Sabre Making a Difference to STEM Students in Underprivileged Areas of India

Dark/Light Mode (05/10/23)  Sabre is working to improve the education standards and future career opportunities of students in some of India’s most deprived areas through the creation of new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) labs.

Together with not-for-profit organization United Way Bengaluru (UWBe), Sabre has supported STEM labs in six government-run schools in Chikkaballapur, rural Karnataka, close to Bengaluru.

Many of the schools are based in what are classed as underprivileged areas, and Sabre’s contribution will improve the education of around 1,600 students from 26 villages every year.

Around 1,000 of those are from a girls-only school, supporting the drive to encourage more women to enter technology fields.

Sriram Gopalswamy, Team Sabre and UWBe making a difference to STEM students in India

The new STEM labs will take learning beyond textbooks and into first-hand, practical experiences; fostering critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical mindsets, while encouraging students to improve communication skills through teamwork.

The labs will help to build confidence among students, whilst also reducing the number of those dropping out from school.

“Sabre is committed to serving our communities and driving positive social change, so we’re incredibly proud to be involved in such a meaningful initiative,” said Sriram Gopalswamy, Vice President, Site Reliability Engineering, & Managing Director, Sabre India. “Our STEM labs are especially important given the talent shortage facing the global technology industry. They will make a real difference by encouraging more children to develop an interest in science and technology, take up further studies in these subjects and, ultimately, pursue science or technology-based career paths. We hope that one day, we’ll be welcoming some of these students to join our journey with a career at Sabre as we continue to innovate for the future of travel.”

Sabre’s pioneering capability centre in India’s silicon-valley, Bengaluru, plays a major role in developing solutions for the travel business and provides a strong IT backbone for Sabre’s global operations.

It is a workplace where agile transformation based on lean start-up thinking is built daily, and the teams in Bengaluru support airlines, hotels, travel agencies, travel management companies, and other travel companies across the country.

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