Tata Steel is back with season 9 of Women of Mettle Scholarship. Female students in their second year at a technical school can demonstrate their engineering skills in smarter steelmaking. Winners will receive the scholarship amount, a direct pathway to join Tata Steel's Management Trainee Technical cadre, and become a part of the Tata Steel family.
Got the grit and the smarts?
One of the most diversified integrated steel producers with a capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum across India, the Netherlands, the UK, and Thailand, Tata Steel is shaping a better tomorrow through innovation, sustainability, and an enduring commitment to excellence. The Company’s Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar and IJmuiden plants have been recognised among the World Economic Forum Advanced 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Global Lighthouses. With over 76,000 employees across the globe, Tata Steel is a Great Place to Work®-certified organisation. The Company recorded a consolidated turnover of ₹2,18,543 crore in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
In our ongoing efforts to enhance gender diversity in technical fields, we launched Women of Mettle for T School Campuses. This marks the ninth season of Tata Steel’s Women of Mettle, a pioneering scholarship program designed to encourage talented young women engineers to pursue careers in manufacturing. Women of Mettle is an intellectual marathon where young minds begin a journey to solve technical challenges. It offers students opportunities to address diverse cross-functional problems and interact with Tata Steel’s senior management, who serve as guides and mentors.
Women of Mettle is among Tata Steel’s campus connect programs aimed at inspiring talented engineering students to improve their skills in research and development, operational excellence, business strategy, and management. The program fosters a collaborative environment among students, academia, and the corporate sector, creating unique and promising career opportunities for young talent in India.
The top 50 shortlisted teams will be invited to submit and present analyses of real-world technical challenges. The top 10 teams will then be selected to compete in the Grand Finale.
No, the institute will not be involved in the evaluation.
The link to upload presentations will be deactivated after the deadline.
The submission for the pre-screening round must only be a presentation (ppt format, maximum 12 slides) that covers the following:
Evaluation of the entries would be based on their practical applicability and feasibility to implement.
The idea can be used basis feasibility and ease of implementation.
It is open to the list of only select institutes.
Tata Steel would prefer if the slide content is within the prescribed range.
The evaluations are confidential and at the discretion of the panel of judges.
All decisions are final and binding and cannot be contested.
No, Annexures should be added during the initial round. However, during the final presentations, it would be mandatory to submit annexures along with the final presentation.
Please reach out to us at Tag@tatasteel.com.
In case of any technical queries, please reach out to Mettl-support@mercer.com.
All the information about Tata Steel is available on the website www.tatasteelindia.com and www.tatasteel.com. In case of any further details required, the team can contact the central team.
The deadline for registration is listed in the registration page. The candidate is requested to go through the same for any concerns.
This is a forwarding letter from your college.
Scholar must rank amongst 25% for the respective stream, post their selection in every subsequent semester. Scholars would not get the opportunity to appear in Selection / interview process for any other company in campus. (in case of team participation, the scholarship amount eligible after-Tax Deduction at source, will be equally divided amongst the scholars).
Tata Steel will pay Rs 25,000/- in final year. The balance amount of Rs 1,75,000/- will be paid at the time of joining at Tata Steel Ltd.