Delhi's Miranda House now offers a course for aspiring women politicians

One of India's best colleges, Miranda House is planning to start a three-month certificate programme for training young women interested in joining politics at the state and national level. Principal Bijayalaxmi Nanda said that the college will begin a pilot course in April and it will be offered to interested students from the next academic session.

'The programme will focus on training and capacity-building of young women at all levels from gram panchayat to urban municipal bodies,' Principal said in a statement.