Important Facts For Prelims
Lilavati Award-2020
- 20 Nov 2020
- 3 min read
Why in News
Recently, the Union Minister of Education virtually launched the Lilavati Award-2020.
Key Points
- About:
- The award has been named after the 12th century book called “Lilavati”. The book was written by the mathematician Bhaskara II.
- Lilavati was the daughter of Indian Mathematician Bhaskara II.
- It is AICTE's (All India Council for Technical Education) Innovative education program to empower women.
- All the stakeholders (especially the girl students) in AICTE approved institutions would get an opportunity to present a solution to the prevalent issues of gender discrimination, such as illiteracy, unemployment, economic and nutritional disparities, maternal mortality, human rights, etc.
- The award has been named after the 12th century book called “Lilavati”. The book was written by the mathematician Bhaskara II.
- Theme: Women Empowerment
- Objective: To create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition, literacy, employment, technology, credit, marketing, innovation, skill development, natural resources and rights among women.
- Areas Covered: Women's health, self defense, sanitation, literacy, entrepreneurship and legal awareness.
- Benefit: Ensures the participation of women and enables them to hold higher positions in educational institutions.
- Prize: In each sub-category, the top three winners will be awarded with certificates as well as prize money. The first prize winner will get Rs 1 lakh, the second winner will get Rs 75,000 and the third winner will get Rs 50,000.
- Other government initiatives for the welfare of girl child and women:
- Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana: It is a small saving scheme under the Government of India which focuses on encouraging the parents of the female child for building a fund for their future education and marriage expenses.
- Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: The scheme is aimed at promoting gender equality and the significance of educating girls.
- CBSE Udaan: It is aimed at promoting girl education and addressing the issue of lowering of girl enrollment rates in engineering colleges in the nation. It is going to provide a platform for empowerment of girl students and will provide better learning opportunities for them.
- Smart India Hackathon: It is a nationwide initiative to provide students (with a minimum one woman in the team of six) a platform to solve some of the pressing problems of daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem solving.
