Personal Information : Shri Shahid Siddiqui

Father’s Name

Late Shri Abdul Waheed Siddiqui
Mother’s Name

Late Shrimati Naeema Khatun
Date of Birth

15 August 1951
Place of Birth

Delhi
Marital Status 

Married on 20 March 1976
Spouse’s Name

Shrimati Tapati Siddiqui
Educational Qualifications :

B.A. Hons. (Political Science), M.A. (Political Science) Educated at Anglo-Arabic School, Delhi, Delhi College and University of Delhi, Delhi
Profession :

Journalist, Teacher (Professor of Political Science), Publisher and Political and Social Worker

 Uttar Pradesh
Profile

Present Address
 (i)8, South Avenue, New Delhi
Tel. - 24358630, 24358628, 9868181199(M)


(ii) 99, Allen Ganj, New Delhi.
Tel. - Mobile 9868181199

Permanent Address
 630- Garhi Malook, Noor Basti, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh

E-mail :
shahids@sansad.nic.in

Positions Held

  • Nov. 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha
  • Jan. 2003 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology

Freedom Fighter :

No

Books Published :

-

Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests :

Awarded

  1. National Harmony Award, 1992
  2. Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Secularism, 1994
  3. Delhi Urdu Academy Award for Urdu Journalism

actively involved with educational upliftment of Muslims, national integration, people's theatre and especially with the development of Urdu language as a journalist, educationist and social activist for the last thirty years; has played a major role in bringing information technology to Urdu journalism and education

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation : 

Cricket, Yoga, Indian music, reading, travelling and hitch-hiking; hitch-hiked from Delhi to Bangalore via Calcutta and Madras in 1970

Countries Visited

U.K. , U.S.A., China, Switzerland, Malaysia, Tanzania, Maldives, Caribbean, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and France
Other Information

Editor

  • Waqint, an Urdu fortnightly, 1970-73

Chief Editor

  • Nai Dunia, an Urdu weekly since 1981
  • Nai Zameen, a Hindi weekly, 1992-98

Lecturer

  • Delhi University, 1974-86

Vice-Chairman

  • National Council for Promotion of Urdu language, 1994-97

Member

  • National Integration Council, 1990-96
  • Governing Body, Makhan Lal Chaturvedi University, 1997-2002
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