About Shahid Siddiqui
Dr. Shahid Siddiqui obtained his Ph.D. in Language Education from University of Toronto, Canada, M.Ed. TESOL from University of Manchester, U.K., and MA English Language and Literature from the University of Punjab. He has been involved with Educational system of Pakistan in various capacities, i.e., as a teacher, teacher educator, and researcher. Dr. Siddiqui has taught in some prestigious universities including the Aga Khan University GIK Institute for Engineering Sciences and Technology, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Head Department of Social Sciences in Lahore School of Economics. Currently he is acting as Vice Chancellor Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His areas of interest include socio-cultural aspects of language, educational change, and critical pedagogy. His book, Rethinking Education in Pakistan: Perceptions, Practices, and Possibilities, was published in 2007 and is used in a number of teacher education institutions. His Urdu novel, Adhe Adhoore Khawab, published in 2009, deals with the themes of education, politics, justice, and social change, Language, Gender, and Power: The Politics of Representation and Hegemony in South Asia, published in 2014. He regularly writes on educational and linguistic issues for the editorial pages of national Newspapers.
