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Inspiring diversity in science and technology
As part of its efforts towards educating under-represented girls, the CSR wing of Qualcomm India launched a flagship project, ‘Qualcomm Aqriti’ in the city recently.
As part of its efforts towards educating under-represented girls, the CSR wing of Qualcomm India launched a flagship project, ‘Qualcomm Aqriti’ in the city recently. The programme was launched in association with United Way of Hyderabad and will promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education.
The initiative aims to provide increased access to STEM education and to address community perceptions on gender equality through outreach programmes. The project will focus on providing STEM labs and learning tools that help students to strengthen the concepts in Science and Mathematics.
It will also provide technical mentorship and allied activities including special coaching, exposure visits and soft skills training. “At Qualcomm we deeply care for STEM education, and by contributing to initiatives like Qualcomm aqriti we aim at inspiring greater diversity in these fields and expanding opportunities for underrepresented girl students,” said Archana Nirwan, senior director of Human Resources, Qualcomm Incorporated.
“We strongly believe that supporting STEM learning and encouraging young women to pursue STEM careers will empower a new generation of great innovators, support women’s and girls’ economic and social advancement and provide technology companies with the diverse skills and perspectives needed to thrive,” she said.
“With initiatives like ‘aqriti’ we are going to create a world with equal opportunities for both girls and boys,” said, Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary IT Departments, who was present at the launch. “United Way of Hyderabad is excited to be associated with this cause.
We firmly believe that the solutions we create for communities around the world go beyond short-term welfare of the society. It’s not just the students, but the families as well who benefit from this STEM education programme.
Through Qualcomm aqriti we are going to encourage young girls in the field of science and technology so that they are equipped with to deal with real world problems,” said Rekha Srinivasan, Executive Director, United Way of Hyderabad.
