Gender, Power, and Knowledge: Deciphering the Dialectics of Inclusion–Exclusion in Academia in India

Abstract

Women’s participation in higher education significantly increased over the recent decades in India. Despite visible accomplishments, this study demonstrates persistent gender gap at the top administrative academic positions. Based on conducted study in Lucknow University in India, female administrators face subtle barriers in academia which are not faced by male administrators. Expectations from females’ university leaders are higher than from their male counterparts. Also, as the study shows, female academic leaders receive limited support from the top administration at their institutions and are often discourage from seeking leadership roles.

Citation

Verma, S. (2015), "Gender, Power, and Knowledge: Deciphering the Dialectics of Inclusion–Exclusion in Academia in India", Enabling Gender Equality: Future Generations of the Global World (Research in Political Sociology, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0895-993520150000023004