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India is poised to become a major economy of the world in the near future. HR Magazine, a SHRM publication of USA in its cover story for the month of September 06 says, “in the hottest sectors of India’s booming economy, HR concerns are key business issues and good human capital management is a business necessity”. Business enterprises are facing stiff internal competition, apart from putting up with acute shortage of qualified and employable people. It is obvious that ‘education’ is the root cause and the key issue. Thanks to the budget proposals of 2007-2008, education cess stands increased to 3% to net Rs.5500 crores exclusively for the secondary and higher education. But considering the magnitude of the education sector in our country, a lot is still required to be done if we have to compare favorably even with much smaller countries in this aspect. ‘Quality Education’ is the need of the hour. Our country has a large network of management institutes and management as a discipline is a popular choice among the graduating youth of the country. As such, there is a dire need to look at the quality-related issues in those institutions also. Educational institutions are no different from any business enterprise in expecting quality performance from its employees - the teachers, who mould the youngsters to grow and shape the economic destiny of the country. Hence HR issues are highly relevant there, too. Human resources management in an educational institution is as important as it is in a conventional business enterprise. This book highlights the HR issues of educational sector with special emphasis on management education.