To evaluate the programme’s impact, researchers are conducting a randomized controlled trial with hundreds of first-generation women engineering students across two cohorts, with half receiving the programme intervention and the rest serving as a comparison group. DIA led survey programming and piloting of instruments measuring technical skills, higher-order cognitive ability, and socio-emotional outcomes; executed baseline, midline, and endline assessments including lab-in-the-field tasks, recruiter evaluations, and self-perception metrics; coordinated with trainers and students; and tracked participation to manage attrition. A cross-validation exercise compares recruiters’ perceptions of students’ skills, gathered through mock interviews, against students’ self-assessments to understand alignment with labour market expectations.