NITIE to change eligibility criteria to improve gender diversity on campus

Soon to attain the status of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM), NITIE is working towards creating gender diversity on campus. The institute believes that this change in eligibility criteria will help in the direction of gender diversity at the NITIE Campus.

NITIE Admission Eligibility Criteria: Mumbai’s National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) has decided to bring as major change in its eligibility criteria for PGDIM admissions from the next academic year. NITIE will enroll candidates with degrees of Master in Science (MSc) in mathematics and statistics for admission to Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDIM). The programme till now only admitted engineers.

Soon to attain the status of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM), NITIE is working towards creating gender diversity on campus. The institute believes that this change in eligibility criteria will help in the direction of gender diversity at the NITIE Campus.

Talking about the change in eligibility criteria, NITIE Director Professor Manoj Kumar Tiwari said, “Currently, 18 per cent of the students on our campus are girls. The goal is to take this to 30 per cent. Changing admission criteria is just a first step taken toward this goal,” Tiwari said.

Another reason behind this change in the eligibility criteria is the ongoing placement season. Companies are seeking to hire girls in large numbers. “The companies are also looking at bringing diversity in offices,” said Professor Neeraj Pandey, Associate Dean (Placements and Branding) at NITIE.

Pandey said that all 30 girl students from the graduating batch, having work experience, have been placed in only one day. “Of the total 86 girls, 71 have been placed… this phase of placement has concluded. The remaining are likely to be placed in the next placement session to be held in January 2023,” he added according to IE report.

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