Ministries: Department of Science & Technology (DST) Eligibil | Prelims Specific Notes for IAS/clevernotes

Ministries: Department of Science & Technology (DST)

Eligibility: The Programme 'Vigyan Jyoti' aims to tap 100 girl students from grades 9 to 12 in 550 districts from 2020-2025.

The students will be chosen based on their percentile.

Engage with Science

In the other collaboration launched alongside, IBM will work with Vigyan Prasar – an autonomous body under the DST to help India’s science popularization agenda through several strategic initiatives, including ‘Engage with Science’.

This is an interactive platform that will be built on top of the India Science Over-The-Top (OTT) platform to encourage and inspire high school students to pursue Science & Technology (S&T) for a career.

Now can you solve the following potential UPSC IAS Prelims MCQ with the above knowledge?

Q. Which of the following ae among the initiatives of the Department of Science & Technology (DST) to boost women’s career in STEM fields?

1. GATI

2. CURIE

3. Nai Udaan

4. WISTEMM

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A) 1, 2 and 3 only

B) 2, 3 and 4 only

C) 1, 3 and 4 only

D) 1, 2 and 4 only

Now, even if you have not started your preparation for UPSC IAS yet, can you solve the following Mains question or at least you can surely attempt it…

Q. Despite the existence of a number of schemes to increase the presence of women in the field of science and technology their numbers are lower than expected. Discuss in detail the causes and also suggest solutions to improve them. (250 words)

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