Mehboob Desai was born on 5th January 1953 in the biggest city Ahmedabad in the province of Gujarat, India. His father Usman Bhai Desai was Police Inspector but also great Nationalist in British India. He always wear Khadi as a Uniform. He helped freedom Fighters during the Freedom Movements of India. Mehboob was admitted to the Saurashtra University at the age of 20 and earned a Bachelor’s degree in 1974 and Master degree in 1976. His Subject of entire History. He received his Ph.D. in 1992 in the subject of “Bhavnagar Praja Parishad and Popular Movements in the Context of Freedom Movements of India 1920-1947”.

He is working as a Professor and Head, Department of History & Culture, Gujarat Vidhya pith, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India. He was a advisory member of All India Rodie, Rajkot from 1984-1987.He is on a Expert list of Union Public Commission, New Delhi on the subject of History.