The India Gender Gap Review 2009 is published by the World Economic Forum in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry. The Global Gender Gap Index 2009 is the result of collaboration with faculty at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.is an effort to consolidate the latest available data on India’s gender gap and to provide analysis of India’s position relative to other economies.We also present, for the first time, the results of a survey of business leaders that takes an in-depth look at the practices currently underway in the largest companies in India.The most important determinant of a country’s competitiveness is its human talent—the skills, education and productivity of its workforce—and women account for one-half of the potential talent base throughout the world. Over time, therefore, a nation’s competitiveness depends significantly on whether and how it educates and utilizes its female talent. By providing objective measures of India’s gender gap, this study aims to provide a framework for quantifying how equitably resources and opportunities are being divided between India’s male and female talent pools.