Question : Vigyan Jyoti Programme

(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;

(c) whether this programme is limited to only Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs);

(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?

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

(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
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
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
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
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
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
West Imphal	50	100	150
30.	Meghalaya (2)	Ri Bhoi	-	100	100
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