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Technology Levels The Playing Field For Women In Auto

In an industry once driven by pure mechanics, code has become the new horsepower, and women are writing it.

Prerna Lidhoo   & Mayank DhingraBy Prerna Lidhoo & Mayank Dhingra calendar 18 Mar 2025 Views icon4628 Views Share - Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Whatsapp
Technology Levels The Playing Field For Women In Auto

Throughout her career, Angelin Mary GP found herself as the only woman in rooms full of men—whether in engineering meetings at the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) or around leadership tables at Delphi Automotive, and Honeywell. The challenges were clear, but Angelin never backed down. “I have developed this attitude or habit of not always being conscious of my gender. (I think of it as just) me playing that role. I think that helped me in not being submissive, and speaking my mind with confidence,” she says.

Today, as the Vice President of Vehicle Software at Daimler Truck ...

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