Meet a tech role model: Spreading a passion for tech at school #womendotech

Nayana-Dasgupta

Hear first-hand about what it’s like being selected and taking part in the FDM everywoman in Technology Awards from Nayana Dasgupta, the 2016 One to Watch Award Winner. The One to Watch Award seeks to identify game-changers, under 20, who are actively encouraging girls to study STEM subjects at school.

 

Nayana’s Nomination Highlights

School Student

Award category: 2016 One to Watch Award Winner

  • When Nayana started secondary school she was resolving technical problems in class before the IT technicians arrived, aged 11.
  • As School Digital Leader, she undertook extra-curricular activities to create excitement among girls for potential careers in computer science and coding. The passion she unleashed was instrumental in her school’s decision to introduction Computer Science at GCSE from 2016.
  • She worked with the Stemettes to draw girls into areas such as cyber security.

 

Nayana’s Awards Experience

What winning did for me

 

Why nominate yourself? 

 

The Awards made a difference for me because…

“being named a winner has greatly advanced my personal profile allowing me to make great contacts with leading individuals in business. This has enabled me to expand my network and develop my own career with work and advisory opportunities being made available to me. It has also allowed me to expand my outreach programme to inspire even more girls to go into IT careers and develop their own skills.”

 

My lasting memory

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