Dr. Jitendra talked about women with prestigious projects Aditya, Chandrayan title in LS
Women are leading iconic science projects like Aditya L1 Mission, Chandrayan 3 etc., they said that Union Minister of State (Independent Fee) Science and Technology; Moss PMO, personnel, public grievances, pension, nuclear power and space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today. While Nigar Shaji is the head of Aditya L1 Mission as his director, Kalapana is the Associate Director of Kalahasta Chandrayaan 3.
Answering a question -starring question in the Lok Sabha, the minister said, women have started playing the role of leadership in science projects. Chandrayaan -3 and Aditya -L1 are female scientists in major positions including project directors in state -of -the -art space research programs like Solar Mission.
Dr. Jitendra Singh further informed the House that women now form 43% enrollment in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) at higher education level, hoping to play a professional scientific role in the next few years. Are.
In the coming years, this trend will eventually reflect in high female representation in S&T institutions, industry and startups, Dr. Jitendra Singh said.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said, the common feeling is that women in the science fraternity have already developed the role of leadership to the role of leadership.
Assuring the house that there is no gender bias in promotion, he said, the overall representation of women in S&T jobs will soon improve.
“The number of female scientists is still less than men, it is 18.6%to be accurate, up to 25%in R&D projects run by women, but higher education enrollment has increased significantly in the last few years It has happened, this is. It went up to 43%, which means, tomorrow when these girls handle those positions, this proportional number of working scientists will also move forward, ”he said.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said, the intelligent scheme was launched during the tenure of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpey, it was neglected during interim and was extended as intelligent – Kiran (participation of knowledge in research advancement through hell) He planned by PM Modi when he took office. in 2014.
“This government is already giving top priority to increase the role of women in every field. Whenever they have a platform to speak, Prime Minister Modi is repeating it many times.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said, the budget of the wise scheme has jumped thrice from 2014-15. He said that in 2014, it had an outlay of Rs 44 crore, which has now been Rs. 35 crores.
In the last five years and the current year, 2,153 female scientists have benefited under the Wise-Ciran Yojana.
Women in Science and Engineering-Craims (Wise-Craims) are fulfilling their unique objectives of providing opportunities to women scientists and technologists, which had career brakes. The scheme promotes girls, women researchers and women institutions in the field of science and technology (S&T) through various programs.
The Department of Science and Technology launched some new programs under the Wise-Ciran Scheme during 2023-24. A new program ‘Wise Fellowship for PhD. (Wise-FHD) ‘has begun to support women researchers to pursue PhD. In basic and applicable science.
On the other hand, Wise Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Wise-PDF) program promotes female scientists to conduct post-doctoral research in science and engineering. Another program allows women scientists to resolve social challenges through S&T intervention in 5 thematic fields of social relevance. In addition, the irrigation program expands support for senior women scientists to exploit their ability for the betterment of science and society. In addition, intelligent internships provide training to young women in the field of intellectual property rights in intellectual property rights. The purpose of these new programs is to bring gender equality in STEM areas under the Wise-Ciran Scheme.
