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The Women Librarians in a leadership role in India The Indian librarianship owes a lot to Dr S.R. Ranganathan. The first woman librarian in India was Anandibai Prabhudesai, who was superintendent at a children's library in Baroda in the 1930s. But after that women librarians are still struggling to get a leadership position in libraries. The challenges are many and though the librarianship is considered as women dominated career, very few reach the topmost position. In the government library sector, the maximum number of women are seen in a cadre which is above the paraprofessionals but below the decision making level. There are very few examples of women librarians in a leadership role. Prof. Kalpana Dasgupta, Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Prof. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Prof. Swati Bhattacharya, Dr Rama Patnayak, are few who have achieved the leadership role in Indian libraries with their knowledge and efforts. Most of the women librarians are now upgrading their skills and education to remain updated in the field. They are now more career-oriented than the earlier generation and are ready to move to other cities if there is a better opportunity for them. Some of the new generation librarians are also being accepted in the topmost positions in libraries, like Dr Babita Gaur, who has recently joined as head of Delhi Public Library. The women in India are taking up leadership roles in every field. The field of library and information science is not exceptional. WPIndia (talk) 08:47, 14 November 2019 (UTC)