female population, though these statistics were still very low compared to world standards and even male literacy within India. Efforts are still being made to improve the level of education that females receive to match that of male students. Impact At shortlisting stage IIM Indore is giving extra marks to female candidates now. DRDO launched the scholarship scheme exclusively for girls in year 2019. Girls in Haryana now will be getting passport with graduation degree. Indian feminists Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833) – crusaded against sati, polygamy, and child marriage. Fought for education and property inheritance rights for women. Jyotirao Phule (1827–1890) – worked with his wife, Savitribai Phule and friend, Sadashiv Ballal Govande to set up a centre against infanticide, to help widows in labor give birth. Savitribai Phule (1831–1897) – started the first school for girls in the subcontinent. Tarabai Shinde (1850–1910) – activist whose work Stri Purush Tulana is considered the first modern Indian feminist text. Pandita Ramabai (1858–1922) – social reformer a champion for the emancipation of women in British India. Kamini Roy (1864–1933) – poet, suffragette, and first woman honors graduate in India. Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872–1945) – early feminist and founder of the Bharat Stree Mahamandal, one of the first women's organisations in India. Saroj Nalini Dutt (1887–1925) – early social reformer who pioneered the formation of educational Women's Institutes in Bengal. Durgabai Deshmukh (1909–1981) – public activist for women's emancipation and was also the founder of Andhra Mahila Sabha. Barnita Bagchi – scholar and sociologist with a focus on women's education. Jasodhara Bagchi (1937–2015) – founder of the School of Women's Studies at Jadavpur University. Rita Banerji – feminist author and founder of The 50 Million Missing Campaign, an online, global lobby working to raise awareness about the female gendercide (femicide) in India. Prem Chowdhry – social scientist, feminist, Senior Academic Fellow and critic of violence against couples refusing arranged marriages. She is a Life Member of the Center for Women Studies. She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of Haryana state in India and daughter of Hardwari Lal, the renowned educationist and Indian National Congress member of parliament for Haryana. Mira Datta Gupta – activist for women's issues and one of the founding members of the All India Women's Conference. Meghna Pant – author known for taking a strong feminist stance in her