Education is a significant factor for fostering the social and economic development of a country. In a highly populated country like India, women represented a significant proportion of the country’s population. So, women's higher education is necessary for the country’s overall progress. Previously, due to cultural, financial and social barriers such as poverty, early marriage, family responsibilities, safety

and security, distance issues, etc., women's participation was extremely limited in higher educational institutions. Various education commissions and committees have taken various measures to increase women's participation in higher education. Although enrollment has risen, inequality remains for the women who belong to rural households and disadvantaged communities. The National Education Policy (NEP)2020 is a significant step taken towards promoting gender equality and women's inclusion in higher education in India by focusing on the inadequacies of the existing education system. This paper aims to analyse how the NEP-2020 serves as a stimulus for women’s participation in higher education and tries to identify some limitations of this policy in this regard.