How Kerala's underprivileged kids become super women

In its fourth year, Collector's Super 100 was created to empower academically promising girls from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers. It is a joint initiative of Thiruvananthapuram District Administration, Women and Child Development Department, Trenser Technologies (Technopark) and Kanal.

Entry is exclusively for the disadvantaged: 20 per cent each for students from coastal, tribal and scheduled caste communities, and 40 per cent for those from economically weaker sections. The teaching is based on a volunteer system; students are coached by young students from engineering and medical colleges.