The Vigyan Jyoti Programme was launched by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology in the year 2019-20 at the school level for female students.
It aims to address the underrepresentation of women in different fields of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the country and encourage them to pursue a career in STEM up to PhD level. For this initiative, the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), an autonomous organization of the Ministry of Education, is the implementation partner and IISER Berhampur is one of the knowledge partners of Vigyan Jyoti program. Various events were organized at IISER Berhampur to motivate female students on Oct 18, 2023. During events, Prof. Vishwas Chavan, Dean of Research and Development, and other scientific staff were present and interacted with students. During this event, students visited the science labs and received experimental knowledge of instruments.