Wasim had come to Europe for a month long stay at University of Münster in Germany, but took a chance also to visit Lund University and SASNET with an aim to search for research collaboration. His focus area is Violent conflicts and Ethnic Movements in South Asia.
At TISS, he teaches courses on Political Theory, Idenity Politics in South Asia and State, Polity and Democracy in South Asia. His 2012 PhD thesis in Political Science was completed at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) in Bangalore. It was entitled ”Kashmir Conflict: A People-centric Study” and was based on fieldwork undertaken in the conflict prone areas of Kashmir. It was an account and analysis of the various stake holders in the Kashmir conflict, subtly and sensitively portraying the tensions and conflicts between what Wasim terms as ‘secular nationalist’ and ‘Islamist streams’ respectively. Previously, Wasim had a Master’s in Politics and International Relations from Pondicherry University in  south India.
More recently, Dr. Wasim has  completed a research project in collaboration with London School of Economics (LSE) on ”Violence against Women in Conflict Zone: A Study of Rapes by Military in Kashmir”. He is now interested to look at the Conflict Resolution and Post-conflict processes in general and challenges of non-state actors faced by the democratic Institutions in India in particular. For this he looks for fruitful collaboration partners. More information about his research.