Dr Harsh Vardhan launches women helpline for S&T schemes
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12th Mar, 2020
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- An helpline number has been launched for women students, researchers, entrepreneurs and scientists on international women’s day on March 8.
- The Helpline No. 011-2656 5285 would clear doubts cleared related to programs of Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST).
- Now, this Helpline will provide handholding to women scientists in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and will be available during office hours (09:30 am to 05:30 pm) during working days.
- On National Science Day, The President announced three key initiatives for gender advancement and equality in academic and research.
- These three initiatives are Vigyan Jyoti, Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions (GATI) and an online portal for science and technology resources for women.
- Vigyan Jyoti is an initiative that will create a level-playing field for meritorious girls in high school to pursue STEM subjects in their higher education.
- The second initiative, GATI, will develop a comprehensive charter and a framework for assessing gender inequality in STEM.
- The theme of this year’s National Science Day was ‘Women in Science’.
