Meet Indian woman who forced Rs 336000 crore US company to change its rules; was the first woman to…, her name is…
GH News January 06, 2025 03:06 AM
Damyanti Hingorani Gupta is a true trailblazer for women across the globe in more than one field being the first woman engineer to work for American automaker Ford after forcing the Rs 330000 crore ($39.27 billion) company to change its archaic hiring policies. Damyanti Hingorani was also the first woman to attend first woman to attend an engineering college in India carving a new path for Indian women in post-independence India. Who is Damyanti Hingorani Gupta? Born in what is now Pakistan in 1942 Damyanti Hingoranis family moved to India after the 1947 partition. Damyanti excelled in studies since her childhood and the tender age of 13 she decided to become an engineer a career unheard for women in that era especially in conservative societies like India. Damyanti Hingorani recalls how she was inspired by the words of Indias first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and decided to pursue engineering even though she knew that it would not be easy. After finishing school Damyanti became the first female student in India to attend an engineering college where she earned a degree in mechanical engineering. During those times there wasnt even a girls bathroom in the college because women in India did not study careers like engineering and physics. Damyanti reveals how she had got to a public bathroom located around 1.5 km away from her college. However the gritty woman overcame all these hurdles and earned a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. First woman to work at Ford Damyanti Hingorani was a fan of American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company Henry Ford. The business magnates biography had deeply inspired and she had made up her mind to work for his company and in order to pursue that dream Damyanti and her family including her three siblings moved to the United States in 1967. Damyanti applied for work at the Henry Fords Ford Motor Company but the American carmaker promptly rejected her application because the company followed an archaic policy of not hiring women engineers. Shocked surprised and dejected by Fords reply Damyanti Hingorani chose not to lose hope and persisted with her goal of working for the company she wanted. Hingorani asked Ford a simple question; how will you ever know whether women can be good engineers if you never give them a chance?. Damyantis confidence and resolve impressed the companys officials and they decided to alter their ancient policy and hire her. Damyanti Hingorani worked at Ford Motor Company for 35 years paving the way for countless other women who later worked for the company over the years.
© Copyright @2025 LIDEA. All Rights Reserved.