
Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology

Dr. Nisha Mendiratta
Head & Advisor WISE-KIRAN Division, Department of Science and Technology

Dr. Vandana Singh
Scientist - F
Department of Science & Technology,
Ministry of Science & Technology,
Technology Bhawan,

Sh. Vinayak Garg
IRSEE, Commissioner, NVS

Dr. D.K. Modi
Senior Consultant, Vigyan Jyoti Program

Sh. T. Gopalakrishna
Deputy Commissioner, Project Coordinator, Vigyan Jyoti

Dr. Minu Singh
Project Scientist

Ms. Jaya Sharma
Project Associate

Ms. SanzidaTasmin Ali
Project Associate

Ms. Ilakshi Singh
Project Associate

Ms. Neha Girdhar
Principal Project Associate

Ms. Himabindu Chelle
Project Associate

Mr. Dinesh Suthar
Project Associate

Ms. Meenu Sharma
Project Associate

Ms. Yamini Sharma
Project Associate
Region Wise Nodal Officers
S. No. | Location | Name | Designation |
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1 | Bhopal | Ms. Geetika Sharma | Assistant Commissioner |
2 | Chandigarh | Ms. Santosh Sharma | Assistant Commissioner |
3 | Hyderabad | Mr. Abhijit Bera | Assistant Commissioner |
4 | Jaipur | Ms. Sunita Sharma | Assistant Commissioner |
5 | Lucknow | Ms. Archna | Assistant Commissioner |
6 | Patna | Mr. S.N Pathak | Assistant Commissioner |
7 | Pune | Ms. Mary P. Mani | Assistant Commissioner |
8 | Shillong | Mr. Sanjay Jha | Assistant Commissioner |
Principals at Knowledge Centre
S. No | Name of Principal | School |
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1 | Mr. Ramraj Singh | Cuttack |
2 | Mr. Manoj Kumar Vidyarthi | Dhamtari |
3 | Mr. Om Prakash Sharma | Indore |
4 | Mr. Subhash Mahobia | Raipur |
5 | Mr. Sudhanshu Kumar Dash | Sambalpur |
6 | Dr Arun Kumar Tiwari | Vidisha |
7 | Mrs. Jayanthi P Gopal | Kanker |
8 | Ms. P R Shankari | Bilaspur |
9 | Dr.S.N Mishra (I/C) | Jabalpur |
10 | Mr. Nand Kishor Lanjewar | Mandla |
11 | Mr. P Narasimha Rao | Khurda |
12 | Mr. Tapas Kumar Chattopadhyay | Sundergarh |
13 | Mr. Nigam | Dhar |
14 | Mr.R. K. Kustwar | Bastar |
15 | Mrs. Pushpa Singh | Dewas |
16 | Ms. Pratima Mishra | Dhenkanal |
17 | Dr. Sanjay Kumar | Durg |
18 | Ms. Kabita Kar | Ganjam |
19 | Ms. Vandana Kulshreshtha | Gwalior |
20 | Mr. Prabhakar Jha | Kabirdham |
21 | Mr. Chintamani Dwibedy | Kalahandi |
22 | Mr. R.K Shejwar | Katni |
23 | Mr. S.T.Rahman | Naygarh |
24 | Ms. Anuradha Sharma (I/C) | Raigarh |
25 | Mr. Yogendra Singh Bhadauria | Sagar |
26 | Ms. Kiran Mhaske | Ujjain-I |
27 | Ms. Jyoti Singh | Bhopal |
28 | Ms. Vidya Sharad Joshi | Chhindwara |
29 | Mr. Girish Kumar Saxena | Rajgarh |
30 | Mr. Roopendra Singh | Rajnandgaon |
31 | Mr. Prashant G Rahate | Mahasammund |
32 | Mr Raju Dubey(I/C) | Korea |
33 | Ms. X Christiana | Balasore |
34 | Mr. C Sivarasm ( I/C) | Malkangiri-I |
35 | Mr. Nrusingha Charan Kar | Puri |
36 | Mr. Jintender Bhakoo | Ludhiana |
37 | Mr. Arvinder Singh Bhullar | Chandigarh |
38 | Ms. Nishi Goel | Hamirpur |
39 | Mr. Suresh Kumar Behrot | Leh |
40 | Mr. S.D. Sharma | Mandi |
41 | Mr. Paramjit Singh | Amritsar |
42 | Mr. Ramesh | Mansa |
43 | Ms. Rashmi Singh | Faridkot |
44 | Mr. Ajeet Pratap Singh | Udhampur |
45 | Mr. Karan Singh | Ganderbal |
46 | Mr. K K Yadav | Solan |
47 | Mr. N.K. Shamkuwar | Shimla |
48 | Ms. Sharda | Bhatinda |
49 | Mr. Dharam Paul Sharma | Doda |
50 | Mr. Surya Prakash | Jalandhar |
51 | Mr. S.K. Bhat | Jammu-I |
52 | Ms. Renu Sharma | Kangra |
53 | Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma | Kapurthala |
54 | Mr. Yogesh Kumar | Kinnaur |
55 | Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma | Kullu |
56 | Mr. Satya Prakash | Samba |
57 | Mrs. Vimal Rathour | Una |
58 | Mr. Ravinder Kumar | S.B.S Nagar |
59 | Mr. Surender Kumar Tiwari | Sirmour |
60 | Ms. Usha Chaoudhary (I/C) | Kupwara |
61 | Ms. Sangeeta Shonik ( I/C) | Reasi |
62 | Mr. Harihar Nath Pandey | Rajouri |
63 | Mr.Rakesh Kumar Meena | Moga |
64 | Mr. Sandeep Kumar | Pathankot |
65 | Mr. Rambir Singh | Taran-Taaran |
66 | Mr. S Kannan | Bangalore Urban |
67 | Mr. V Ramanathan | Chitradurga |
68 | Mr. C.Ramakrishna | Kottayam |
69 | Ms. C.V.Prameela | Palakkad |
70 | Mr. R Daniel Retnakumar | Rangareddy |
71 | Mr. P Rajesh | South Canara |
72 | Ms. B Poornima | Warangal |
73 | Mr.P.Kannadasan | Puducherry |
74 | Mr. M Nagaraju | Ananthapur |
75 | Mr. Y S S Chandra Sekhar | West Godavary |
76 | Ms. Valliamai | Shimoga |
77 | Mr. Madusoodanan J | Mysore |
78 | Ms. R Stella Hebzi Bai | Ernakulum |
79 | Smti Jolly Vincent | Middle Andaman |
80 | Mr. K. Sanjay | Vishakapatnam |
81 | Mr. B. Chakrapani | Adilabad |
82 | Ms. Razia Beebi T A | Alleppey |
83 | Sri . Sudesh G Malajure | Bellary |
84 | Mr. R. Premkumar | Chikkamagaluru |
85 | Mrs. E.Padmavathi(I/C) | Chittoor |
86 | Ms. Hemalatha U | Dharwad |
87 | Mr. K Ramireddy | East Godavari 1 |
88 | Mr. K Parthiban | Hassan Kar |
89 | Mr. S J Annassery | Idukki |
90 | Mr. Nandkumar R G | Karaikal |
91 | Ms. P. Mangathayaru | Karimnagar |
92 | Mr. K M Vijayakrishnan | Kasaragod |
93 | Mr.Chandiran (I/C) | Kurnool |
94 | Dr. Ranthnakarn K.O. | Mahe |
95 | Ms. P.A.S Swarnalatha | Nalgonda |
96 | Mr. Parasuramayyah | Srikakulam |
97 | Ms. L Meena Kumari | Tiruvananthpuram |
98 | Mr. T.V.S.Prakash Rao | Yanam |
99 | Mr. N Narasimha Rao | Guntur |
100 | Ms. M Geetha | Kadapa |
101 | Ms. V Shanthi | Bijapur |
102 | Mrs. Vijaya | Davangree |
103 | Ms. Jitha K Nair | Kollam |
104 | Mr.Sreejithbabu Nayana | Wynad |
105 | Mr.Pulipati Bhaskara Kumar | Mahaboob Nagar |
106 | Mr. Andra Chandrababu | Khammam |
107 | Mr. S Ganapathi | Nizamabad |
108 | Ms.Archana Singh | Barmer |
109 | Ms. Samita Choubey | Dausa |
110 | Mr. Radha Krishan Panwar | Gurugram |
111 | Mr. M.K. Thakur | Jaffarpurkalan |
112 | Mr. Ajay Kumar Agarwal | Jaipur |
113 | Mr. Dinesh Kumar Gupta | Dungarpur |
114 | Ms.Mamta Mundra | Jodhpur |
115 | Mr. Manoj Bhatnagar | Hisar |
116 | Ms. Gurpreet Kaur | Kurukshetra |
117 | Mr. Ramkesh Meena | Kota |
118 | Mr. Giriraj Rewar | Ajmer |
119 | Mr. Krishna Kant Joshi | Alwar |
120 | Mr. Sanjay Kumar Yadav | Jhunjhunu |
121 | Mr. Jasram Singh Yadav | Karnal |
122 | Mr. Rajeev Kumar Saxena | Mohendergarh |
123 | Mr. Surjeet Singh | Mungeshpur |
124 | Mr. Rajesh Gupta | Rohtak |
125 | Dr. Mahboob Ali | Udaipur |
126 | Mr. Shanti Lal | Banswara-I |
127 | Mr.Satyendra Gupta | Bhilwara |
128 | Dr. R K Rawal | Chittorgarh |
129 | Mr. Devendra Kumar Singh | Faridabad |
130 | Mr. Dhani Ram Sharma | Jind |
131 | Ms. Anurag Sonar | Sonepat |
132 | Ms. Sudha Sethi | Allahabad |
133 | Mr. D.S Rawat | Almora |
134 | Ms. Anjula Tamta | Dehradun |
135 | Mr.Mahender Singh | Haridwar |
136 | Dr. Manoj Kumar Jain | Kanpur Nagar |
137 | Ms. Sadhna Shukla | Lucknow |
138 | Mr. Rajkumar | Saharanpur |
139 | Sh.P.K.Singh | Varanasi |
140 | Dr. Archana Mishra | Bareilly |
141 | Mr. Suresh Chandra | Gorakhpur |
142 | Mr. Keshav Dev | Jhansi |
143 | Mr. P.C Upadhyay | Nainital |
144 | Dr. Y P Singh | Pauri Garhwal |
145 | Mr.Akhil Upadhyay | Agra |
146 | Mr. Omvir Singh | Aligarh |
147 | Mr. P K Shukla | Basti |
148 | Mr. Sanjay Shukla | Champawat |
149 | Mr. Pramod Kumar Shukla | Hardoi |
150 | Ms. Sumalata Yadav | Muzaffarnagar |
151 | Mr. Chandan Bagish | Rae Bareily |
152 | Mrs. Kanchan Joshi | Udham Singh Nagar |
153 | Mr.Dushyant Kumar Singh | Bagpat |
154 | Mr. Alok Tripathi | Chitrakoot |
155 | Mr.Krishna Kumar Mishra | Faizabad |
156 | Mr. Pradeep Mishra | Pithoragarh |
157 | Mr. Amrish Chauhan | Uttarkashi |
158 | Dr. P. K. Thakur | Darbhanga |
159 | Mr. Mudit Saxena | East Medinipur |
160 | Mr. V.K. Pandey | Hazaribagh |
161 | Mrs. Mausumi Nag | Nadia |
162 | Mr. Ashutosh Kumar | Nalanda |
163 | Mr. Jitendra Kumar | Patna |
164 | Dr. Aditya Kumar Jha | Ranchi |
165 | Dr. C Roy | Vaishali |
166 | Mrs. Shobhna Ghosh | West Medinipur |
167 | Dr. Brajesh Kumar | Katihar |
168 | Mr. Sachit Kumar | Muzaffarpur |
169 | Mr. C. K. Thakur | Dhanbad |
170 | Mr. Jayanta Kumar Mahapatra | Bardhman |
171 | Ms. J.K. Mala | West Singhbhum |
172 | Mr. Md. Sakir | Alipurduar |
173 | Mr. Roshan lal | Bhagalpur |
174 | Mr. Bedanta Kumar Mahanti | Birbhum |
175 | Mr. Bipin Kumar | Bokaro |
176 | Mr. Enos Kirketta | Dumka |
177 | Dr. Janardan Singh | E.Singhbhum |
178 | Mr. Kaushal Kumar | Godda |
179 | Mr. Sudhakar Shukla | Gopalganj |
180 | Mr. Pradeep Kumar Shukla | Gumla |
181 | Mr. Manoj Kulshreshtha | Hoogli |
182 | Mr. Tapan Kumar Mistri | Murshidabad |
183 | Ms.Alo Acharyajee (I/C) | North 24 Paraganas |
184 | Mr.Rajan Kumar | Purulia |
185 | Dr. Ravindra Jha | Buxar |
186 | Mr. Santosh M Sheogokar | Bankura |
187 | Mr. S Thiyagarajan | East Champaran |
188 | Ms. Sadhana Shukla | Deoghar |
189 | Ms. Mahua Guha Roy | Koderma |
190 | Mr.P.R.Bera | Gandhinagar |
191 | Dr. Zareena Qureshi | Nagpur |
192 | Mr. B.R.Khedkar | Pune |
193 | Mr. Kushwah V/P | Silvasa |
194 | Mr. Animesh Pal | South Goa |
195 | Mr. Sunil Kumar Nallath | Sangli |
196 | Mr. Sitaram Meena | Bhavnagar |
197 | Mr. S. K. Damar | Vadodara |
198 | Mr. A.M.Chawre (I/C) | Tapi |
199 | Mr.S.G.Mandle | Nanded |
200 | Mr. Pankaj O. Deshmukh | Aurangabad |
201 | Mrs.Sunita D. Sakhare | Diu |
202 | Mr.R.R.Kasar | Jalgaon |
203 | Mr. S.V. Bobhate (I/C) | Jamnagar |
204 | Mr. D. Ravi Damodar | Kolhapur |
205 | Mr. Narayan Singh (I/C) | Kutch |
206 | Mr. G Ramesh Rao | Latur |
207 | Mr. Mala Ram | Mehsana |
208 | Mr. S. D. Lokhande | Parbhani |
209 | Mr. R. L. Kumawat | Porbander |
210 | Mr. J. K. Gondaliya | Rajkot |
211 | Mr. S.C.Kothadi | Sholapur |
212 | Ms. Usha P. Dhargawe (I/C) | Surendranagar |
213 | Mr. K.D. Dhopte | Yavatmal |
214 | Mr. Vijaykumar S Bhos | Amreli |
215 | Mr.N S Rane | Dangs |
216 | Mr. S Kannan | Panchmahal |
217 | Ms. Satyapriya Chandel (I/C) | Dahod-I |
218 | Mr. C K Saseedran | Amravati |
219 | Mr. R Nagabhushanam | Beed |
220 | Mr. M Nageswara Rao | Gadchiroli |
221 | Mr. S Basvaraj | Ratnagiri |
222 | Mr. C H Dineshan | East Khasi Hills |
223 | Mr. Ellore Golmei | Imphal West |
224 | Mr. M. G Aravindakshan | Kamrup |
225 | Mr. TH. Premkumar Remkumar Singh | Kohima |
226 | Mr.Kailsah Prasad Meena | Lohit |
227 | Mr. Ajeet Kumar | Nalbari |
228 | Mrs. Shilpa Herald Harry | North Sikkim |
229 | Mr. Shanti Lal Teli | Jorhat |
230 | Mr. Amarson Sankhil | Chandel |
231 | Mr. Dipak Kumar Paul | Khowai |
232 | Mr. S.C.Ramchiary | Ri Bhoi |
233 | Mr. Jung Bahadur | Golaghat |
234 | Mr. Abdul Aziz | Cachar |
235 | Mr. Dasi Rajender | Changlang |
236 | Mr. Anjani Kumar | Churachandpur |
237 | Ms. Suman Katiyar | Dhalai |
238 | Mr. Jitendra Patel | Dibrugarh |
239 | Dr. M. Nandgopal | East Imphal |
240 | Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh | East Sikkim |
241 | Mr. Mintu Chakraborty | Goalpara |
242 | Mr. Kartik Chandra Baishya | Gomati tripura |
243 | Ms. V V Soudamini | Morigaon |
244 | Ms. Abha Shukla | Nagaon |
245 | Mr. Parveena Sulthana (I/C) | Sibasagar |
246 | Mr. Pradeep Kumar | Serchip |
247 | Ms. Manju Choudhary (I/C) | South West Garo Hills |
248 | Mr. T.P. Praveen Kumar | Tawang |
249 | Mr. Uttam Dey (I/C) | Tinsukia |
250 | Mr. Bhagat Singh | West Siang |
Knowledge Partners - Knowledge Centre Mapping
Institutions of National Importance, Research Institutions and Universities are acting as Knowledge Partners (KPs) for Vigyan Jyoti Knowledge Centres (JNVs). Each Vigyan Jyoti Knowledge Centre is connected with at least one Knowledge Partner for handholding. These KPs are providing continuous mentoring to Vigyan Jyoti Scholars. Several IITs, IISERs, NITs, Labs of CSIR, DST, DBT, ICMR, ICAR, Central and State Universities are partnering to accelerate the DST’s mission to bring gender parity in underrepresented areas of STEM through Vigyan Jyoti.S. No. | Knowledge Partner | Nodal Officer | Knowledge Centre |
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1 | ORDC, Senapati, Manipur | Dr. Kangjam Tilotama Devi, Scientist in-charge, ORDC, Hengbung, Manipur | Cachar, West Imphal, East Imphal |
2 | IIIT Bhagalpur | Dr. Dheeraj Kr. SinhaAssistant Professor, Dept. of ECE and Associate Dean, Student Welfare, IIIT Bhagalpur | Katihar, Bhagalpur |
3 | IIT Bhilai | Dr. Md. Mehboob Alam, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Bhilai | Raipur, Dhamtari, Durg |
4 | IIT Delhi | Prof. Nikhil Balaji, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Delhi | Delhi |
5 | ICAR-Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh | Dr. Rinku Dey, Principal Scientist, ICAR-DGR, Junagadh | Porbander |
6 | IIIT Una | Dr Gupreet Kaur, Faculty, SoE, IIIT Una | Una |
7 | MANIT Bhopal | Dr. Namita Srivastava, Professor, Department of Mathematics, MANIT, Bhopal | Vidisha, Katni |
8 | Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur | Dr MP Dubey, Dean, COA, Khurai | Sagar |
9 | IIT Bhubaneswar | Dr. Seema Bahinipati, Associate Professor, School of Basic Sciences, IIT Bhubaneshwar |
Khordha, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh |
10 | Sambhalpur University, Burla | Prof. Bidhu Bhusan Mishra, Vice Chancellor, Sambhalpur University | Sambhalpur |
11 | Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology(GSSUT), Burla | Sambhalpur | |
12 | IISER Brahmapur | Dr Pranat Jain, Department of Physics and Dr Balaram Mohapatra, Department of Chemistry, IISER Brahmapur | Ganjam |
13 | NIT Jalandhar | Dr Neha Sardana, Assistant Professor, NIT Jalandhar | Jalandhar, Kapurthala |
14 | Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani | Sh. Pramod Tanwar, Head PME, CEERI, Pilani | Jhunjhunu |
15 | ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner | Dr. Anita Meena, ICAR- Central Institute For Arid Horticulture, Bikaner, Rajasthan | Jhunjhunu |
16 | ICAR-National Research Centre on Orchids | Dr Suman Natta, Scientist, Plant Biochemistry, ICAR-NRCO, Pakyong-737106, East Sikkim | East Sikkim |
17 | Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Amethi | Dr Ankur Pandey, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Amethi | Rae Bareli |
18 | NIPER Rae Bareli | Dr. Sapana Kushwaha, Asst. Professor at NIPER Raebareli | Rae Bareli |
IBM

Mr. Manoj Balachandran
Head-CSR, IBM India & South Asia

Ms. Jasbir Kaur
STEM for Girls Lead, IBM India
AIF

Ms. Sanyukta Chaturvedi
Director, Digital Equalizer, American India Foundation
Edunet Foundation

Prithvi Mahabaleshwara
Program Manager