Abdul Waheed Khan was the Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a role he has held from 2001 to 2010. He is currently President of a start-up business university in Manama, Bahrain.

Education

Khan attended Agra University in India

India

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, earning a Master's degree

Master's degree

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 in Agricultural Extension in 1965, before relocating to the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

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. There, he earned a second Master's degree in Agicultural Journalism in 1970 before earning his Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in Mass Communication in 1973.
He was born in Agya(Sant kabir Nagar)

Early career

Prior to joining the United Nations

United Nations

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, Khan was affiliated with the Indira Gandhi National Open University

Indira Gandhi National Open University

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 (IGNOU) in New Delhi

New Delhi

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, India and Commonwealth of Learning

Commonwealth of Learning

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 in Canada. Founding director of the former, Khan was also Professor of its Communications Division until 1992. In his last year in that capacity, he simultaneously acted as a visiting professor at the National Institute of Multimedia Education in Chiba

Chiba

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, Japan. He began working at Commonwealth of Learning as Senior Programme Officer in 1992. In 1995, he spent a year as Acting Head of the Communications and Information Technologies Division before transition into the Principal Communications Specialist, a role he retained until 1998. In 1998, he returned to IGNOU as President and Chief Executive Officer (Vice-Chancellor). He remained there until 2000, when he spent a year as Director of Training and Development at Commonwealth of Learning. In 2001, he accepted the appointment to UNESCO.