He has translated and published various Hindi and English dramas in Urdu and popular Urdu dramas in Hindi. He has been writing drama-centered columns every week for five years now. In addition, he participates as a Drama Director in various Drama Festivals in different states of India. Further, he was awarded the best Drama director for five consecutive years by the Sahtiya Kala Parishad, Delhi Govenment. So far, around twenty plays have been performed under his direction which Urdu Academy Delhi included in its Urdu Drama Festival for eight consecutive years. His main field of interest is Drama and its criticism. Besides Delhi University, he is also working as a visiting fellow in various institutions and universities including Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Sri Ram Center for Performing Arts, New Delhi, and National School of Drama, Delhi. He is also fulfilling the additional responsibilities given to him by the University Deputy Proctor and Warden of various hostels etc.
He was appointed as Lecturer in the Department of Urdu, Delhi University in 2002, Associate Professor in 2014, and Professor in 2017, the position has been serving till now. There, he along with the editor Mehboob-ur-Rehman Farooqi compiled important books such as Aaj Kal Ke Drama, Aaj Kal Ke Mazamen, Aaj Kal Ke Afsane, Aaj Kal Aur Sahafat, and Aaj Kal Aur Gard-e-Karvaan. Until 2002, he was a member of the editorial team of the prestigious Urdu monthly Aaj Kal, published by the Publications Division of the Ministry. In 1998, he joined the Information Service of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India through the UPSC. During his education he was associated with several Urdu newspapers and wrote columns for many of them. After that, he obtained degrees in MA, M.Phil., Mass Media and Ph.D. He graduated from the Maulana Azad College, Calcutta University with Urdu Honors.
He completed his primary education in 1987 from Calcutta Labor Board and secondary education from the renowned CMO High School Calcutta. Muhammad Kazim is a lecturer in the Department of Urdu, Delhi University.
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