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Aqsa Shaikh

(She/Her)
Delhi, Lisbon
As seen in: The Indian Express, The Times of India, Youth Ki Awaaz, Hindustan Times, The BMJ, CNN-News18, Outlook (India), Moneycontrol, The Quint, The Lancet, Forbes India, The Cureus Journal of Medical Science, Brut Média and
Covers:  Transgender rights LGBTQIA+ Disability Mental Health Women's Rights Islam Muslim Society Medical Sciences Public Health Medical Education Sexual Health Politics Transgender Health
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Aqsa Shaikh’s Biography

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Dr. Aqsa Shaikh (She/Her) is an out and proud trans woman. She is one of India’s First Transgender Doctors.
She is an Associate professor of Community Medicine, and Nodal Officer for Covid Vaccination Centre, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi. Aqsa is an academician and researcher. She is part of the iHEAR initiative at Sangath India, which undertakes research and project implementation to include the Transgender and Disability community in the healthcare…

Aqsa Shaikh’s Journalist Portfolio

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In 2022, let's create gender-positive learning spaces

In 2022, let's create gender-positive learning spaces

In 2008, when I (Aqsa) had to pick my medical specialisation, I chose a subject that could be pursued without…

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As Third Covid Wave Hits India, a Seven-point Guide by Two Doctors to Tide over Omicron Crisis

As Third Covid Wave Hits India, a Seven-point Guide by Two Doctors to Tide over Omicron Crisis

Advise on tackling Covid Pandemic

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Discrimination Against Transpersons Plagues India's Health Care System. It's Time To Overhaul It:...

Discrimination Against Transpersons Plagues India's Health Care System. It's Time To Overhaul It:...

To enable transgender people gain access to Covid-19 treatment and vaccines, there needs to be a fundamental …

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MX Players' New Web Series, Pati Patni Aur Panga, Is Transphobic. Period.

MX Players' New Web Series, Pati Patni Aur Panga, Is Transphobic. Period.

Mx Player has come up with a new web-series titled ' Pati Patni aur Panga ' (PPP), directed by Abir Sengupta,…

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What The Indian Railways Completely Ignored When It Arrested 73,000 Trans People

What The Indian Railways Completely Ignored When It Arrested 73,000 Trans People

In the last four years, the Indian Railways has arrested over 73,000 transgender persons for extorting money …

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#WeToo: Yes, we all too

#WeToo: Yes, we all too

As the #MeToo storm has taken over the whole world and especially India, the consequences are being seen and …

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Opinion A doctor writes on Sejal Pawar row: Where is the empathy in medical training?

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By Aqsa Shaikh
| The Indian Express Verified
The first anatomy riots in America started in New York in 1788. A medical student, trying to scare away children stealthily watching an anatomy dissection, waved the flayed arm of a cadaver and told one boy, “This is your mother’s arm. I just dug it up.” What began as a cruel joke quickly turned into public outrage. New York witnessed violent protests against grave robbers, attacks on hospitals, and the deaths of several rioters.
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Accurate Atomic Correlation and Total Energies for Correlation-Consistent Effective Core Potentials II: Rb–Xe Elements Click to copy article link Article link copied!

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By Aqsa Shaikh, Omar Madany, Benjamin Kincaid
| dx.doi.org
I. Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! The computational cost of accurately solving the electronic structure of multielectron systems increases with atomic number (Z). This is particularly important for many-body approaches based on stochastic sampling due to the rapid growth of total energies from tightly bound core electrons. The core states nominally dominate the energy scale so that the scaling of a quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) calculation is proportional to ≈O(Z6).
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Transforming Rights: Transgender Lives Against Legal Exclusion| Book Excerpt

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By Aqsa Shaikh
| Outlook (India) Verified
Home Books Transforming rights transgender lives against legal exclusion book excerpt This excerpt is from Transforming Lives, Edited by Jayna Kothari examines how transgender, non-binary, and intersex people are denied the fundamental human rights of love, marriage, family, and kinship through law and social prejudice Aqsa Shaikh Updated on: 19 April 2026 3:19 pm More Published at: 19 April 2026 3:19 pm Transforming Rights: Transgender Lives Against Legal Exclusion| Book Excerpt Transforming...
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Blogger at Time of India

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

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Giving everyone the opportunity to tell their stories

Awards

Youth Ki Awaaz Award

Mental Health