India Higher Education Report 2022: Women in Higher Education

This book studies the various dimensions of gender inequality that persist in higher education and employment in India.

N.V. Varghese is Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, India, and the Founding Director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE) at NIEPA. Formerly, he was Head, Governance and Management of Education at the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP/UNESCO), Paris. He has been a member of several International Boards/Committees and editorial Boards of Journals. N.V. Varghese is the Chief Editor of the Journal for Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA) NIEPA. He has directed several national and international research projects, has carried out research projects in several countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and CIS regions and published several books and articles.

Nidhi S. Sabharwal is currently Associate Professor at the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE), National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, India. She has previously been the In-charge of CPRHE/NIEPA. She has also previously served as the Director at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi. She has studied inter-group inequalities across human development indicators, focusing on the role of caste and gender-based discrimination in the market and non-market institutions. Her current research focuses on college readiness, student diversity, student success, gender and equity in higher education.