Vigyan Jyoti Programme

The Vigyan Jyoti programme was extended to 100 districts in its 2nd phase. The Vigyan Jyoti Programme was launched by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology.

It aims to address the underrepresentation of women in different fields of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the country..

As a first step, the “Vigyan Jyoti” has been introduced in the year 2019-20 at the school level wherein meritorious girl students of Class 9-12 are being encouraged to pursue higher education and career in STEM field.

The Vigyan Jyoti envisaged hand-holding and interventions right from the school level i.e., Class IX and which will continue till the PhD level to encourage girls to pursue a career in underrepresented areas of STEM.

The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), an autonomous organisation of the Ministry of Education, is the implementation partner of Vigyan Jyoti.

NVS has a network of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in more than 600 districts of India.