Dr. Najmah Peerzada was born in Srinagar J&K, Kashmir. She took her B.A. (1984), M.A. (1986), M.Phil (1989) and Ph.D (2001) in Education from University of Kashmir. She is with the department of Education for last 25 years and is now working as Sr. Assistant Professor in Faculty of Education, University of Kashmir. She has so far published 18 research papers in various reputed education, psychology, social science journals at national and international level.