Pranoti Nagarkar, CEO & Co-founder, Rotimatic
“Today, National Engineers Day, is the time when we honor amazing engineers whose ideas, innovations, and hard work propel India forward. With the theme, ‘Deep Tech & Engineering Excellence: Driving India’s Techade,’ this year reminds us how engineering plays a pivotal role towards shaping our future. But there is yet something that needs to be addressed: the number of women in STEM fields in India remains recognizably small. It is important that we open more doors and build pathways for more women to take part in this exciting innovation journey. At Rotimatic, we invented the making of fresh rotis, an age-old tradition, with precision and efficiency through modern technology, combining mechanics, electronics, and software. Coming from a background of a woman engineer and entrepreneur, I know how a little bit of curiosity, persistence, and bravery can carve out concrete solutions that touch lives.
On this Engineer’s Day, I hope that many more young women begin to see engineering as a pathway of combining tradition and technology, solving real problems, and growing something super impactful on a large scale.”