{"id":27301,"date":"2020-08-25T06:31:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T06:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=27301"},"modified":"2020-08-25T06:31:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T06:31:19","slug":"private-firms-employ-more-women-in-rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/private-firms-employ-more-women-in-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Private firms employ more women in R&D"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to data in the Science and Technology Indicators (STI), 2018, a periodic compendium of the state of scientific research in India, the private sector research companies of India appear to employ a larger proportion of women in core research and development activities than government-funded major scientific agencies do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of the 20,351 women employed in private R&D companies, 15,011 \u2014 or about three in four \u2014 were involved in \u201cR&D activities\u201d and the rest in \u201cauxiliary or administrative activities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, of the 23,008 women in \u201cmajor scientific agencies\u201d, fewer than half \u2014 or 10,138 \u2014 were in the same \u2018R&D activities\u2019 category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2018 indicators reiterate the historic trend of India\u2019s scientists being overwhelmingly men. For every one of the 15,011 women counted earlier, there are six male scientists in private sector R&D establishments, or about 92,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The STI is prepared by a division of the Department of Science Technology, the National Science and Technology Management Information System, and is based on data provided by a range of scientific establishments across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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