Resources for Underrepresented People in Tech - India

Prerequisites

• Networking (Career)
• Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias

Motivation

• “The hidden history of women in tech” TED talk by Megan Smith, the third CTO of the U.S.

Directions

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Resources Specific to India

Mailing Lists, Google or Facebook Groups, and Slacks

• LinuxChix India
• Lean In India
• Women Techmakers New Delhi
• Delhi Women in Machine Learning & Data Science

Meetups and Events for Women & Non-binary Engineers

• Women Who Code - Delhi
• Paytm - Build For India
• PyDelhi - Delhi
• Mozilla Campus Clubs - Various States
• Pehia
• AnitaB.org
• India Linux Users Group Delhi

Conferences

• The Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) India
• The Rising
• IEEE WINTECHCON
• Girls In Tech India – Catalyst Conference
• Surge

Hackathons and Competitions

• Hackference
• Linkedin Wintathon
• HackInOut
• Smart India Hackathon
• HackDTU
• Capgemini Tech Challenge
• Hack in the North
• Accenture Innovation Challenge
• Robocon
• Code Gladiators
• E-Yantra
• CodeAgon Hiring Challenge

Open Source Programs

• GirlScript Summer Of Code
• ERPNEXT Summer of Code
• FOSSASIA CodeHeat

Mentorship and Interships Programs

• WooTech
• LinkedIn
• Internshala
• Lets Intern
• Intern Supply

Scholarship Programs

• Adobe India Women in Tech
• Pratibha Excellence Award - Eaton
• Venkat Panchapakesan Memorial Scholarship

Sites for Internships and Apprenticeships

• LinkedIn
• Internshala
• Lets Intern
• Intern Supply
• Techgig
• Twenty19
• Apprenticeship.io

Coding Education

• Top 5 Women-Only-Hackathons And Tech Events In India
• Girls in Tech - India
• India’s Largest Gathering Of Women Data Scientists At ‘The Rising 2019’
• Women in AI Leadership Awards
• IEEE WiE International Leadership Summit 2019

Supplemental Materials

• Buddy4Study
• Course Report
• Motachasma