| | 4 June 2018HIGHERReviewEditorialSavitribai Phule who founded India's first women's school is considered as the first woman teacher in our country. She lived in the British-ruled India. But, white men from the west were not her real foes. Whenever she walked towards her school, the male-dominated Indian society threw dung and stones at her. "She is a threat to our religion," abused many who belonged to the upper caste. She did not bother about the obscene languages of the orthodox men at the streets or the mud and stones came towards her every day. Instead, she would always carry a spare `saree' with her, which would wear in school before attending her students. Even after 121 years since her demise, Savitribai's legendary persona re-mains as an inspiration to many and that is why we say, "she who dares, wins." Many of us may think that it is much easier for women in 21st century to take up leadership roles. Yes, it is easy comparing to Savit-ribai's life in the 19th century. However, the numbers say that we are living in a male-dominated society where women are still fighting for their deserving positions. In India, women make up 42 percent of fresh graduates, but only 24 percent become entry-level profes-sionals. Of these, about 19 percent reach senior-level management roles, while only 7.7 percent are on board seats and just 2.7 percent on board chairs. Undoubtedly, women leaders in India are missing across the sectors. To achieve gender parity, women of our nation need stand up and send a clear vision out to the world. This might be difficult task for an Indian woman who lives in patriarchal society. But, many have successfully achieved it. Celebrating the success of women leaders in Indian education sector, in this issue of the Higher Education Review magazine, we present `Top 25 Women Leaders in Indian Education Sector' who are rising as role models allowing more young women leaders to follow their footsteps to become leaders themselves. On the cover, we fea-ture, Deepikka Jindal, Chairperson of O.P. Jindal Modern School and Vidya Devi Jindal School, and the Managing Director of JSL Life-style Limited. She is indeed a multifaceted leader and a great artist. Enjoy reading. Sarath ShyamManaging Editorsarath@thehighereducationreview.comShe who Dares, WinsVol 6 · Issue 5-1 · JUNE - 2018Publisher & Editor Alok ChaturvediManaging Editor Sarath Shyam Editorial Team Anita Thomas Raman Balakrishnan Riya Das Sneha Choudhury Editorial Queries Sales & Advertisement Advertisement queries Office To Subscribe Visit www.thehighereducationreview.com/subscription or send email to subscription@thehighereducationreview.comCover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2018 BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Augustin Sunny NoelDeepa Madvertise@thehighereducationreview.comNo.124, 2nd Floor, South Block, Surya Chambers, Airport Main Road, Bangalore 560017 Tel: 080-46441103T: 080-46441192editor@thehighereducationreview.comCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalGM Sales & Marketing Monisha RavinarayanGroup Art Director Ashok KumarVisualizers Vimalraj M Siva Sankar Suanya Mohana krishnanHigherEducationReviewHIGHERReview
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