in collaboration with International Committee of Red Cross; the purpose was to sensitise non-state actors about limits on means and methods of warfare, to deliver upon the purpose he coordinated 27 seminars across conflict ridden Kashmir. He was seminal in starting a post-graduate diploma in human rights at the University of Kashmir, the course was later suspended. Teaching career He was appointed as research associate, Institute of Objective Studies New Delhi (1987–1990) and later moved to Malaysia as assistant professor, International Islamic University Malaysia (1990–1995). While he was in Malaysia, Kashmir was experiencing extreme phase of insurgency against the Indian rule. He had a feeling that though there was a lot of activity against subjugation the resistance of Kashmir has not been articulated in a systematic way. This led him to leave Malaysia and come back to Kashmir where he tried to provide content to resistance through his writings in local dailies. In 2000 he joined Department of Law, University of Kashmir. His academic pursuits didn't impede his contribution to Kashmir resistance in the form of his writings and oration. It was this activism on his part that landed him among those who were charged with sedition. Sheikh Showkat was charged for sedition in Delhi along with several other prominent figure such as the Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer activist Arundhati Roy, Prof. S.A.R Geelani, Sujato Bhadra, Varavara Rao and Shuddhabrata Sengupta, for making a speech at a convention titled "Azadi: The Only Way”. This action of the Indian state was condemned worldwide. Current engagement Having served as the Head & Dean at the School of Legal Studies, Central University of Kashmir, Dr Sheikh also served as the Principal at the Kashmir Law College, University of Kashmir and taught international law and human rights. Bibliography References 1954 births Living people Indian political writers Kashmiri writers Aligarh Muslim University alumni 20th-century Indian lawyers Indian legal writers Academic staff of the International Islamic University Malaysia Academic staff of the University of Kashmir People from Srinagar