The volume of this edited book is to shed light on the major catastrophes that outbreak in the education, health, and other underprivileged sectors of India's socio-economic landscape during and post-COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has unleashed unprecedented economic and social hardship around the world. The abrupt and extremely harsh response to COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated social and economic deprivations and inequalities in India. COVID-19 crisis and the