The vanishing Indian tech woman | Rashmi Mohan | TEDxChennai

Now you see her, now you don't. The Indian tech woman is a force to be reckoned with. And yet, while our colleges are teeming with them, slowly, but surely, we seem to see these figures vanishing from the workforce. In this talk, Rashmi Mohan talks about the appalling trend of diminishing numbers of senior technical women in the Indian diaspora and how we can recognise and change some of our unconscious behaviours to reverse this trend.

Rashmi Mohan is a technologist, an engineer and a budding entrepreneur. Until recently, she was a Sr. Engineering Manager at Yahoo Labs in Bangalore. She has spent 15+ years in various technical and management roles in the industry. She has a background in Front end engineering and led a group of scientists and engineers within Yahoo Labs.
Rashmi is particularly interested in the cause of promoting and encouraging women in technology to aspire and reach greater heights in their careers. She is the ACM India council secretary and is actively involved in the CS community. Rashmi has been associated with the Grace Hopper Conference in Bangalore for five years as a mentor, advisory committee member and founding member of the all women Hackathon.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx