Dr. Shaik Sadiqulla Hussain is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University (awarded 2024), an M.A. in Political Science from the same university (7.3/10), and a B.A. in History, Public Administration and Geography from Osmania University (83%). He qualified the UGC-NET in Political Science in 2018. His areas of interest include Political Science, International Relations, West Asian Studies and Public Administration. He has previously worked as an HOD & Lecturer at Euro PU College, a Social Studies Teacher at Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions, and a Teaching Fellow with Teach For India. He has published Scopus-indexed book chapters with De Gruyter Brill and Peter Lang (2026), several research articles on Indo-Qatar relations, India’s foreign policy and West Asian affairs, and is currently authoring two books. He has presented papers at international conferences in India, China, Turkey and Indonesia, organised academic lectures at St. Joseph’s University, and completed multiple UGC Malaviya Mission Faculty Development Programmes