Dr. SumanNegi has a PhD in Population Studies from the Centre for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Planning, at the National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi. Dr. Negi during her PhD worked on spatial and socio-economic factors affecting access to education. Having specialized in population studies, she is currently working on a project on educational out-migration and her research work mainly focuses on education and its related aspects. She is also preparing an education atlas on gender. She is mainly involved in teaching and capacity building activities for students and officials from state education departments in the area of educational planning. She has also published several research papers in reputed journals.