Why in News?
CSIR organised ASPIRE-SHAKTI: Celebrating Women in STEM at its headquarters and released the ASPIRE-SHAKTI Compendium, highlighting the achievements of women researchers.
Key Highlights
- CSIR: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
- DSIR: Department of Scientific & Industrial Research
- STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
- CSIR-ASPIRE was launched on International Women’s Day 2023 to support women scientists as independent Principal Investigators (PIs).
- Out of 2,878 proposals from 969 institutions, 301 women researchers were selected (~10% selection rate).
- Research outcomes include:
- 253+ SCI-indexed publications
- 15+ patent filings
- 20+ international conference presentations
- Training of 300+ research fellows.
- Next phase will focus on:
- Commercialisation of innovations
- Industry and startup linkages
- Technology translation
- Greater participation from the North-East, Ladakh, and Tier-2/Tier-3 institutions.
About CSIR-ASPIRE
- ASPIRE: A Special Call for Research Grants for Women Scientists
- Implemented by CSIR-Human Resource Development Group (CSIR-HRDG).
- Supports women researchers across Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Engineering Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Sciences.
- Aims to promote women-led research, innovation, and scientific leadership.
[2018] Consider the following statements :
Human capital formation as a concept is better explained in terms of a process which enables
1. individuals of a country to accumulate more capital.
2. increasing the knowledge, skill levels and capacities of the people of the country.
3. accumulation of tangible wealth.
4. accumulation of intangible wealth.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] 1 and 2
[B] 2 only
[C] 2 and 4
[D] 1, 3 and 4