Sajjad Haider
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Sajjad Haider سجاد حيدرانصارى (born in October 1966) is a media personality of Indian administered Kashmir who has been in the field of journalism for more than two decades. He is also publisher and editor-in-chief of the Kashmir Observer
, a daily newspaper being published from capital Srinagar since 1996.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Srinagar on October 21, 1966 Sajjad Haider did his engineering from Chennai, and subsequently studied journalism at the Tehran University.
During the 1990 gulf war, he covered the conflict for various media outlets including the Tehran Times. He subsequently took up an assignment for the Iranian Radio and Television in New Delhi and moved back to Kashmir in 1994.
He contributed to various international media organizations including BBC online the DW the voice of Germany and IRIB from Kashmir.
Two years later, he co-founded the daily Kashmir Observer of which he became the chief editor. As an expert on south Asian and middle eastern affairs, he has been invited to scores of global events including the ones organized by the Arab Thought Foundation, Dubai and World Editors Forum, at Gothenburg. Besides his views have been aired internationally including by Al-Jazeera, BBC, CBS, VOA, etc.
He rejoined IRNA as the head of J&K bureau in 2003.
In 2006, Mr. Haider was awarded the prestigious Chevening Fellowship by Great Britain,http://www.cssd.bham.ac.uk/index.shtml.
He studied at the Centre for Security & Diplomacy, Birmingham University and undertook extensive study tour of various European institutions including NATO and EU Commissions in Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland.
Kashmir Observer
Kashmir Observer is one of the first English language daily newspapers published in Srinagar in Indian controlled Kashmir.The daily began its publication in March 1997 when local population, caught up in a bloody conflict and hungry for news, was dependent on newspapers coming from New...
, a daily newspaper being published from capital Srinagar since 1996.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Srinagar on October 21, 1966 Sajjad Haider did his engineering from Chennai, and subsequently studied journalism at the Tehran University.
During the 1990 gulf war, he covered the conflict for various media outlets including the Tehran Times. He subsequently took up an assignment for the Iranian Radio and Television in New Delhi and moved back to Kashmir in 1994.
He contributed to various international media organizations including BBC online the DW the voice of Germany and IRIB from Kashmir.
Two years later, he co-founded the daily Kashmir Observer of which he became the chief editor. As an expert on south Asian and middle eastern affairs, he has been invited to scores of global events including the ones organized by the Arab Thought Foundation, Dubai and World Editors Forum, at Gothenburg. Besides his views have been aired internationally including by Al-Jazeera, BBC, CBS, VOA, etc.
He rejoined IRNA as the head of J&K bureau in 2003.
In 2006, Mr. Haider was awarded the prestigious Chevening Fellowship by Great Britain,http://www.cssd.bham.ac.uk/index.shtml.
He studied at the Centre for Security & Diplomacy, Birmingham University and undertook extensive study tour of various European institutions including NATO and EU Commissions in Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland.