Profile

Prof. Mushtaq Ahmad started his career as faculty member from the year 2000 in the Department of Law, University of Kashmir. Presently he is working as Associate Professor of Law  and  presently associated with Directorate of Distance Education, University of Kashmir ,coordinating  two Law Coursese viz., Cyber Law and LL.B(Academic) for in-service candidates. Besides his long teaching experience in the University of Kashmir, he also practiced as an Advocate at J & K High Court for 4 years. His teaching, research and bar experience is seen in his interest of publications. He finished his Masters in Law(LL.M) in 1998 and then he was awarded Doctorate Degree in Law in 2003.He has also qualified National Eligibility Test(NET) of University Grants Commission of India in 1998.  He is the author of two books ‘Law on Consumer Services’ and ‘ Panchayati Raj Institutions’. He has also worked on four research projects on ‘Distance Education’   sponsored by Distance Education Council,New Delhi and ‘ Legal Awareness among women in Kashmir’ sponsored by  SRCKU AND MHRD. He has published work of 30  articles /research papers  in various national and international journals on the issues of consumer protection, women empowerment, legal awareness, panchayati raj, NREGA, distance education, rural development and decentralization in India. He has presented papers and participated   in more than forty national and  international conferences, seminars and workshops on women empowerment, panchayati raj,rural development,consumer protection, commercial law, distance education, higher education, right to information , social obligations and law.