud to say that to practice the same old patterns
many of my female colleagues play without any change or deviation.
a vital role in bonding the teams Our women engineers excel in
and giving the extra dynamism the various communication modes
required for such a mission. These where industry veterans as well
women power banks excel in as the new generation are being
leading the terms from the front taught how new technology can
as well as behind. Women’s ability
change the current practices to connect and
Working in remote areas to achieve a new world with communicate
can be challenging and sustainability and reduction in
carbon footprint. We conduct
educating too… in a better way
workshops, short courses, and often proves as a
For most of our projects, we online webinars nationally and
may have to go to extremely internationally and our women magical element
challenging remote places, staying engineers are taking leadership contributing to
there without any connectivity of such events. Women often the success of
with the outside world to collect proved as better communicators
information from the nearby areas and trustworthy educators for such nationally
including local communities for the development of innovative important disaster
arriving at necessary design data technologies which lead to mitigation projects
for important projects in the field widespread acceptance and
of landslides, rock falls or flood- adoption of such technologies. in pre-disaster or
related protection work. post-disaster or
Irrespective of all skills and
The skill to go deep into a problem success women are demonstrating emergency times.”
and modify conventional solutions in the current era, I believe that
by working on innovative ideas and a lot more can be done and this
technologies is a part of our job. can only be achieved by bringing
There are women technologists more women to more decision-
who excel in such jobs with their making roles across the nation. I
innate ability and mental strength am waiting to see such a balance.
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