Base rates of STEM Women faculty in India

Current aggregate percentage of women faculty in Indian Scientific Institutions – 13.5%

Guidelines for Data collection

Estimated base rates of women faculty in institutes/universities across the sciences

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Field-wise base rates

FieldNumber of women faculty membersTotal number of faculty membersBase rate (%)
Biology363142325.5
Mathematics12377715.8
Computer Science8065712.2
Earth Sciences10371514.4
Physics169129813.0
Chemistry8675111.5
Engineering37440589.2
Estimated base rate of number of women faculty in different fields, sorted by base rates (highest to lowest) from 97 Indian Institutes and Universities

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Estimated base rates of women faculty for biology in institutions/universities

Estimated base rates of women faculty for chemistry in institutions/universities

Estimated base rates of women faculty for physics in institutions/universities

Estimated base rates of women faculty for mathematics in institutions/universities

Estimated base rates of women faculty for engineering in institutions/universities

Estimated base rates of women faculty for computer sciences in institutions/universities

Estimated base rates of women faculty for earth sciences and sustainable tech in institutions/universities