Bridging corporate
rigour & global
affairs.

Researcher, editor and convener working at the intersection of systems thinking and social impact— from ISO-grade quality frameworks for 130+ engineers to policy analysis on women's rights, citizenship, and access to education.

International RelationsPolicy AnalysisHuman RightsQuality SystemsEditorial Research
— ReadingMSc IR
LSE · 2025–26
— ConveningGrimshaw Club
Speaker Officer
— Based inLondon
United Kingdom
— OriginsJharkhand
India
§01 / About

Making complex things clearer, fairer, and more accessible.

— Statement

I've spent the last few years working across corporate quality systems, policy research, community development, and international affairs — and the common thread has always been the same: making complex things clearer, fairer, and more accessible.

At WSP, I spent two years developing high-quality frameworks, auditing documentation, and training cross-regional teams across the Middle East. I earned the Early Career Professional of the Yearaward and an Internal Auditor Certification in Integrated Management Systems (ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001) before I turned 25.

“What drives me is the intersection of systems thinking and social impact — whether that's streamlining a process or analysing a policy framework.”

Alongside corporate work, I've conducted policy analysis on women's rights, access to education for marginalised communities, and citizenship policy through the Jharkhand Humanity Foundation — and provided academic editorial support for scholarly publications at Aligarh Muslim University.

I'm now at the London School of Economics reading for an MSc in International Relations, while serving as Speaker Officer at the LSE Grimshaw Club, where I curate panels on geopolitics, conflict, and human rights.

Here to build bridges between cultures and nations as an agent of social change. Drop a note for an intellectually stimulating conversation.

§02 / Research interests

Where state power meets law, gender, and belonging.

Ongoing inquiries — click any line to expand. These are the threads I'm actively pulling at LSE and through ongoing work with the Jharkhand Humanity Foundation.

  • 01

    Women's rights at the intersection of Sharia, customary law & colonial legacies

    Ongoing
    JHF · LSE
  • 02

    Citizenship, identity & legal belonging under NRC–CAA

    Published
    JHF Advocacy
  • 03

    Access to higher education for marginalised communities — reading NEP 2020

    2020 — present
    JHF Programmes
  • 04

    Healthcare, conflict & the politics of occupation

    2025 · LSE
    Grimshaw Club
  • 05

    Minority institutions & the character of public knowledge

    2025
    AMU · Editorial
§03 / Currently

Reading, convening, writing — in two places at once.

In residence
London School of Economics

MSc Research, International Relations & Affairs

Reading for the LSE MSc in International Relations — concentrating on the intersection of state power, legal frameworks, and human rights in the Global South.

Sept 2025 → Oct 2026London
In office
LSE Grimshaw Club for IR

Speaker Officer — curating the year's panel programme

Source, contact and secure speakers — professors, journalists, activists, medical professionals — and run every panel from inception to live Q&A.

July 2025 → present60+ attendees / panel
§04 / Experience

A decade across quality systems, advocacy, and the academy.

Twelve roles, three sectors, four institutions. Click any entry to read in full.

2025 — now
LSE Grimshaw Club for IR

Speaker Officer

London, UK · 11 months

Independently source, contact, and secure high-profile speakers — professors from top universities, journalists, activists, medical professionals — for international affairs events; manage logistics end-to-end.

  • Organised and led a panel on Middle East geopolitics featuring three academics & journalists, audience of 30+, facilitated live Q&A.
  • Led cross-organisational collaboration with the Foundation for Family Medicine in Palestine on ‘Healthcare under Occupation’ — 60+ attendees, three external speakers, two institutions.
ConveningGeopoliticsLogistics
2025
Aligarh Muslim University

Academic Research & Editorial Consultant

India · 6 months · under Dr Lubna Naaz

Specialised research and editorial support on two scholarly manuscripts — ensuring linguistic and technical integrity of the research before publication.

  • Rahmani's Response to the Minority Character of AMU — bilingual Urdu→English translation and transliteration; high-level editorial review.
  • Orientalists' Approach to Seerah Writing: A Study of Sir Arnold — managed the citation system and footnotes to Chicago/APA standards; structural proofreading.
TranslationEditorialAcademic Publishing
2019 — 2025
Jharkhand Humanity Foundation

Research & Advocacy Associate

India · 6 years 2 months

Analysed the intersection of state policy, legal traditions, and human rights — focusing on the socio-political landscape of India and its minorities.

  • Comparative Frameworks on Women's Rights: Specialised research on how Sharia, customary law, and colonial legacies intersect to shape contemporary social justice.
  • NEP 2020: Analysed the National Education Policy to create structured pathways into higher education for marginalised communities.
  • NRC–CAA Citizenship Policy: Critical assessment articulating the implications of state power on identity, gender, and legal belonging.
  • Community impact: Spearheaded academic mentorship; managed the 2024 Summer Camp initiative for underprivileged girls.
  • Recognition: Awarded the Syed Tafazzul Karim Award for sustained commitment to social justice.
PolicyAdvocacyHuman RightsProgramme Design
2022 — 2024
WSP — Middle East

Graduate, Business Excellence — Advisory Services

Middle East · 1 year 10 months

Joined the Environment & Sustainability team as a document management specialist running final quality audits on project documentation; within a year, scope expanded to cover Middle East Central Advisory Services & iCRC — owning quality management, training delivery and stakeholder engagement across geographies.

  • Led development of the Advisory Services ME Business Management System page — collaborated with leaders across 7 departments, ran gap analysis, simplified processes from scratch through to template rollout.
  • Delivered bi-monthly quality reports to 130+ members; reported audit findings directly to the Operations Director.
  • Conducted Quality Management System training for the iCRC Advisory team — aligning operational expectations between iCRC and Lead Country teams.
  • Contributed to two Task Force India initiatives — the Job Rotation Framework, and an ESG project including a study of WSP's Global ESG Report 2022 presented to senior leadership.
  • Part of the organising committee for Early Career Professional Day 2023 — 500+ attendees.
  • Attained Internal Auditor Certification— ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001 (Integrated Management Systems).
ISO 9001/14001/45001QMSTrainingESG
2021
Universal Progress International MUN

Director General — inaugural edition

Virtual · 7 months

Director General for the inaugural two-day virtual Model UN — 70 international delegates across 5 committees. Led a team of 23, built the operational framework from scratch, developed role descriptions for all committee members, managed conference lifecycle from agenda development to crisis management.

LeadershipConference Design
2020 — 2022
Zomato Feeding India

Volunteer Manager — Aligarh Chapter

India · 1 year 5 months

Managed a team of 30+ volunteers from Women's College, AMU. Oversaw task allocation, attendance, individual impact documentation, and produced fortnightly reports for the Chapter President compiling data on volunteer activities across all initiatives.

Volunteer OpsReporting
2019 — 2020
Aligarh Muslim University

Event Coordinator — Club for Short Evening Courses

India · 9 months

Led the organisation of group discussions, mock interview trainings, and debate preparation sessions for students. Sourced and invited external experts to run sessions; created structured spaces for student–expert interaction.

2010 — 2021
Al Hera Library, Sabiha Welfare Trust

Social Worker & Educational Reformer

Jharkhand, India · 12 years

Contributed to community development on an intermittent basis over twelve years — averaging 5+ events annually. Organised inter-school quiz competitions, educational awareness programmes, motivational sessions in underdeveloped areas. Served as magazine editor for the organisation's publications.

CommunityEducationEditorial
§05/ Editorial & translation

Scholarly support at the boundary of law, history, and language.

[01]

Rahmani's Response to the Minority Character of Aligarh Muslim University

Dr Lubna Naaz — manuscript, AMU
— RoleBilingual translation & transliteration of primary Urdu scholarly articles into English; high-level proofreading to ensure the manuscript reflected the sophisticated tone required for academic discourse on AMU's minority status.
2025
TranslationEditorial
[02]

Orientalists' Approach to Seerah Writing: A Study of Sir Arnold

Dr Lubna Naaz — manuscript, AMU
— RoleManaged the citation system and footnotes to rigorous indexing standards (Chicago / APA); structural proofreading and source cross-referencing to refine flow, clarity, and impact.
2025
CitationsProofread
[03]

Comparative frameworks on women's rights — Sharia, customary law & colonial legacies

Jharkhand Humanity Foundation — research paper
— RoleOriginal research and writing on how three normative orders intersect to shape contemporary social justice for women in the Islamic world. Released as part of JHF's advocacy programme.
ongoing
ResearchAuthorship
[04]

NRC–CAA citizenship policy — identity, gender & legal belonging

Jharkhand Humanity Foundation — public-facing brief
— RoleCritical policy assessment translating legal architecture into accessible advocacy material. Designed to raise public awareness of state-power implications on identity formation.
2020+
PolicyAdvocacy
§06/ Speaking & convening

Curating the public conversationon geopolitics & rights.

2025 · LSE · Joint event

Healthcare under Occupation

Cross-institutional collaboration with the Foundation for Family Medicine in Palestine. Coordinated three external speakers across two institutions; chaired by Aman.

60+
attendees
2025 · LSE · Panel

Middle East geopolitics — three perspectives, one moment

Panel featuring three prominent academics and journalists; live audience Q&A moderated end-to-end.

30+
attendees
2021 · UPIMUN · Director General

Inaugural Universal Progress International MUN

Two-day virtual Model UN — 70 international delegates across 5 committees; led a team of 23 and built the operational framework from scratch.

70
delegates
§07 / Recognition

Awards, certifications & the quiet things.

2024 · WSP
Early Career Professional of the Year

For sustained contribution to quality systems & cross-regional training across the Middle East advisory practice.

2024 · IRCA-accredited
Internal Auditor Certification — IMS

ISO 9001:2015 · ISO 14001:2015 · ISO 45001:2018 (Integrated Management Systems).

2023 · JHF
Syed Tafazzul Karim Award

Recognising sustained commitment to social justice and meaningful community engagement.

2021 · Global Millennium MUN
The Best Delegate Award

Awarded across the conference's most contested committee.

2021 · Asia–Africa Intl. MUN
Most Outstanding Delegate

Awarded for substantive contribution and consistent diplomacy across committee proceedings.

2020 · Asia Youth Intl. MUN
The Best Delegate Award

Inaugural recognition on the international MUN circuit.

2019 · ICSE Board
ICSE Topper — Economics, Science Stream

School-level top score in Economics in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education.

2010+ · Sabiha Welfare Trust
Young Social Worker & Educational Reformer

For twelve years of intermittent community development work in Jharkhand.

§08 / Languages

Four registers, three scripts.

English
Native / Bilingual
Urdu
اردو
Native / Bilingual
Hindi
हिन्दी
Native / Bilingual
العربية
Limited Working
§09 / Contact

Drop a hi for an intellectually stimulating conversation.

— Email
salehakhan9234@gmail.com
— LinkedIn
/in/aman-saleha
— Based
London, United Kingdom
— Open to
Research collaboration · editorial · speaking
— Aman Saleha · MMXXVI
Designed for clarity. Built for conversation.