Abdulrahim P. Vijapur

Biography

Abdulrahim P. Vijapur specializes in International Human Rights Law, Minority and Dalit Rights, Federal Nation-building in India, Islamic concept of rights and women's rights. Previously he was Director, (1996-1999), Centre for Federal Studies, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. During 2005-2007 he was Professor, Ford Foundation Endowed Chair in Dalit Studies at the MMAJ Academy of Third World Studies of Jamia Millia Islamia. During 1988-89 he was offered Fellowship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the British Government to Pursue LL.M. Courses at the University of Essex. He was the 21st Century Trust (London) Fellow during 1992. He attended advance courses at the Academy of American and International Law at Dallas, USA (1993), Hague Academy of International Law (1991) and International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France (1989). He was invited to participate and present papers in International Conferences held in Alston, Edinburgh (UK); Osaka (Japan), Hannover (Germany), Adelaide (Australia), Jerusalem (Israel), Wembley, Middlesex, U.K. and Istanbul, Turkey. He was invited to deliver lectures at H.N. Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Pune University, University of Mumbai, Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University of Kerala, Karnataka University and Pondicherry University. He is advisor to UPSC and has been a member of various Committees of UGC. He was Chairman of Human Rights and Duties Committee of UGC for XI Plan. He has authored, co-authored and edited or co-edited ten books, contributed 30 chapters to edited books and published 59 research papers and articles. His papers are published, among others, in International Studies, India Quarterly A Journal of International Affairs, Indian Express, Social Action, Indian Journal of International Law, World Affairs (all from New Delhi); Turkish yearbook of Human Rights(Ankara); New Quest (Poona); The Muslim World League Journal (Mecca), Talizibul Akhlaq, Indian Journal of Politics (both from Aligarh), Radical Humanist (Bombay); International Politics (Tehran, Iran), Human Rights Education in Asian Schools (Osaka, Japan), International Journal of Peace Studies (Pattani, Thailand).

Research Interest

Human Rights, Minority Rights, Dalit Studies