Lok Sabha Question No. 64 (STARRED), answered on 2024-02-07
Subject: WISE-KIRAN Scheme
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. *64 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2024

## WISE-KIRAN Scheme

## *64. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

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

be

- (a) whether the Women in Science and Engineering-KIRAN (WISE-  KIRAN) scheme, that aims to encourage women in the field of Science  and Technology (S&T) through gender enabling programmes is fulfilling its unique objective of providing  opportunities  to  women  scientists  and  technologists,  especially those who had a break in career;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the relevant details of rural and urban women beneficiaries under the said scheme   in the last five financial years, year-wise;
- (c) the details of the amount spent on the WISE-KIRAN scheme since its inception in the State of Kerala, year-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to implement any new activities or  projects under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## 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) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No.*64 for answer on 07.02.2024

- (a) Yes Sir, the Women in Science and Engineering-KIRAN (WISEKIRAN) scheme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) is fulfilling  its  unique  objectives  of  providing  opportunities  to  women scientists and technologists including those who had a career break. The scheme promotes girls, women researchers and women institutions in the field of Science & Technology (S&T) through different programmes.
- (b) One of the flagship programmes 'Women Scientist Scheme (WOS)' under the WISE-KIRAN  Scheme  provides  different opportunities to unemployed  women  scientists  and  technologists,  especially  those  who had break in their careers, to pursue research in frontier areas of Science and Engineering. There are three major components of WOS, namely, i) Women Scientists Scheme-A (WOS-A) that supports women for conducting research  in  Basic  &  Applied  Sciences,  ii)  Women  Scientists  Scheme-B (WOS-B) encourages them to carry out research that entails S&T interventions for societal benefit and iii) Women  Scientists Scheme-C (WOSC) enables them to become Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) professionals after  one  year  of  training.  Approximately  2153  women  scientists  have benefitted under the WISE-KIRAN Scheme in the last five years and the current year. Different programmes under the WISE-KIRAN scheme have pan India spread  and  do  not  differentiate  between  rural and  urban  beneficiaries. However, another unique programme 'Vigyan Jyoti' that aims to encourage meritorious girls to pursue higher education and careers in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) caters girls mostly from rural setups. The State/UT-wise details of women and girls beneficiaries under the

WISE-KIRAN  Scheme  since  the  financial  year  2018-19  are  mentioned below. The detailed list (state/UT-wise and financial year-wise) of women and girls benefitted is placed at Annexure-I.

| Sl. No.     | States/UTs           |   Women benefitted under WISE-KIRAN |   Girls benefitted under Vigyan Jyoti |
|-------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.          | Andaman & Nicobar    |                                   1 |                                   300 |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh       |                                  40 |                                  1678 |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                   4 |                                   650 |
| 4.          | Assam                |                                  39 |                                  2353 |
| 5.          | Bihar                |                                  13 |                                  2168 |
| 6.          | Chandigarh           |                                  37 |                                   349 |
| 7.          | Chhattisgarh         |                                  15 |                                  2308 |
| 8.          | Dadar, Nagar Haveli, |                                   0 |                                   650 |
| 9.          | Delhi                |                                 241 |                                   487 |
| 10.         | Goa                  |                                   8 |                                   345 |
| 11.         | Gujarat              |                                  50 |                                  2357 |
| 12.         | Haryana              |                                  60 |                                  1832 |
| 13.         | Himachal Pradesh     |                                  26 |                                  2089 |
| 14. Jammu & | Kashmir              |                                  43 |                                  1099 |
| 15.         | Jharkhand            |                                  14 |                                  2121 |
| 16.         | Karnataka            |                                 148 |                                  2489 |
| 17.         | Kerala               |                                 134 |                                  1870 |
| 18.         | Ladakh               |                                   1 |                                   276 |
| 19.         | Madhya Pradesh       |                                  59 |                                  2742 |
| 20.         | Maharashtra          |                                 230 |                                  3094 |
| 21.         | Manipur              |                                  18 |                                   810 |
| 22.         | Meghalaya            |                                   3 |                                   772 |
| 23.         | Mizoram              |                                   5 |                                   133 |
| 24.         | Nagaland             |                                   5 |                                   222 |

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs    |   Women benefitted under WISE-KIRAN |   Girls benefitted under Vigyan Jyoti |
|-----------|---------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 25.       | Odisha        |                                  45 |                                  2345 |
| 26.       | Puducherry    |                                   9 |                                   900 |
| 27.       | Punjab        |                                  63 |                                  2079 |
| 28.       | Rajasthan     |                                  53 |                                  3000 |
| 29.       | Sikkim        |                                   2 |                                   504 |
| 30.       | Tamil Nadu    |                                 208 |                                     0 |
| 31.       | Telangana     |                                 121 |                                  1477 |
| 32.       | Tripura       |                                   2 |                                   521 |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh |                                 234 |                                  3638 |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand   |                                  53 |                                  2103 |
| 35.       | West Bengal   |                                 169 |                                  2442 |
|           | TOTAL         |                                2153 |                                 52203 |

## (c) The  year-wise  details  of  the  amount  sanctioned  under  the WISE-  KIRAN  scheme  in  the  state  of  Kerala  since  FY  2018-19  are  as follows:

| Sl. No.   | Financial Year   | Amount sanctioned(in Crores)   |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.        | 5.61             | 2018-19                        |
| 2.        | 3.70             | 2019-20                        |
| 3.        | 1.29             | 2020-21                        |
| 4.        | 3.85             | 2021-22                        |
| 5.        | 8.57             | 2022-23                        |
| 6.        | 1.43             | 2023-24                        |
|           | TOTAL            | 24.45                          |

- (d) The Department of Science and Technology started some new programmes  under  the  WISE-KIRAN  Scheme  during  2023-24.  A  new programme 'WISE Fellowship for Ph.D. (WISE-PhD)' is started to support women researchers to pursue Ph.D. in Basic and Applied Sciences. On the other  hand,  the  WISE  Post-Doctoral  Fellowship  (WISE-PDF)  programme promotes  women  scientists  to  carry  out  Post-Doctoral  research  in Sciences & Engineering. Another programme 'WISE-SCOPE' allows women scientists to address societal challenges through S&T interventions in 5

thematic  areas of societal relevance. Further, the WIDUSHI Programme extends support to senior women scientists to harness their potential for the betterment of science and society. In addition, the WISE Internship in Intellectual  Property  Rights  (WISE-IPR)  programme  provides  training  to young  women  in  the  field  of  Intellectual  Property  Rights.  These  new programmes under the WISE-KIRAN Scheme aim to bring gender parity across the STEM fields.

Annexure-I Number of women benefitted under WISE-KIRAN Scheme

| States/UTs                  |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   2020- 21 |   2021- 22 |   2022- 23 |   2023- 24 |   TOTAL |
|-----------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |          0 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |       1 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |          1 |          2 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          1 |       4 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |          8 |          7 |         10 |          6 |          2 |          7 |      40 |
| Assam                       |          8 |         11 |          5 |          3 |          5 |          7 |      39 |
| Bihar                       |          3 |          5 |          2 |          2 |          1 |          0 |      13 |
| Chhattisgarh                |          4 |          4 |          2 |          3 |          0 |          2 |      15 |
| Chandigarh                  |          7 |          8 |          8 |          4 |          9 |          1 |      37 |
| Delhi                       |         56 |         48 |         38 |         26 |         26 |         47 |     241 |
| Goa                         |          2 |          2 |          0 |          1 |          2 |          1 |       8 |
| Gujarat                     |         14 |         16 |          8 |          3 |          4 |          5 |      50 |
| Haryana                     |         15 |         15 |          5 |          8 |          2 |         15 |      60 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |         10 |          6 |          3 |          4 |          1 |          2 |      26 |
| Jammu & Kashmir             |          6 |         10 |          6 |          2 |         11 |          8 |      43 |
| Jharkhand                   |          2 |          3 |          4 |          1 |          3 |          1 |      14 |
| Karnataka                   |         43 |         31 |         26 |         11 |         16 |         21 |     148 |
| Kerala                      |         32 |         29 |         16 |         25 |         19 |         13 |     134 |
| Ladakh                      |          0 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |       1 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |         17 |         18 |          4 |          7 |          3 |         10 |      59 |
| Maharashtra                 |         62 |         61 |         41 |         23 |         20 |         23 |     230 |
| Manipur                     |          4 |          5 |          5 |          1 |          2 |          1 |      18 |
| Meghalaya                   |          2 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |       3 |
| Mizoram                     |          1 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          3 |       5 |
| Nagaland                    |          0 |          0 |          1 |          1 |          1 |          2 |       5 |
| Odisha                      |         21 |          5 |          3 |          5 |          4 |          7 |      45 |
| Puducherry                  |          2 |          2 |          3 |          1 |          1 |          0 |       9 |
| Punjab                      |         17 |         12 |          6 |          6 |         12 |         10 |      63 |
| Rajasthan                   |         12 |         15 |          8 |          5 |          5 |          8 |      53 |
| Sikkim                      |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |       2 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |         56 |         43 |         37 |         27 |         20 |         25 |     208 |
| Telangana                   |         33 |         23 |         21 |          4 |         19 |         21 |     121 |
| Tripura                     |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          1 |       2 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |         60 |         57 |         39 |         21 |         17 |         40 |     234 |
| Uttarakhand                 |         14 |         15 |          8 |          9 |          2 |          5 |      53 |
| West Bengal                 |         38 |         44 |         33 |         14 |         16 |         24 |     169 |
| Total                       |        551 |        498 |        344 |        225 |        224 |        311 |    2153 |

## Number of girls benefitted under Vigyan Jyoti of WISE-KIRAN Scheme

| State/UTs                        | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   Total |
|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| Andaman and Nicobar              | -         | 100       |       100 |       100 |     300 |
| Andhra Pradesh                   | -         | 298       |       692 |       688 |    1678 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                | 50        | 95        |       276 |       229 |     650 |
| Assam                            | 100       | 399       |       935 |       919 |    2353 |
| Bihar                            | 150       | 499       |       671 |       848 |    2168 |
| Chandigarh                       | 50        | 100       |        99 |       100 |     349 |
| Chhattisgarh                     | 100       | 385       |       779 |      1044 |    2308 |
| Dadar, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu | 50        | 200       |       200 |       200 |     650 |
| Delhi                            | 50        | 99        |       197 |       141 |     487 |
| Goa                              | 50        | 100       |        97 |        98 |     345 |
| Gujarat                          | 50        | 400       |       797 |      1110 |    2357 |
| Haryana                          | 50        | 297       |       586 |       899 |    1832 |
| Himachal Pradesh                 | 100       | 400       |       733 |       856 |    2089 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                | -         | 134       |       378 |       587 |    1099 |
| Jharkhand                        | 100       | 399       |       644 |       978 |    2121 |
| Karnataka                        | 150       | 500       |       891 |       948 |    2489 |
| Kerala                           | 100       | 302       |       690 |       778 |    1870 |
| Ladakh                           | -         | 96        |        88 |        92 |     276 |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 100       | 493       |       977 |      1172 |    2742 |
| Maharashtra                      | 150       | 496       |      1038 |      1410 |    3094 |
| Manipur                          | 50        | 200       |       271 |       289 |     810 |
| Meghalaya                        | 50        | 200       |       222 |       300 |     772 |
| Mizoram                          | -         | -         |        43 |        90 |     133 |
| Nagaland                         | 50        | 95        |        54 |        23 |     222 |
| Odisha                           | 100       | 400       |       778 |      1067 |    2345 |
| Puducherry                       | -         | 100       |       400 |       400 |     900 |
| Punjab                           | -         | 394       |       683 |      1002 |    2079 |
| Rajasthan                        | 200       | 599       |       967 |      1234 |    3000 |
| Sikkim                           | 50        | 100       |       200 |       154 |     504 |
| Telangana                        | 100       | 299       |       493 |       585 |    1477 |
| Tripura                          | -         | 100       |       213 |       208 |     521 |
| Uttarakhand                      | 150       | 494       |       671 |       788 |    2103 |
| Uttar Pradesh                    | 200       | 797       |      1279 |      1362 |    3638 |
| West Bengal                      | 150       | 399       |       940 |       953 |    2442 |
| Total                            | 2500      | 9969      |     18082 |     21652 |   52203 |

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