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January 7, 2016
Press Release
Jamia Vice-Chancellor honoured by Indian Geophysical Union
Delivers prestigious Prince Mukarram Jah Endowment Lecture
Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia delivered the prestigious Prince
Mukarram Jah Endowment Lecture of Indian Geophysical Union for the year 2015 yesterday at
Hyderabad. Prof. Ahmad interacted with young scientists, researchers and students and
motivated them to pursue research in Geo Sciences. This lecture was delivered at CSIR-National
Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad.
On the occasion, Prof. Ahmad was honoured and presented a citation in recognition of his
contribution to Earth Sciences. ‘Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor at Jamia Millia Islamia in
New Delhi, is an accomplished academician and renowned Geologist. He has contributed
significantly in understanding the genesis of Precambrian magmatism and evolution of the
Himalaya and north India shield based on geochemical and isotopic studies. He has established a
Precambrian Research Group which helped the Department of Geology at University of Delhi to
become a Centre for Advanced Studies with Precambrian Research as a thrust area. As a VC of
Kashmir University, he has formed a consortium with Delhi University, JNU, Sikkim University
and Jammu University to study the Himalayan Glaciers. He is now starting new courses on
Disaster Management, Atmospheric Sciences and Mountain meteorology. Prof. Ahmad
supervised 17 Ph.D. students and published more than 85 research papers in good standing
journals. In view of his significant contribution to Precambrian Geology, Prof. Talat Ahmad has
been unanimously chosen for Prince Mukarram Jah Endowment Lecture of IGU for the year
2015’, the citation read.
The Prince Mukaram Jah Endowment Lecture was instituted by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU)
in 1964 from a grant offered by the family of Prince Mukarram Jah who was the Nizam of
Hyderabad. The lecture is delivered at the Annual Convention of IGU by a distinguished
Scientist/Academician who has made significant contribution during the last 25 years to the
growth of Geo-sciences. Some of the past recipients of the honour are Dr. S. Bhagavantham, Dr.
K. R. Ramanathan, Dr. C. Ramaswamy, Dr. M.S. Krishnan, Dr. D. Lal, Prof. Vikram Sarabhai,
Prof. C Karunakaran, Dr. Hari Narain, Dr. P.R. Pisharoty, Prof. V.K. Gaur, Prof. V.V. Sastry, Sri
S.N. Talukdar, Dr. H.M. Iyer, Dr. A.P. Mitra, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Dr. U.R. Rao, Dr. A.
Jayaraman, Prof. U.R. Rao, Prof. Govind Swarup, Dr. K.S. Valdiya, Prof. Samir K Brahmachari,
Dr. K Radhakrishnan, Dr. Krishan Lal, Prof. Roddam Narasimha, among other luminaries.
Media Coordinator
Jamia Millia Islamia
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