Emran Mian CB OBE (born 1978), who writes under the pen name Kamran Nazeer, is a British Pakistani author and civil servant.[1][2]
Life and career
editNazeer was born as Emran Mian in Glasgow, and was diagnosed with autism at the age of four.[3] He studied law in Glasgow, but after deciding not to become a lawyer, he then went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge for his PhD and finally joined the British civil service as a policy adviser in Whitehall.[4][5] He now lives in London with his French wife. He is currently Director General for Digital Technologies and Telecoms at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).[6]
His first book, Send In the Idiots: Stories From the Other Side of Autism, was published in March 2006 under his penname.[3] He is also a frequent contributor to Prospect magazine.[7]
Awards and nominations
editMian was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours[8] and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to regeneration.[9]
In January 2014, Mian was nominated for the Civil Servant of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.[10]
Selected works
edit- Send In the Idiots: Stories From the Other Side of Autism, ISBN 1-58234-619-4
- "The Curious Case of Exclusionary Reasons", Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Volume XV, Number 1 (January 2002) pp. 99–124
- "Mandarin intellectuals", Prospect (July 2006)
References
edit- ^ "Nazeer, Kamran". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Autistes : Quels métiers pour améliorer leur insertion professionnelle ?". Lesechos.fr. 16 March 2017.
- ^ a b Yow, Ann E. (14 April 2006). ""Send In the Idiots": Bonded by autism — a class reunion". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
- ^ Ree, Jonathan (24 August 2006). "Send in the Idiots, by Kamran Nazeer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007.
- ^ "Kamran Nazeer". Bloomsberg.com.
- ^ "Emran Mian". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Articles written by Kamran Nazeer". Prospect-magazine.co.uk.
- ^ "Queen's birthday honours list: OBE". TheGuardian.com. 10 June 2011.
- ^ "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B3.
- ^ "British Muslim Awards 2014 winners". Asian Image. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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