WIE

Accelerating change. Engineering equity. Shaping the future.

Engineering has always been about solving the world's most complex problems. But for years, the solutions have been shaped without enough women at the table.

At ASME Foundation India, we believe that advancing engineering means Accelerating Women In Engineering, not just by intent but by doing.

Globally and in India, mechanical engineering continues to shape critical sectors from energy and manufacturing to mobility and sustainability. Applying a gender lens ensures these systems are designed with broader insight, deeper empathy, and greater resilience.

The Women in Engineering (WiE) interest group's journey at ASME Foundation India is not a one-off initiative. It is a growing movement built deliberately, expanded collectively, and designed to create a complete, end-to-end ecosystem for women in mechanical engineering.

From Vision to Community: How the Journey Began

Formally established on 8 March 2025 on International Women's Day, the interest group came together and committed to a collective vision: to embed a gender lens within mechanical engineering, both in India and globally, highlighting that diversity strengthens innovation, leadership, and impact.

From the outset, the WiE Interest Group was envisioned as a platform for connection, amplification, and action bringing together girl students, early-career engineers, industry professionals, leaders, and allies across the ASME ecosystem.

Connection

Bringing together girl students, early-career engineers, industry professionals, leaders, and allies across the ASME ecosystem.

Amplification

Elevating women's voices, stories, and impact within mechanical engineering locally and globally.

Action

Translating intent into tangible programmes, hackathons, panels, and campaigns that drive real change.

Taking the Movement Forward

2025

IMECE India

Turning the Gears: Women Shaping the Future of Mechanical Engineering

Momentum turned into visibility at IMECE India 2025, where a dedicated Women in Engineering Panel discussion was organised. The panel moved beyond familiar conversations around barriers and instead focused on women as decision-makers and system-builders, leadership styles rooted in collaboration, resilience, and technical excellence, and the critical role of allies in advancing gender equity in engineering. With strong participation and engagement, the panel reinforced one truth: the future of mechanical engineering must be inclusive by design.

Women as decision-makers and system-builders

Leadership rooted in collaboration & resilience

2026

EFx India

FEME FLEX Hackathon

While conversations create awareness, action creates change. At EFx India 2026, ASME Foundation India translated intent into innovation through the FEME FLEX Hackathon: a hands-on, problem-solving platform designed to encourage women-led and women-focused engineering solutions. The hackathon embodied ASME's belief that women don't just participate in engineering they actively shape it, bringing fresh perspectives to real-world technical and societal challenges.

Women-led engineering solutions

Real-world technical & societal challenges

1 Year

Milestone

Gear Up FEME Campaign

As the WiE Interest Group completed its first year, we marked the milestone with the Gear Up FEME Campaign, a celebration of progress, voices, and impact. At the heart of the campaign was a Power Talk, spotlighting journeys of women engineers, their breakthroughs, and the ecosystems that enabled them. The campaign was forward-looking, reinforcing the message that representation must translate into leadership, opportunity, and sustained growth.

Power Talk feature

Celebrating breakthroughs & progress

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Women in Engineering