Textbook on Gender and Women Empowerment

Contents: Preface. 1. Gender Concepts and Terminologies. 2. Gender Resource Centre. 3. Women Empowerment. 4. Rights and Privileges of Women in India. 5. Impact of Liberalization on Agricultural Workers and Women. 6. Women Entrepreneurship and Its Role in Economic Development. 7. Women Empowerment in Dairy Sector. 8. Women Empowerment Programmes and Schemes. References.

This book is prepared as per the ICAR syllabus by covering all the gender and women empowerment related concepts and terminologies. This book is very useful for UG, PG, and Ph.D. students those who has syllabus related to gender and women empowerment. This book is very useful for competitive exams like UG, PG entrance examinations of ICAR-SAU’S, JRF, SRF, and ICAR-NET.

Karthik Dharamkar has graduated in B.Sc. Agriculture and M.Sc. Agricultural Extension from College of Agriculture- Rajendranagar of ANGRAU- Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension Education at ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana.

Hema Sarat Chandra. N completed his M.Sc. Agriculture in Extension Education from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. By securing UGC JRF he has done his Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension education from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana. Presently, he is working as teaching faculty for Agricultural Extension at College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta, Dr.Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Andhra Pradesh. He has developed ATMA Coordination Index (ACI) and Group Dynamics Index (GDI) to measure the coordination of ATMA and group dynamics of farmer interest groups under ATMA. He has published research articles in national as well as international journals in agriculture and rural development sectors.
Gajanand Palve has graduated in B.Sc. Agriculture from Agricultural College- Jagtial of Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Thereafter, he has attended to Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (BCKV), Mohanpur, West-Bengal and completed his M.Sc. Agriculture in Agricultural Extension. He has secured ICAR SRF in Agricultural Extension and presently pursuing Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension education from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana. He has specialised in studying technology adoption behaviour of farmers.
Niketha L has graduated in B.Sc. Agriculture from College of Agriculture, Shimoga under UAS, Bengaluru and M.Sc. Agricultural Extension from College of Agriculture, Pune, under MPKV, Rahuri. She has completed Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension Education at ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana. She has developed a dairy women empowerment index and worked related to aspiration analysis of female students.