{"id":9618,"date":"2020-10-10T13:52:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T08:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/?p=9618"},"modified":"2020-10-10T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T08:28:15","slug":"stem-careers-for-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalcreed.in\/stem-careers-for-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"DST, IBM to Build STEM Career Opportunities for Girl Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0Department of\u00a0Science & Technology<\/a> (DST) and IBM India<\/a> today announced two collaborations, both aimed at promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning among students and to inspire them towards STEM careers. The first collaboration involves the DST\u2019s Vigyan Jyoti programme, which aims at creating a level-playing field for meritorious girls from grade 9 to 12 to pursue STEM in their higher education. The second collaboration is with Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organization of DST, which will build and run \u2018Engage With Science\u2019 \u2013 a technology-driven interactivity platform, which shall work in tandem with the India Science OTT channel. Engage With Science will aim at creating excitement and involvement among school students through tools like gamification and help increase consumption of science and technology content from India Science and make STEM look aspirational for their future careers.<\/p>\n The Vigyan Jyoti programme\u00a0was launched by DST in 2019 to inspire girl students to pursue higher education and career in STEM fields. The program provides a scholarship, visit to nearby scientific institutions, science camps, lectures from eminent women scientists and career counselling.\u00a0\u00a0 The program is\u00a0currently implemented by Jawahar Navodaya Vidalaya (JNV) in 58 districts with participation of about 2900 students.\u00a0 The partnership with IBM India will strengthen the current activities and expanded to include more schools in future. Furthermore, the women tech experts working at IBM India will also interact and be a role model for inspiring girl students to plan for a career in STEM under the program. This will strengthen the Department of Science and Technology\u2019s initiative to increase the number of women in technology fields.<\/p>\n