The present paper highlights the gender disparity in higher education on women empowerment in India. Education is most important aspect for economic development of a nation. Better educated person improves better skills, knowledge, and awareness. Our paper emphasis the Higher Education improves the quality of life for development human being in India. Gender disparity is a serious problem in India which affects the sex ratio, education, economic and social development. The literacy rate of female is highly increased than that of male literacy rate but in India gender literacy rate downward slope. Women enrolment in higher education deteriorated in India during overall period. Some of the main problems and challenges of higher education system in India are access, gender disparity, disparity of social group, imbalance in the variation of different course and improving better quality on higher education etc. Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education is uninterruptedly increasing but at a slower pace which needed to rise high to compete globally. Gender disparity plays an important role for the development their opportunity, decision making, promotes economic wellbeing and various outcomes. Gross Gender bise is a main reason of their deprivation regarding access to education, health, physical and economic resources etc. in this context, education might be the only managerial power which can inculcate the necessary awareness among the victimised and vulnerable women and usher in women empowerment. In the above background, the present paper is on the look at for empowering the women on the gender disparity of higher education in India by some important parameters and attempts to find out the major extents of anxiety in the higher education sector in India.