He graduated in Economics from Madras Christian College, Chennai (1984) and did his Master's degree in International Studies from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi (1986).

During this period, inter-alia, he worked as Senior/Superintendent of Police in districts like Kanpur City, Meerut, Allahabad, Nainital, Hardoi, Sonebhadra etc.

As JS, LWE, he supervised implementation of projects like fortified police stations, installation of telecom towers, up-gradation of special forces, etc.

[8] He also took part in various JWG deliberations on Counter Terrorism and Financial Action Task Force (FATF)[9] plenary sessions.

The professional competence of CISF personnel was also up-graded through training collaboration with global leaders in aviation security.

[12] M. A. Ganapathy was appointed as Director General of the National Security Guard on 18 March 2021 and served their till 29 February 2024.