Biography of Akbar Ahmed


Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, (born in. January 15, 1943) otherwise called Akbar Ahmed, is an American-Pakistani scholarly, creator, artist, writer, producer and previous representative. He at present holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and is Professor of International Relations at the American University in Washington, D.C. A previous Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland, Ahmed was an individual from the Civil Service of Pakistan and filled in as Political Agent in South Waziristan Agency and Commissioner in Baluchistan. He additionally filled in as the Iqbal Fellow (Chair of Pakistan Studies) at the University of Cambridge and also holding showing positions at Harvard, Princeton, and the U.S. Maritime Academy. An anthropologist and researcher of Islam, he got his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He has been designated "the world's driving expert on contemporary Islam" by the BBC. 

Envoy Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. Ahmed's vocation has included recognized posts in both scholarly community and open administration. Features from the previous four many years of Ahmed's scholarly profession incorporate arrangements, for example, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the U.S. Maritime Academy in Annapolis, MD; the Iqbal Fellow (Chair of Pakistan Studies) and Fellow of Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge; and showing positions at Harvard and Princeton Universities. Ahmed committed over three decades to the Civil Service of Pakistan, the senior-most framework of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan, where his posts included Commissioner in Balochistan, Political Agent in the Tribal Areas, including Waziristan, and Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland. 

Home—Bethesda, MD. Office—School of International Service at American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016-8071. 

Mr. Ahmed first ended up keen on Muslim administration and its effect on Muslim society during the 1980s, when he was Pakistani Commissioner in Baluchistan. The investigation of worldwide Islam and its effect on contemporary society has been the significant focal point of his work since. 

From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Ahmed was the Pakistani High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He has additionally held numerous other senior positions in Pakistan. 

Mr. Ahmed as of late propelled the "Adventure into Europe" inquire about venture, which will be distributed as a book titled "Voyage into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Empire" by Brookings Institution Press. 

Also, Journey into Europe will result in a narrative film dependent on the hands on work, as was done already for the Journey into America venture. The widely praised narrative movie Journey into America (2009), coordinated by Craig Considine and delivered by Mr. Ahmed, has been appeared at film celebrations around the globe.