KAICIID Fellows
Tushar Kanti Baidya
Project Director, Inclusive Bangladesh Tushar is an educator, peacemaker and human rights activist from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is currently the project director of Inclusive Bangladesh, a youth-led community organization, and runs two projects on social cohesion – “Faith in the Commonwealth&...
Ustaz Okonkwo Isa Friday
Director of Administration of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Ustaz Isa Friday Okonkwo is the director of administration of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). NSCIA is the umbrella organization and the superintendent of the affairs of Islam and Muslims in Ni...
Uzair Ben Ebrahin
Educator, Futures Academy Uzair Ben Ebrahim is an educator, linguist, facilitator, social justice advocate, decolonialist, performance poet and writer. He holds a B.A. (2014) in linguistics, arabic language and literature, and Hebrew language and literature; a post-graduate certificate (2016) in ed...
Uzaoku Juliana Williams
National President
Elder Mrs. Uzoaku Juliana Williams is the National President of the Women Wing Christian Council of Nigeria (WOWICCN). She is the Secretary Directorate of Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue for the rePsbyterian Church of Nigeria. Uzoaku is also the UNICEF National Coordinator for End Violence aga...
Vasiliki Missira
Vassiliki Missira is a national expert of the EU Commission, Athens (Team Europe Programme, Greece) on issues related to Human Rights and Democracy. She has worked for the Directorate-General for Communication, European Parliament Information Office, Athens. Previously, Vassiliki taught a course on...
Ven Dr. Deegalle Mahinda
The Venerable Dr. Deegalle Mahinda is a Reader in the Study of Religions, Philosophies and Ethics at the College of Liberal Arts at Bath Spa University in the United Kingdom. Dr. Deegalle is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago and has held professorships at McGill Universi...
Ven. Acinna
Ven Acinna is a Buddhist monk from Myanmar. He is studying for his doctorate at Postgraduate Institute of Buddhist and Pali Studies, University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka. He received his L.L.B from Yangon University in 2004 and his M.A (Buddhist Studies) from Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lank...
Ven. Scholar Wayua Kiilu
Priest, Anglican Church of Kenya Scholar has been an ordained priest with the Anglican Church of Kenya since 1999. Being among the first women clergy in the diocese of Machakos, she has raised to a level of an Archdeacon. She has a diploma in theology from Berea Theological College, Kenya, holds a ...
Venerable Galkande Dhammananda Thero
Venerable Galkande Dhammananda Thero is a Sri Lankan national and a monk of Theravada Buddhist tradition. After completing his monastic training, Dhammanand Thero attended the University of Kelaniya where he received a Bachelor’s degree in History. After winning the commonwealth Scholarship in 200...
Vladimer Narsia
Vladimer Narsia holds MTh in Theology from Georgia and an LLM in canon law from the UK. Also, he is a graduate of Budapest Central European University, Hungary. In Georgia, Vladimer teaches university courses on religion and politics nexus: Christian theology and canon law. Vladimer is interested...