Girls Education and Empowerment: Strategies and Experiences from South Asia

About Geeta MenonNamita RanganathanSanjeev Rai

Geeta Menon a development professional has a doctorate degree from the Centre of Advanced Study in Education Baroda. As Director Girls Education CARE India and Signature Program Coordinator at CARE USA she enabled conceptualization and implementation of successful strategies for girls education and early learning. She is known for her work in the field of Education in Emergencies and has worked in countries like Somaliland Afghanistan Nepal and Bangladesh . As an independent professional she has worked on diverse assignments with organizations like UNICEF Save the Children Plan International and Right to Education Forum.Her areas of interest include Early Learning Girls Education and Empowerment Education in Emergencies. She has several publications and reports to her credit.Namita Ranganathan is Professor at the Department of Education University of Delhi. She has thirty eight years of teaching experience in teacher education and research programmes. Her specializations include early childhood education childhood and adolescent studies gender studies guidance counselling and mental health and research methods. She has authored six books and several research papers. She has engaged extensively in field researches and evaluation studies of girls education through various projects with The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) CARE India Aga Khan Foundation Save the Children and the Government of India.Dr. Sanjeev Rai an expert on education and education in emergencies has worked earlier with the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan Kabul EAA Foundation Qatar and Save the Children CARE Tata Institute of Social Sciences and some other organizations in India. He has recently completed a special assignment as OSD to the governor on university reforms.He has written five books includingConflict Education and Peoples War in Nepal and served as the co-chair of the Global Alliance on Education in Post-Conflict and Conflict-Affected Countries.He studied Political Science at the University of Allahabad and has done an M.Ed M.Phil and PhD ( Education) from the University of Delhi India.