Lok Sabha Question No. 5309 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Vigyan Jyoti Programme
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5309 ANSWERED ON 25/03/2026

## VIGYAN JYOTI PROGRAMME

- †5309.  DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN:

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

- (a)
- the specific aims and objectives of the Vigyan Jyoti Programme;
- (b) whether the Vigyan Jyoti Programme has been implemented in any district  of  Uttar  Pradesh  including  the  district  of  Baghpat  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) the  district-wise  total  number  of  girl  students  covered  under  this programme in the identified districts of Uttar Pradesh including Baghpat;
- (d) the details of the facilities and benefits being provided to these girl students under the said scheme, district-wise; and
- (e) the total  budgetary  allocation  sanctioned  for  the  Vigyan  Jyoti Programmme in the State of Uttar Pradesh and the mechanism established
- for its distribution?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The aim of the Vigyan Jyoti Programme is to promote gender parity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and its objectives are as given below:
-  To encourage and inspire girl students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
-  To enhance the participation of girls, particularly from underrepresented  regions,  and  promote  gender  equality  in  STEM fields.
-  To provide students with exposure to diverse scientific and technological career opportunities.
-  To foster interest in science through hands-on learning and experiential activities.
-  To impart knowledge in collaboration with Knowledge Partners.
-  To  build  a  supportive  and  enabling  ecosystem  that  nurtures  girl's academic growth from school through higher education.
- (b) to (c): The  Vigyan  Jyoti  Programme  has  been  implemented  in  26 districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  district-wise  total  number  of  girl  students covered under this programme including the Baghpat district is given below:

|   S. No. | District of Uttar Pradesh   |   Total number of girl students covered |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Agra                        |                                     400 |
|        2 | Aligarh                     |                                     350 |
|        3 | Amethi                      |                                     200 |
|        4 | Ayodhya                     |                                     300 |
|        5 | Baghpat                     |                                     244 |
|        6 | Bareilly                    |                                     500 |
|        7 | Basti                       |                                     300 |
|        8 | Bulandshahr                 |                                     199 |
|        9 | Chitrakoot                  |                                     299 |
|       10 | Farrukhabad                 |                                     177 |
|       11 | Ghazipur                    |                                     200 |
|       12 | Gonda                       |                                     199 |
|       13 | Gorakhpur                   |                                     502 |
|       14 | Hardoi                      |                                     402 |
|       15 | Jaunpur                     |                                     200 |
|       16 | Jhansi                      |                                     500 |
|       17 | Kanpur Nagar                |                                     548 |
|       18 | Kushinagar                  |                                     200 |
|       19 | Lalitpur                    |                                     200 |
|       20 | Lucknow                     |                                     552 |
|       21 | Muzaffarnagar               |                                     399 |
|       22 | Prayagraj                   |                                     547 |
|       23 | Raebareli                   |                                     288 |
|       24 | Saharanpur                  |                                     549 |
|       25 | Sitapur-I                   |                                     197 |
|       26 | Varanasi                    |                                     493 |

(d) The facilities and benefits provided to girl students under the Vigyan Jyoti  Programme,  district-wise,  include  a  range  of  targeted  interventions aimed at fostering a STEM-oriented mindset. These comprise student-parent counselling, exposure visits to research laboratories and premier educational  and  technological  institutions  such  as  IITs,  NITs,  and  AIIMS, interactions with role models and young innovators, organization of science camps,  provision  of  academic  support  classes,  distribution  of  resource materials, and activities related to coding and tinkering.

(e) The Department of Science & Technology sanctions/allocates funds to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), an implementation partner which further allocates funds to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) Knowledge Centres (KCs).  The  total  budgetary  allocation  sanctioned  for  the  state  of  Uttar Pradesh amounts to Rs. 1682.25 Lakh.

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