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He took over as Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir on June 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prof Talat takes over as VC KU|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Jun/2/prof-talat-takes-over-as-vc-ku-59.asp|accessdate=29 May 2013|newspaper=Greater Kashmir|date=2 June 2011|agency=GKNN}}</ref>.
He took over as Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir on June 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prof Talat takes over as VC KU|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Jun/2/prof-talat-takes-over-as-vc-ku-59.asp|accessdate=29 May 2013|newspaper=Greater Kashmir|date=2 June 2011|agency=GKNN}}</ref>.


[[File:Handover Takeover Meeting between Prof Talat Ahmad and Prof A M Shah May 2014.jpg|360px|Prof A M Shah taking over from Prof Talat Ahmad on May 14, 2014]]
On 29 April 2014, Dr.Talat was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], [[New Delhi]]. He would be succeeding [[Najeeb Jung]] after he was sworn-in as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in April 2013<ref>{{cite news|title=Najeeb Jung sworn-in as Delhi Lt. Governor|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/najeeb-jung-swornin-as-delhi-lt-governor/article4900019.ece|accessdate=14 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 July 2013}}</ref>.
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 Ahamd was relieved from the post by Prof. A M Shah, Dean Academic Affairs of the University. Prof. Talat would join Jamia Millia Islamia on May 15, 2014 taking over from officiating Vice Chancellor Prof S M Sajid and would thus be succeeding [[Najeeb Jung]] after he was sworn-in as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in April 2013<ref>{{cite news|title=Najeeb Jung sworn-in as Delhi Lt. Governor|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/najeeb-jung-swornin-as-delhi-lt-governor/article4900019.ece|accessdate=14 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 July 2013}}</ref>.


== Research ==
== Research ==

Revision as of 17:39, 14 May 2014

Professor (Dr.)
Talat Ahmad
FNA, FASc, FNASc
14th Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
Assumed office
15 May 2014
ChancellorLt. Gen. (Retd) M. A. Zaki
Preceded byNajeeb Jung
Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir
In office
1 June 2011 – 14 May 2014
Preceded byProfessor Riyaz Punjabi
Succeeded byProf. Ali Muhammad Shah (acting)
Personal details
BornVice-Chancellor
of Jamia Millia Islamia
(1955-12-23) 23 December 1955 (age 68)
Giridih, Jharkhand
DiedVice-Chancellor
of Jamia Millia Islamia
Vice Chancellor
of University of Kashmir
Resting placeVice-Chancellor
of Jamia Millia Islamia
Vice Chancellor
of University of Kashmir
NationalityIndian
SpousesNasrin Sedghi
Parent
  • Vice-Chancellor
    of Jamia Millia Islamia
  • Vice Chancellor
    of University of Kashmir
ResidencesChattra Marg, New Delhi
Alma materJawaharlal Nehru University
ProfessionGeologist

Talat Ahmad is an Indian Earth Scientist and Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Delhi. He will take 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 shall carry out the duties of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir till a new Vice Chancellor is appointed[1]. He had earlier taken over as Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir from Professor Riyaz Punjabi on 1 June 2011.[2] Prior to this, he was teaching Geology at the University of Delhi.[3]

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[4][5]. He would be taking charge over 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[6].

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.[7]

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.[8]

Early life

Talat Ahmad was born and brought up in a small town of Giridih, Jharkhand. His father was Moinuddin Ahmad.[9]

Education

Talat Ahmad did his schooling from Giridih Higher Secondary School. In 1977, he joined Aligarh Muslim University to pursue M. Sc in Geology. He completed M Phil in Ore Petrology from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1980 and in 1985, he completed his Ph D 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.[10] In 1999-2000, he did another Post Doctoral Fellowship under Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) with Nagoya University, Japan.[11]

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.[12] Later, he worked as a Scientist-B with Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun from July 16, 1984 to September 3, 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 June 1, 2011.[13].

Prof A M Shah taking over from Prof Talat Ahmad on May 14, 2014 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 Ahamd was relieved from the post by Prof. A M Shah, Dean Academic Affairs of the University. Prof. Talat would join Jamia Millia Islamia on May 15, 2014 taking over from officiating Vice Chancellor Prof S M Sajid and would thus be succeeding Najeeb Jung after he was sworn-in as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in April 2013[14].

Research

Talat Ahmad has over 65 research publications to his credit.[15][16] He has supervised several M. Phil and Ph. D. research studies at the University of Delhi and the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.[17]

He has been working on various sponsored projects, including Geochemical, Isotopic and Geochronological characterization 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.[18]

Fellowships and Awards

Talat Ahmad has the memberships of many is a recipient of the following fellowships and awards:

  • Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
  • Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
  • Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad[19]
  • National Mineral Award, from the Government of India in 1994.[20]
  • J C Bose National Fellowship 2011[21]

Memberships and Honours

Talat Ahmad bears memberships of prestigious Societies and a recipient of many prestigious honours.[22]

  • Life member of Mineralogical Society of India
  • Honorary Research Associate of the Department of Geology, University of Leicester, UK
  • Associate Member, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Society
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board of the Indian Journal of Geochemistry
  • Member, Advisory Committee for DRS, Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
  • Member, Expert Panel for the Science and Engineering Research Council
  • Member, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) UGC
  • Member, “Deep Continental Studies Programme” of the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
  • Convener, Vision Committee for Perspective Planning for the Academic Activities of Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi
  • Regional Coordinator, International Geological Correlation Programme, Member, Working Group for Geology for the National Science Digital Library Under the National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, CSIR
  • Regional Coordinator, International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP) Project 516 on the “Geological anatomy of East and South East Asia”
  • Member, Editorial Board for Indian Journal of Geology
  • Member, Working Group for Geology for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Under the National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, CSIR, New Delhi
  • Member, Editorial Board for Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
  • Member, Expert Group for ‘Electron Probe Micro-Analyzer (EPMA) National Facility at IIT Kharagpur’ under the Science & Engineering Research Council, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
  • Member Editorial Board for Journal of Virtual Explorer an electronic journal from Monash University, Australia. ISSN Number: 1441-8126 (Printed Journal); 1441-8142 (Online Journal) and 1441-8134 (CD-ROM Journal)
  • Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of the Mineralogical Society of India
  • Member, Editorial Board of the Gondwana Geological Magazine
  • Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of the Geological Society of India
  • Member Editorial Board Of the Journal of Earth System Science
  • Member, Expert Group for FIST North East, DST, New Delhi
  • Member, Board of Research Studies for the Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Kashmir

References

  1. ^ News, RK (14 May 2014). "Shah appointed as interim VC of KU". Daily Rising Kashmir. Retrieved 14 May 2014. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Prof Talat takes over as VC KU". Greater Kashmir. GKNN. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. ^ "University of Delhi Faculty Member's Profile". Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  4. ^ Iqbal, Naveed. "Prof Talat Ahmad is new V-C of Jamia". April 30, 2014 1:23 am. The Indian express. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Talat Ahmad appointed Jamia vice-chancellor". The Hindu. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  6. ^ Mushtaq, Samreen. "Kashmir University VC to take over as Jamia Millia Islamia VC". Free Press Kashmir. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  7. ^ DU Professor Appointed as New VC of Kashmir University, retrieved 29 January 2013
  8. ^ "DU professor is Kashmir University Vice-Chancellor". Indian Express. Express News Service. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Prof. Talat Ahmad Bereaved". Greater Kashmir. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Dr. Talat Ahmad is new VC of KU". Early Times. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  11. ^ "INSA Fellow Page". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  12. ^ Mushtaq, Souzeina. "PROFESSOR TALAT AHMED". wordpress.com. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  13. ^ "Prof Talat takes over as VC KU". Greater Kashmir. GKNN. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  14. ^ "Najeeb Jung sworn-in as Delhi Lt. Governor". The Hindu. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Prof Talat Ahmad awarded JC Bose fellowship". Greater Kashmir. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  16. ^ "Prof. Talat Ahmad - Faculty Member Profile". Delhi University. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  17. ^ Network, GK News (23 December 2011). "Prof Talat Ahmad awarded JC Bose fellowship". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  18. ^ Halla, Jaana. "Professor Talat Ahmad" (PDF). The Geological Society of Finland. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  19. ^ "Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences India". 2009. National Academy of Sciences India. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  20. ^ "INSA Fellow Page". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  21. ^ Network, GK News (23 December 2011). "Prof Talat Ahmad awarded JC Bose fellowship". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  22. ^ "University Faculty Details Page on DU Web-site" (PDF). University of Delhi. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir
1 June 2011 - 14 May 2014 		Succeeded by
Prof. Ali Muhammad Shah (Acting)


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