New Delhi: Till date, the Government has dispensed Rs 205 crore as scholarships for women scientists. The maximum number of scholarships was given for life sciences at 820, followed by self-employment in intellectual property rights at 310, and for development of rural technology at 300, an official release said.
The scholarships were given under the Women Scientists Scholarship Scheme (WSSS), Ministry of Science and Technology.
Among the other subjects for which scholarships were given to women are biotechnology (60), earth & atmospheric sciences (92), engineering sciences (176), physical & mathematical sciences (199), and chemical sciences (221).
Out of all the women fellowship awardees, about 35 per cent were able to get positions in sectors such as R&D institutions, colleges, universities and the public sector, the S&T Ministry said.
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