Lok Sabha Question No. 3305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-23
Subject: Vigyan Jyoti Programme
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Kavitha Malothu, Dayakar Pasunoori

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3305 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2022

## VIGYAN JYOTI PROGRAMME

3305.   DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU:

SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY मंğी be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether the Vigyan Jyoti programme is becoming popular among girls day-by-day and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  more  than  12,000  girls  have  been  supported  under  the Vigyan Joyti programme and if so, the details thereof, district and Statewise;
- (c) whether  this  programme  is  limited  to  only  Jawahar  Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs);
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  intends  to  extend  this  to  Kendriya Vidyalayas  (KVs)  and  Government  schools  run  by  the  States  for  better outreach; and
- (f)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY & EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

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- (a) Yes Sir. Vigyan Jyoti Programme is becoming popular among girls day-by-day. The programme is being implemented in 100 districts of 33 States/UTs of the country in Phase II.  Around 10000 girls of Class IX-XII are enrolled under Vigyan Jyoti in Phase-II. Various kind of activities are being organized in this programme to create curiosity among girls for STEM (Science  Technology  Engineering  Mathematics)  fields.  These  activities

include  counselling  of  students-parents,  career  counselling,  science camps, tinkering activities, special lectures/classes, visits to Knowledge Partners (KP)/Industry/Lab, interaction with role models, etc. Some special workshops  on  latest  technologies  e.g.  Cyber  Security  Workshops  and Coding have also been conducted for Vigyan Jyoti Scholars. With these interventions' girls are now taking more interest in STEM.

(b) to (d) Yes, more than 12000 girls have been supported under Vigyan Jyoti programme since 2019-20. The programme is operational in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) of 100 districts and supporting meritorious girls from  JNVs,  Kendriya  Vidyalayas,  Army  Schools  and  other  Government Schools. The detailed list of 100 JNVs and number of girls enrolled district and State-wise is given below:

| Sl.No.   | State                  | Districts      | Number of Students in Phase-I   |   Number of Students in Phase-II |   Total Number of Students |
|----------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar (1)  | Middle Andaman | -                               |                              100 |                        100 |
| 2.       | Bihar (5)              | Katihar        | -                               |                              100 |                        100 |
| 2.       | Bihar (5)              | Muzaffarpur    | -                               |                               99 |                         99 |
| 2.       | Bihar (5)              | Nalanda        | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 2.       | Bihar (5)              | Patna          | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 2.       | Bihar (5)              | Vaishali       | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 3.       | Jharkhand (4)          | Dhanbad        | -                               |                              100 |                        100 |
| 3.       | Jharkhand (4)          | Hazaribagh     | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 3.       | Jharkhand (4)          | Ranchi         | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 3.       | Jharkhand (4)          | West Singhbhum | -                               |                               99 |                         99 |
| 4.       | Odisha (4)             | Khordha        | -                               |                              100 |                        100 |
| 4.       | Odisha (4)             | Sundergarh     | -                               |                              100 |                        100 |
| 4.       | Odisha (4)             | Cuttack        | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 4.       | Odisha (4)             | Sambhalpur     | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 5.       | West Bengal (4)        | Bardhaman      | -                               |                              100 |                        100 |
| 5.       | West Bengal (4)        | East Medinipur | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 5.       | West Bengal (4)        | Nadia-A        | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 5.       | West Bengal (4)        | West Medinipur | 50                              |                               99 |                        149 |
| 6.       | Dadar and Nagar Haveli | Silvasa        | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
|          | & Diu (2)              | Diu            | -                               |                              100 |                        100 |
| 7.       | Goa (1)                | Canacona       | 50                              |                              100 |                        150 |
| 8.       | Gujarat (4)            | Bhavnagar      | -                               |                              100 |                        100 |

|             |                 | Gandhinagar   | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|-------------|-----------------|---------------|------|-------|-------|
|             |                 | Tapi          | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             |                 | Vadodara      | -    |   100 |   100 |
| 9.          | Maharashtra (5) | Aurangabad    | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             |                 | Nagpur        | 50   |    99 |   149 |
|             |                 | Nanded        | -    |    97 |    97 |
|             |                 | Pune          | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             |                 | Sangli        | 50   |   100 |   150 |
| 10.         | Chandigarh (1)  | Chandigarh    | 50   |   100 |   150 |
| 11.         | Delhi (1)       | Delhi         | 50   |    99 |   149 |
| Haryana (3) |                 | Gurgaon       | 50   |    99 |   149 |
| 12.         |                 | Hisar         | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             |                 | Kurukshetra   | -    |    98 |    98 |
| 13.         | Himachal        | Hamirpur      | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             | Pradesh (4)     | Mandi         | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             |                 | Shimla        | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             |                 | Solan         | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             | Jammu and       | Ganderbal     | -    |    34 |    34 |
| 14.         | Kashmir (2)     | Udhampur      | -    |   100 |   100 |
| 15.         | Laddakh (1)     | Leh           | -    |    96 |    96 |
|             | Punjab (4)      | Amritsar      | -    |    98 |    98 |
|             |                 | Ludhiana      | -    |    99 |    99 |
| 16.         |                 | Mansa         | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             |                 | Faridkot      | -    |    97 |    97 |
|             | Rajasthan (6)   | Barmer        | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             |                 | Dausa         | 50   |    99 |   149 |
|             |                 | Dungarpur     | -    |   100 |   100 |
| 17.         |                 | Jaipur        | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             |                 | Jodhpur       | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             |                 | Kota          | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             | Uttarakhand     | Almora        | 50   |    99 |   149 |
|             | (5)             | Dehradun      | 50   |   100 |   150 |
| 18.         |                 | Haridwar      | 50   |    97 |   147 |
|             |                 | Nainital      | -    |    98 |    98 |
|             |                 | Pauri Garhwal | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             |                 | Allahabad     | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             | Uttar Pradesh   | Bareily       | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             | (8)             | Gorakhpur     | -    |    99 |    99 |
|             |                 | Jhansi        | -    |   100 |   100 |
| 19.         |                 | Kanpur Nagar  | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             |                 | Lucknow       | 50   |   100 |   150 |
|             |                 | Saharanpur    | 50   |    99 |   149 |
|             |                 | Varanasi      | -    |    99 |    99 |
| 20.         | Andhra          | Ananthapur    | -    |   100 |   100 |
|             | Pradesh (3)     | Vizag-A       | -    |    98 |    98 |

|       |                    | West Godavary    | -    | 100   |   100 |
|-------|--------------------|------------------|------|-------|-------|
| 21.   | Karnataka (5)      | Bangalore Urban  | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 21.   |                    | Chitradurga      | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 21.   |                    | Mangalore        | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 21.   |                    | Mysore           | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 21.   |                    | Shimoga          | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 22.   | Kerala (3)         | Ernakulam        | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 22.   |                    | Kottayam         | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 22.   |                    | Palakkad         | 50   | 102   |   152 |
| 23.   | Puducherry (1)     | Puducherry       | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 24.   | Telangana (2)      | Rangareddy       | 50   | 100   |   150 |
|       |                    | Warangal         | 50   | 99    |   149 |
| 25.   | Chhattisgarh (4)   | Bilaspur         | - 50 | 100   |   100 |
| 25.   |                    | Raipur           | 50   | 99    |   149 |
| 25.   |                    | Dhamtari         |      | 100   |   150 |
| 25.   |                    | Kanker           | -    | 86    |    86 |
| 26.   | Madhya Pradesh (5) | Jabalpur         | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 26.   | Madhya Pradesh (5) | Indore           | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 26.   |                    | Mandla           | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 26.   |                    | Dhar             | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 26.   |                    | Vidisha          | 50   | 93    |   143 |
| 27.   | Arunachal          | Namsai           | -    | 95    |    95 |
| 27.   | Pradesh (2)        | Lohit            | 50   | -     |    50 |
| 28.   | Assam (4)          | Kamrup           | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 28.   |                    | Nalbari          | 50   | 99    |   149 |
| 28.   |                    | Jorhat           | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 28.   |                    | Golaghat         | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 29.   | Manipur (2)        | Chandel          | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 29.   |                    | West Imphal      | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 30.   | Meghalaya (2)      | Ri Bhoi          | -    | 100   |   100 |
| 30.   |                    | East Khasi Hills | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 31.   | Nagaland (1)       | Kohima           | 50   | 95    |   145 |
| 32.   | Sikkim (1)         | North Sikkim     | 50   | 100   |   150 |
| 33.   | Tripura (1)        | Khowai           | -    | 100   |   100 |
| Total | Total              |                  | 2500 | 9869  | 12369 |

(e) & (f) Vigyan Jyoti Programme is providing benefits to girl students from different government schools including JNVs, KVs, Army Schools and other  Government  Schools  which  would  continue  in  future  for  better outreach.

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