Women education in India evolves through the ages – ancient to modern. Despite the varied attempts, the statistics for women's education leaves a lot to be desired. This book covers various issues related to women education – developmental discourse, gender equality through curriculum transaction, women empowerment, and leadership of women in nation building, women participation in science and research, role of Indian thinkers in promoting women education, women leadership in higher legal education etc. With its wide coverage, in-depth narration and reader’s friendly presentation, it should be a highly beneficial reference tool for education administrators, policy makers, teachers and students of education and women studies and stake holders in the subject. It has also essentials of serving the curricular needs of the students at UG and PG levels in Education under CBCS spread over the country. Contents: Preface. 1. Women Education: Meaning, Nature, Scope and Necessities/Ajit Mondal. 2. Women Education through the Ages: Vedic, Brahmanic and Medieval Periods/Shampa Sarkar and Sourav Kumar Roy. 3. Women Education in India since Independence: A Policy Discourse in Retrospect and Prospect/Ajit Mondal. 4. Universalisation of Elementary Education (UEE) for Girls/Md. Nijairul Islam. 5. Universalisation of Secondary Education (USE) for Girls/ Neeti Dutta. 6. Women Education and Development in Indian Context/Madhumita Bandyopadhyay, Vaishali and Meenakshi Khandary. 7. Gender Equality and Higher Education in India/Binayak Chanda. 8. Gender Equality through Curriculum and Its Transaction/Abhishek Kumar Srivastava. 9. Rise of Women in Higher Education in India/Bharti Prakash and Shikha Mathur. 10. Women in Science Education and Research/Neeru Snehi. 11. Education A Catalyst for Women Empowerment/ Haseen Taj and Nandini N. 12. Role of Indian Thinkers in Promoting Women Education:(With Special Reference to Raja Rammohun Roy and Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar)/Sakti Mandal and Sayantan Mandal. 13. Promoting Women Education in India: Role of Raja Rammohun Roy/Arindam Bhattacharyya. 14. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: A Pioneer of Women Empowerment/Ujjwal Kumar Halder. 15. Women Education and the Covid-19 Pandemic/Anup Baugh. 16. Women Leadership and Higher Legal Education/Sonia B Nagarale.