Lok Sabha Question No. 2175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: Women Scientists Schemes
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Sanjay Seth, P.P. Chaudhary, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Anurag Sharma, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, C. R. Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2175 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02/08/2023

## WOMEN SCIENTISTS SCHEME

† 2175.   SHRI SANJAY SETH:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI C.R. PATIL:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has been implementing any Women Scientists Scheme (WOS) in the country and if so, the details along with the salient features thereof;
- (b) the number of women in Jharkhand benefitted under the said scheme along with the district-wise details thereof;
- (c) the number of women scientists in Jharkhand who have applied for internship in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to get benefit this year;
- (d) the details of the number of women from the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh  and  Odisha  and  specifically  from  Pratapgarh,  Pali,  Deoria,  Jhansi  and Balasore Parliamentary constituencies that are provided research grants under the WOS-A and WOS-B components of WOS scheme;
- (e) the details of the criteria followed by the Government in making selections for grants under the said scheme;
- (f) the number of women who received training in the field of Intellectual Property
- Rights (IPRs) under the WOS-C component of the said scheme; and
- (g) the number of women who received IPR training and got employment after the
- completion of the training?

## ANSWER

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

ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ राÏयमंğी (èवतंğ Ĥभार) (डॉ. िजतɅġ ͧसंह)

- (a) Yes  Sir,  the  Department  of  Science  and  Technology  is  implementing  Women Scientists  Scheme  (WOS)  in  the  country.  The  'Women  Scientist  Scheme'  provides various opportunities to unemployed women scientists and technologists, especially

those  who  had  break  in  career,  to  make  a  career  in  the  field  of  Science  and Technology. There are three major components of Women Scientist Scheme namely, i) Women Scientists Scheme-A (WOS-A) for conducting research in Basic & Applied Sciences, ii) Women Scientists Scheme-B (WOS-B) for S&T interventions for Societal Benefit and iii) Women Scientists Scheme-C (WOS-C) that enables them to become Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) professional.

- (b) Total 5 women scientists in Jharkhand benefitted under the Women Scientist Scheme in the last 3 years and current year. The district-wise details are given below:
- (c) Total  36  women  scientists  from  Jharkhand  have  applied  for  Internship  in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to get benefit this year.
- (d) Under WOS scheme, 63 and 18 women scientists from the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha have been provided research grant under WOSA  and  WOS-B  respectively  in  last  3  years  and  current  year.  However,  supported women scientists  do  not  belong  to  Pratapgarh,  Pali,  Deoria,  Jhansi  and  Balasore Parliamentary constituencies.  The state wise details of supported women scientists under WOS-A and WOS-B components are as follows:
- (e) For selections under Women Scientists Scheme, the criteria like break in career, current  employment  status  of  candidates,  academic  and  technical  background  of candidates, technical content of the proposal in line with mandate of programme, quality of presentation/marks in qualifying exam/interview, etc.  are being followed.
- (f) Since its inception, 850 women have received training in the field of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) under the WOS-C component of the Women Scientist Scheme.
- (g) Around 450 women have got employment after completion of IPR training in IP departments of Government agencies, Patent Information Centres (PIC) of State S&T Councils, IP Law firms, KPOs, MNCs and University IP cells. Some have become IP entrepreneurs, freelancers and have opened their own IP firms.

| Districts of Jharkhand   |   WOS |
|--------------------------|-------|
| Dhanbad                  |     2 |
| Jamshedpur               |     1 |
| Ranchi                   |     2 |
| Total                    |     5 |

| States        |   WOS-A |   WOS-B |
|---------------|---------|---------|
| Gujarat       |       8 |       2 |
| Rajasthan     |      12 |       1 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      36 |      14 |
| Odisha        |       7 |       1 |
| TOTAL         |      63 |      18 |

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