• Jyoti
• Prof. Sudarshana Rana

ABSTRACT Women education in India has also been a major preoccupation of both the government and civil society as educated women can play a very important role in the development of the country. Education is milestone of women empowerment because it enables them to respond to the challenges, to confront their traditional role and change their life. India is poised to becoming superpower, a developed country by 2020. The growth of women education in rural areas is very slow. This obviously means that still large women folk in the country are illiterate, the weak, backward and exploited. Education of women is the most powerful tool of change in society. Education also brings a reduction in inequalities and functions as a means of improving their status within the family. This paper is an effort to capture the emerging picture with respect to women education and development in Himachal Pradesh.

Women Education, Women Development

"WOMEN EDUCATION IN HIMACHAL PRADESH: A STEP TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 4, page no.911-915, April-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1804183.pdf

"WOMEN EDUCATION IN HIMACHAL PRADESH: A STEP TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 4, page no. pp911-915, April-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1804183.pdf