Women comprise around 20 per cent of Isro workforce: VN Narayanan

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The ISRO chairman, who was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function organised by a private school here on Thursday said, "that in a country like India, having 50 per cent women population, the country cannot progress unless the women contribute in a significant way".

ISRO chairman V Narayanan has said women employees comprise around 20 per cent of the workforce of the premier space research organisation and they are doing an outstanding job.

He said the percentage of women employees in ISRO should go up to 40 per cent plus in the future.

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