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GATI Principles

The GATI Charter is based on ten key principles. As a signatory to the Charter, we believe it is a moral imperative for all institutions to provide equal opportunity to all—particularly women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, and Mathematics (STEMM) areas, at all levels.

By being a part of this progressive charter, institutions commit to adopting the following as guiding principles within their policies, practices, action plans, and culture toward transformative change and an inclusive ecosystem.

  1. Equal Opportunity: We acknowledge that higher education and research institutions must serve a broad diversity of students, faculty, staff, and stakeholders by providing equal opportunity to all.
  2. Diversity Enhances Excellence: We realize that diversity enhances excellence, and academia cannot reach its full potential unless it values and nurtures the talents of everyone in the community.
  3. Gender Equality in Capability: We acknowledge that people of all genders are equally capable of making valuable contributions and promoting excellence in all areas of human enterprise.
  4. Focus on STEMM: We recognize the importance of advancing gender equity in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, and Mathematics) fields.
  5. Combating Bias and Harassment: We are deeply concerned that implicit and explicit bias, and discouraging experiences, inhibit full participation of women in science. We support effective implementation of sexual harassment policies to create an enabling environment.
  6. Retention and Representation: We are concerned about the high rate of loss of women across the career pipeline and their underrepresentation in the profession, especially in leadership roles.
  7. Supporting Career Identities: We recognize that individuals’ identities evolve through different career stages and that institutional support is needed to facilitate work and professional contributions—especially for women.
  8. Leadership and Policy: We acknowledge that advancing gender equality requires strong leadership, participatory action, and sustained systemic and cultural change through well-deliberated policy initiatives at all organizational levels.
  9. Safe and Nurturing Environment: We commit to creating a safe and nurturing environment for women and to developing action plans that remove barriers at key career development points—such as transition from higher studies to academic careers and advancement to top positions.
  10. Transformative Gender Policies: We believe that integrating and sustaining gender advancement policies will bring transformative change to institutional culture, leading to distinctive excellence.

As a signatory to the GATI Charter, pilot institutions have already committed to adopting these guiding principles within their organizational policies, practices, action plans, and culture for transformative change.

GATI Charter Institutions are looking forward to participating in the GATI Pilot Programme under the aegis of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and contributing to national efforts on gender advancement in STEMM.

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