Month: June 2018

Atal Tinkering Labs (11->6->1)

NITI Aayog-Atal Tinkering Labs – Ranking and Progress (2016-2018)
S.No. State Spell – I,II,III             (2016-2017) Rank (2016-2017)    2017- 2018   Spell 1 Rank 2017-2018   Spell 2 Rank Overall Centres Over All Rank
1 Andhra Pradesh 33 11 131 6 269 1 433 2
2 Andaman and Nicobar Island 33 19 23 19 31
3 Arunachal Pradesh 8 28 6 26 19 24 33 24
4 Assam 27 16 29 18 169 9 225 13
5 Bihar 31 13 27 17 32 21 90 19
6 Chandigarh 17 20 23 8 32 25 27
7 Chhattisgarh 30 15 56 13 153 10 239 12
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0 2 34 2 34
9 Delhi 55 4 45 10 125 13 225 13
10 Goa 10 23 1 29 9 31 20 30
11 Gujarat 49 7 71 8 130 12 250 10
12 Haryana 33 12 62 11 91 15 186 15
13 Himachal Pradesh 14 21 15 21 47 18 76 20
14 Jammu and Kashmir 11 22 24 20 15 26 50 22
15 Jharkhand 10 24 35 19 64 17 109 17
16 Karnataka 46 8 131 4 133 11 310 6
17 Kerala 41 9 172 1 222 3 435 1
18 Madhya Pradesh 50 6 103 7 219 4 372 5
19 Maharashtra 77 3 116 2 196 5 389 4
20 Manipur 9 25 7 24 35 20 51 21
21 Meghalaya 8 28 3 27 11 29 22 28
22 Mizoram 4 31 7 28 15 27 26 26
23 Nagaland 3 32 6 30 10 30 19 31
24 Odisha 17 19 90 9 171 8 278 8
25 Puducherry 5 30 2 32 14 28 21 29
26 Punjab 37 10 41 14 79 16 157 16
27 Rajasthan 23 17 69 12 172 7 264 9
28 Sikkim 9 26 30 19 25 28 25
29 Tamil Nadu 81 2 90 5 224 2 395 3
30 Telangana 31 14 29 16 179 6 239 12
31 Tripura 9 27 7 25 2 33 18 33
32 Uttar Pradesh 88 1 98 3 95 14 281 7
33 Uttarakhand 21 18 7 22 22 22 50 23
34 West Bengal 51 5 17 15 41 19 109 17

Diminishing boundaries: Male dominated jobs

Feeling drowsy… I was in my own world . Lot of crowd around, but nothing was getting into my head. Just then, came an announcement. Flight Number …. From… to.. is ready for boarding.. Passengers are requested to …. A known passage in a sweet voice… like Twinkle Twinkle Little star….. Collected my hand baggage, sincerely walked through the boarding gate, got into bus and then to the air craft. Nothing seemed to be interesting. It was becoming monotonous. I just returned from a hectic one week schedule yesterday and today I am off for another assignment. Just when I was getting into my seat, noticed one young lady in airlines uniform and a radium jacket. I just stretched back and slipped into a quiet nap. After about 30 minutes or so with the announcement of turbulence, I noticed the young lady sitting by my side going through her notebook with great concentration.

Being a teacher myself, I just stared curiously into her book. DC motor… Fan…Loop…conversion and words that sounded familiar. I remember these as an ECE student who worked very hard for Electrical machines Lab taught by a strict teacher named Mr Atcha Rao : ) about 30 years ago. Thought she was a BTech in Electrical or Mechanical and was preparing for her exams while doing a job with the airlines.

Looked interesting…

I asked her, what was she doing. She was an Aircraft Maintence Engineer and that was the checklist and she is into repair and overhaul! Amazing. She pursued AME from Coimbatore and works as an Engineer in the Airlines. They were three ladies among twenty engineers employed in their unit.

When asked how she felt, she said she had great satisfaction and was capable of doing more given a chance and had there been no gender bias. Same problem is every where I said to myself. Ladies are stepping up the ladder generation by generation to enjoy the rights and freedom of choice. But every step poses a challenge to be overcome in her life.

-Getting eligible qualifications to work
-Getting an opportunity to work
-Getting equal opportunity in work to take up a good assignment
-Getting stable, up in the ladder for good amount of time to deliver what she envisioned

Yes, many girls who take up the so called manly jobs are capable of doing more than what they are assigned. There was an interesting discussion for the remaining flight time.

She mentioned a particular airline openly says ‘No Ladies’ for Engineer jobs, though they give equal importance in the routine jobs. And that thinking and attitude must change. She preferred Engine replacement and other assignments when compared to on flight inspections as that would make her more competent and confident in handling the engines.

Well just then the aircraft halted and an announcement was made to offboard, she stood up straight… shook hands with me and said ‘Auntie bye, nice talking to you’ and hurriedly went towards exit.

I collected my hand baggage and stepped down the staircase and looked around for her. Yes, as expected she was busy peeping into the engine part of the plane!

It was a pleasure seeing young girl doing technical work that too differently and coolly.

I wish more girls get into this like her and the society gives
-her an equal opportunity
-to hone up her skills in the technical actuals and
-gives her a flying career
-of her choice and
-to her satisfaction.

Best wishes Sharmila…!