P.P. Noushad is Professor at the School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He began his career as a school teacher, and later, as a teacher educator, before he was appointed as a professor at Mahatma Gandhi University. His areas of specialisation include Education and Development, Curriculum Designing, Educational Policy, Alternative Education, and Research Methods in Education. He obtained his Masters and PhD in Education from Calicut University, India, was an awardee of the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of the Government of India.