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Maria Dubovitskaya
Maria Dubovitskaya is a pre-doctoral researcher at IBM Research – Zurich and Ph.D. candidate at ETH
Zurich. She works on Cryptographic Control Code in Cash Registers and on new Electronic Identity
Documents for the Russian Federation. She collaborates with IBM Russia to develop smarter and
more secure systems and technologies that support economic development and bring long-term, societal
value. She also supports, coaches, and inspires the next generation of female students, as a founder and
leader of IBM Technical Excellence Council (TEC) in Russia and creator of the Women in Technology chapter
under TEC. She holds regular sessions for Swiss high school girls to encourage them to pursue technical
careers.
Ramalatha Marimuthu
Ramalatha Marimuthu is a Professor and Head of Department at Kumaraguru College of Technology.
She undertakes and encourages her students to embark on projects targeting individuals with
special needs. Among her significant achievements are her innovative education modules using
Vedic Mathematics for special needs children, a writing monitor for dyslexic children, and an early detection
screener system for autism in children, for which she was awarded the Mentor award by the Secretariat
for the Disabled, Government of Tamilnadu. She introduced the first Women in Engineering Congress for
the Asia Pacific Region in 2008, which is now held annually. She is head of the IEEE Women in Engineering
committee, directing the organization’s 350 chapters around the world.
Evelyn Namara
Evelyn Namara is Program Coordinator at Solar Sister in Uganda, a social enterprise that helps women
in rural Africa eradicate energy poverty by selling solar lamps with a focus and a model based around
women. She is solving the problem of women’s access to technology by including women as active
participants in a market-based distribution program and by reaching out to teach, encourage and support
women in ICT workshops. She is a role model and an advocate for women’s empowerment and is active in
the women’s technical community. She founded the Women in Tech Uganda chapter and participates in the
AfChix program, which inspires younger women aspiring to join the engineering and computing fields.
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