Dr. Mohammad Yousuf Ganai was born in Onagam village of District Bandipora of Jammu and Kashmir State. He pursued his Master's Degree in Education from Kashmir University. From the same university he also got Masters Degree in History besides M.Phil and Ph.D in Education. He started his career as Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, University of Kashmir in 1991. Presently he is working as Associate Professor in the same Department. Dr. Mohammad Yousuf has produced a number of Ph.D and M.Phil scholars. Besides teaching, he is a resource person of a number of educational institutions. He has delivered a number of extension lectures in various teachers training colleges. Dr. M. Yousuf has 38 research papers to his credit and written two books on Early Childhood Care and Education and Development of Education System in India. He has attended a number of workshops, seminars and conferences.