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Inspired by women heavy equipment drivers in developed countries, who walk shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts, the Company chose to train the first batch of 13 Tejaswinis to work in areas where female workers had never been deployed in the 98 - year history of Tata Steel. The initiative itself had very few parallels in Indian industry. It opened doors for them in areas such as heavy earth-moving equipment, EOT cranes, locomotive operation, material handling equipment and in mechanical maintenance. The programme taught work skills to unskilled hands, many of who had no formal education and had for years served as head load labourers, office girls and attendants.

Successive batches of Tejaswinis have been trained and now over 30 such female employees work in Raw Material Handling, Coke Plant, Equipment Maintenance Services, Engineering Services and other departments critical to the steelmaking process. Of the approximately 437 female workers at the grassroots level employed by Tata Steel, the Company intends to target all those below 40 years of age.