Rituja Rao, STEM ambassador, speaks to Project Women about the many Tech career opportunities. She shares her life experiences and encourages the next young girls’ generation in a powerful video interview.
Rituja Ravikiran Rao is a management consultant at Sparta Global, specialising in Digital Transformation, Change Management, and IT Implementation.
She has delivered improved cost savings by implementing Cloud solutions, DevOps delivery frameworks and by providing enhanced digital payment solutions.
With AgilePM Practitioner, PRINCE 2 and SCRUM certifications, she has delivered improved stakeholder management and strategic vision within IT projects.
She is also the Future Star of Tech winner: IT Manager award 2020, winner of TechWomen100 Award. She also was nominated as the Digital Hero of the Year at the Computing Digital Technology Awards in 2019 and mentor on Cajigo App.
Rituja is very passionate about STEM subjects and the tech industry, especially for women who require more representation in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics);
“There is a lot of work happening in the industry right now; to get more young girls into STEM subjects. Maths and science for so long have been seen as male subjects, which is a patriarchal notion. Lots of work needs to be done to change that narrative.”
Rituja, access with emphasis that Tech is not only about maths but also much more. She is keen to share her life experiences as a strong advocate of diversity. She aims to inspire graduate students regardless of STEM degrees.
From a UK economic growth perspective, the data suggest a need to support more women and girls to build the digital and STEM skills needed in the future. The country is facing a STEM skills gap, with an additional one million new professionals required. These skills will also brick the way for more women entrepreneurs in higher productivity sectors and, at the same time, improve the scale-up of their businesses.
Alessia Miceli 