~ 407 ~ ISSN Print: 2394-7500 ISSN Online: 2394-5869 Impact Factor: 8.4 IJAR 2020; 6(11): 407-414 www.allresearchjournal.com Received: 12-08-2020 Accepted: 02-10-2020 Subrata Biswas Research Scholar, Department of Lifelong Learning, Extension, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India Dr. Prasenjit Deb Professor and Head, Department of Lifelong Learning & Extension, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India Corresponding Author: Subrata Biswas Research Scholar, Department of Lifelong Learning, Extension, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India A study of effectiveness of Kanyashree Prakalpa in women empowerment in Murshidabad district of west Bengal: Role and contribution of teachers, Gram panchayats and librarians Subrata Biswas and Dr. Prasenjit Deb Abstract Women represent nearly half of the population and if empowered, will enhance the pace of national development. Education is considered as a milestone for women empowerment because it enables them to respond to challenges, to confront their traditional role and change their lives. Ideally, it should be equity approach and not welfare oriented one. Women have so much unexplored potential which has hardly been harnessed. According to the census of 2011, the female literacy rate was 65.46% whereas male literacy rate was over 80%. Gram Panchayat is viewed as a solution to all the problems related to rural development and plays a significant role in the empowerment of the marginalized section of society, especially women. This analysis also reveals that libraries can have profound influence in dissemination of knowledge to empower women of the community-at-large. This paper discusses the effectiveness of Kanyashree Prakalpa in women empowerment and the role and contribution of Teachers, Gram Panchayats and Librarians as well as the challenges and changes that we must have to deal with during the process. Kanyashree Prakalpa, an initiative taken by the Government of West Bengal can be successfully spread among the community-at-large by the public libraries Keywords: Women Empowerment, Kanyashree Prakalpa, Teacher, Gram Panchayat, Librarian, Public Library etc. Introduction Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru once said: “If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate a whole family. Women empowered means mother India empowered”. Women represent half of the society, and are an integral part of political, social, economic and health opportunities. Women with disabilities have been largely neglected. Also due to several societal ‘traditions and customs’, they never were a part of the decision making process. Though at present women enjoy equal status with men as per the constitution and legal provisions but still, they have a long way to go. Women’s empowerment is vital towards the development of the society. The status of various educational opportunities for women, reasons behind poor implementation of educational opportunities, disparities in educational opportunities and causes underlying disparities in educational opportunities have been successfully studied by Bhagat (2017) [1] . The paper also strongly recommends that various schemes, policies and programmes for women empowerment whether it is social, economic or political, should be women friendly and this can be achieved through: awareness campaigns, workshops and seminars; arranging programmes for interaction with other empowered women in the society; starting short term diploma or certificate courses in areas of rural development with special emphasis on projects for women’s develo pment etc [1] . That a society may not progress without education especially in village areas and library is considered to be the prime source of information has been highlighted through the studies Sport can be beneficialrts, including fun, fitness, social interaction and stress relief. Participating in sports, including fun, fitness, social interaction and stress relief. Participating in sports is especially imports is especially imp if you participate regularly the purpose of the study was to find out the parental attitude towards female participation in sports of Basak (2018). International Journal of Applied Research 2020; 6(11): 407-414