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There are 56,747 women scientists directly engaged in R&D activities out of total 3.42 lakh R&D personnel at various establishments, he said
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The percentage of women in research and development (R&D) is 16.6 per cent among the total number of scientists working in science and technology organisations, said union minister of state, Dr Jitendra Singh.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha Singh said, according to the latest report on ‘Research and Development Statistics’ of National Science and Technology Management Information System (NSTMIS), Department of Science and Technology, there are 56,747 women scientists directly engaged in R&D activities out of total 3.42 lakh R&D personnel at various establishments.
The total number of women working in the institutions of the Ministry of Science and Technology is; 162 in the DST, 1477 in the department of biotechnology and 1875 women in the council of scientific and industrial research.