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Dr. Mona Yadav M.Sc, M.ed, M.Phil, Ph.D Professor and Head, Department of Gender Studies Specialization: Education and Gender Dr. Mona Yadav is currently working as a Professor and Head in the Department of Gender Studies, NCERT, New Delhi, India.

During her academic career of more than two decades Prof. Mona Yadav has worked in the area of girl’s education and empowerment.

She has been involved in various activities of NCERT on research, development and training related to gender and girls’ education.
She has also collaborated with various stakeholders such as DIETs, SCERTs and NGOs for the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment.

She has a number of publications in peer reviewed journals and books to her credit like Prathmik Shikshak, All India Women’s Conference, Social Change, Journal of Exclusion Studies, Journal of Indian Education, Bharatiya Adhunik Shiksha and Roshni .
She has taken up several research projects regarding the implementation of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas Scheme of Govt.

of India.

She has been a team member for a project on analysis of NCERT and state textbooks from a gender perspective and ‘Policy Research on Education and Skill Development from the Perspective of Gender Equality- A Comparative Study of India and Korea’.
She has also participated in international training and workshop organized by UNESCO on Online Gender Assessment Tools for Teacher Education in Asia Pacific (held at Hanoi, Vietnam) and Training of Trainers Workshop in gender Mainstreaming and Teacher Education, Policymakers and Planners in Asia Pacific (held at Shanghai, China).
She has contributed in the development of Position Papers on Gender Issues in Education 2006, Sourcebook on Assessment, KGBV Bridge Course, KGBV Teacher Training Package, Certificate Course on Value Education by IGNOU , Training Materials for Teacher Educator on Gender Equality of Empowerment Vol.

I, II and III , Teacher Training Module on Gender for NISHTHA and Training Package on Health and Well Being – which have been published.
She regularly organizes training programmes for various stakeholder on issues related to gender and education.

At present she is working on a project concerning the Status of Girl’s Hostel Scheme at the Secondary Stage (KGBV IV) which focuses on the retention and enrolment of Scheduled Caste Girls.

She is also involved in developing Working Papers on Education for Gender Equality and Empowerment and Community Participation in School Education.

She can be reached at monayadav1964@gmail.com