A development analyst by profession, Dr. M Shahid Siddiqui is currently associated with Digital Empowerment Foundation as in-charge of Community Information Resource Centres across India. Prior, to this assignment, Dr Siddiqui worked as a news producer with Network 18 for over seven years (2005-2012) and also assisted various film directors and producers between 2003 and 2005 for television ad commercials, documentary films and feature films. He has contributed to many analytical columns for prestigious national and international development journals, which include Know Disaster (published from the Prime Minister’s Office) and Vidura (a Press Trust of India publication). He has won the Karamveer Puraskar for Media Activism for social empowerment and Karamveer Chakra for selfless work as a journalist and contribution to social development.