Ramalatha Marimuthu, who is SSIT’s Madras India Chapter Chair, and a IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society Associate Editor, was recognized November 22, 2024, in Dallas, TX, with the IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education.
Marimuthu’s award was for her work on the Returning Mothers Conference, with a citation reading “in recognition of the impactful Returning Mothers Program that helps reskill professional women on a career hiatus and stay-at-home women for reentry into the workforce in technology fields.”
Marimuthu commented, “When we started, it was just to find out the reasons for the women taking the break and not coming back. We were able to delve deep into the social, economic and cultural factors, various perspectives of industry, academia and social enterprises and the concerns of governments and international forums.”
More information about the Returning Mothers Conference can be found here.
IEEE SSIT has been an Associate Sponsor of the Returning Mothers Conference since 2021. The 2024 IEEE Returning Mothers Conference was held Nov. 15-16, 2024, in Bengaluru, India.
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