Lok Sabha Question No. 1687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-13
Subject: Career Prospects for Women Scientists
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Jayant Sinha, Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1687

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2023

Career Prospects for Women Scientists

1687. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of Science and Technology ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ मंğी

be pleased to state :

- (a)  the  measures  implemented  by  the  Department  of  Science  and Technology to promote career prospects for women scientists and to motivate young students, especially girls, to choose science as their academic and career path;
- (b)  the  summary  of  the  scholarship  funds  distributed  to  female students and scholars by the department during the last five years; year
- and state-wise; and
- (c)  the  summary  of  the  scholarship  funds  distributed  to  female students and scholars by the department during the last five years in the state of Jharkhand, year and district-wise?

## A N S W E R

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

ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ मंğालय क े  राÏयमंğी (èवतंğ Ĥभार)

(डॉ. िजतɅġ ͧसंह)

- (a)  The  Department  of  Science  and  Technology  is  implementing  a holistic  scheme  'Women  in  Science  and  Engineering-KIRAN  (WISEKIRAN)' to provide various opportunities  to women in the Science & Technology  (S&T)  domain  through  various  programmes  viz.  Women Scientists Scheme that aims to support women scientists who had a

career break; WISE Fellowship for Ph.D. (WISE-PhD) to pursue doctoral research in basic and applied sciences; WISE-Post Doctoral Fellowship (WISE-PDF) for post-doctoral research in basic and applied sciences; WISE-SCOPE to address societal challenges through S&T interventions and  WIDUSHI  to  support  senior  women  scientists  continue  their scientific  career.  Another programme, 'WISE Internship in IPR (WISEIPR)'  provides  training  in  the  field  of  Intellectual  Property  Rights. Further, another unique initiative 'Vigyan Jyoti', started in the year 2020, is  aiming  to  encourage  meritorious  girls  to pursue  a  career  in underrepresented  areas  of  STEM  (Science,  Technology,  Engineering, Mathematics). Presently, around 21600 female students of Class IX-XII from 250 Districts of the country, are enrolled under this programme. Various  year-round  activities  viz.  parent-student  counselling,  career counselling, special academic classes, tinkering activities, role model interactions, lab/industry visits, science camps, etc. are being conducted under this programme.

(b)  Under  Vigyan  Jyoti  Programme,  there  is  provision  of  one-year scholarship to the girls of Class XII. The year and state wise scholarship funds distributed to female students are as follows:

| States/UTs                       | Scholarship (Rs. in lakh) 2020-21   |   Scholarship (Rs. in lakh) 2021-22 |   Scholarship (Rs. in lakh) 2022-23 |   Scholarship (Rs. in lakh) 2023-24 (till November) |
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar              | -                                   |                               12    |                               12    |                                                8    |
| Andhra Pradesh                   | -                                   |                               35.52 |                               83.28 |                                               46.72 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                | 12.00                               |                               11.52 |                               23.76 |                                               12.96 |
| Assam                            | 24.00                               |                               47.52 |                              120.48 |                                               67.36 |
| Bihar                            | 36.00                               |                               47.76 |                               74.16 |                                               66.72 |
| Chandigarh                       | 12.00                               |                               12    |                               12    |                                                8    |
| Chhattisgarh                     | 24.00                               |                               43.44 |                               96.24 |                                               81.6  |
| Dadar, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu | 12.00                               |                               12    |                               24    |                                               16    |
| Delhi                            | 12.00                               |                               11.76 |                               24    |                                               10.56 |
| Goa                              | 12.00                               |                               12    |                               11.28 |                                                8    |
| Gujarat                          | 12.00                               |                               47.76 |                              101.28 |                                               80.48 |

| Haryana           | 12.00   | 35.52   |   70.32 |   72.16 |
|-------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| Himachal Pradesh  | 24.00   | 48.48   |   89.28 |   65.76 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | -       | 12.00   |   47.28 |   45.44 |
| Jharkhand         | 24.00   | 48.48   |   82.8  |   75.36 |
| Karnataka         | 36.00   | 35.76   |   96    |   70.56 |
| Kerala            | 24.00   | 36.24   |   82.32 |   61.76 |
| Ladakh            | -       | -       |   12    |    7.84 |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 24.00   | 34.56   |  119.28 |  100.48 |
| Maharashtra       | 36.00   | 46.56   |  128.64 |  111.36 |
| Manipur           | 12.00   | 17.76   |   38.64 |   19.2  |
| Meghalaya         | 12.00   | 24.00   |   26.64 |   24    |
| Mizoram           | -       | -       |    5.76 |    8    |
| Nagaland          | 12.00   | 11.28   |    9.6  |    2.08 |
| Odisha            | 24.00   | 42.48   |   84.48 |   83.04 |
| Puducherry        | -       | 12.00   |   48    |   32    |
| Punjab            | -       | 35.28   |   80.64 |   77.76 |
| Rajasthan         | 48.00   | 47.76   |  119.52 |   98.24 |
| Sikkim            | 12.00   | 12.00   |   24    |   15.52 |
| Telangana         | 24.00   | 23.52   |   60    |   44.96 |
| Tripura           | -       | 12.00   |   29.76 |   14.88 |
| Uttarakhand       | 36.00   | 35.52   |   78    |   60.48 |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 48.00   | 71.04   |  157.68 |   97.12 |
| West Bengal       | 36.00   | 36.00   |  105.84 |   78.08 |
| Total             | 600.00  | 971.52  | 2178.96 | 1672.48 |

- (c)  The  year  and  district-wise  summary  of  the  scholarship  funds distributed  to  female  students  in  the  state  of  Jharkhand,  since  the inception of Vigyan Jyoti Programme is given below:

|   Sl. No. | Districts of Jharkhand   |   Scholarship (Rs. in lakh) 2020-21 |   Scholarship (Rs. in lakh) 2021-22 |   Scholarship (Rs. in lakh) 2022-23 |   Scholarship (Rs. in lakh) 2023-24 (till November) |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Hazaribagh               |                                  12 |                               12    |                                  12 |                                                   8 |
|         2 | Ranchi                   |                                  12 |                               11.76 |                                  12 |                                                   8 |

| 3.   | Dhanbad   | -     | 12.00   | 12.00   | 8.00   |
|------|-----------|-------|---------|---------|--------|
| 4.   | West      | -     | 12.72   | 9.12    | 5.76   |
|      | Singhbhum |       |         |         |        |
| 5.   | Gumla     | -     | -       | 12.00   | 8.00   |
| 6.   | East      | -     | -       | 7.44    | 4.96   |
|      | Singhbhum |       |         |         |        |
| 7.   | Dumka     | -     | -       | 4.56    | 4.16   |
| 8.   | Godda     | -     | -       | 6.96    | 4.48   |
| 9.   | Bokaro    | -     | -       | 6.72    | 8.00   |
| 10.  | Deogarh   | -     | -       | -       | 8.00   |
| 11.  | Koderma   | -     | -       | -       | 8.00   |
|      | Total     | 24.00 | 48.48   | 82.80   | 75.36  |

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