How TCET Builds a Launchpad for Women in STEM
9th, January, 2026
It starts with a whisper. Not a dramatic lecture or breakthrough. But a question. One that many little girls hold tight as they step onto the campus of an engineering college for the first time.
Can I do this?
In circuits, code, machines and models, doubt occasionally travels alongside ambition. But what if a college could respond to that question not in words but in action?
Thakur College of Engineering and Technology has been exactly doing that. And it does it quietly but persistently.
A Campus That Nurtures Curiosity
Walk onto the TCET campus and it is like any other engineering college. Classrooms with textbooks, labs that are buzzing with activity, and students with purpose.
But linger for a while and you see more.
Girls sitting shoulder to shoulder with boys, fiddling late into the night on electronics projects. Groups getting ready for national level coding competitions. Debates where every voice is heard. It is not participation. It is ownership.
At TCET, curiosity is not merely a given. It is nurtured and developed like a seed that requires proper conditions to sprout.
Systems That Build Confidence
Assistance at TCET is not occasional. It is designed into the architecture of how the college operates.
Women are encouraged to explore and lead from the very first year. Each department makes efforts to provide students with mentors who listen and mentor without judgment.
These mentors are not just old hands in technical areas. They know the specific issues that women must address in the field of science and technology.
There are open discussions and individual check-ins. There are sessions that transcend the academic and are geared towards confidence, communication and career clarity.
It is support that views the entire person, not the marks on a page.
Tools in Hand and Vision in Mind
Within the labs, students do more than take directions. They experiment. They fail and retry. They construct.
They are provided with equal access to tools, projects and research tasks. But what is more important, they are motivated to drive things forward.
From coding marathons to creating green models, their suggestions receive seriousness and respect.
Leadership is not a designation here. It's a way of life. From coordinating technical fests to showcasing innovations at intercollegiate events, TCET provides space for women to lead confidently and competently.
Space to Think Differently
STEM isn't merely problem-solving. It's about posing the right questions. And for this, students require space where they are heard.
In TCET, there are forums and clubs where women exchange ideas freely. Artificial intelligence is discussed to sustainable farming.
A lot of students work on real-life issues and come up with solutions that touch communities surrounding them.
Career building workshops, personal growth workshops, communication workshops are all the rage.
There are even casual circles where friends help one another through difficult semesters and life issues. Because the building of a future also involves the nurturing of the present.
A Success Chain That Continues to Grow
Each year, more women finish at TCET with degrees that lead them to research labs, multinational firms, universities and startups.
Some are promoted to team leads. Some are founders. Others come back to campus to mentor the next generation.
What they take with them is more than inspiration. It is a line of achievement that becomes stronger each year.
And with each additional student that realizes what can be, the cycle repeats.
Creating a Future for All
The vision is explicit. To ensure engineering and science are not only available to all, but created by all.
This mission lives at TCET. Not in catchphrases, but in practice.
In each student who poses a hard question. In each teacher who listens thoughtfully. In each lab session that concludes with a revelation or an improved question.
The future is not something we wait for. It is something we construct. And here at TCET, more and more women construct it each day.
Because the world needs all voices. All minds. All sparks.