Pratap Kalenahalli Sudarshan

The Unexpected Entry and Exodus of Women in Computing and HCI in India

In India, women represent 45% of total computer science enrollment in universities, almost three times the rate in the United States, where it is 17%. At the same time, women make up an estimated 25-30% of the HCI community in India, half the rate in the U.S. We investigate the complexities of these surprising phenome…