Editor, Social Change and Visiting Professor
Riaz Ahmad, a PhD in Political Science, has been engaged in teaching, research, academic administration, and training for a span of over four decades. In some key segments of his long career he has held the positions of an ICCR Visiting Professor of Indian Studies (India Chair) at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, a Senior Fellow and then an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Council for Social Development (CSD), an Associate Professor at a Delhi University college, and the Programme Coordinator responsible for implementing the Ambedkar University Delhi’s first ever programme – a postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies.
Working as a member of the committee which conceived and developed the aforesaid programme has been another highlight of his career.
Further, he has been a lead trainer and a member of the core team of Social and Behavioural Change Communication at the Envisions Institute of Development, where he is currently a Professor. He is also on the Editorial Board of Kulturni Studia (Cultural Studies, an International Journal published from Czech Republic). He has published articles/papers in national and international journals, and chapters in books. His social concerns push him to work in the areas of education, and communal harmony and peace. His research areas include conflict / conflict resolution, minority rights, ethnicity, communalism and communal violence in India. He is with the CSD as a Visiting Professor and as the Editor of its journal Social Change.