TCS , Million Women Mentors celebrate 650,000 mentor pledge milestone
“Million Women Mentors’ success is a testament to the collective impact we can have as leading organizations in North America, devoting the passion of our people and technology as critical factors to inspire more girls and women to puruse STEM education and careers,” said Sury Kant, President of North America, UK and Europe, Tata Consultancy Services. “The power of mentoring cannot be overstated. It can make a huge difference in fostering new female STEM leaders who will drive the U.S. innovation economy.”
MWM has more than 650,000 pledges, with participation from 55 corporate partners and 67 nonprofit, education and media partners. More than 34 states across the U.S have been engaged, with 13 Lieutenant Governors and one Governor acting as Honorary Chairs for their respective states. At the March 15 event, members of the Executive branch, Congress, the US Patent and Trademark Office, and United States Department of Agriculture made pledges to support this movement.
As a founding member of Million Women Mentors,TCS pledged 15,000 mentors from its highly skilled global workforce, with the hope of inspiring girls and women to pursue needed STEM careers in both the U.S. and around the world. TCS has also provided pro-bono services to develop the MWM technology platform, capturing the pledges, providing mentoring opportunity maps by zip code, connecting mentors to organizations serving mentees, and tracking progress.TCS’ role with MWM is part of its diverse corporate social responsibility efforts at the local, state and national level in North America, centered around education, health and the environment.
“TCS is a significant partner for Million Women Mentors and industry participation is critical to our success,” said Edie Fraser, CEO of Million Women Mentors and STEMconnector®. ”Our MWM site has been led by TCS and we’re incredibly grateful. They have provided significant skilled human capital to propel this movement, built on our shared passion to make a difference for girls and women in STEM.”
TCS and other MWM partners are dedicated to increasing access to STEM education for girls and young women, broadening participation from ethnic minorities, and improving persistence and retention in STEM careers. TCS reached an important milestone of more than100,000 female employees in 2015, and appointed Aarthi Subramanian as the first female member of its Board of Directors. Today, women represent more than 34 percent of TCS’ 344,000 global workforce, making it one of the world’s largest private sector employers of female STEM talent.
US Senators speaking at the event included Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY); Bob Corker (R-TN); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); Kelly Ayotte (R-NH); Maize Hirono (D-HI); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); John Boozman (R-AR); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Enzi (R-WY); and Bob Casey (D-PA). They were joined by Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Under Secretary of the USDA, Dr. Catherine Woteki, and Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Director Michelle K. Lee.
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