A lady from Ericssion is Inspirational to all Telecom Engineer

As technology improves in leaps and bounds, it enables and empowers more women to enter professions which have been traditionally male dominated. At Ericsson for example, it is not uncommon to see women engineers responding to calls to repair or fix radio base stations and telecom towers. In fact, shattering gender stereotypes follows the company’s inclusive work culture which empowers its employees – irrespective of gender – with adequate and appropriate training and tools to manage in unfriendly and dangerous situations.

Ericsson attaches a lot of importance to ensure its employees and people working with them to provide connectivity are regularly trained and they take all requisite measures to provide them a safe working environment. It remains committed to provide individuals with unique tools and processes including trainings, refresher courses and routine tests in order to ensure their safety while on duty. In this second part of the Network Heroes series we look at the inspiring story of Jaya Sapam, an engineer from Imphal, Manipur.

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Jaya is known amongst her work colleagues as Mary Kom – she is one of the very few women engineers who works in the field as a Maintenance Engineer. In simple words, she is responsible for making sure people get mobile networks in their devices.

Yes, friends and colleagues refer to me as Mary Kom, which is quite humbling yet embarrassing, as I am nowhere close to her in terms of achievement and her struggle. Yet I look to her for inspiration.”

Jaya is out on the field at least once every week making sure everything is working seamlessly. At times, she even has to examine and monitor telecom equipment on top of the towers, which gets a lot of onlookers as people seldom see lady engineers doing such jobs, especially in Imphal.