Dr.Siddiq Wahid,(Harvard)

He received his PhD in Inner Asian Studies from Harvard University, a Masters in Education from Harvard University and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Theory from Gustavus Adolphus College. Dr. Wahid has taught Central Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at Harvard University and at Metropolitan University. He has authored a book on Ladakh and several articles on Central Asia, Tibetan Civilization and the Kashmir conflict; he has lectured widely in South Asia, Europe and the United States. Since 1990 Dr. Wahid has been deeply involved as an activist in Jammu & Kashmir; in 2001 he was named a member of the People?s Election Commission of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. He is a member of the Governing Board of the People?s Commission on Environment and Development India (PCEDI) and a founding member of the India Forum, (IF) a Delhi-based discussion group.