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Ms. Kamal Gaur is a development sector professional with M. Phil degree in social work from the University of Delhi. She is currently working as an Asia Regional Education Advisor for Save The Children International. Before this, she was the Chief of Programmes and Programme Director- Education in Save the Children India. She has 28 years of experience in Education, planning, management appraisal, evaluation and administration ranging from primary Education to the Higher Education sector. She has relevant experience of working with the international donors, private sector, academic institutions and other grassroots level organizations on large scale projects. In the past, she has worked with District Primary Education Programme (DPEP), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Technical Corporation Agency (DFID Funded) for both SSA and RMSA. She has also worked closely with international agencies such as European Union, world Bank, Asian Development Bank, JBIC, DFID, etc. She has been the part of the World Bank team for Education and has worked on Implementation Completion Report for UP Basic Education Program I-II, Secondary Education Technical Programme Maldives. With the India-EU Study Centre Programme (IESCP) on higher education project she facilitated the first ever Higher Education Policy Dialogue between India and EU in Brussels. She has worked closely with higher education institutions in Germany, France, Poland, Denmark, Netherlands and Italy. She has various reports on education to her credit. Her work with DFID for assessment of DFID’s global contribution to Gender Equality and Women Empowerment has been appreciated globally.