Principal Scientific Advisor Professor Ajay Kumar Sood on 11 February 2024 launched ‘Science for Women-A Technology and Innovation (SWATI) Portal in New Delhi’s Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
Key Points
- The database of the SWATI Portal will serve in policy-making to address the challenges of Gender-gap.
- The Portal is a complete interactive database and the first of its kind in India which is developed, hosted, and maintained by the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi.
- The portal aims at creating a single online portal representing Indian Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM).
- SWATI Portal looks to scale up the effort to include each and every Indian woman in science, across all career stages and subjects, spanning both Academia and the Industry enabling reliable and statistically significant long-term research.
