Education in India: Policy and Practice presents trends in shifting education policies in independent India and how the State, academia and civil society reacted to the changing priorities during the last 50 years. The 20 chapters, authored by eminent scholars and experts, provide valuable insights into complex policy issues at the grassroots as well as macro levels. The book discusses major challenges and concerns such as growth and inequalities, education of women, quality of higher education and research, and making policy reforms for the transformation of the system in such a way that it helps in broader social transformation. The issues analyzed have also been taken up in the editor’s introductions, which provide a perspective on their wider social, political and economic implications in detail. This volume is an important reference tool for grappling with the challenges of the new National Education Policy 2020. The series ‘Social Change in Contemporary India’ brings together key texts published in the prestigious journal Social Change, from 1971 till present times. These writings, most of which are considered canonical, address important issues in health, education, poverty and agriculture with special focus on disadvantaged groups. These writings will help readers identify key points in the history of policymaking in India and major discourses and debates and their impact. Contents: About the Series Foreword by Manoranjan Mohanty Introduction: Education in the Troubled Decades PART I Education Challenges Introduction V. K. R. V. Rao The Challenge Malcolm S. Adiseshiah Literacy in the Third World Rajiv Balakrishnan Adult Education in India: Policy and Perspectives J. P. Singh The State of Education in Rural India: Problems and Prospects Muchkund Dubey The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009: The Story of a Missed Opportunity Rounaq Jahan Universalization of Secondary Education Vidhya Das Education Beyond Classrooms D. P. Nayar Overall Educational Planning in India: Retrospect and Prospect PART II Education of Women and Social Change Introduction M. C. Paul Colonialism and Women’s Education in India Muriel Wasi Educating India’s Women for Social Change Karuna Chanana Policy Discourse and Exclusion-Inclusion of Women in Higher Education in India PART III Higher Education and Research Introduction Moonis Raza Crisis in Higher Education in India Subramanian Swamy The Foreign Educated Indian: His Dilemma Malcolm S. Adiseshiah Issues in Development of Higher Education: The Indian Context Ujagar Singh Directing Teaching and Research in India for Development Pravin J. Patel Research Culture in Indian Universities PART IV. Reforming Education Introduction V. Eswara Reddy Reforms in Higher Education: In Retrospect Manish Kumar Shrivastava and Chandan Chowdhary Marketing Education: Where Are We Heading? Kishore Singh Safeguarding Education as Public Good and Regulating Private Providers Jandhyala B. G. Tilak Promising but Perplexing Solutions: A Critique of the Draft National Education Policy 2019 Index