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Write short note with a sociological perspective on Women in the I.T. sector.

  • UPSC 2010
  • Challenges of Social Transformation

Information technology and IT-enabled services form the one large organised industry in India where women approach a third of the workforce — roughly two million of some 5.3 million employees, about 36 per cent — against an urban female labour force participation rate of only 27.7 per cent (Periodic Labour Force Survey, 2025). Sociologically it…

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  • Why the sector admits women
  • The limits: pipeline, ceiling and discipline
  • Who is actually admitted
  • Conclusion

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