new delhi for the first time top women executives of technology firms have been appointed chairpersons of the board of governors of five national institutes of technology nit in a bid to encourage enrolment of more girls and break the glass ceiling in engineering kumud srinivasan president of intel india has been made chairperson of the prestigious nittrichy vanitha narayanan managing director of ibm india private limited will head nitsuratkal aruna jayanthi ceo of capgemini india will be chairperson of nitcalicut vasantha ramaswamy founder director of aprameya associates of nitrourkela and jaya panvalkar formerly head of nvidias pune design centre will be chairperson of nitsurat eleven nits did not have chairpersonskumud srinivasan of intel india will be the chairperson of nittrichy toi file photo by n narasimha murthy getting women to head nit board of governors will have an impact in making these institutions more attractive for girls highly placed sources said since many of the new chairpersons went to technology institutes and have worked at the highest levels in technology firms they are best placed to break the stereotype that engineering is essentially a male profession the hrd ministry is focused on increasing enrolment of girls in engineering institutes cbse has already launched udaan a scheme to attract girls to the engineering professionvanitha narayanan of ibm india will head nitsuratkal toi file photo by n narasimha murthy the ministry expects that with so many women heading the board of nits nit council the supreme governing body will take decisions that will help increase the enrolment of girls in these institutes srinivasan has worked with intel for over 25 years and made india the companys largest nonmanufacturing site outside the us narayanan who did her masters in business from chennai and houston is also a member of ibms integration and values team selected by the ibm chairperson jayanthi looks after technology and outsourcing services for capgemini that has 40000 employees aruna jayanthi of capgemini india will be the chairperson of nitcalicut toi file photo ramaswamy has worked with defence research and development organization earlier and is credited with developing slewing ring bearings that has made mining easier