Why so Few?
Closing the gender data gap in Indian STEM.
CheckTheGap provides a transparent, data-driven dashboard to monitor faculty gender representation across India's leading institutes.
Data Indicators
Faculty Ranks
Breakdown from Assistant to Professor levels.
STEM vs HSS
Specific metrics for science and technology fields.
Temporal Trends
How representation has evolved over the decades.
Department Wise
Granular data for every major academic department.
From the blog
Analysis & Writing
15 Years of Data: Is the Gender Gap in Indian Academia Closing?
Since 2010, the share of women among VIDWAN-registered faculty has risen from around 22% to 33%. Progress is real — but it is slow, and in STEM the numbers tell a more sobering story.
The STEM Divide Is Larger Than the Headline Number Suggests
The headline gender gap in Indian academia — about one in three faculty being women — conceals a much sharper split by field. In engineering and technology departments, the figure drops to roughly one in six.
A 30-Point Gap: How States Differ on Faculty Gender Diversity
The share of women among VIDWAN-registered faculty varies by more than 30 percentage points across India's states. The variation is not random — it maps onto distinct regional patterns.