Vigyan Jyoti Programme spreads 100 districts to 33 States/UTs of the country in Phase II

By Annu Priya March 23, 2022

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3305

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2022

VIGYAN JYOTI PROGRAMME

3305. DR. G. RANJITH REDDY
SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA
SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU
SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR

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

(a) whether the Vigyan Jyoti programme is becoming popular among girls day-by-day and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether more than 12,000 girls have been supported under the Vigyan Joyti programme and if so, the details thereof, district and State- wise;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government intends to extend this to Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and Government schools run by the States for better outreach; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY & EARTH SCIENCES

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) Yes Sir. Vigyan Jyoti Programme is becoming popular among girls day-by-day. The programme is being implemented in 100 districts of 33 States/UTs of the country in Phase II. Around 10000 girls of Class IX-XII are enrolled under Vigyan Jyoti in Phase-II. Various kind of activities are being organized in this programme to create curiosity among girls for STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) fields. These activities include counselling of students-parents, career counselling, science camps, tinkering activities, special lectures/classes, visits to Knowledge Partners (KP)/Industry/Lab, interaction with role models, etc. Some special workshops on latest technologies e.g. Cyber Security Workshops and Coding have also been conducted for Vigyan Jyoti Scholars. With these interventions’ girls are now taking more interest in STEM.

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(b) to (d) Yes, more than 12000 girls have been supported under Vigyan Jyoti programme since 2019-20. The programme is operational in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) of 100 districts and supporting meritorious girls from JNVs, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Army Schools and other Government Schools. The detailed list of 100 JNVs and number of girls enrolled district and State-wise is given below:

Sl.No.	State	Districts	Number of Students in Phase-I	Number of Students in Phase-II	Total Number of Students
1.	Andaman & Nicobar (1)	Middle Andaman	–	100	100
2.	Bihar (5)	Katihar	–	100	100
		Muzaffarpur	–	99	99
		Nalanda	50	100	150
		Patna	50	100	150
		Vaishali	50	100	150
3.	Jharkhand (4)	Dhanbad	–	100	100
		Hazaribagh	50	100	150
		Ranchi	50	100	150
		West Singhbhum	–	99	99
4.	Odisha (4)	Khordha	–	100	100
		Sundergarh	–	100	100
		Cuttack	50	100	150
		Sambhalpur	50	100	150
5.	West Bengal (4)	Bardhaman	–	100	100
		East Medinipur	50	100	150
		Nadia-A	50	100	150
		West Medinipur	50	99	149
6.	Dadar and Nagar Haveli & Diu (2)	Silvasa	50	100	150
6.	Dadar and Nagar Haveli & Diu (2)	Diu	–	100	100
7.	Goa (1)	Canacona	50	100	150
8.	Gujarat (4)	Bhavnagar	–	100	100

		Gandhinagar	50	100	150
		Tapi	–	100	100
		Vadodara	–	100	100
9.	Maharashtra (5)	Aurangabad	–	100	100
		Nagpur	50	99	149
		Nanded	–	97	97
		Pune	50	100	150
		Sangli	50	100	150
10.	Chandigarh (1)	Chandigarh	50	100	150
11.	Delhi (1)	Delhi	50	99	149
12.	Haryana (3)	Gurgaon	50	99	149
		Hisar	–	100	100
		Kurukshetra	–	98	98
13.	Himachal Pradesh (4)	Hamirpur	50	100	150
		Mandi	50	100	150
		Shimla	–	100	100
		Solan	–	100	100
14.	Jammu and Kashmir (2)	Ganderbal	–	34	34
14.	Jammu and Kashmir (2)	Udhampur	–	100	100
15.	Laddakh (1)	Leh	–	96	96
16.	Punjab (4)	Amritsar	–	98	98
		Ludhiana	–	99	99
		Mansa	–	100	100
		Faridkot	–	97	97
17.	Rajasthan (6)	Barmer	50	100	150
		Dausa	50	99	149
		Dungarpur	–	100	100
		Jaipur	50	100	150
		Jodhpur	50	100	150
		Kota	–	100	100
18.	Uttarakhand (5)	Almora	50	99	149
		Dehradun	50	100	150
		Haridwar	50	97	147
		Nainital	–	98	98
		Pauri Garhwal	–	100	100
19.	Uttar Pradesh (8)	Allahabad	50	100	150
		Bareily	–	100	100
		Gorakhpur	–	99	99
		Jhansi	–	100	100
		Kanpur Nagar	50	100	150
		Lucknow	50	100	150
		Saharanpur	50	99	149
		Varanasi	–	99	99
20.	Andhra Pradesh (3)	Ananthapur	–	100	100
20.	Andhra Pradesh (3)	Vizag-A	–	98	98

		West Godavary	–	100	100
21.	Karnataka (5)	Bangalore Urban	50	100	150
		Chitradurga	50	100	150
		Mangalore	50	100	150
		Mysore	–	100	100
		Shimoga	–	100	100
22.	Kerala (3)	Ernakulam	–	100	100
		Kottayam	50	100	150
		Palakkad	50	102	152
23.	Puducherry (1)	Puducherry	–	100	100
24.	Telangana (2)	Rangareddy	50	100	150
24.	Telangana (2)	Warangal	50	99	149
25.	Chhattisgarh (4)	Bilaspur	–	100	100
		Raipur	50	99	149
		Dhamtari	50	100	150
		Kanker	–	86	86
26.	Madhya Pradesh (5)	Jabalpur	–	100	100
		Indore	50	100	150
		Mandla	–	100	100
		Dhar	–	100	100
		Vidisha	50	93	143
27.	Arunachal Pradesh (2)	Namsai	–	95	95
27.	Arunachal Pradesh (2)	Lohit	50	–	50
28.	Assam (4)	Kamrup	50	100	150
		Nalbari	50	99	149
		Jorhat	–	100	100
		Golaghat	–	100	100
29.	Manipur (2)	Chandel	–	100	100
29.	Manipur (2)	West Imphal	50	100	150
30.	Meghalaya (2)	Ri Bhoi	–	100	100
30.	Meghalaya (2)	East Khasi Hills	50	100	150
31.	Nagaland (1)	Kohima	50	95	145
32.	Sikkim (1)	North Sikkim	50	100	150
33.	Tripura (1)	Khowai	–	100	100
Total			2500	9869	12369

(e) & (f) Vigyan Jyoti Programme is providing benefits to girl students from different government schools including JNVs, KVs, Army Schools and other Government Schools which would continue in future for better outreach.

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