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Yoginder Sikand
Born (1967-10-16) 16 October 1967 (age 56)[1]
OccupationWriter, academic
NationalityIndian

Yoginder Singh Sikand (born 1967) is an Indian writer and academic who has written several books on Islam-related issues in India.[2][3]

Early life and education

Sikand received his B.A. (Hons.) in economics from St. Stephen's College of the University of Delhi (1985–88), followed by an MA in sociology (1990–92) and an MPhil in sociology, from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi (1992–94). Thereafter, he received his PhD in history, focusing on the Tablighi Jama'at, from Royal Holloway College, University of London (1995–98).

He has been a post-doctoral fellow at Royal Holloway College (1999–2001), and the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands (2002–2004).

Career

Sikand was a reader in the department of Islamic studies at Hamdard University in New Delhi and was then appointed professor at the Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.[4][5]

He currently lives in Bangalore and Shimla. Sikand writes two blogs, one about his own writing and another titled, 'Madrasa Reforms in India'.[6][7]

Works

References

  1. ^ Curriculum Vitae
  2. ^ About Yoginder Sikand IGNCA.
  3. ^ The good that madrasas do goes unnoticed by Yoginder Sikand Rediff.com, 5 September 2008.
  4. ^ Yoginder Sikand
  5. ^ Tantra – Confluence of Faiths by Yoginder Sikand Archived 21 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ yogindersikand.blogspot.com/ Archived 5 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ madrasareforms.blogspot.com/ Archived 5 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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