Asim Siddiqui

Biography

"Asim is a faculty member at the School of Liberal Studies, and has been with the Azim Premji University since 2016. He has taught as a visiting faculty for the Study Abroad program of University of Minnesota (MSID) in collaboration with Environment Support Group, Bangalore. He finished his doctoral studies at Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, where his PhD thesis was inquiring into the ""Pedagogy of Non-discriminatory action"". Engaging with the tension between ethical and political education addressing identity-based discrimination, he explored the critiques of Normativism and Utilitarianism by Feminist and Indian philosophy. He further conceptualized the role of body, experience and practice in the pedagogy of non-discrimination. This involved an ethnographic fieldwork in movement arts education which allowed him to bring aesthetic dimensions into his research. Before his stint in Humanities, Asim was trained in technology with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, and worked in Technology and Development sector for 4 years."

Research Interest

Philosophy of Education, Critical Thinking, Aesthetics and Ethics, Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Contemporary Indian Philosophical thought including Ambedkar, Gandhi and Tagore.