Dr. Showkeen Bilal Ahmad Gul presently working as Head, Department of Education, Govt. Degree College Pulwama. He completed his (M.A & M.Ed) from P.G Department of Education, University of Kashmir. He did his M.Phil. and Ph.D in Education from Aligarh Muslim University. Besides that he has qualified UGC-NET and JK-SET. He has been awarded the prestigious Post Doctorial Fellowship by UGC in 2015. He has published two books: ‘Gender Equity in Education in Kashmir: An Evaluative Study’ and ‘A Textbook of Educational Psychology’. He has published more than thirty research articles in various Journals of International repute. He has attended various seminars, national and international conferences organized by different agencies in India and abroad. He is an approved counsellor in the Directorate of Distance Education, University of Kashmir and IGNOU.