the trickle of women who are entering the maledominated world of automobile assembly manufacturing designing and leadership is growing into a steady flowindustrial design is traditionally a maledominated field but one segment of it automobile design is seeing women break through the glass ceiling and make a marklike ramkripa ananthan director at krux studio who has created a concept electric vehicle using upcycled material for lastmile connectivity and mahua acharya and suman mishra who have broken stereotypes and favourably ensconced themselves in productive roles in the auto industry and many others like sulajja firodia motwani mallika srinivasan arathi krishna and anjali singh are leading from the front in their respective autorelated family businesses advt the trickle of women who are entering the maledominated world of automobile assembly manufacturing designing and leadership is growing into a steady flowmanufacturers are waking up to realise what women can bring to the table especially the advantages of diversity in promoting creative output in future a lot of automotive design will be focussed on ui ux user interfaceuser experience considering the mega trends of autonomous connected electric and shared mobility with this more women will consider a career in automotive design says ananthanexperts point out that automobile plants are getting automated for better delivery there are very few shop floors in the organised sector today that need the application of physical strength they say which is facilitating the presence of women on shop floorsev industrys legupthe male stereotype ceiling is slowly breaking and the sunrise electric vehicle industry is only hastening its momentumrashmi urdhwareshe former director of the automotive research association and now the president of sae india says it is easier to be a significant part of the ev ecosystem as women can seamlessly play a big role in data analysis simulation validation mobility solutions and disruptive technology processes of this industryin fact sulajja firodia motwani the founder and ceo of kinetic green who is focusing on her companys electric transition says developing a pathbreaking electric vehicle technology with a vision to bring it within the reach of millions has been the most exciting phase advt we are currently at the cusp of a revolution in mobility with the advent of electric vehicle technology having reached an inflection point this combined with other mobility trends like shared mobility is changing the landscape dramatically motwani saidmobility and automobiles are more about electronics and software now and thats creating new opportunities for women many ev factories now are manned by women even ev components like motors and controllers are electronicsbased where women are playing a key role not only in rd but actual assembly and manufacturingthe challengeswhile the sector is inclusive the industry at large has been facing numerous challenges we need more skilled people better infrastructure and more investment into the manufacturing sector said arathi krishna md sundram fasteners sundram fasteners which had a traditionally maledominated environment quickly adopted a woman boss and allowed me to grow and deliver she says krishna admits that