00:02Women are shaping India's newest aviation hub at Jaewar.
00:05They're not just a part of the workforce at Noida International Airport, they're at the helm.
00:10In a sector long dominated by men, this marks a significant step towards gender parity in
00:14leadership. Nearly 40% of the C-suite leadership here is women, with Kiran Jain heading operations
00:19with over three decades of global experience.
00:22The idea now is that it's beyond just the typical roles that were designated to women in the past.
00:27Now women are in all kinds of leadership roles, you know, anything from, of course, piloting
00:33the aircraft and things like that to what we have here, which is, you know, in engineering,
00:38in architecture, in design, in operations, in finance, in human resources, you name it, right?
00:44And it goes beyond boardrooms at one of India's most ambitious greenfield infrastructure projects.
00:4930% of the operational readiness and airport transfer team is women. And they test systems,
00:54run simulations, and ensure everything works before the first passenger arrives.
00:59I believe that women have the natural ability to, you know, multitask. And in many cases,
01:04that actually does become a little advantageous.
01:07Even in high-risk roles traditionally dominated by men, change is visible at what will become
01:12Asia's biggest airport.
01:14Usually pressure at airports, you know, has to do either with an emergency or a crisis. And at that
01:20point as well, I do believe that women have a natural knack for empathy. They take on these,
01:27literally these life-saving roles in a very serious manner. You know, very proud to say that
01:33we have close to 50 women in roles spread across these areas. And something which I find extremely
01:43heartwarming is to see the number of women we have in our airport fire rescue teams.
01:49Airport security under CISF will also see a strong presence of women in both critical safety roles
01:55and passenger facing duties. They are trained to work in a 24-7 high-pressure environment with secure
02:00transport, structural shifts and support systems in place.
02:04Here at our airport, we have a crash, you know, we make sure that the trainings that we give
02:10and the shift work that we give to women is also, you know, around the realms of safety,
02:16making sure that they're picked up, they get home safe, you know, so all these things we
02:20consider very seriously. So is what we are seeing at Noita International Airport,
02:24a natural evolution or a conscious shift?
02:27We do want to be, you know, recognized as an organization that really shows what it believes
02:33in when it comes to diversity. As the airport prepares for its first flight,
02:37it may also set a new benchmark, not just for infrastructure, but for who gets to build it.
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