This is not limited to India. In many countries with not great records on women's rights, dramatically more women go into STEM. Female participation rate in CS

This is not limited to India. In many countries with not great records on women's rights, dramatically more women go into STEM. Female participation rate in CS programs in Thailand with 55%, Guyana with 54%, Malaysia with 51%, Iran with 41%, Zimbabwe with 41%, and Mexico with 39%. https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/vgalpin1/ps/Gal02a.pdf https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/vgalpin1/ps/Gal02a.pdf The US was at 26% a few years ago, and it's gone down since then.