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