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Before being tapped for the directorship in May, Rizvi worked as the Ford Foundation’s representative in India and served as the special assistant to the UN Coordinator for Afghanistan from 1988-1990. Previously, he had taught South Asian politics in British universities—including Oxford— for nearly two decades...
...terribly excited about this opportunity,” he said. “I had the privilege of spending the last seven years at the Ford Foundation, so I was able to see the larger issues in the world outside of the academic world...
...institute, which was founded in April 2001 with a $50 million endowment from the Ford Foundation, originally focused on funding and encouraging new and inventive public-sector programs...
...finance the institute’s new endeavors, Rizvi will begin a fund-raising campaign for the institute—even though it is already well-funded by the Ford Foundation...
...It’s a homecoming to be back in academia,” he said. “But now I’ll be able to combine my academic interests with the field work I did at the Ford Foundation...