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Carrières d’ingénieurs en Inde. Notes sur la place des femmes et l’effet des politiques de discrimination positive des castes défavorisées; Engineers' Careers in India. Remarks on the Situation of Women and the Effects of Affirmative Action Towards Disadvantaged Castes (2016)

Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria
Volume: 15
Pages: 311-334

ISSN: 1135-934X

Publication Date: 2016
Edition Details: Special Issue: Ingénieurs, professions techniques et sociétés.(XVIIIe – XXe siècles). Hommage à André Grelon
Language: French

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Women in engineering Engineers, Sanitary Engineers Engineers, Civil Technology and gender 21st century 20th century India

This paper focuses on the civil engineers, a profession that symbolizes modernity, reflect the dynamics of the contemporary Indian society, but also the tensions and the disparities inherited from Indian history. The analysis leans on empirical material from a database which allows to study the careers of public water supply and sanitation department engineers in terms of gender, but also in terms of caste, or rather of the effects of public affirmative action policies intended to compensate caste inequalities through providing quotas of posts in education, in public jobs and in the promotion of civil servants. The results show that channels of career advancement for engineers from the most disadvantaged castes do actually exist and work rather well, allowing these engineers to reach top management positions. Nevertheless, this upward movement concerns almost exclusively men; women are rare in the profession and even more so those of lower castes.

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Article Irina Gouzévitch; Ana Cardoso de Matos; Maria Paula Diogo; Claudine Fontanon; Dmitri Gouzévitch; Darina Martykánová; Antoni Roca-Rosell (2016) Introduction. L’ingénieur dans tous ses états: l’essor d’un champ de recherche pluridisciplinaire et transnational. Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria (pp. 1-28). unapi

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