Iqbal Singh
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Iqbal Singh is an academic in the fields of International Relations, Human Rights and Law. Iqbal has conducted research and held teaching positions at various universities across North America
and India
.
for 24 years holding command, staff and teaching positions. He took early retirement from the Army and had held the rank Colonel and Brigadier briefly to pursue academics.
and earned PhD in Political Science from University of Chicago
and JD from University of North Carolina
. Since then he has taught at Marquette, Duke and National Defense Universities. Presently he is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the National Law Institute University of India. He was a member of Martin Luther King Commission from 1992 to 1995 working with numerous human rights projects.
His areas of research interest include space law
; environment; technology and politics terrorism and international law cyber-terrorism.
He has published several titles in the areas of above research.
Over the years he has worked for institutional development; university ranking and reputation management as an advisor to universities.
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Background and pre-academic career
Prior to his academic career Iqbal Singh was an officer in the Indian ArmyIndian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
for 24 years holding command, staff and teaching positions. He took early retirement from the Army and had held the rank Colonel and Brigadier briefly to pursue academics.
Academic career
After working for MA in Political Science from Mysore University (First Class First Gold Medal) and MS in Area Studies, he moved to United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and earned PhD in Political Science from University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and JD from University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
. Since then he has taught at Marquette, Duke and National Defense Universities. Presently he is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the National Law Institute University of India. He was a member of Martin Luther King Commission from 1992 to 1995 working with numerous human rights projects.
His areas of research interest include space law
Space law
Space law is an area of the law that encompasses national and international law governing activities in outer space. International lawyers have been unable to agree on a uniform definition of the term "outer space," although most lawyers agree that outer space generally begins at the lowest...
; environment; technology and politics terrorism and international law cyber-terrorism.
He has published several titles in the areas of above research.
Over the years he has worked for institutional development; university ranking and reputation management as an advisor to universities.