TalentSprint, a global tech company and market leader in offering transformational deep tech programs, has announced the fifth edition of its Women Engineers (WE) program. The program aims to identify, select, train, and nurture 200 first-year women engineering students across the country to become globally competitive software engineers. The program offers a 100% fee scholarship and Rs. 100,000 rewarding cash scholarship to every selected student. Applications for cohort 5 are open until Feb 28, 2023.
Shiv Venkataraman, VP/GM, Google, said, “Our support to Women Engineers (WE) program is aligned with Google’s ongoing efforts to support our local communities and build representative and inclusive talent pools.”
Santanu Paul, CEO and MD of TalentSprint, said, “The WE program has democratized high-quality education and premium placements.”
First-year women students pursuing B.Tech or B.E, specializing in IT, CSE, ECE, EEE, AI, Math, Applied Math or equivalent and having scored marks over 70% in their 10th and 12th are eligible for this program.
Through a stringent selection process, only the top 1% make it to the program. The first four cohorts received 70,000+ applications from over 500 universities and engineering colleges across the country. Of these, around 750 students were selected to join the program. Almost 34% of the students were first-generation graduates and over 25% of them came from rural India.