Dr. Javed Iqbal Wani is an Assistant Professor at School of Law, Governance & Citizenship at Dr. BR Ambedkar University, Delhi, India. He completed his M.Phil. from Center for Political Studies (CPS), Jawaharlal Nehru University; and PhD from Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom. He was a visiting lecturer at the Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom from 2014-2016.

Dr. Wani has authored several papers, news reports, book chapters, and review articles on various political issues. His research interests surround History, Culture & Politics of South Asia, particularly India. This can be narrowed down to issues pertaining to characteristics of the State, Ideology, Violence and Resistance. Contemporary focus of his work has been the issues related to ‘Law’, ‘Governmentality’, ‘Surveillance’, and ‘State of Exception’.