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An Author, Analyst, Strategist and Journalist:
Dr. M Shahid Siddiqui is a promising media and development professional with great skills and knowledge in the digital media and social development sector. He is also a Campaigner for Human Rights, added to his amazing work as a journalist.
His qualifications include a certificate in "Leadership" which he acquired from the International Academy For Leadership (IAF), Gummersbach in Germany, as well as a certificate in "Social Media Marketing Campaign" from University of Leeds-Institute of Coding and another certificate in Internet Governance & Policy (Asia-Pacific) from Internet Society based in Washington.
With such amassed knowledge, it is not surprising to know that Dr. Shahid has also worked in the media industry, with different producers and directors in various documentaries and commercials and also feature films, until his eventual role as a journalist for the national TV News Channel, IBN7 (Network18).
Throughout the past twenty years, he has thoroughly attempted to remake and reshape the conviction and structure of society. The embodiment of his work lies in developing substitute viewpoints, regardless of the region and method of working. His procedure all through this excursion has been to remain flexible in overseeing issues and not to stay fixed. He has broadly traversed India and abroad. The center plan of his work includes serving individuals however from a more extensive perspective, his emphasis stays in understanding the social issues that feature the inner deviation and between relationships of persevering issues alongside their recorded direction.
Human Rights &
Peace Campaigner:
As a Campaigner for Human Rights and Peace, Dr. Shahid has worked with both the government and private sector to push for his belief in sustainable development, and he has made strides in this. It is his strong belief that activism requires colossal measure of work in the field just as in research yet what is generally fundamental for him is to guarantee correctness inside the community and disperse data in the most basic manner conceivable that quickly portrays the situation which includes most complex circumstances, intense dealings and requests. As a lobbyist now, his essential errand has been to address people concern, in reality he attempts to ensure that the reasons or factors through which issues emerge must be canceled.
He has
always analyzed his strategy and tried to develop a perspective over multiple
issues from covering racial violence perpetuated by locals toward African
community living in India or advocating the human right for Rohingyas Refugees migrated from Myanmar through the Not for Profit Organisation called "ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY RESAERCH & ACTION" (ACRA)
Social Empowerment through ICT
Now,
his primary engagement is in using ICT for delivering benefits and sustainable
livelihood opportunity to under-served communities. As a development analyst
by profession and a passionate change maker - Dr. Siddiqui have been the force
behind expansion of “Community Information Resource Centers” - CIRC- a flagship and biggest
project of Digital Empowerment Foundation (An international non-governmental
organisation) covering 24 states across India. The
CIRC is such an instrument that has helped him in taking the activism to a pan
India level. Moreover, the technique and mechanism he tried to embed in this
process of establishing CIRC has allowed him to negotiate with ongoing
contestation between modernity and extreme backwardness. Considering inclusion
as the core agenda has been the key principle in reaching out to the people via
CIRC. He has also worked with government officials across various ministries and diplomatic agencies to use ICT for
delivering benefits and sustainable livelihood opportunity to under-served
communities.
Despite being immersed in the
traditional structure of media platform he has marked his presence in various
social media platform ensuring the best use of such platform. He believes that
transformation is not a linear activity, what is necessary for transformation
is to engage continuously and move towards gradual transformation with an approach of everyday activism. And this notion of
everyday activism in his busy schedule is managed with his presence in various
social media platform.
Sustainable
Development
Although,
like any other activist he also believes that activism requires huge amount of
labor in the field as well as in research but what is most necessary for him is
to ensure credential within
community and dissipate information in most simple way possible that swiftly
narrates the scenario which comprises most complex situations, hardcore negotiations
and demands. As an activist now, his primary task has been to address peoples’
problem, indeed he try to make sure that the reasons or factors through which
problems arises must be abolished. He believe that people are capable and can
themselves solve their problem on their own if their diverged interest is
synchronized in such a way that everyone gets not everything but something
from planned solutions. Tools such as peace building measures,mediation, negotiation and dialogue among conflicting parties are primary
tools of his intervention in crisis.
Career:
His career for the years that have passed has more than proven that Dr. Shahid is a truly passionate and hard-working, dedicated and focused man with the attributes that qualify him as a leader and pioneer in various fields. His contribution in these fields also rely on an ability that is rare; the ability to combine the private, civil and government sectors to create solutions which benefit all involved.
In the last fifteen years of his professional career from media
to sustainable development, he has proven his dynamic, creative, forward
looking, dedicated and result-oriented capacity as a manager and experts with
outstanding leadership qualities, a track record of succeeding in a
multi-cultural environment. With his outstanding capacity to bring
together and respond to governments, civil society, the private sector and
other partners in creating opportunities and solutions for sustainable
development, he has sincerely contributed for various fields such as
Environment, Health, Education, Innovation, human rights and sustainable rural development.
A
doctorate (Ph.D) from ‘Jamia Millia Islamia’, India- Dr. Shahid Siddiqui has
always been a voice for voiceless. In his doctoral research as well, he
purposely focused on “Portrayal and influence of Indian marginalized communities
in select Indian media”.
He believes that an effort
made by a researcher in bringing out the contradictions and insufficient
‘self-explanatory’ logic of the society is crucial. Hence, it is important for
any person seeking answer of most complex answers to follow the path of
research. He has always been very much keen to develop an alternate perspective
on any of the theme he works upon. Research provides a new dimension to the
existing issues and this also ensures that one will learn not by reading or
discussions only, but by doing as well. The opportunity to conduct allows one
to grapple with the paradoxes of global society. He
divides and synchronizes his time and work very efficiently between social
development sector and journalism. He has native fluency in English, Hindi and
Urdu, but also comfortable with Persian and French at beginner level. Besides,
Mr siddiqui also holds double master’s degree in ‘Public Administration’
and ‘Business Administration’ that allows him to link the theories
developed after research to be implemented at administrative structure
resulting in praxis methodology.
Publication & Appreciation:
He closely follows India’s interaction with all Asian countries with great interest and is a keen observer of foreign policy in East and Southeast Asia, US-China bilateral relations, and cross-straits relations with journalistic approach. He has contributed to publications by Press Institute of India - “VIDURA” (Media Journal-English)- , “Know Disaster” - (A Journal of NDMA chaired by Indian Prime Minister) and instrumental in launching the most read news webportal “www.ibnkhabar.com”. Beside these, he also provided analysis to Indian news channels like CNN-IBN (English), IBN7 (Hindi) and news contents to Radio BIG FM (92.7) for many years and received many prestigious awards and accolades like KARAMVEER CHAKRA (2010) and KARAMVEER PURASKAR (2012).
Dr. Shahid has an in-depth knowledge on CSR and sustainability in the global, especially Indo-African landscape including latest trends in the social media age. His vast knowledge as shown in his book “Untold Digi-Story: Life In Lockdown-An Encounter With Volatile Digital World” authored and published by him, is indispensable.
Through this book, Author have tried to explore alternative, more adverse scenarios in volatile #digitalworld.
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Journals:
· “VIDURA” (English
Journal of Press Institute of India) I “Know
Disaster” - (A Journal of NDMA chaired by Indian Prime Minister)
I Quarterly Diary, India International
Centre (IIC), New Delhi I Kisan India I
Indian Farmer’s Digest. I Other associations &
contribution; · TV News
Channel: IBN7 , CNN-IBN I Radio BIG FM (92.7) I
Web News Portals: www.ibnkhabar.com; www.burmatimes.net
& Internet Society (ISOC) I Documentary Films :
“Western Muslims: Diversity in Adversity” shot in UK, USA, ,Denmark,
Germany & France; I “In the Shadow of Death”, AIDS
awareness Campaign; I “Smokeless Death” for Anti-smoking campaign I To read more, Click Published Articles
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