Occupation Writer, academic Education University of London Role Writer | Name Yoginder Sikand Nationality Indian | |
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Born 16 October 1967 (age 56) ( 1967-10-16 ) Books Bastions of the Believers, Beyond the Border: An Indian in, Sacred spaces, Muslims in India Since 1947: Isla, Muslim education in contem | ||
Yoginder Singh Sikand (born 1967) is an Indian writer and academic who has written several books on Islam-related issues in India.
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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.
He currently lives in Bangalore and Shimla. Sikand writes two blogs, one about his own writing and another titled, 'Madarasa Reforms in India'.