Dr. Abdul Shakil is currently serving in the Department of Philosophy at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India. Earlier, he worked as an Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and as a Visiting Research Professor at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA.

He completed his M.A. in Philosophy in 1999 and Ph.D. in 2005 from AMU. He qualified UGC-NET and was awarded the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in 2001 and the Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi, in 2006. He also earned a Higher Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Addis Ababa University in 2016.

Dr. Shakil’s areas of specialization include the Philosophy of M. N. Roy, the Humanism of Rabindranath Tagore, Marxism, Humanism, and Contemporary Indian Philosophy. He has designed eight academic courses for B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. programmes at AMU and Addis Ababa University.

An active scholar, he has authored four books and published more than two dozen research papers and book chapters in reputed national and international journals and edited volumes. Along with teaching and research, he has served in several academic and administrative positions, including Coordinator of M.A. and Ph.D. admissions, NAAC facilitator, Associate Member of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, and Joint/Assistant Editor of academic journals. Presently, he is also serving as the Warden of M.M. Hall, AMU, Aligarh.

Dr. Shakil has participated in various international academic assignments and conferences in countries such as the USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh.