Dr. Sikandar Hayat

faculty | Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences

Dr. Sikandar Hayat

Dr. Sikandar Hayat is Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences at Forman Christian College University, holding a dual appointment in the Department of History/Pakistan Studies and the Center for Public Policy and Governance, since early 2013. In 2014-17, he was Chair of the History Department. Earlier, he was Directing Staff (Research) at the National Management College (formerly Pakistan Administrative Staff College) and Dean, National Institute of Public Policy at the National School of Public Policy, Lahore. Previously, he was Meritorious Professor and Chair, Department of History at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Briefly, he also remained Adjunct Professor at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo), Arkansas State University (Jonesboro), and Juniata College (Huntingdon), USA.

In 1991-95, Dr. Hayat served as Education Counselor at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington DC, USA.

Research Interests:

Public Policy, Political Leadership, and Research Methodology.

 

Publications

Dr. Hayat’s recent publications are:

  • ­­Aspects of the Pakistan Movement, 3rd rev. ed (Islamabad: National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, 2016).
  • ‘Muslim Revival and Freedom Movement’, in A History of Pakistan, ed., Roger D. Long (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2015).
  • The Charismatic Leader: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the Creation of Pakistan, 2nd rev.ed (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2014).The book is recipient of the HEC’s ‘Best Book Publication Award’ in Social Sciences and Humanities.