Nationality Indian | Spouse(s) Nasrin Sedghi Name Talat Ahmad | |
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Born 23 December 1955 (age 68) Giridih, Jharkhand ( 1955-12-23 ) Education Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Children 3 Residence(s) Dehradun,Uttarakhand,India Alma mater Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Aligarh Muslim University Profession Geologist 14th Chairman of Governing body of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Assumed office (1 December 2021) Preceded by Prof.Ashok Sahni 20th Vice-chancellor of University of Kashmir In office (6 August 2018 – 20 May 2022) Chancellor G. C. Murmu, Manoj Sinha Preceded by Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi Succeeded by Nilofer Khan 14th Vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia In office (15 May 2014 – 6 August 2018) Chancellor Najma Heptulla Preceded by Najeeb Jung Succeeded by Najma Akhtar 18th Vice-chancellor of University of Kashmir In office (1 June 2011 – 14 May 2014) Preceded by Professor Riyaz Punjabi Succeeded by Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi Similar Manoj Sinha, G C Murmu, Najeeb Jung | ||
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Talat Ahmad is an Indian Earth Scientist and Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Delhi. He took charge as Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on 15 May 2014 after he was relieved by Professor Ali Muhammad Shah, Dean Academic Affairs who carried out the duties of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir till a new Vice-Chancellor was appointed. He had earlier taken over as Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir from Professor Riyaz Punjabi on 1 June 2011. Prior to this, he was teaching Geology at the University of Delhi.
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- Aalami samay takrar prof talat ahmad interview by syed faisal ali
- Eureka with talat ahmad
- Early life
- Education
- Career
- Research
- Fellowships and awards
- Memberships and honours
- References
Talat Ahmad was formally appointed as the 14th Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia on 29 April 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee in his capacity as Visitor of the Central University. He took charge from Professor S M Sajid who had been serving as officiating Vice-Chancellor since July 2013 since former Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Najeeb Jung was made Delhi's Lieutenant Governor.
Talat Ahmad was recommended for the position of Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir by a search committee headed by former member of Planning Commission, Prof. Abid Hussain, former Indian Ambassador to USA, and comprising Professor G. K. Chadha, CEO, South Asian University and former Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Prof. Seyed E. Hasnain, an eminent Scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad.
Talat Ahmad was the second Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir to be appointed from outside the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the past two decades. Jalees Ahmad Khan Tareen was the first Vice-Chancellor from outside the state who ran office from 2001 to 2004.
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Early life
Talat Ahmad was born and brought up in a small town of Giridih, Jharkhand. His father was Moinuddin Ahmad.
Education
Talat Ahmad did his schooling from Giridih Higher Secondary School. In 1977, he joined Aligarh Muslim University to pursue MSc in Geology. He completed M Phil in Ore Petrology from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1980 and in 1985, he completed his PhD in Igneous Petrology from JNU.
He did a Post Doctoral Fellowship with University of Leicester during 1988–89 under a Government of India Fellowship and another from University of Cambridge under Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) during 1997–98. In 1999–2000, he did another Post Doctoral Fellowship under Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) with Nagoya University, Japan.
Career
In 1979, Dr. Ahmad got selected in the UPSC and started working as a Junior Geologist with the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and formally joined GSI in February 1980. He worked there for a year, but left it soon after as for him, it was more of a survey and less of research. Later, he worked as a Scientist-B with Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun from 16 July 1984 to 3 September 1989. Dr. Talat worked at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, as a Scientist under DST for nineteen years (1984–2003).
He joined Department of Geology, University of Delhi as Professor on 31 October 2003. There he started a project in central India and Rajasthan, in addition to research work in Himalayas. He got another project, Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) after coming to the valley of Kashmir.
He took over as Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir on 1 June 2011.
On 29 April 2014, Dr.Talat was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Pursuant to the permission of the Chancellor of the University, Prof. Talat Ahmad was relieved from the post by Prof. A M Shah, Dean Academic Affairs of the University. Prof. Talat joined Jamia Millia Islamia on 15 May 2014 taking over from officiating Vice-Chancellor Prof S M Sajid and thus succeeded Najeeb Jung after he was sworn-in as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in April 2013.
Research
Talat Ahmad has over 65 research publications to his credit. He has supervised several M. Phil and PhD research studies at the University of Delhi and the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
He has been working on various sponsored projects, including Geochemical, Isotopic and Geochronological characterisation of Granotoids from the Central Indian Tectonic Zones (CITZ) and Central Indian Shear Zones (CISZ)-Constraints on Pre-cambrian Crystal Evolution, funded by Indo-Russian, ILTP Project, and Proterozoic mafic magmatism in the Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ): elemental and isotopic constraints on crystal evolution and geodynamics.
Fellowships and awards
Talat Ahmad has the memberships of many is a recipient of the following fellowships and awards:
Memberships and honours
Talat Ahmad bears memberships of prestigious Societies and a recipient of many prestigious honours.