Women's Education and Empowerment in Rural India

JYOTSNA JHA has been director of CBPS since January 2011. She has a PhD in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Her research primarily focuses on education and gender. Before her association with CBPS, she worked as an advisor of Education at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, for five years.



NEHA GHATAK has a Masters in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics. She joined CBPS in July 2011. Her work primarily focuses on education and gender related projects.



NIVEDITHA MENON has been working with CBPS since April 2015. She has a PhD in Sociology and Demography, with a minor in Women's Studies from Pennsylvania State University.



PRIYANKA DUTTA has joined CBPS in September 2016. She has completed her doctoral dissertation in Sociology from the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore.



SHREEKANTH MAHENDIRAN has a Masters in Economics from Madras School of Economics, Anna University. He joined CBPS in November 2011 and works primarily on education related projects.