Shahid Siddiqui

Shahid Siddiqui is a renowned educationist, linguist, teacher, researcher, academic administrator, and prolific writer. He currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Media Studies, Art and Design at the Lahore School of Economics. He earned his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Toronto, Canada; an M.Ed. in TESOL from the University of Manchester, UK; and completed postdoctoral research at Oxford University. Dr. Siddiqui has held academic and administrative positions at several prestigious institutions, including AKU, LUMS, GIKI, and NUML. He also served as Vice Chancellor of AIOU from 2014 to 2018. His books include Rethinking Education in Pakistan: Perception, Practices, and Possibilities; Education, Inequalities, and Freedom: A Sociopolitical Critique; Language, Gender, and Power: The Politics of Representation and Hegemony in South Asia; Education Policies in Pakistan: Politics, Projections, and Practices; Reimagining Education in Pakistan: Contemporary Challenges and Critical Choices; Aadhay Adhooray Khwab (Urdu novel); Zair-e-Aasmaan (Urdu); Mausam-e-Khush Rang (Urdu); Potohar: Khitta-e-Dilruba (Urdu); Ad Pora Khawab (Sindhi); Neem Ghari Khaboona (Pashto); Pakistan, Education and the 21st Century; and Toronto, Dubai, and Manchester (Travel Stories in Urdu).