Prof. Gupta earned her doctorate in Education (Ph.D.) and Master in Education (M.Ed.) degrees from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her other professional qualifications include UGC NET (Education), M.A. (Economics), and a Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Planning and Management (PGDEPM). Prior to her current assignment as Dean, School of Education, and Additional Charge as Dean, Student Welfare, K. R. Mangalam University, she served as Principal, Army Institute of Education, Greater NOIDA (under the aegis of the Army Welfare Society and affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi). During her variegated professional experience of nearly 19 years from school to university level, she has ceaselessly endured to demonstrate exemplary leadership in creating the best learning environment and fostering a vibrant organizational culture with robust ethos, professional ethics, teamwork, discipline and safety, creativity and innovation. Regarding her literary contribution to the field of education, she has been the founder editor of various journals of Education, annual magazines and newsletters of institutions she has worked for. She was the teacher representative of Amity International School, Delhi for writing textbooks and developing learning materials for schoolchildren under the aegis of Amity Educational Resource Centre. She has conducted several interactive sessions with teachers and post-graduate students in workshops on research methodology. There are several research papers and book chapters published to her credit. She has also developed self-learning material on the pedagogy of social science. She regularly presents papers at both international and national conferences on education and in related disciplines. Her research interests include higher education policy, economics of education, educational reforms, teacher education, and inclusive education.