Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella banks on gaming to counter gender-bias in STEM education

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said that gaming can be a great way to encourage young girls to pursue Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

“It is so great to see that through gaming, people get attracted to STEM education,” Nadella said at Microsoft’s Future Decoded Tech Summit in Bengaluru today where he was delivering the keynote.

Nadella ended his keynote speech with the example of Punjab’s 13-year old Namya Joshi who has designed a series of learning programs for STEM-based on one of Microsoft’s most popular video games, Minecraft.

Nadella further elaborated upon how Minecraft has been driving young girls to explore Computer Engineering where there is an unconscious gender bias.