2010 Sustainability Report - Cummins.com

Significant partnerships
Cummins College of
Engineering for Women
Pune and Nagpur, India
Engineering
college opens
doors for women
Editor’s note: Cummins is engaged in a number
of significant partnerships on the key topics of
education, the environment and social justice/
improving the human condition.
Here’s a look at one:
Since it opened its doors in 1991 thanks to a
grant from the Cummins India Foundation,
Cummins College of Engineering for Women
(CCEW), based in Pune, India, has given more than
4,000 women the opportunity to pursue careers
in the male-dominated world of engineering.
“Higher education continues to be a focus
area for our foundation,” said Anant J. Talaulicar,
President, Components Group, Cummins Inc.
and Managing Director of Cummins India ABO.
“In line with this, we are humbled with the
opportunity of being able to support Maharshi
Karve Stree-Shikshan Samstha (MKSSS), helping
female students fulfill their educational aspirations
and become independent individuals capable of
making significant contributions to their families
and society.”
MKSSS is a 114-year-old Indian institution
“ CCEW has contributed to my
professionalism, communication
and the ‘never-say-die’ attitude
that makes us CCEW students
stand apart!”
Sayali Marathe
CCEW Graduate
With the opening of a new campus earlier this year
in Nagpur, school officials are striving to provide
the same opportunities for women hundreds of
miles away, across the Indian subcontinent.
dedicated to the cause of women’s education and
social progress. It runs more than 64 educational
establishments for women, including the CCEW.
Preference for enrollment at the college is given
to young women from disadvantaged sections
of society.
CCEW graduate Sayali Marathe began her career
with IBM in 2005, and then moved on to become
a senior consultant with Computer Sciences
Corporation. “CCEW,” she says, “has contributed
to my professionalism, communication and the
‘never-say-die’ attitude that makes us CCEW
students stand apart!” School officials hope
the expansion in Nagpur will lead to more
stories like Sayali’s.
46 Cummins Inc. Sustainability Report 2010