Prof. Jaya Indiresan Jaya Indiresan, B-57, Hill View Apartments, New Delhi- 110057  Tel. 91-11-2614 5091; 9810268510(M); e-mail: indiresan@bol.net.in Jaya Indiresan was educated in Madras University where she was awarded the university gold medal in psychology. She has an M.Litt. from the same university and a Ph.D. from IIT, Delhi. She has taught in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in the Technical Teacher's Training Institute, Chennai and at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Manitoba, Canada and a Jean Campbell Scholar at the Centre for Education of Women, at the University of Michigan, USA. Currently, she is a consultant to several national and international agencies including University Grants Commission, Educational Consultants, India, Ford Foundation, Swiss Development Cooperation, the World Bank, The British Council, The commonwealth Secretariat, DANIDA and an Advisor at the Asian Centre for Organizational Research and Development. Her research interests include facilitating institution building with particular reference to students, faculty and administrators in higher education. She has been involved in several cross-cultural studies comparing education systems in UK, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Malaysia, Japan, Canada, USA and India. She carried out a major national research project on “Moving Beyond Access: Gender Positive Initiatives in Women's Colleges”. She has over sixty research papers published in national and international journals, chapters in books and she is the author of the book “Education for Women's Empowerment: Gender Positive Initiatives in Pace-setting Women's Colleges”. She has coauthored the book “Institutionalization of Innovations in Higher Education”. She is also the co-author of a book under preparation “What is holding Back Women in Uniform?” based on an empirical study of men and women in Delhi police. She has guided several Ph.D. and M.Phil. students. Rajni Sekhri Sibbal Deputy Director Sr. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy & Executy Director NCGTPR M. A. in Economics and Psychology from the Punjab University, Chandigarh. Before joining the Academy she has served as Special Secretary, Government of Haryana. She has worked in various capacities in the Government of Haryana as Director (Employment); Director (Primary Education); Director (Science & Technology) and Joint Secretary (General Administration); D.C. Rewari; M.D. Handloom & M.D. Export Corporation; Joint Secretary (Housing); Director-cum-Joint Secretary, Environment and Joint Secretary (Forest); Deputy Secretary to Government of Haryana (Housing Department); Director (Environment) & Deputy Secretary (Environment and Land Use Board); Additional Director-cum-Deputy Secretary (Women and Child Development); Additional Director, Special Project Cell, Haryana, Chandigarh; Administrator, HUDA Hissar.