Namrata Gupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3619979 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Namrata Gupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Namrata |
| FAMILY NAME | Gupta |
| SIGNATURE | GUPTA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2454-3590 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Gender and civil engineering in the Indian context: Perceptions and experiences of female students
An integrated Fermatean Fuzzy Set approach for examining the challenges to maritime supply chain resilience of Indian ports
Women in STEM in India: Understanding Challenges through Social Constructionist Perspective
This article intends to understand the position of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in India and to highlight the challenges faced by them through the perspective of gender as a social construct. It argues that the social constructionist perspective helps to focus on the specific socio-cultural context, and to deepen our understanding of the barriers in career advancement for women in STEM. Based on the governmenta…
Women founders in a high-tech incubator: Negotiating entrepreneurial identity in the Indian socio-cultural context
Purpose This study aims to understand the socio-cultural context of Indian women's high-tech entrepreneurial experience. Despite a small proportion of women entrepreneurs, and the traditional gender dynamics among the educated middle-classes that appears to be antithetical to female entrepreneurship; women-led high-tech start-ups are on the rise. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with women founders at an acade…
Patriarchy reinforced or challenged? A study of engineering students in an elite Indian institute
Research has shown that gender inequalities are evident in higher education in engineering due to an adverse climate for women. In India, the reproduction of gendered norms among students in elite engineering institutes is seldom expected and is also under-researched. This article studies whether informal relations at the undergraduate level reproduce traditional patriarchal socio-cultural norms evident within Indian society or reflect changes th…
Rationalizing gender inequality at scientific research organizations: A reproduction of the Indian socio-cultural context
Purpose It is well-known that women scientists are few in numbers in prestigious research organizations and still fewer in leadership positions. The purpose of this article is to analyze how organizational gender inequality is rationalized by scientists so as to highlight how discourse on equality reproduces gender at the workplace. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected through semi-structured face-to-face interviews with the scientists …
Intersectionality of gender and caste in academic performance: Quantitative study of an elite Indian engineering institute
Studies show that various socio-cultural statuses are not monolithic blocs; rather they intersect at various levels to create advantages or disadvantages for certain sections of any society. However, there are few studies that show how academic performance is influenced by different socio-cultural statuses of caste, class, and gender. Through a questionnaire survey of students in undergraduate engineering programs in an Indian Institute of Techno…
Gender inequality in the work environment: A study of private research organizations in India
Purpose Since liberalization in the 1990s, India has witnessed a growth in the number of educated middle-class women in professions. However, there are few women in leadership positions and decision-making bodies. While the earlier notion of the ideal woman as homemaker has been replaced by one which idealizes women of substance, a woman’s role in the family continues to be pivotal and is even viewed as central in defining Indian culture. The pur…
Perceptions of the Work Environment: The Issue of Gender in Indian Scientific Research Institutes
Gender relations in organisations are a function of the socio-cultural and institutional context. This study analyses the perceptions of men and women scientists in India with respect to their work environment. It indicates that the twin aspects of Indian culture, patriarchy and hierarchy, contribute to a masculine environment at the workplace. Idealisation of women’s family roles as part of ‘Indian culture’ depresses women’s position as scientis…
A global reference for human genetic variation
The 1000 Genomes Project set out to provide a comprehensive description of common human genetic variation by applying whole-genome sequencing to a diverse set of individuals from multiple populations. Here we report completion of the project, having reconstructed the genomes of 2,504 individuals from 26 populations using a combination of low-coverage whole-genome sequencing, deep exome sequencing, and dense microarray genotyping. We characterized…
Rethinking the relationship between gender and technology: A study of the Indian example
Technology is often associated with masculinity. Much of the literature suggests that computers have also been appropriated as male machines. However, research from developing countries indicates findings to the contrary. This article argues that the relationship between technology and gender is not static. Rather, it alters with the changes in socio-cultural and economic context. Through the Indian example, it shows that the dynamic phase of soc…
Women Undergraduates in Engineering Education in India: A Study of Growing Participation
Engineering is generally regarded as a “men’s sphere,” and women in engineering are underrepresented everywhere, including India. However, recent years have witnessed a tremendous increase in the enrollment of women in undergraduate engineering education in India. This brings into question the male image of engineering and the operation of patriarchy in society. This article argues that the notion of the masculine image of science and engineering…
Doctoral Research Environment in an Indian Institute of Higher Learning in Science and Technology
Women Research Scholars in IITs: Impact of Social Milieu and Organisational Environment
The Poser Universalising and Indigenising Social Knowledge: Breaking the Western Hegemony
Indian Women in Doctoral Education in Science and Engineering: A Study of Informal Milieu at the Reputed Indian Institutes of Technology
Informal communication and interaction are integral components of the practice of science, including the doctoral process. This article argues that women are disadvantaged in the informal milieu of the higher education in science, and that this milieu is not uniform everywhere. It posits that to understand the position of women in science in South Asian countries like India, the inquiry has to be conceptualized in the specific social, historical,…
Women in Science: A Fair Shake
Industrial Workers and the Formation of ‘Working-Class Consciousness’ In India
According to Karl Marx, the capitalist (private contolled) form of production can be transformed into the socialist form by the instrument of 'working-class consciousness'. This consciousness implies a form of self-realisation by the workers to establish a just and egalitarian social order. By using Michael Mann's model of 'working-class conscoiusness', this article argues that the Indian working class has achieved most of the attributes of 'clas…
Patrifocal Concerns in the Lives of Women in Academic Science: Continuity of Tradition and Emerging Challenges
This paper examines the social milieu of women academic scientists, parental influence in decision making in regard to the career of their daughters, parents' expectations, importance of marriage and the criteria involved therein. The support of parents and spouse are vital for the success of women scientists. Nevertheless, the 'dual burden' has an impact on professional work, and the consequent redefinition of 'success' is clearly a product of p…
Gender Inequality in the Work Environment at Institutes of Higher Learning in Science and Technology in India
Analyses of the work environment in any professional organization in terms of western conceptual categories remain incomplete, in the case of a developing country, without an understanding of the social context in which the organization is placed. This article analyses the problems faced by women academic scientists in the work environment at four institutes reputed for excellence in teaching and research in science and technology in India.'Patri…
Women Academic Scientists in India
Women Academic Scientists in India
Gender inequality in science is common to most nations. To a large extent, this inequality is a product of the socio-cultural environment in which science is conducted. The professional environment and the socio-cultural context are inextricably linked together in the practice of science. This Note analyses the perceptions of women academic scientists in India regarding the work and social environment, and the nature of problems faced by them. A …
Women Academic Scientists in India
Gender inequality in science is common to most nations. To a large extent, this inequality is a product of the socio-cultural environment in which science is conducted. The professional environment and the socio-cultural context are inextricably linked together in the practice of science. This Note analyses the perceptions of women academic scientists in India regarding the work and social environment, and the nature of problems faced by them. A …
Rethinking the relationship between gender and technology: A study of the Indian example
Technology is often associated with masculinity. Much of the literature suggests that computers have also been appropriated as male machines. However, research from developing countries indicates findings to the contrary. This article argues that the relationship between technology and gender is not static. Rather, it alters with the changes in socio-cultural and economic context. Through the Indian example, it shows that the dynamic phase of soc…
Gender Inequality in the Work Environment at Institutes of Higher Learning in Science and Technology in India
Analyses of the work environment in any professional organization in terms of western conceptual categories remain incomplete, in the case of a developing country, without an understanding of the social context in which the organization is placed. This article analyses the problems faced by women academic scientists in the work environment at four institutes reputed for excellence in teaching and research in science and technology in India.'Patri…
Women Undergraduates in Engineering Education in India: A Study of Growing Participation
Engineering is generally regarded as a “men’s sphere,” and women in engineering are underrepresented everywhere, including India. However, recent years have witnessed a tremendous increase in the enrollment of women in undergraduate engineering education in India. This brings into question the male image of engineering and the operation of patriarchy in society. This article argues that the notion of the masculine image of science and engineering…
Patrifocal Concerns in the Lives of Women in Academic Science: Continuity of Tradition and Emerging Challenges
This paper examines the social milieu of women academic scientists, parental influence in decision making in regard to the career of their daughters, parents' expectations, importance of marriage and the criteria involved therein. The support of parents and spouse are vital for the success of women scientists. Nevertheless, the 'dual burden' has an impact on professional work, and the consequent redefinition of 'success' is clearly a product of p…
Gender inequality in the work environment: A study of private research organizations in India
Purpose Since liberalization in the 1990s, India has witnessed a growth in the number of educated middle-class women in professions. However, there are few women in leadership positions and decision-making bodies. While the earlier notion of the ideal woman as homemaker has been replaced by one which idealizes women of substance, a woman’s role in the family continues to be pivotal and is even viewed as central in defining Indian culture. The pur…
Perceptions of the Work Environment: The Issue of Gender in Indian Scientific Research Institutes
Gender relations in organisations are a function of the socio-cultural and institutional context. This study analyses the perceptions of men and women scientists in India with respect to their work environment. It indicates that the twin aspects of Indian culture, patriarchy and hierarchy, contribute to a masculine environment at the workplace. Idealisation of women’s family roles as part of ‘Indian culture’ depresses women’s position as scientis…
Patriarchy reinforced or challenged? A study of engineering students in an elite Indian institute
Research has shown that gender inequalities are evident in higher education in engineering due to an adverse climate for women. In India, the reproduction of gendered norms among students in elite engineering institutes is seldom expected and is also under-researched. This article studies whether informal relations at the undergraduate level reproduce traditional patriarchal socio-cultural norms evident within Indian society or reflect changes th…
Indian Women in Doctoral Education in Science and Engineering: A Study of Informal Milieu at the Reputed Indian Institutes of Technology
Informal communication and interaction are integral components of the practice of science, including the doctoral process. This article argues that women are disadvantaged in the informal milieu of the higher education in science, and that this milieu is not uniform everywhere. It posits that to understand the position of women in science in South Asian countries like India, the inquiry has to be conceptualized in the specific social, historical,…
Intersectionality of gender and caste in academic performance: Quantitative study of an elite Indian engineering institute
Studies show that various socio-cultural statuses are not monolithic blocs; rather they intersect at various levels to create advantages or disadvantages for certain sections of any society. However, there are few studies that show how academic performance is influenced by different socio-cultural statuses of caste, class, and gender. Through a questionnaire survey of students in undergraduate engineering programs in an Indian Institute of Techno…
Women in STEM in India: Understanding Challenges through Social Constructionist Perspective
This article intends to understand the position of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in India and to highlight the challenges faced by them through the perspective of gender as a social construct. It argues that the social constructionist perspective helps to focus on the specific socio-cultural context, and to deepen our understanding of the barriers in career advancement for women in STEM. Based on the governmenta…
Rationalizing gender inequality at scientific research organizations: A reproduction of the Indian socio-cultural context
Purpose It is well-known that women scientists are few in numbers in prestigious research organizations and still fewer in leadership positions. The purpose of this article is to analyze how organizational gender inequality is rationalized by scientists so as to highlight how discourse on equality reproduces gender at the workplace. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected through semi-structured face-to-face interviews with the scientists …
Women in Science: A Fair Shake
Women Academic Scientists in India
Women Academic Scientists in India
Women Academic Scientists in India
Gender inequality in science is common to most nations. To a large extent, this inequality is a product of the socio-cultural environment in which science is conducted. The professional environment and the socio-cultural context are inextricably linked together in the practice of science. This Note analyses the perceptions of women academic scientists in India regarding the work and social environment, and the nature of problems faced by them. A …
Patrifocal Concerns in the Lives of Women in Academic Science: Continuity of Tradition and Emerging Challenges
This paper examines the social milieu of women academic scientists, parental influence in decision making in regard to the career of their daughters, parents' expectations, importance of marriage and the criteria involved therein. The support of parents and spouse are vital for the success of women scientists. Nevertheless, the 'dual burden' has an impact on professional work, and the consequent redefinition of 'success' is clearly a product of p…
Gender Inequality in the Work Environment at Institutes of Higher Learning in Science and Technology in India
Analyses of the work environment in any professional organization in terms of western conceptual categories remain incomplete, in the case of a developing country, without an understanding of the social context in which the organization is placed. This article analyses the problems faced by women academic scientists in the work environment at four institutes reputed for excellence in teaching and research in science and technology in India.'Patri…
Industrial Workers and the Formation of ‘Working-Class Consciousness’ In India
According to Karl Marx, the capitalist (private contolled) form of production can be transformed into the socialist form by the instrument of 'working-class consciousness'. This consciousness implies a form of self-realisation by the workers to establish a just and egalitarian social order. By using Michael Mann's model of 'working-class conscoiusness', this article argues that the Indian working class has achieved most of the attributes of 'clas…
Women in Science: A Fair Shake
Women Research Scholars in IITs: Impact of Social Milieu and Organisational Environment
The Poser Universalising and Indigenising Social Knowledge: Breaking the Western Hegemony
Indian Women in Doctoral Education in Science and Engineering: A Study of Informal Milieu at the Reputed Indian Institutes of Technology
Informal communication and interaction are integral components of the practice of science, including the doctoral process. This article argues that women are disadvantaged in the informal milieu of the higher education in science, and that this milieu is not uniform everywhere. It posits that to understand the position of women in science in South Asian countries like India, the inquiry has to be conceptualized in the specific social, historical,…
Doctoral Research Environment in an Indian Institute of Higher Learning in Science and Technology
Women Undergraduates in Engineering Education in India: A Study of Growing Participation
Engineering is generally regarded as a “men’s sphere,” and women in engineering are underrepresented everywhere, including India. However, recent years have witnessed a tremendous increase in the enrollment of women in undergraduate engineering education in India. This brings into question the male image of engineering and the operation of patriarchy in society. This article argues that the notion of the masculine image of science and engineering…
A global reference for human genetic variation
The 1000 Genomes Project set out to provide a comprehensive description of common human genetic variation by applying whole-genome sequencing to a diverse set of individuals from multiple populations. Here we report completion of the project, having reconstructed the genomes of 2,504 individuals from 26 populations using a combination of low-coverage whole-genome sequencing, deep exome sequencing, and dense microarray genotyping. We characterized…
Rethinking the relationship between gender and technology: A study of the Indian example
Technology is often associated with masculinity. Much of the literature suggests that computers have also been appropriated as male machines. However, research from developing countries indicates findings to the contrary. This article argues that the relationship between technology and gender is not static. Rather, it alters with the changes in socio-cultural and economic context. Through the Indian example, it shows that the dynamic phase of soc…
Perceptions of the Work Environment: The Issue of Gender in Indian Scientific Research Institutes
Gender relations in organisations are a function of the socio-cultural and institutional context. This study analyses the perceptions of men and women scientists in India with respect to their work environment. It indicates that the twin aspects of Indian culture, patriarchy and hierarchy, contribute to a masculine environment at the workplace. Idealisation of women’s family roles as part of ‘Indian culture’ depresses women’s position as scientis…
Gender inequality in the work environment: A study of private research organizations in India
Purpose Since liberalization in the 1990s, India has witnessed a growth in the number of educated middle-class women in professions. However, there are few women in leadership positions and decision-making bodies. While the earlier notion of the ideal woman as homemaker has been replaced by one which idealizes women of substance, a woman’s role in the family continues to be pivotal and is even viewed as central in defining Indian culture. The pur…
Intersectionality of gender and caste in academic performance: Quantitative study of an elite Indian engineering institute
Studies show that various socio-cultural statuses are not monolithic blocs; rather they intersect at various levels to create advantages or disadvantages for certain sections of any society. However, there are few studies that show how academic performance is influenced by different socio-cultural statuses of caste, class, and gender. Through a questionnaire survey of students in undergraduate engineering programs in an Indian Institute of Techno…
Patriarchy reinforced or challenged? A study of engineering students in an elite Indian institute
Research has shown that gender inequalities are evident in higher education in engineering due to an adverse climate for women. In India, the reproduction of gendered norms among students in elite engineering institutes is seldom expected and is also under-researched. This article studies whether informal relations at the undergraduate level reproduce traditional patriarchal socio-cultural norms evident within Indian society or reflect changes th…
Rationalizing gender inequality at scientific research organizations: A reproduction of the Indian socio-cultural context
Purpose It is well-known that women scientists are few in numbers in prestigious research organizations and still fewer in leadership positions. The purpose of this article is to analyze how organizational gender inequality is rationalized by scientists so as to highlight how discourse on equality reproduces gender at the workplace. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected through semi-structured face-to-face interviews with the scientists …
Women founders in a high-tech incubator: Negotiating entrepreneurial identity in the Indian socio-cultural context
Purpose This study aims to understand the socio-cultural context of Indian women's high-tech entrepreneurial experience. Despite a small proportion of women entrepreneurs, and the traditional gender dynamics among the educated middle-classes that appears to be antithetical to female entrepreneurship; women-led high-tech start-ups are on the rise. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with women founders at an acade…
Women in STEM in India: Understanding Challenges through Social Constructionist Perspective
This article intends to understand the position of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in India and to highlight the challenges faced by them through the perspective of gender as a social construct. It argues that the social constructionist perspective helps to focus on the specific socio-cultural context, and to deepen our understanding of the barriers in career advancement for women in STEM. Based on the governmenta…
Gender and civil engineering in the Indian context: Perceptions and experiences of female students
An integrated Fermatean Fuzzy Set approach for examining the challenges to maritime supply chain resilience of Indian ports
Sociology (20 works) · Political science (19 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (14 works) · Gender Studies (14 works) · Gender Studies (11 works) · Social science (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (8 works)