Kanishka
joined aid community in 1996, and worked an Afghan NGO
in different capacities. In 2002 he joined the Salvation
Army in London UK and worked for a project managing the
volunteers for the Salvation Army in London. In 2004 he
got his MA from Westminster University in International
Law. In 2005 he joined CPAU in the current post of MD.
He was the
co-chair of Human Rights Research and Advocacy
Consortium in 2005 and also a Steering Committee member
of Agency Coordination Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR).
In 2006 he was elected Civil Society Afghan National
Development Strategy (CSANDS) Advisory Board Member.
Kanishka
carried out or was part of a number of researches
including Afghan
NGOs Communication Systems (December 2004-
February 2005),
Advocacy Practices: Afghanistan 2001 Onwards
(September - November 2005),
Armed Groups and Peace
Processes (June - August 2005),
Religious Civil Society
(June – November 2006),
Transformation of War
Economies (August – October 2006).
He is
currently in the process of establishing CPAU
representative office in London in order to allow for
the better, more targeted delivery of CPAU’s research
output, and increase the potential for achieving policy
change accordingly. Meanwhile, he is working towards
another degree on international relations and diplomacy
from SOAS, University of London.