Women comprise around 20 per cent of ISRO workforce: V N Narayanan
Kolkata (PTI): ISRO chairman V Narayanan has said women employees comprise around 20 per cent of the workforce of the premier space research organisation and they are doing an outstanding job.
He said the percentage of women employees in ISRO should go up to 40 per cent plus in the future.
The ISRO chairman, who was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function organised by a private school here on Thursday said, "that in a country like India, having 50 per cent women population, the country cannot progress unless the women contribute in a significant way."
Asked about the women workforce in ISRO, Narayanan said, "There are a lot of women employees. The women are doing an outstanding job and they should be encouraged in their contribution. Gradually the number should go up. Right now, maybe there are around 20 per cent women scientists but it should go up to 40 per cent plus."
Talking about social reformer Rammohan Roy, he said Roy and other luminaries and polymaths had championed the causes of emancipation of women and their uplift in the 19th century and blazed the trail.
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Two labourers killed in crane collapse at Link Road project site in Thane district
Thane (PTI): Two labourers were killed on Saturday when a crane collapsed at the under-construction Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road project site in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said.
According to the police, the “gantry crane coastal girders platform”, where labourers were working, suddenly collapsed at 12:30 PM in Bhayander (West), severely injuring Raghunath Das (38) and Kana Singh (45). They were declared dead at a hospital.
"Police have registered a case of accidental death and are investigating," said Bhayander police station senior inspector Jitendra Kamble.
Police said further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact cause of the crane collapse and to determine if any negligence was involved.
The Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road (DBLR) elevated coastal road project connects Dahisar (West) and Bhayander (West).
