Raza Ahmad Rumi is a policy analyst, international development practitioner and an author. Presently, he is Distinguished lecturer at City University of New York. Earlier, he was the Director, Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College (2018-2024). He is also Faculty at Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University. During 2015-2017, Raza taught courses in journalism and writing departments at Ithaca College. In 2016, he taught at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. Raza has been a fellow at the New America Foundation, United States Institute of Peace and a member of think tank at Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Georgetown University. Raza is also editor of The Friday Times, The Edge and Ideas and Future. He is also the founder of NayaDaur Media. Raza edited Pakistan’s leading newspaper Daily Times, and also worked as a TV broadcaster in Pakistan before he moved to the United States in 2014. Raza was also a commentator and has contributed to Foreign Policy, Huffington Post, New York Times, The Diplomat, Fair Observer, CNN and Al Jazeera, Daily O, Scroll India, The Hindu and Indian Express. He obtained his BSc in Economics from London School of Economics,  where he later obtained his Masters in Social Policy and Planning from as well.