"The present book, with eleven chapters and three appendices, aims at presenting an overall picture of women’s education through various phases of Indian history, i.e., Vedic period, Post-Vedic period, Jain-Buddhist system, Muslim rule, British rule and in the post-independence era. Various factors and phenomena responsible for bolting or opening the doors of education for women have been critically analysed. Independent chapters on ‘Empowerment of women’ and efforts made and being made by the state and Central Governments and various NGOs have been adequately highlighted befitting to the theme of the book. Unlike other books on the subject, it will not only contribute to the awakening and awareness of the women folk; but also made them realize–what they had been, what are, and what they can become by virtue of their own vitals and inherent power (Shakti). Moreover, the erudition and lucid style of the prolific author have made the book readable for one and all, who are interested in the subject of women and their education, which is supposed to be one of the major concerns of the society in the 21st century."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N.L. Gupta
N.L. Gupta (b. 1940) is the first scholar to obtain a Ph.D. from two different faculties of Nagpur University. He has a series of Postgraduate degrees and many firsts at his credit. He is the first candidate to submit a thesis for D.Litt. in R.S. University, Raipur. Recently, he has been awarded by Maharashtra Hindi Granth Academy for the best work on literary criticism styled as “Nav-Manavatavadi Chintan†(Neohumanistic thought). Dr. Gupta is a prolific writer. Besides many research papers, he has 46 books in both Hindi and English to his credit. Dr. Gupta’s writings have a very broad spectrum of themes which include literature, History, Culture, Education, Sociology, Philosophy, Theology and so on. He is considered to be the authority on ‘Value Education’ on which he has contributed as many as six books with different angles. Latest in the series was Education and Values in the Mahabharata, Mulya Parak Shiksha of about 400 pages published from Ajmer, has been profusely quoted by the scholars. He retired as Assistant Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and settled at Nagpur.
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